[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)] [Notices] [Pages 84358-84359] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2023-26611] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037006; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Services in Kodiak Island Borough, AK. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after January 4, 2024. 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, two individuals, were collected at the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Services site in Kodiak Island Borough, AK. The human remains are hair clippings collected from one individual recorded as 49 years old and one individual recorded as 16 years old, who were identified as ``Kodiak.'' Michael F. MacLeod took the hair clippings at the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Services site between 1930 and 1933. MacLeod sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair [[Page 84359]] 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 two 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 Native Village of Afognak. 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 January 4, 2024. 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: November 28, 2023. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023-26611 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P