[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77183-77184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21534]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038731; 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, Harvard University (PMAE) intends to repatriate certain 
cultural items that meet the definition of sacred 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 October 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Deanna Byrd, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone 
(617) 384-0672, [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 eight lots of cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The eight lots of sacred objects are one lot of faunal 
remains, one lot of floral remains, one lot of small percussion 
instruments, one lot of obsidian knives, one lot of stone implements, 
one lot of fabric bags, one lot of iron dishes, and one lot of netting. 
Grace Nicholson purchased these sacred objects from Dr. Bob Fred Hogan, 
a known Tribal member of the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big 
Valley Rancheria, California, in 1905-1906. Nicholson purchased these 
sacred objects on behalf of Lewis Hobart Farlow who donated them to the 
PMAE in 1906. The PMAE scanned sixty organic items from the Dr. Bob 
Fred Hogan collection with x-ray fluorescence (XRF) at the request of 
Tribal Chairman Flaman Craig McCloud, Jr. Results determined the 
presence of the following heavy metals: iron, lead, arsenic, and 
mercury.

Determinations

    The PMAE has determined that:
     The eight lots of sacred objects described in this notice 
are specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American 
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional 
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional 
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians 
of the Big Valley Rancheria, California.

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 October 21, 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

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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: September 12, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-21534 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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