[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84349-84350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26613]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037007; 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 Fort 
Totten in Benson County, ND, Pierre Indian School in Hughes County, SD, 
``Standing Rock School'' in Fort Yates, Sioux County, ND, and ``U.S. 
Indian School'' (now Flandreau Indian School) in Flandreau, Moody 
County, SD.

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, 52 individuals, were 
collected at Fort Totten in Benson County, ND. The human remains are 
hair clippings collected from one individual recorded as 69 years old, 
one individual recorded as 67 years old, one individual recorded as 66 
years old, one individual recorded as 62 years old, two individuals 
recorded as 61 years old, two individuals recorded as 56 years old, one 
individual recorded as 55 years

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old, two individuals recorded as 52 years old, two individuals recorded 
as 50 years old, one individual recorded as 49 years old, one 
individual recorded as 48 years old, one individual recorded as 46 
years old, one individual recorded as 35 years old, one individual 
recorded as 33 years old, one individual recorded as 32 years old, one 
individual recorded as 29 years old, one individual recorded as 27 
years old, one individual recorded as 26 years old, one individual 
recorded as 24 years old, one individual recorded as 23 years old, one 
individual recorded as 21 years old, one individual recorded as 18 
years old, two individuals recorded as 16 years old, one individual 
recorded as 15 years old, four individuals recorded as 13 years old, 
six individuals recorded as 12 years old, two individuals recorded as 
11 years old, five individuals recorded as 10 years old, four 
individuals recorded as 9 years old, one individual recorded as 8 years 
old, and one individual recorded as 3 years old. All these individuals 
were identified as ``Sioux.'' Orrin C. Gray took the hair clippings at 
Fort Totten between 1930 and 1933. Gray 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, four individuals, were 
collected at the Pierre Indian School in Hughes County, SD. The human 
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual recorded as 19 
years old, one individual recorded as 14 years old, and two individuals 
recorded as 13 years old. All these individuals were identified as 
``Sioux.'' C.B. Dickinson took the hair clippings at the Pierre Indian 
School between 1930 and 1933. Dickinson 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, one individual, from the 
``Standing Rock School'' at Fort Yates in Sioux County, ND. The human 
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual recorded as 25 
years old and identified as ``Sioux.'' E. D. Mossman took the hair 
clippings at the ``Standing Rock School'' between 1930 and 1933. 
Mossman 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, four individuals, were 
collected at the ``U.S. Indian School'' (now Flandreau Indian School) 
in Flandreau, Moody County, SD. The human remains are hair clipping 
collected from one individual recorded as 20 years old, two individuals 
recorded as 18 years old, and one individual recorded as 17 years old. 
All these individuals were identified as ``Sioux.'' George E. Peters 
took the hair clippings at the ``U.S. Indian School'' (now Flandreau 
Indian School) between 1930 and 1933. Peters 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 61 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 Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South 
Dakota and the Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota.

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 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 Tribes 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: November 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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