81 FR 87054 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 232 (December 2, 2016)

Page Range		87054-87055
FR Document		2016-28951

The Peabody Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present- day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of Natural History. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22446; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Natural 
History, Yale University, New Haven, CT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Natural History has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants 
or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to the Peabody Museum of Natural History. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, 
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Peabody Museum of Natural History at the 
address in this notice by January 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, telephone 
(203) 432-3752.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Site 16, Chandler Lake, 
Brooks Range, North Slope Borough, AK.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1956, human remains representing one individual were removed 
from a Nunamiut burial site identified as Site 16, Chandler Lake, 
Brooks Range, North Slope Borough, AK and donated to the Peabody Museum 
of Natural History the same year. The human remains represent one 
individual identified as a probable male, aged approximately 30-

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50 years. No known individuals were identified. The 21 associated 
funerary objects are 3 lots of glass beads, 1 lot of earthen beads, 1 
jade pendant, 1 bone implement, 1 iron blade with bone handle, 1 
rectangular iron blade, 1 iron implement, 1 metal scissors fragment, 2 
iron bracelets, 1 iron wire fragment, 2 iron blades, 2 lots of iron 
fragments, 1 bone implement fragment, 1 lot of bone fragments, 1 lot of 
hide fragments, and 1 long bone shaft fragment.
    Osteological data as well as the archaeological and geographic 
contexts identify these human remains as representing an individual of 
Native American ancestry. A portion of the funerary objects were 
identified by Campbell as typical of Nunamiut manufacture. The presence 
of historic trade objects confirms a post-contact date for this burial. 
The region of Anaktuvuk was, and is, occupied by the Nunamiut people 
who are today represented by the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass.

Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Natural History

    Officials of the Peabody Museum of Natural History have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 21 objects described 
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Village 
of Anaktuvuk Pass.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale 
Peabody Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 
06520-8118, telephone (203) 432-3752, by January 3, 2017. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
Village of Anaktuvuk Pass may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 17, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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compliance for these components of the These actions have been addressed in of these human remains and associated
plan. general or program-level terms and funerary objects should submit a written
DATES: The NPS will execute the Record include guidelines for future request to the Peabody Museum of
of Decision (ROD) no sooner than 30 coordination requirements and Natural History. If no additional
days following publication by the programmatic consultations as methods requestors come forward, transfer of
Environmental Protection Agency of its of ensuring the project is avoiding and control of the human remains and
Notice of Availability of the Final EIS in minimizing impacts to resources to the associated funerary objects to the lineal
the Federal Register. extent practicable, and complying with descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the all applicable environmental laws and Hawaiian organizations stated in this
Central Everglades Planning Project regulations. Because of the complexity notice may proceed.
Final EIS, including Appendix C of the plan, detailed designs are likely DATES: Lineal descendants or
(Environmental and Cultural to be developed and implemented in representatives of any Indian tribe or
Resources), is available for download on phases. Native Hawaiian organization not
the Army Corps of Engineers Web site The NPS is adopting the Final EIS, identified in this notice that wish to
at: http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/ and will refine its direction in more request transfer of control of these
Missions/Environmental/Ecosystem- focused environmental reviews and human remains and associated funerary
Restoration/Central-Everglades- provide site specific impact analysis objects should submit a written request
Planning-Project/. prior to implementation of proposed with information in support of the
A hard copy of the Final EIS can be actions. The NPS will prepare its own request to the Peabody Museum of
viewed at Everglades National Park Record of Decision for the Selected Natural History at the address in this
Headquarters, 40001 State Road 9336, Alternative (4R2) in accordance with 40 notice by January 3, 2017.
Homestead, Florida 33034. CFR 1505.2. Before including your
ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly,
address, phone number, email address,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
or other personal identifying
Pedro Ramos, Superintendent, Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New
information in your comment, you
Everglades National Park, pedro_ Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203)
should be aware that your entire
ramos@nps.gov, 305–242–7712, or Ben 432–3752.
comment, including your personal
West, Chief, Planning & Compliance, SE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
identifying information, may be made
Regional Office, ben_west@nps.gov, here given in accordance with the
publicly available at any time. While
404–507–5700. Native American Graves Protection and
you can ask us in your comment to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS withhold your personal identifying Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
is adopting the CEPP Final EIS, information from public review, we 3003, of the completion of an inventory
prepared by the COE. The CEQ cannot guarantee that we will be able to of human remains and associated
regulations allow Federal agencies to do so. funerary objects under the control of the
adopt an EIS prepared by another Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Federal agency that meets the standards Dated: November 10, 2016.
Yale University, New Haven, CT. The
for an adequate statement. When the Stan Austin,
human remains and associated funerary
proposed actions are ‘‘substantially the Regional Director, Southeast Region.
objects were removed from Site 16,
same,’’ the adopting agency only needs [FR Doc. 2016–28988 Filed 12–1–16; 8:45 am] Chandler Lake, Brooks Range, North
to recirculate it as a final EIS. CEQ’s BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Slope Borough, AK.
regulations implementing NEPA This notice is published as part of the
strongly encourage agencies to reduce National Park Service’s administrative
paperwork and delay (40 CFR 1500.4, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
1500.5.). One of the methods identified U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
by CEQ to accomplish this goal is National Park Service
this notice are the sole responsibility of
adopting the environmental documents [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22446; the museum, institution, or Federal
prepared by other agencies in PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] agency that has control of the Native
appropriate circumstances (40 CFR American human remains and
1500.4(n), 1500.5(h), and 1506.3). Notice of Inventory Completion:
associated funerary objects. The
The CEPP combines several Peabody Museum of Natural History,
National Park Service is not responsible
components of the Comprehensive Yale University, New Haven, CT
for the determinations in this notice.
Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), and AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
is designed to redirect water that is Consultation
ACTION: Notice.
currently being discharged to the A detailed assessment of the human
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of remains was made by Peabody Museum
the Everglades and Florida Bay. The Natural History has completed an of Natural History professional staff in
project optimizes the use of public lands inventory of human remains and consultation with representatives of the
to move additional water to the south. associated funerary objects, in Village of Anaktuvuk Pass.
The CEPP will deliver approximately consultation with the appropriate
210,000 acre-feet of water from Lake Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian History and Description of the Remains
Okeechobee to the central Everglades organizations, and has determined that In 1956, human remains representing
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

every year. The recommended plan, there is a cultural affiliation between the one individual were removed from a
Alternative 4R2, includes features to human remains and associated funerary Nunamiut burial site identified as Site
store, treat, and deliver water as objects and present-day Indian tribes or 16, Chandler Lake, Brooks Range, North
sheetflow at the top of Water Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Slope Borough, AK and donated to the
Conservation Area (WCA) 3A and calls descendants or representatives of any Peabody Museum of Natural History the
for removal of barriers to sheetflow flow Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian same year. The human remains
between WCA–3A, WCA 3B, and organization not identified in this notice represent one individual identified as a
Everglades National Park. that wish to request transfer of control probable male, aged approximately 30–

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50 years. No known individuals were Village of Anaktuvuk Pass that this responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
identified. The 21 associated funerary notice has been published. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
objects are 3 lots of glass beads, 1 lot of Dated: November 17, 2016. this notice are the sole responsibility of
earthen beads, 1 jade pendant, 1 bone Melanie O’Brien,
the museum, institution, or Federal
implement, 1 iron blade with bone agency that has control of the Native
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
handle, 1 rectangular iron blade, 1 iron American cultural items. The National
[FR Doc. 2016–28951 Filed 12–1–16; 8:45 am]
implement, 1 metal scissors fragment, 2 Park Service is not responsible for the
iron bracelets, 1 iron wire fragment, 2 BILLING CODE 4312–52–P determinations in this notice.
iron blades, 2 lots of iron fragments, 1
History and Description of the Cultural
bone implement fragment, 1 lot of bone
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Item(s)
fragments, 1 lot of hide fragments, and
1 long bone shaft fragment. In 1958, seven cultural items were
National Park Service
Osteological data as well as the removed from a Nunamiut burial site
archaeological and geographic contexts [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22421; identified as the Ridge Burial,
identify these human remains as PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range, North
representing an individual of Native Slope Borough, AK, and donated to the
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Peabody Museum of Natural History the
American ancestry. A portion of the Items: Peabody Museum of Natural
funerary objects were identified by same year. The seven unassociated
History, Yale University, New Haven, funerary objects are five faunal remains,
Campbell as typical of Nunamiut CT
manufacture. The presence of historic one wood fragment, and one lot of
trade objects confirms a post-contact AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. rusted iron fragments.
date for this burial. The region of ACTION: Notice. The archeological context and the
Anaktuvuk was, and is, occupied by the presence of trade materials confirms a
Nunamiut people who are today SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of post-contact date for this burial. The
represented by the Village of Anaktuvuk Natural History, in consultation with region of Anaktuvuk was, and is,
Pass. the appropriate Indian tribes or Native occupied by the Nunamiut people who
Hawaiian organizations, has determined are today represented by the Village of
Determinations Made by the Peabody that the cultural items listed in this Anaktuvuk Pass.
Museum of Natural History notice meet the definition of In an unknown year, 11 cultural items
Officials of the Peabody Museum of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal were removed by an unknown
Natural History have determined that: descendants or representatives of any individual(s) from a Nunamiut burial
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian site near Tuluak Lake, Anaktuvuk Pass,
human remains described in this notice organization not identified in this notice Brooks Range, North Slope Borough,
represent the physical remains of one that wish to claim these cultural items AK. The cultural items were purchased
individual of Native American ancestry. should submit a written request to the from local Nunamiut persons in 1957
Peabody Museum of Natural History. If and 1958, and donated to the Peabody
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
no additional claimants come forward, Museum of Natural History. The 11
the 21 objects described in this notice
transfer of control of the cultural items unassociated funerary objects are one
are reasonably believed to have been
to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, rifle, one brass ramrod fitting, one brass
placed with or near individual human
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated sling fitting, one lot of lead round ball
remains at the time of death or later as
in this notice may proceed. bullets, one lot of lead fragments, one
part of the death rite or ceremony.
DATES: Lineal descendants or lot of metal springs, one lot of glass
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there beads, one lot of spalls, one bone
is a relationship of shared group representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not spatula, one antler pendant, and one
identity that can be reasonably traced biface fragment.
between the Native American human identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should The archeological context and the
remains and associated funerary objects presence of trade materials confirms a
and the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass. submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to post-contact date for this burial. The
Additional Requestors and Disposition the Peabody Museum of Natural History region of Anaktuvuk was, and is,
at the address in this notice by January occupied by the Nunamiut people who
Lineal descendants or representatives are today represented by the Village of
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 3, 2017.
Anaktuvuk Pass.
organization not identified in this notice ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly,
that wish to request transfer of control Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Determinations Made by the Peabody
of these human remains and associated Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Museum of Natural History
funerary objects should submit a written Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203) Officials of the Peabody Museum of
request with information in support of 432–3752. Natural History have determined that:
the request to Professor David Skelly, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
Director, Yale Peabody Museum of here given in accordance with the the 18 cultural items described above
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Native American Graves Protection and are reasonably believed to have been
Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203) Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. placed with or near individual human
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

432–3752, by January 3, 2017. After that 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural remains at the time of death or later as
date, if no additional requestors have items under the control of the Peabody part of the death rite or ceremony and
come forward, transfer of control of the Museum of Natural History, Yale are believed, by a preponderance of the
human remains and associated funerary University, New Haven, CT, that meet evidence, to have been removed from a
objects to the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass the definition of unassociated funerary specific burial site of a Native American
may proceed. objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. individual.
The Peabody Museum of Natural This notice is published as part of the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
History is responsible for notifying the National Park Service’s administrative is a relationship of shared group

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FR Citation		81 FR 87054

81 FR 87054 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 232 (December 2, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service