[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51360-51361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13245]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038100; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 (PMAE) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet 
the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a 
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after July 17, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 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, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of 15 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, ceramic pipe fragments, ceramic effigy pipe fragments, bone 
tools, faunal remains, botanical remains, stone pipe fragments, 
lithics, flakes, charcoal, charred wood, ground stone tools, net 
sinkers, worked stones, unworked stones, shell, and worked faunal 
remains. In 1906, Mark Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed 
these items from the Durfee Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, as part 
of a Peabody Museum Expedition.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, a ceramic pipe fragment, ground stone tools, a rubbing stone, 
and a possibly culturally modified rock. In 1906, P.W. Kilmer removed 
these items from the Durfee Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and 
donated them to the PMAE the same year.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds. In October 1990, William Engelbrecht removed these items from 
the Durfee Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and donated them to the 
PMAE in November 1992.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, ceramic pipe fragments, ceramic discs, stone discs, faunal 
remains, worked faunal remains, bone tools, charred corn cobs, flakes, 
lithics, ground stone tools, shells, charcoal, stone fragments, 
perforated stone, ochre, mica, bark fragments, ash, and unworked 
stones. In 1906, Mark Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these 
items from the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County,

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NY, as part of a Peabody Museum Expedition.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, ceramic pipe fragments, ground stone tools, and a slate 
projectile point. In 1906, H.J. Heath removed these items from the 
vicinity of the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and donated 
them to the PMAE the same year.
    The one unassociated funerary object is a celt removed by H.J. 
Heath from the vicinity of the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, 
in 1906. Dr. William H. Getman acquired the cultural item from Heath 
and donated it to the PMAE in 1906.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds. In October 1990, William Engelbrecht removed these items from 
the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and donated them to the 
PMAE in November 1992.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, a ceramic pipe fragment, flint chips, and shell. In 1906, Mark 
Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the Green 
Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum 
Expedition.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds and pipe fragments, faunal remains, and shell. In 1906, Mark 
Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the Perch 
River Bay site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum 
Expedition.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds and a ceramic pipe fragment. In 1906, Dr. William H. Getman 
removed these items from the Perch River Bay site in Jefferson County, 
NY, and donated them to the PMAE the same year.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, flint chips, stone tools, a bone perforator, a possibly worked 
stone, charred corn, and faunal remains. In 1906, Mark Raymond 
Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the Talcott Farm 
site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum Expedition.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, stone and ceramic pipe fragments, stone tool fragments, a bone 
perforator, and worked and unworked faunal remains. In 1906, Mark 
Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the St. 
Lawrence site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum 
Expedition.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds. In 1906, Dr. William H. Getman removed these items from the St. 
Lawrence site in Jefferson County, NY, and donated them to the PMAE the 
same year.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, a slate projectile point, and a stone disc. In 1906, Dr. 
William H. Getman removed these items from a site along the shore of 
Chaumont Bay in Jefferson County, NY, and donated them to the PMAE the 
same year.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic 
sherds, stone tools and flakes, and faunal remains. In 1906, Mark 
Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the Nohlee 
Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum 
Expedition.

Determinations

    The PMAE has determined that:
     The 15 unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance 
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Onondaga Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after July 17, 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 
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to 
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: June 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-13245 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
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