[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58607-58608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18497]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036460; 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 
U.S. Indian Vocational School in Bernalillo County, NM; the University 
of New Mexico in Bernalillo County, NM; and the Pueblo of Jemez in 
Sandoval County, NM.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after September 27, 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, 10 individuals were 
collected at the Pueblo of Jemez in Sandoval County, NM. The human 
remains are hair clippings collected from two individuals who were 
recorded as being 17 years old, one individual who was recorded as 
being 18 years old, one individual who was recorded as being 19 years 
old, one individual who was recorded as being 23 years old, two 
individuals who were recorded as being 24 years old, one individual who 
was recorded as being 27 years old, one individual who was recorded as 
being 35 years old, and one individual who was recorded as being 38 
years old. All 10 individuals were identified as ``Jemez.'' Mamie 
Tanquist took the hair clippings at the Jemez Pueblo between 1930 and 
1933. Tanquist 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, eight individuals were 
collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational School in Bernalillo County, 
NM. The human remains are hair clippings collected from three 
individuals who were recorded as being 15 years old, four individuals 
who were recorded as being 16 years old, and one individual who was 
recorded as being 18 years old. All eight individuals were identified 
as ``Jemez.'' Reuben Perry took the hair clippings at the Jemez Pueblo 
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.

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    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
collected at the University of New Mexico in Bernalillo County, NM. The 
human remains are hair clippings collected from two individuals who 
were recorded as being 16 years old and identified as ``Jemez.'' Clyde 
Kay Maben Kluckhohn took the hair clippings at the University of New 
Mexico between 1930 and 1933. Kluckhohn 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 20 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 Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico.

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 September 27, 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: August 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18497 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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