[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 36827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17544]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
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 presently in the
possession of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
Academy, Andover, MA, from one site 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 isolated human remains from a male between 25 and 30 years old
were recovered in 1921 from the Ludlow's Point Shellheap in Penobscot,
ME. The Ludlow's Point Shellheap is believed to have been occupied
between A.D. 900 and 1500. The individual from this site is believed to
have been interred during that occupation.
The Ludlow's Point Shellheap is located within the aboriginal
territory of the people known historically as the Etchemin. The
Etchemin are considered ancestral to the Penobscot Indian Nation and
the Passamaquoddy Tribe.
Inventory of the human remains from Ludlow's Point Shellheap,
results of the consultation with the Wabanaki Confederacy, and review
of the accompanying documentation indicates that no known individuals
were identifiable.
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 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 from the Ludlow's Point
Shellheap and the Penobscot Indian Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Wabanaki Confederacy
(the Penobscot Indian Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Houlton Band
of Maliseet Indians, and the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians).
Representatives of any other Indian tribe which believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact James W.
Bradley, Director of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810; telephone: (508) 749-4490, before
August 17, 1995. Repatriation of these human remains to the Penobscot
Indian Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe may begin after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: July 10, 1995.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Chief, Archeological Assistance
Division.
[FR Doc. 95-17544 Filed 7-17-95; 8:45 am]
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