82 FR 44460 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Andover, MA
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 183 (September 22, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 183 (September 22, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-20298 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 44460-44461] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-20298] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024037; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Andover, MA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology has completed an inventory of 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 associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian [[Page 44461]] organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the 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 associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology at the address in this notice by October 23, 2017. ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 180 Main Street, Andover MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email [email protected]. 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 associated funerary objects under the control of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Andover MA. The associated funerary objects were removed from the Mansion Inn site, Wayland, MA. 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 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 the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation and the Nipmuc Nation (non-federally recognized Indian groups). History and Description of the Remains In June 1959, 188 associated funerary objects were removed from the Mansion Inn site (19-MD-210) in Middlesex County, MA. At that time, human remains and funerary objects were removed from the site by a number of individuals when construction activity at the site of the old Mansion Inn revealed the presence of archeological features. The site was looted by local children, their parents, and friends, assisted by local collectors. Many kept what they had excavated, though some human remains and funerary objects were preserved in museum collections. Frederick Johnson, curator of the Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology (now the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology) undertook salvage excavations to recover some information about the site. Human remains and funerary objects removed by Johnson, Curtis Chapin, and others were ultimately preserved in the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and the Massachusetts Archaeological Society/Robbins Museum. The 188 associated funerary objects are 3 adze fragments, 1 axe fragment, 61 bifaces and biface fragments, 25 flakes/debitage, 1 hammerstone, 2 charred nut hulls and charcoal, 22 pebbles, and 73 stone fragments. Excavations, studies, and one radiocarbon assay on organic material date the site from approximately 2111 to 1697 B.C. This is consistent with the Watertown Phase and subsequent Coburn Group of the Late Archais Susquehanna Tradition. Multiple lines of evidence guided by tribal consultations, including geographic location, maps, oral tradition, linguistic, and archeological data, demonstrate a shared group identity between the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice and the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation and the Nipmuc Nation (non-federally recognized Indian groups). Determinations Made by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 188 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 associated funerary objects and the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Additionally, a cultural relationship is determined to exist between the human remains and the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation and Nipmuc Nation, which are non-federally recognized Indian groups. 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 associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 180 Main Street, Andover MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email [email protected], by October 23, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and, if joined to one or more of the culturally affiliated tribes, the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation and Nipmuc Nation, which are non-federally recognized Indian groups, may proceed. The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is responsible for notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation and the Nipmuc Nation (non-federally recognized Indian groups) that this notice has been published. Dated: August 21, 2017 Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-20298 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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come forward, transfer of control of the individuals were removed from Fox Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West
human remains to the Indian Tribes or Field in Mason County, KY, and Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601,
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH. telephone (502) 564–1792, email
this notice may proceed. The human remains were loaned and bethc.carter@ky.gov, by October 23,
DATES: Representatives of any Indian then donated to the Kentucky Historical 2017. After that date, if no additional
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization Society by Charles Johnson. The requestors have come forward, transfer
not identified in this notice that wish to Kentucky Historical Society has no of control of the human remains to
request transfer of control of these other information about the excavation Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
human remains should submit a written of these human remains. The human Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux
request with information in support of remains include a skull of an adult Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
the request to the Kentucky Historical female from the Fox Field site in Mason Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation;
Society at the address in this notice by County, KY, and a skull of an adult male Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
October 23, 2017. from Steubenville in Jefferson County, Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
OH. No known individuals were The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United
ADDRESSES: Beth Caffery Carter,
identified. There are no associated Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West
funerary objects present. Oklahoma; and, if joined to one or more
Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601,
of the Indian Tribes above, the following
telephone (502) 564–1792, email Determinations Made by the Kentucky non-federally recognized Indian groups:
bethc.carter@ky.gov. Historical Society The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama;
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Officials of the Kentucky Historical Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee;
here given in accordance with the Society have determined that: and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal
Native American Graves Protection and • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Repatriation Committee may proceed.
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. human remains described in this notice The Kentucky Historical Society is
3003, of the completion of an inventory are Native American based on the responsible for notifying the Absentee-
of human remains under the control of minimal provenance that came in with Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
the Kentucky Historical Society, them. Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort
Frankfort, KY. The human remains were • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;
removed from Fox Field, Mason County, human remains described in this notice Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
KY and Steubenville, Jefferson County, represent the physical remains of 2 Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The
OH. individuals of Native American Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of
This notice is published as part of the ancestry. Indians; United Keetoowah Band of
National Park Service’s administrative • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Echota
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 relationship of shared group identity Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). cannot be reasonably traced between the Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; and the
The determinations in this notice are Native American human remains and Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation
the sole responsibility of the museum, any present-day Indian Tribe. Committee that this notice has been
institution, or Federal agency that has • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or published.
control of the Native American human Executive Orders, indicate that the land Dated: July 31, 2017.
remains. The National Park Service is from which the Native American human
Melanie O’Brien,
not responsible for the determinations remains were removed is the aboriginal
in this notice. Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and [FR Doc. 2017–20307 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am]
Consultation
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
A detailed assessment of the human Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation;
remains was made by the Kentucky Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Historical Society professional staff in Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
consultation with representatives of the The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the National Park Service
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Chickasaw Nation responded by letter Indians in Oklahoma. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024037;
and deferred to the Eastern Band of • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Cherokee Indians. The following Indian disposition of the human remains may
Tribes and groups were invited to Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
be to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
consult but did not participate: S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Andover, MA
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; ACTION: Notice.
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee, The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody
a non-federally recognized Indian United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Museum of Archaeology has completed
group; Shawnee Tribe; The Quapaw Indians in Oklahoma. an inventory of associated funerary
Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah objects, in consultation with the
Additional Requestors and Disposition appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma;
and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Hawaiian organizations, and has
Repatriation Committee, representing Native Hawaiian organization not determined that there is a cultural
federally recognized Indian Tribes. identified in this notice that wish to affiliation between the associated
request transfer of control of these funerary objects and present-day Indian
History and Description of the Remains human remains should submit a written tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
At some time prior to 1964, human request with information in support of Lineal descendants or representatives of
remains representing, at minimum, 2 the request to Beth Caffery Carter, any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
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organization not identified in this notice History and Description of the Remains remains at the time of death or later as
that wish to request transfer of control part of the death rite or ceremony.
of these associated funerary objects In June 1959, 188 associated funerary
objects were removed from the Mansion • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
should submit a written request to the is a relationship of shared group
Inn site (19–MD–210) in Middlesex
Robert S. Peabody Museum of identity that can be reasonably traced
County, MA. At that time, human
Archaeology. If no additional requestors between the Native American associated
remains and funerary objects were
come forward, transfer of control of the funerary objects and the Wampanoag
removed from the site by a number of
associated funerary objects to the lineal Repatriation Confederation,
individuals when construction activity
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native representing the Mashpee Wampanoag
at the site of the old Mansion Inn
Hawaiian organizations stated in this revealed the presence of archeological Indian Tribe (previously listed as the
notice may proceed. features. The site was looted by local Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal
DATES: Lineal descendants or children, their parents, and friends, Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe
representatives of any Indian tribe or assisted by local collectors. Many kept of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Additionally,
Native Hawaiian organization not what they had excavated, though some a cultural relationship is determined to
identified in this notice that wish to human remains and funerary objects exist between the human remains and
request transfer of control of these were preserved in museum collections. the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
associated funerary objects should Frederick Johnson, curator of the Robert Nation and Nipmuc Nation, which are
submit a written request with S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology non-federally recognized Indian groups.
information in support of the request to (now the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology) undertook salvage Additional Requestors and Disposition
Archaeology at the address in this excavations to recover some information
about the site. Human remains and Lineal descendants or representatives
notice by October 23, 2017. of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
funerary objects removed by Johnson,
ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Curtis Chapin, and others were organization not identified in this notice
Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 180 ultimately preserved in the Robert S. that wish to request transfer of control
Main Street, Andover MA 01810, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and of these associated funerary objects
telephone (978) 749–4490, email the Massachusetts Archaeological should submit a written request with
rwheeler@andover.edu. Society/Robbins Museum. The 188 information in support of the request to
associated funerary objects are 3 adze Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
fragments, 1 axe fragment, 61 bifaces Museum of Archaeology, 180 Main
here given in accordance with the
and biface fragments, 25 flakes/debitage, Street, Andover MA 01810, telephone
Native American Graves Protection and
1 hammerstone, 2 charred nut hulls and (978) 749–4490, email rwheeler@
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
charcoal, 22 pebbles, and 73 stone andover.edu, by October 23, 2017. After
3003, of the completion of an inventory
fragments. that date, if no additional requestors
of associated funerary objects under the
control of the Robert S. Peabody Excavations, studies, and one have come forward, transfer of control
Museum of Archaeology, Andover MA. radiocarbon assay on organic material of the associated funerary objects to the
The associated funerary objects were date the site from approximately 2111 to Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation,
removed from the Mansion Inn site, 1697 B.C. This is consistent with the representing the Mashpee Wampanoag
Wayland, MA. Watertown Phase and subsequent Indian Tribe (previously listed as the
Coburn Group of the Late Archais Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal
This notice is published as part of the Susquehanna Tradition. Multiple lines Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe
National Park Service’s administrative of evidence guided by tribal of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and, if joined
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 consultations, including geographic to one or more of the culturally
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in location, maps, oral tradition, linguistic, affiliated tribes, the Assonet Band of the
this notice are the sole responsibility of and archeological data, demonstrate a Wampanoag Nation and Nipmuc
the museum, institution, or Federal shared group identity between the Nation, which are non-federally
agency that has control of the Native human remains and associated funerary
American associated funerary objects. recognized Indian groups, may proceed.
objects in this notice and the
The National Park Service is not Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, The Robert S. Peabody Museum of
responsible for the determinations in representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Archaeology is responsible for notifying
this notice. Indian Tribe (previously listed as the the Wampanoag Repatriation
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Confederation, representing the
Consultation Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe
Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe
A detailed assessment of the human of Gay Head (Aquinnah) as well as the (previously listed as the Mashpee
remains was made by the Robert S. Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.)
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and the Nipmuc Nation (non-federally and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
professional staff in consultation with recognized Indian groups). (Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band
representatives of the Wampanoag Determinations Made by the Robert S. of the Wampanoag Nation and the
Repatriation Confederation, Peabody Museum of Archaeology Nipmuc Nation (non-federally
representing the Mashpee Wampanoag recognized Indian groups) that this
Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Officials of the Robert S. Peabody notice has been published.
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) Museum of Archaeology have
Dated: August 21, 2017
and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head determined that:
Melanie O’Brien,
(Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
of the Wampanoag Nation and the the 188 objects described in this notice Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Nipmuc Nation (non-federally are reasonably believed to have been [FR Doc. 2017–20298 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am]
recognized Indian groups). placed with or near individual human BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
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