[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2611-2612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-561]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects from the State of Maine in the
Possession of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Andover, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), of
completion of the inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects, presently in the possession of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, from eleven sites in the
state of Maine.
A detailed inventory and assessment of these human remains has been
made by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and representatives
of the Penobscot Indian Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Houlton
Band of Maliseet Indians, and the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians,
known collectively as the Wabanaki Confederacy.
The human remains of two individuals--a seven to eight year old
male and the partial human remains of an infant whose sex could not be
determined--were recovered in 1912 from the Grindel Site in
Brooksville, ME. The human remains were recovered with copper and shell
beads, animal skins, and other organic materials. The Grindel Site is
believed to have been occupied between 1580 and 1620. The human remains
of twelve individuals--a two to three year old child whose sex could
not be determined, fragmentary human remains of a three to five year
old child whose sex could not be determined, the partial human remains
of one adult male and the fragmentary human remains of another adult
male, the fragmentary human remains of two juvenile females, the
fragmentary human remains of an adult female, the partial human remains
of an infant whose sex could not be determined, the fragmentary human
remains of a juvenile whose sex could not be determined, the partial
human remains of a five to six year old child who was probably female,
the partial human remains of a four to five year old child who was
probably male, and the isolated human remains of an individual whose
age and sex could not be determined--were recovered in 1914 from the
Sandy Point Site in Stockton Springs, ME. The human remains were
recovered with copper and shell beads, animal skins, lithic tools, an
iron ax, a copper headband, birch bark, an iron kettle bail and lugs,
fragments of a brass kettle, a large fragment of brass, and organic
materials. The Sandy Point Site is believed to have been occupied
between 1580 and 1620. Inventory of the human remains and associated
funerary objects from the Grindel and Sandy Point Sites, and review of
the [[Page 2612]] accompanying documentation indicates that no known
individuals were identifiable. Both the Grindel and Sandy Point Sites
are located within the aboriginal territory of the Penobscot Indian
Nation.
Based on the available archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence,
as well as the geographical and oral tradition evidence provided by the
Tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy during consultation, officials of
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity which can be reasonably traced between these human remains and
associated funerary objects from the Grindel and Sandy Point Sites and
the Penobscot Indian Nation.
The fragmentary human remains of two individuals--a ten to twelve
year old female and a sub-adult to adult male--were recovered in 1914
from a site opposite the village at the Head of the Grand Lake Stream.
The human remains were recovered with some wood fragments that are
believed to have been remnants of a decayed coffin, a seal top spoon, a
moose tooth, charcoal, pebbles and organic materials. This site is
believed to have been occupied between 1600 and 1650. Inventory of the
human remains and associated funerary objects from this site and review
of the accompanying documentation indicates that no known individuals
were identifiable. This site is located within the aboriginal territory
of the Passamaquoddy Tribe.
Based on the available archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence,
as well as the geographical and oral tradition evidence provided by the
Tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy during consultation, officials of
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity which can be reasonably traced between these human remains and
associated funerary objects from the site opposite the village at the
Head of the Grand Lake Stream in Grand Lake, ME, and the Passamaquoddy
Tribe.
The fragmentary human remains of two individuals--a twenty five
year old male and a fifty-five to sixty year old male--were recovered
in 1933 from the Harbor Island Shellheap in Brooklin, ME. The Harbor
Island Shellheap is believed to have been occupied between 900 and
1500. The human remains of two individuals--the fragmentary human
remains of a two to three year old child whose sex could not be
determined and the partial human remains of a thirty-five to forty year
old female--were recovered in 1935 from the High Point Site in
Brooklin, ME. The High Point Site is believed to have been occupied
between 900 and 1500. The fragmentary human remains of a sixteen to
seventeen year old male, were recovered in 1913 from the Hodgkins'
Point Shellheap in Lamoine, ME. Hodgkins' Point Shellheap is believed
to have been occupied between 900 and 1500. The partial human remains
of a thirty-five to forty year old male were recovered in 1915 from the
Holbrook Island site in Castine, ME. The Holbrook Island Site is
believed to have been occupied between 900 and 1500. The fragmentary
human remains of a fifty to sixty year old male were recovered in 1915
from Hooper's Shellheap in Penobscot, ME. A moose incisor and several
lithic flakes may have been associated funerary objects. Hooper's
Shellheap is believed to have been occupied between 900 and 1500. The
human remains of two individuals--a twenty-five to thirty year old
adult male and the fragmentary human remains of an adult who was
probably female--were recovered in 1915 from Richard's Shellheap. A
bone tool, a potsherd, a beaver tooth, and a lithic projectile point
fragment may have been associated funerary objects. Richard's Shellheap
is believed to have been occupied between 900 and 1500. The human
remains of a forty-five to fifty-five year old male were recovered in
1915 from Wheeler's Shellheap in Blue Hill, ME. Wheeler's Shellheap is
believed to have been occupied between 900 and 1500. The fragmentary
human remains of a fourteen to fifteen year old female, were recovered
in 1912 from an unidentified site in Passadumkeag, ME. A lithic flake,
two pebbles, and a lithic projectile point may have been associated
funerary objects. The individual from this site is believed to have
been interred between 900 and 1500. The Harbor Island Shellheap, High
Point Site, Hodgkins' Point Shellheap, Holbrook Island site, Hooper's
Shellheap, Richard's Shellheap, Wheeler's Shellheap, and the
unidentified site in Passadumkeag, ME, are located within the
aboriginal territory of the people known historically as the Etchemin.
Inventory of the human remains and associated funerary objects from
sites occupied between 900 and 1500 that are located within the
aboriginal territory of the people known historically as the Etchemin
and review of the accompanying documentation indicates that no known
individuals were identifiable. The Etchemin are considered ancestral to
the Penobscot Indian Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe.
Based on the available archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence,
as well as the geographical and oral tradition evidence provided by the
Tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy during consultation, officials of
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity which can be reasonably traced between these human remains and
possibly associated funerary objects from Harbor Island Shellheap, High
Point Site, Hodgkins' Point Shellheap, Holbrook Island site, Hooper's
Shellheap, Richard's Shellheap, Wheeler's Shellheap, and the
unidentified site in Passadumkeag, ME, and the Penobscot Indian Nation
and the Passamaquoddy Tribe.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Penobscot Indian
Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians,
and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. Representatives of any other
Indian tribe which believes itself to be culturally affiliated with
these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact
James W. Bradley, Director of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810; telephone: (508) 749-
4490, before February 9, 1995. Repatriation of these human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy
may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: January 5, 1995.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Chief, Archeological Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 95-561 Filed 1-9-95; 8:45 am]
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