[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45914-45915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15107]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036191; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of 
human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected at the 
``Fort Apache Indian School'' (official name: Theodore Roosevelt 
Boarding School) in Navajo County, AZ; the Sherman Institute in 
Riverside County, CA; and the U.S. Indian Vocational School in 
Bernalillo County, NM.

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DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone 
(617) 496-2374, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
PMAE. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the PMAE.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, 22 individuals were 
collected at the ``Fort Apache Indian School'' (official name: Theodore 
Roosevelt Boarding School) in Whiteriver, Navajo County, AZ. The human 
remains include hair clippings collected from 21 individuals identified 
as ``Apache.'' Of that number, one individual is recorded as being 15 
years old; eight individuals are recorded as being 18 years old; seven 
individuals are recorded as being 19 years old; one individual is 
recorded as being 20 years old; two individuals are recorded as being 
22 years old; one individual is recorded as being 62 years old; and one 
individual is of unknown age. The human remains also include hair 
clippings collected from one individual identified as ``Apache/White'' 
and recorded as being 20 years old. Miss Ann Chatham took the hair 
clippings at the ``Fort Apache Indian School'' (official name: Theodore 
Roosevelt Boarding School) between 1930 and 1933. Chatham sent the hair 
clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the 
PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
collected at the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, CA. The human 
remains are hair clippings collected from two individuals identified as 
``Apache.'' One of them is recorded as being 22 years old and the other 
is recorded as being 21 years old. Samuel H. Gilliam took the hair 
clippings at the Sherman Institute between 1930 and 1933. Gilliam sent 
the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings 
to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational School in Albuquerque, 
Bernalillo County, NM. The human remains are hair clippings collected 
from two individuals identified as ``Apache,'' one of whom is recorded 
as being 16 years old. Reuben Perry took the hair clippings at the U.S. 
Indian Vocational School in Albuquerque between 1930 and 1933. Perry 
sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair 
clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: kinship and anthropological.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
and Native Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 26 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 
Arizona.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after August 17, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the PMAE must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
human remains are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to 
the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: July 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15107 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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