Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed ...
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 is a known lineal descendant connected to the human remains in this notice.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after July 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-2374, email
jpickering@fas.harvard.edu.
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 Flandreau Indian School, Moody County, SD, and are hair clippings collected from one individual who was recorded as being 14 years old and identified as “Sioux.” George E. Peters took the hair clippings at the Flandreau Indian School between 1930 and 1933. Peters 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, a lineal descendant is 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.
A known lineal descendant (name withheld per request) is 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 descendant connected to the human remains.
( printed page 53640)
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 July 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.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
89 FR 53639
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,” thefederalregister.org (June 27, 2024), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2024-14111/notice-of-inventory-completion-peabody-museum-of-archaeology-and-ethnology-harvard-university-cambridge-ma.