[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 61146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16713]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038358; 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 are known lineal 
descendants connected to the human remains in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after August 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
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, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing one 
individual has been reasonably identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present. The human remains were collected at the Fort 
Totten Indian School, Benson County, ND, and are hair clippings 
collected from one individual, Eliza Ladoucer, who was recorded as 
being 16 years old and identified as ``Chippewa.'' Orrin C. Gray took 
the hair clippings at the Fort Totten Indian School between 1930 and 
1933. Gray sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the 
hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935.

Lineal Descendant

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
lineal descendants are connected to the human remains described in this 
notice.

Determinations

    The PMAE has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     Taylor Rose Payer, Delima Payer, Tyra Payer, Lynda 
Johnson, and Betty Hamley are connected to the human remains described 
in this notice.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. The known lineal descendants connected to the human remains.
    2. Any other lineal descendant not identified who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after August 29, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the PMAE must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. The PMAE is responsible for sending a 
copy of this notice to the lineal descendant and any other consulting 
parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-16713 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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