[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73365-73366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23555]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036826; 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 removed from 
Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire Counties, MA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after November 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-
3702, 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

Franklin County, MA

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Franklin County, MA. Sometime before August 23, 1858, Roswell 
Field removed the human remains from a field in Deerfield, Franklin 
County, MA, while it was being ploughed. Field donated the human 
remains to the Boston Society for Medical Improvement (BSMI) through 
Charles Pickering Bowditch on August 23, 1858. In 1889, the Harvard 
Medical School faculty voted to accept the cabinet of the BSMI and 
incorporated the human remains into the collection of the Warren 
Anatomical Museum, Harvard University (WAM). In 1956, the WAM 
transferred the human remains to the PMAE as a permanent loan. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Franklin County, MA. At an unknown date, Dr. D.D. Slade removed 
the human remains from an unknown site near Greenfield, in Franklin 
County, MA. The human remains were found in the PMAE uncatalogued and 
were accessioned in 1964. No associated funerary objects are present.

Hampden County, MA

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Hampden County, MA. In 1922, P.B. Moore removed the human remains 
from Springfield, in Hampden County, MA; Ruth Otis Sawtell donated the 
human remains to the PMAE that same year. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Hampden County, MA. At an unknown date, Cecelia Guida 
removed the human remains from a burial ground in Westfield on the 
north bank of the Woronoco (Westfield) River, in Hampden County, MA. In 
1951, the PMAE accessioned the human remains into the museum's 
collection. A preponderance of evidence suggests that this burial 
ground was within the Guida Farm site (19-HD-111), a Late Woodland to 
Contact Period site (A.D. 1000-1700). No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, eight individuals were 
removed from Hampden County, MA. In 1882, B. Wilson Lord removed the 
human remains of, at minimum, five individuals from an ``Indian Burial 
Place'' (19-HD-153) on the bank of the Connecticut River in Longmeadow, 
Hampden County, MA. In May of 1883, Lord returned to the burial place 
with Frederic Ward Putnam as part of a Peabody Museum expedition 
directed by Putnam. Putnam removed the human remains of, at minimum, 
two individuals from the burial place at that time. Lord and Putnam 
presented the remains of all seven individuals to the Peabody Museum in 
May of 1883. In May of 1885, Lord returned again to the burial place, 
removed the human remains of, at minimum, one individual, and donated 
the human remains to the Peabody Museum that same month. Lord and 
Putnam collected lithics and ceramics from the area but did not 
describe them as coming from burials. The cultural items from the area 
tentatively date the site from the Late Archaic to Woodland Periods 
(B.C. 2000-A.D. 1500). No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Hampden County, MA. In the spring of 1885, B. Wilson Lord 
removed the human remains from the bank of the Connecticut River in 
Longmeadow, Hampden County, MA. Lord described the graves as having 
been uncovered by the river and noted the presence of ceramics in the 
vicinity of, but not in association with, the graves. Lord donated the 
human remains to the PMAE in May 1885. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Hampden County, MA. At an unknown date, Dr. D.D. Slade 
removed the human remains from Chicopee, in Hampden County, MA. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Hampshire County, MA

    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Hampshire County, MA. At an unknown date, an unknown 
person from the Peabody Museum of Salem (now the Peabody Essex Museum) 
removed the human remains from Hadley Falls, in Hampshire County, MA. 
The Peabody Museum of Salem donated the human remains to the PMAE 
through Ernest S. Dodge in 1950. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Hampshire County, MA. At an unknown date, Dr. Whitwell removed

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the human remains of one individual from South Hadley, in Hampshire 
County, MA, where excavations were being conducted for a large factory. 
Whitwell donated the human remains to the BSMI through Dr. Henry Jacob 
Bigelow on October 9, 1848. In 1889, the Harvard Medical School faculty 
voted to accept the cabinet of the BSMI and incorporated the human 
remains into the WAM's collection. In 1956, the WAM transferred the 
human remains to the PMAE as a permanent loan. 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: The following types of 
information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: 
archeological, geographical, historical, kinship, linguistic, and oral 
traditional.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate 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 Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.

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 November 24, 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, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23555 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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