Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 245 / Friday, December 21, 2018 / Notices 65725 

Determinations Made by the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

archeological context, museum records, 

and osteological analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of 

Congress, or Executive Orders, the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of The Chickasaw Nation. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to The Chickasaw Nation. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Patricia Capone, Museum 

Curator and Director of Research and 

Repatriation, Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.edu, by January 22, 2019. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to The 

Chickasaw Nation may proceed. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Cherokee Nation; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 

of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 

of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: November 28, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Beneski Museum of Natural History, 

Amherst College, Amherst, MA; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College 

(formerly the Pratt Museum of Natural 

History) has corrected an inventory of 

human remains, published in a Notice 

of Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register on May 15, 2014. This notice 

corrects the minimum number of 

individuals. 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 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

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 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College at the 

address in this notice by January 22, 

2019. 

ADDRESSES: Tekla A. Harms, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Beneski Museum of 

Natural History, Amherst College, 

Amherst, MA 01002, telephone (413) 

542–2711, email taharms@amherst.edu. 

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 correction of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the Beneski Museum of Natural History, 

Amherst College, Amherst, MA. The 

human remains were removed from the 

town of Deerfield in Franklin County, 

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 human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

This notice corrects the minimum 

number of individuals published in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 27929–27931, 

May 15, 2014). Human remains from the 

town of Deerfield, Franklin County, MA, 

were omitted from this Notice of 

Inventory Completion because they 

were not in the possession of the 

Beneski Museum at the time that 

inventory was completed. The human 

remains had been stolen from the 

College, probably in the 1970’s, and 

were anonymously returned to the 

College subsequent to publication of the 

original Notice of Inventory Completion. 

These human remains are now in the 

possession of the Beneski Museum. 

Transfer of control of the items in this 

correction notice has not occurred. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register (79 FR 27930, 

May 15, 2014), column 3, paragraph 1, 

under the heading ‘‘History and 

Description of the Remains,’’ is 

corrected by inserting the following 

paragraph: 

At some time in the mid-nineteenth 

century, human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from a site in Deerfield, Franklin County, 

MA. No records exist to determine precisely 

where or by whom the human remains were 

excavated. These human remains were in the 

possession of Amherst College until 

sometime, probably in 1971 or 1972, when 

they were stolen. The human remains were 

anonymously returned to the College in 2017. 

The human remains consist of a complete 

cranium and mandible with many teeth 

intact. The human remains are best identified 

as an adult. Contemporaneous catalog entries 

indicate the human remains were understood 

at the time of excavation to be Native 

American and to represent a burial of the 

indigenous population. These remains are 

identified as Pocumtuck. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In the Federal Register (79 FR 27930, 

May 15, 2014), column 3, paragraph 2, 

sentence 1 under the heading 

‘‘Determinations Made by the Beneski 

Museum of Natural History, Amherst 

College,’’ is corrected by substituting the 

following sentence: 

Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human 

remains described in this notice represent the 

physical remains of six individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 


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that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Tekla A. 

Harms, NAGPRA Coordinator, Beneski 

Museum of Natural History, Amherst 

College, Amherst, MA 01002, telephone 

(413) 542–2711, email taharms@

amherst.edu, by January 22, 2019. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the human remains to the 

Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and 

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) may proceed. 

The Beneski Museum of Natural 

History, Amherst College is responsible 

for notifying the Narragansett Indian 

Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay 

Head (Aquinnah); and the following 

non-Federally recognized Indian groups: 

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, St. 

Francis/Sokoki Band, VT; Abenaki 

Nation of New Hampshire; Cowasuck 

Band of the Pennacook—Abenaki 

People, NH; Elnu Tribe of the Abenaki, 

VT; Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional 

Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation, VT; 

Koasek Traditional Band of the 

Sovereign Abenaki Nation, VT; 

Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki 

Nation, VT; and Chaubunagungamaug 

Nipmuck and Nipmuc Nation, MA, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: November 19, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert 

S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 

Andover, MA; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody 

Institute of Archaeology (formerly the 

Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology) has corrected an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects, published in a Notice 

of Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register on September 13, 2005. This 

notice corrects the minimum number of 

individuals and the number of 

associated funerary objects. 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 human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Robert S. Peabody 

Institute of Archaeology. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and 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 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Robert S. Peabody 

Institute of Archaeology at the address 

in this notice by January 22, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 

Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, 

Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 

749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu. 

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 correction of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology, Andover, MA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Etowah site, 

Bartow County, GA and Little Egypt 

site, Murray County, GA. 

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 human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

This notice corrects the number of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 54075–54076, 

September 13, 2005). During a reinventory inconsistencies in the original 

count of both the minimum number of 

individuals and associated funerary 

objects were identified. One individual 

had been counted twice; an additional 

individual was identified; and objects 

associated with the additional 

individual, which had previously been 

identified as unassociated funerary 

objects, were now designated associated 

funerary objects. Confusion regarding 

which individuals were from Etowah 

versus Little Egypt also was resolved 

with the re-inventory. Additionally, the 

re-inventory correlated original ledger 

book entries with cataloged and recataloged objects, thus identifying 

previously unknown burial associations. 

Finally, many associated funerary 

objects that were misidentified or 

miscounted in the original inventory 

(likely due to attempts to count the large 

numbers of shell beads) were corrected, 

identified and counted. Transfer of 

control of the items in this correction 

notice has not occurred. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register (70 FR 54075, 

September 13, 2005), column 2, 

paragraph 4, sentence 1 is corrected by 

substituting the following sentence: 

Between 1925 and 1928, human remains 

representing a minimum of 94 individuals 

were removed from the Etowah site, Bartow 

County, GA, by Warren King Moorehead of 

the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology. 

In the Federal Register (70 FR 54075, 

September 13, 2005), column 2, 

paragraph 4, sentence 3 is corrected by 

substituting the following sentence: 

The 21,638 associated funerary objects are 

34 animal bone fragments and fragment lots; 

one basketry fragment with clay matrix lot; 

three burnt clay, ceramic sherds, and animal 

bones in lot; one ceramic bead; two ceramic 

elbow pipes, one ceramic basket- or canoeshaped pipe; one ceramic handle; 21 ceramic 

sherds; eight ceramic vessels; one lot of 

charcoal and soil; one concretion; two 

fragments of a copper axe with wooden 

handle; one copper covered wooden top 

knot, serpent shaped; two copper disks; 680 

copper fragments, including wood fragments, 

copper bilobed arrow ornament, mica, 

adhered shell beads, textile and matting 

fragments, animal bone; 90 copper headdress, 

hair ornaments and fragments; 69 copper 

repousse plates and fragments; three 

fragments of daub and fire-hardened soil; 175 

freshwater pearl beads; 56 freshwater 

periwinkle shells; seven freshwater shells 

and fragments; one fur fragment with copper 

staining; four galena crystals; one bear 

canine; one kaolin core with copper; one lot 

of kaolin, bark, animal bone fragments, mica, 

soil, and ceramic sherds; four large flint 

bifaces or swords; 11 chipped stone projectile 

points; one ground stone tool fragment; three 

leather fragments; one limestone spatulate 

celt; one lump of mineral ore; 108 matting 

fragments, including copper stained matting, 

textiles, and adhered shell beads; 83 mica 

fragments, some with copper stained matrix; 

405 miscellaneous shells and small shells; 11 

modified animal bone fragments; one quartz 

preform; 19,352 shell beads, including 

diverse sizes and shapes (round, ovoid, 

tubular, disc, barrel, elongated, irregular), as 

well as mixed lots of shell beads, freshwater 

pearl beads, Olivella and Marginella shell 


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