81 FR 87059 - 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)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 232 (December 2, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-28947 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 87059-87060] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-28947] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22419; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 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 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 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. [[Page 87060]] 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 under the control of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT. The human remains were removed from the tundra surface near Barrow, 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. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Peabody Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government. Attempts to contact the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope went unanswered. History and Description of the Remains In 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, 14 individuals were removed from the tundra surface near Barrow in North Slope Borough, AK. The remains were collected and donated to the Peabody Museum of Natural History in 1957. The human remains represent four adult, probable male individuals, eight adult, probable female individuals, and two adult individuals of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The osteological data as well as the burial context support the identification of these individuals as Native Alaskan. The collector's description of the archaeological context supports an historic date for these burials. The city of Barrow and vicinity is documented as being inhabited by the Inupiat people during the historic era. The Inupiat people in this region are represented by the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government. During consultation, a representative of the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government confirmed the tribe's cultural affiliation to these human remains. 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 fourteen individuals of Native American ancestry. 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 the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government. 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 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 to the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government may proceed. The Peabody Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government that this notice has been published. Dated: November 15, 2016. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2016-28947 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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paraphernalia that are used in identities. The White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of
continuing religious practices by the Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may
Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on Arizona, does not claim cultural proceed.
the Fort Apache Indian Reservation affiliation with the human remains and The Arizona State Museum is
have also persuaded archeologists of associated funerary objects from this responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
continuities between the earlier site. As reported by Welch and Ferguson of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
identified group and current-day (2005), consultations between the White Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian
Western Pueblo people. Biological Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni
information from the site of Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Grasshopper Pueblo supports the view Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Mexico, that this notice has been
that the prehistoric occupants of the Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; published.
Upland Mogollon region had migrated and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico, Dated: November 15, 2016.
from various locations to the north and have indicated that that none of these
Melanie O’Brien,
west of the region. tribes wish to pursue claims of
Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel affiliation with sites on White Mountain Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
the archeological evidence for Apache Tribal lands. Finally, the White [FR Doc. 2016–28961 Filed 12–1–16; 8:45 am]
migration. Migration figures Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
prominently in Hopi oral tradition, Apache Reservation, Arizona, supports
which refers to the ancient sites, the repatriation of human remains and
pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, and associated funerary objects from this site DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
other artifacts left behind by the and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of
ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This National Park Service
Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
migration history is complex and Reservation, New Mexico, in their
detailed, and includes traditions reburial. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22419;
relating specific clans to the Mogollon PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
region. Hopi cultural advisors have also Determinations Made by the U.S.
identified medicinal and culinary plants Department of the Interior, Bureau of Notice of Inventory Completion:
at archeological sites in the region. Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Their knowledge about these plants was the Arizona State Museum, University Yale University, New Haven, CT
passed down to them from the ancestors of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
who inhabited these ancient sites. Officials of the Bureau of Indian ACTION: Notice.
Migration is also an important attribute Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
of Zuni oral tradition and includes determined that: SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of
accounts of Zuni ancestors passing • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Natural History has completed an
through the Upland Mogollon region. human remains described in this notice inventory of human remains, in
The ancient villages mark the routes of represent the physical remains of 3 consultation with the appropriate
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors individuals of Native American Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
remark that the ancient sites were not ancestry. organizations, and has determined that
abandoned. People returned to these • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), there is a cultural affiliation between the
places from time to time, either to the 9 objects described in this notice are human remains and present-day Indian
reoccupy them or for the purpose of reasonably believed to have been placed tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
religious pilgrimages—a practice that with or near individual human remains Lineal descendants or representatives of
has continued to the present day. at the time of death or later as part of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Archeologists have found ceramic the death rite or ceremony. organization not identified in this notice
evidence at shrines in the Upland • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there that wish to request transfer of control
Mogollon region that confirms these is a relationship of shared group of these human remains should submit
reports. Zuni cultural advisors have identity that can be reasonably traced a written request to the Peabody
names for plants endemic to the between the Native American human Museum of Natural History. If no
Mogollon region that do not grow on the remains and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona additional requestors come forward,
Zuni Reservation. They also have and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni transfer of control of the human remains
knowledge about traditional medicinal Reservation, New Mexico. to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes,
and ceremonial uses for these resources, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
Additional Requestors and Disposition
which has been passed down to them in this notice may proceed.
from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian DATES: Lineal descendants or
and Zuni cultural advisors have
recognized that their ancestors may organization not identified in this notice representatives of any Indian tribe or
have been co-resident at some of the that wish to request transfer of control Native Hawaiian organization not
sites in this region during their ancestral of these human remains and associated identified in this notice that wish to
migrations. funerary objects should submit a written request transfer of control of these
There are differing points of view request with information in support of human remains should submit a written
regarding the possible presence of the request to John McClelland, request with information in support of
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Apache people in the Upland Mogollon NAGPRA Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, the request to the Peabody Museum of
region during the time that Grasshopper Arizona State Museum, University of Natural History at the address in this
Pueblo was occupied. Some Apache Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone notice by January 3, 2017.
traditions describe interactions with (520) 626–2950, by January 3, 2017. ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly,
Ancestral Pueblo people during this After that date, if no additional Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
time, but according to these stories, requestors have come forward, transfer Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New
Puebloan people and Apache people of control of the human remains and Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203)
were regarded as having separate associated funerary objects to the Hopi 432–3752.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the a written request to the Indiana
here given in accordance with the human remains described in this notice University NAGPRA Office. If no
Native American Graves Protection and represent the physical remains of additional requestors come forward,
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. fourteen individuals of Native American transfer of control of the human remains
3003, of the completion of an inventory ancestry. to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes,
of human remains under the control of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
the Peabody Museum of Natural is a relationship of shared group in this notice may proceed.
History, Yale University, New Haven, identity that can be reasonably traced DATES: Lineal descendants or
CT. The human remains were removed between the Native American human representatives of any Indian tribe or
from the tundra surface near Barrow, remains and the Native Village of Native Hawaiian organization not
North Slope Borough, AK. Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government. identified in this notice that wish to
This notice is published as part of the request transfer of control of these
Additional Requestors and Disposition
National Park Service’s administrative human remains should submit a written
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Lineal descendants or representatives
request with information in support of
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
the request to the Indiana University
this notice are the sole responsibility of organization not identified in this notice
NAGPRA Office at the address in this
the museum, institution, or Federal that wish to request transfer of control
notice by January 3, 2017.
agency that has control of the Native of these human remains should submit
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas,
American human remains. The National a written request with information in
support of the request to Professor NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
Park Service is not responsible for the NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318,
determinations in this notice. David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 701 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington,
Consultation 208118, New Haven, CT 06520–8118, IN 47405, telephone (812) 856–5315,
A detailed assessment of the human telephone (203) 432–3752, by January 3, email thomajay@indiana.edu.
remains was made by the Peabody 2017. After that date, if no additional SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Museum of Natural History professional requestors have come forward, transfer here given in accordance with the
staff in consultation with of control of the human remains to the Native American Graves Protection and
representatives of the Native Village of Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government. Traditional Government may proceed. 3003, of the completion of an inventory
Attempts to contact the Inupiat The Peabody Museum of Natural of human remains under the control of
Community of the Arctic Slope went History is responsible for notifying the the Department of Anthropology at
unanswered. Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Traditional Government that this notice This notice is published as part of the
History and Description of the Remains National Park Service’s administrative
has been published.
In 1957, human remains representing, Dated: November 15, 2016.
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
at minimum, 14 individuals were U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
Melanie O’Brien,
removed from the tundra surface near this notice are the sole responsibility of
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. the museum, institution, or Federal
Barrow in North Slope Borough, AK.
The remains were collected and donated [FR Doc. 2016–28947 Filed 12–1–16; 8:45 am] agency that has control of the Native
to the Peabody Museum of Natural BILLING CODE 4312–52–P American human remains. The National
History in 1957. The human remains Park Service is not responsible for the
represent four adult, probable male determinations in this notice.
individuals, eight adult, probable female DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Consultation
individuals, and two adult individuals National Park Service
of indeterminate sex. No known A detailed assessment of the human
individuals were identified. No [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22457; remains was made by Indiana
associated funerary objects are present. PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] University professional staff in
The osteological data as well as the consultation with representatives of the
Notice of Inventory Completion: Caddo Nation, the Choctaw Nation of
burial context support the identification
Department of Anthropology at Indiana Oklahoma, the Jena Band of the
of these individuals as Native Alaskan.
University, Bloomington, IN Choctaw Indians, and the Mississippi
The collector’s description of the
archaeological context supports an AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Band of the Choctaw Indians.
historic date for these burials. The city ACTION: Notice. History and Description of the Remains
of Barrow and vicinity is documented as
being inhabited by the Inupiat people SUMMARY: The Department of On an unknown date, human remains
during the historic era. The Inupiat Anthropology at Indiana University has representing, at minimum, 19
people in this region are represented by completed an inventory of human individuals were removed from the
the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat remains in consultation with the Woodward site in Rapides County, LA,
Traditional Government. During appropriate Indian tribes or Native and were subsequently delivered to the
consultation, a representative of the Hawaiian organizations, and has Department of Anthropology at Indiana
determined that there is a cultural University. The collection is listed as
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government confirmed the affiliation between the human remains being possibly affiliated with the
tribe’s cultural affiliation to these and present-day Indian tribes or Native Choctaw and notes indicate it was
human remains. Hawaiian organizations. Lineal possibly from the Woodward Forest
descendants or representatives of any Nursery area. During the late Historic
Determinations Made by the Peabody Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian period, a band of Choctaw individuals
Museum of Natural History organization not identified in this notice lived in Rapides Parish and left a
Officials of the Peabody Museum of that wish to request transfer of control cemetery near the Woodward Forest
Natural History have determined that: of these human remains should submit Nursery.
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