Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 23, 2004 / Notices 68173

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice.

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Milwaukee Public 

Museum professional staff and contract 

specialists in physical anthropology, in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico.

At an unknown date prior to 1965, 

cremated human remains representing a 

minimum of two individuals and the 

vessels containing the human remains 

were removed from an unknown site 

two miles northwest of Mesa, Maricopa 

County, AZ, by E.K. Petrie, Burlington, 

WI. Mr. Petrie sold the vessels 

containing the human remains to the 

Milwaukee Public Museum in 1965. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

associated funerary objects are the two 

vessels that contained the cremated 

human remains.

On the basis of the mode of mortuary 

treatment, the human remains are 

identified as Native American. Stylistic 

attributes of the mortuary vessels 

suggest that the remains are affiliated 

with the archeologically defined 

Hohokam culture. On the basis of 

stylistic analysis, one mortuary vessel 

can be dated to circa A.D. 500-1100, the 

Colonial-Sedentary period. The other 

mortuary vessel is dated to circa A.D. 

900-1100, the Sedentary period.

Consultation evidence provided by 

representatives of the Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona indicates that the 

Hohokam culture is ancestral to the Ak 

Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona. 

Consultation evidence provided by 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico indicates that 

the Hohokam culture is ancestral to the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, as clans in both of the above 

groups originated in the Salt River and 

Gila River area of Arizona.

Officials of the Milwaukee Public 

Museum have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of at 

least two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Milwaukee Public Museum also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(A), the two objects described 

above 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. Lastly, officials of the 

Milwaukee Public Museum have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (2), there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the Ak 

Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt 

River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. Alex Barker, Anthropology 

Section Head, Milwaukee Public 

Museum, 800 West Wells Street, 

Milwaukee, WI 53233, telephone (414) 

278-2786, before December 23, 2004. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to Ak Chin 

Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 

Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward.

The Milwaukee Public Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Ak Chin 

Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak 

Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico that this notice has been 

published.

Dated: October 7, 2004

Sherry Hutt,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 04–25920 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession of the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA. The human remains 

were removed from the vicinity of 

Kayenta, Navajo County, AZ.

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.

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; and Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico.

In 1916, human remains representing 

one individual were removed from a 

surface location near Kayenta, Navajo 

County, AZ, by Samuel Guernsey and 

John Wetherill. The human remains 

were donated to the Peabody Museum 

of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University the same year. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present.

Museum documentation describes the 

human remains as ‘‘probably Navajo.’’

The attribution of such a specific 

cultural affiliation to the human 

remains indicates that the interment 

postdates sustained contact between 

indigenous groups and Europeans 

beginning in the 17th century. Cranial 

morphology also supports that the 

human remains are of Navajo ancestry. 

Oral tradition and historic 

documentation support the conclusion 

that the geographic area of Kayenta falls 

within the historic homelands of the 

Navajo Nation. Based on this evidence, 

the age of the human remains and the 

occupation of the area by the Navajo 

Nation coincide.

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Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is 

a relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

and the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah.

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Patricia Capone, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, before December 23, 2004. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico & Utah may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward.

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico that 

this notice has been published.

Dated: September 30, 2004

Sherry Hutt

Manager, National NAGPRA Program

[FR Doc. 04–25925 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Massachusetts, 

Department of Anthropology, Amherst, 

MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession of the 

University of Massachusetts, 

Department of Anthropology, Amherst, 

MA. The human remains were removed 

from the Fort Neck Burying Ground in 

Charlestown, Washington County, RI.

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 

within 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 

within this notice.

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

Massachusetts, Department of 

Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode 

Island.

In September of 1912, human remains 

representing a minimum of eight 

individuals were removed from the Fort 

Neck Burying Ground, on the grounds of 

the James S. Kenyon estate in 

Charlestown, RI, by Dr. Harris 

Hawthorne Wilder, his wife Dr. Inez 

Whipple Wilder, and two assistants. No 

known individuals were identified 

among the remains excavated. The 

Wilders’ field notes indicate that there 

were wooden and metal coffin 

fragments, small cloth fragments, and 

shroud pins associated with some of the 

burials, but there is no indication that 

these items were collected with the 

burials. The University of Massachusetts 

is not in possession of either associated 

or unassociated funerary objects from 

these burials.

The human remains collected from 

the Fort Neck Burying Ground were 

originally exhibited in the ‘‘Smith 

Anthropological and Zoological 

Museum’’ at Burton Hall, Smith College, 

Northampton, MA. Each of the 

individual bones was marked in black 

Indian ink, with identification numbers, 

letters, and Roman numerals that 

matched up to the Wilders’ site map, 

excavation schedule, and collections 

storage system; each set of human 

remains was originally numbered 1, 2, 

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, based on their 

location in the row. In 1966, Smith 

College transferred, as an extended loan, 

the human remains from the Fort Neck 

Burying Ground, along with other 

Native American remains, to the 

Anthropology Department of the 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 

where they were accessioned as part of 

the ‘‘Wilder Collection,’’ and 

incorporated into the existing teaching 

and research collections. In 1987, the 

University of Massachusetts assigned 

new accession numbers to the 

individuals from the Fort Neck Burying 

Ground as follows: 1987–019 (Wilder 

#1), 1987–006 (Wilder #2), 1987–015 

(Wilder #5), 1987–004 (Wilder #6), 

1987–007 (Wilder #7), 1987–018 

(Wilder #8), 1987–016 (Wilder #9), and 

1987–014 (Wilder #10).

The location of the Fort Neck Burying 

Ground was described in a 1912 

newspaper article: ‘‘The ancient burial 

place is beautifully located on Fort 

Neck, near Cross Mills in Charlestown, 

at the head of Powaget, or Charlestown 

pond. It lies near the old Indian trail, 

later known in Colonial days as the 

King’s or Queen’s highway, as chanced 

to be at the time the ruler of England. 

Later it was called the country road, and 

then again the Post road’’ (The Sun, 

Providence, RI, September 8, 1912). The 

Wilders got permission to excavate from 

the owners of the land, heirs of the late 

James S. Kenyon, and the town council 

of Charlestown. The Wilders’ site map 

of ‘‘Fort Neck Burying Ground - 

Charlestown, R.I. Excavation of 

September 1912’’ plots the location of 

10 burials in the one row targeted for 

study, and at least four additional rows. 

The site had been previously excavated 

on at least two occasions. In 1859, 

Charlestown citizens collected several 

skeletal elements and artifacts from this 

and other Narragansett burial sites that 

were apparently sent to Brown 

University. Dr. Usher Parsons of 

Providence later re-opened this 

graveyard and other sites to supply his 

own ‘‘repository of scientific 

curiosities’’ (Wilder Field Notebook #1, 

Charlestown, R.I., summer 1912, stored 

in Wilder Collection Series VI: 

Professional Activities, Box 29, Folder 

6, Smith College Archives).

An entry in the Smith College 

Zoology Department Accession Book 

describes the remains as follows: 

‘‘Collection of Skeletons from 

Charlestown, R.I. Fort Neck Burying 

ground. People from Narragansett 

Reservation, buried perhaps between 

1750–1840. Ten bodies. Excavated 1912 

by the Wilders. These not accessioned 

yet. (March 1919)’’ (Smith College 

Zoology Department Accession Book II, 

page 29, on file at University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst). The Wilders’

field notes indicate that two out of the 

ten graves they selected for excavation 

showed signs of previous disturbance, 

and the bodies were already missing. 

One empty grave had a marked 

headstone: ‘‘Here lieth ye Body of 

George ye son of Charles Ninigret, King 

of ye Natives and his wife Hannah’’; the 

footstone read: ‘‘Ninigret, George. 1731c 

- 22 Dec 1732.’’ The Ninigret family is 

identified as Niantic and Narragansett in 

Narragansett tribal genealogical records. 

No materials were removed from the 

two empty graves by the Wilders. The 

University of Massachusetts is now in 

possession of eight sets of human 

remains from the Fort Neck Burying