58614 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 165 / Monday, August 28, 2023 / Notices 

Repatriation of the ancestors in this 

notice to a requestor will occur on or 

after September 27, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

California State University, Los Angeles 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the ancestors are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. California State 

University, Los Angeles 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, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: August 18, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18509 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036459; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is no cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and any Indian Tribe. 

The human remains were removed from 

Worcester County, MA. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after September 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 

02138, telephone (617) 496–3702, email 

pcapone@fas.harvard.edu. 

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 PMAE. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the PMAE. 

Description 

In 1909, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed by Samuel Kirkland Lothrop 

from the land of S.K. Warren in 

Harvard, Worcester County, MA. 

Lothrop donated the human remains to 

the PMAE in 1919. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1857, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed by John White from the area of 

Wachusett in Westminster, Worcester 

County, MA. White presented the 

human remains to the Warren 

Anatomical Museum, Harvard 

University (WAM) at an unknown date, 

and the WAM sent the human remains 

to the PMAE on permanent loan in May 

of 1959. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

On October 12, 1885, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed by Dr. W.H. 

Raymenton from William U. Maynard’s 

farm in the town of Northborough, near 

the town boundary with Shrewsbury, in 

Worcester County, MA. Raymenton 

collected the human remains as part of 

an excavation with the Worcester 

Society of Natural History. The 

Worcester Society of Natural History 

donated the human remains to the 

PMAE later in 1885. The human 

remains were found in a peat bog, under 

approximately five feet of soil and on 

solid bedrock, near where the teeth and 

tusks of a mastodon were excavated in 

1884. No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

On June 25, 1891, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed by an 

unknown person from an ‘‘Indian Burial 

Place’’ in Winchendon, Worcester 

County, MA. The Massachusetts 

Historical Society donated the human 

remains to the PMAE, likely in 1891. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains in this notice 

were removed from known geographic 

locations. These locations are the 

aboriginal lands of one or more Indian 

Tribes. Historical documents and other 

information obtained through 

consultation show that Worcester 

County, MA, was aboriginally occupied 

by the Wampanoag people. These types 

of information also show that Worcester 

County, MA, was aboriginally occupied 

by the Nipmuc people, who are not 

represented by any federally recognized 

Indian Tribe. The following information 

was used to identify the aboriginal land: 

treaties. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and any 

Indian Tribe. 

• The human remains described in 

this notice were removed from the 

aboriginal land of the Mashpee 

Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag 

Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). 

Requests for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains 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 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after September 27, 

2023. If competing requests for 

disposition are received, the PMAE 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The PMAE 

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 and 10.11. 

Dated: August 18, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18496 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

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