2022-19978. Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice; amendment.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Marion County, TN.

DATES:

Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after October 17, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone [phone], email [e-mail].

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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.

Amendment

This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 65733-65734, December 21, 2018). Disposition of the items in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects which were not listed in the original notice. Ninety-two associated funerary objects from Marion County, TN, are reported here to reflect the inventory.

Associated Funerary Objects

Site	Original No.	Amended No.	Amended description
Cave near Jasper in Marion County, TN	Not Reported	33	32 faunal bone fragments and 1 ground stone.
Holloway Mounds in Marion County, TN	Not reported	59	One biface, 15 projectile points, one quartz discoidal, 41 shell beads, and one small plastic box containing a small projectile point tip and shell beads.
Mounds in Sequatchie Valley in Marion County, TN	Not reported	0	No associated funerary objects are present.
Island in Tennessee River in Marion County, TN	Not reported	0	No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations (as Amended)

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University has determined that:

• The human remains represent the physical remains of 23 individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 92 objects 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.
• No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe.
• The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

Requests for Disposition

Written requests for disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES . Requests for disposition may be submitted by:

1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land Indian Tribe.

Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 17, 2022. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.

Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11, and 10.13.

Dated: September 7, 2022.

Melanie O'Brien,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.