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The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Phadrea Ponds, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19979 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036554; 

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 associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Los Angeles and 

Ventura Counties, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 16, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, 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 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 43 individuals were removed 

from Los Angeles County, CA. In 1877, 

Paul Schumacher led an expedition on 

behalf of the PMAE to the Channel 

Islands. Schumacher removed the 

human remains from an area he 

described as ‘‘Graves at the Isthmus’’ on 

Santa Catalina Island. The 15 associated 

funerary objects are one bone awl; one 

lot consisting of glass and shell beads; 

one lot consisting of brass buttons and 

glass and shell beads; one lot consisting 

of shell beads and faunal fragments; one 

lot consisting of fragmentary faunal 

remains; one lot consisting of a copper 

cup, cloth, basket fragments, and a 

string of beads; and nine bags of shells 

beads. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Los Angeles County, CA. 

During the 1877 expedition, 

Schumacher removed the human 

remains from an area he identified as 

Johnson’s Place on Santa Catalina 

Island. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Los Angeles County, CA. 

As part of the same 1877 expedition, 

Schumacher removed the human 

remains from an area he identified as 

Pots Valley on Santa Catalina Island. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 23 individuals were removed 

from Los Angeles County, CA. In 1877, 

Paul Schumacher visited San Clemente 

Island as part of the PMAE expedition 

and removed the human remains from 

unknown locations on San Clemente 

Island. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, five individuals were 

removed from Los Angeles County, CA. 

In 1878, Paul Schumacher led an 

expedition on behalf of the PMAE to the 

Channel Islands. During this expedition, 

he removed the human remains from a 

place he identified as Whitney’s Place 

on Santa Catalina Island. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual was removed 

from San Nicolas Island in Ventura 

County, CA, at an unknown date. Mrs. 

Thomas Bishop donated the human 

remains to the PMAE in 1907. Bishop 

likely acquired the human remains from 

Paul Schumacher after one of his 

expeditions to San Nicolas Island 

between 1875 and 1878. No known 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

evidence were used to reasonably trace 

the relationship: oral traditional, 

geographical, biological, kinship, and 

archeological. 

Oral tradition, geographical, 

biological, kinship, and archeological 

evidence indicate the southern Channel 

Islands are culturally affiliated to the 

mainland coastal groups that are known 

in the anthropological record as the 

Luisen ̃ o, Chumash, and Gabrielino 

peoples. (The Gabrielino, a nonfederally 

recognized Indian group, are related 

linguistically to the Luisen ̃ o.) 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 76 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 15 objects described in this 

notice 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the La Jolla Band of 

Luiseno Indians, California; Pala Band 

of Mission Indians; Pauma Band of 

Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma 

& Yuima Reservation, California; 

Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously 

listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of the Pechanga 

Reservation, California); Rincon Band of 

Luiseno Indians (Previously listed as 

Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission 

Indians of Rincon Reservation, 

California); Santa Ynez Band of 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California; and the 

Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 


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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. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after October 16, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects 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, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: September 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19959 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036553; 

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 associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is no 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and any Indian Tribe. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Jefferson County, 

CO. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 16, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, 

Harvard University, 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 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 PMAE. 

Description 

In 1959 and 1960, the human remains 

of, at minimum, six individuals were 

removed by Cynthia Irwin-Williams and 

Henry Irwin from the Magic Mountain 

site (5JF223), in Jefferson County, CO, 

during field excavations undertaken on 

behalf of Harvard University. The six 

associated funerary objects are three 

shell beads, one shell fragment, one lot 

consisting of charcoal and dirt, and one 

lot consisting of faunal remain 

fragments. 

Sometime prior to 1960, the human 

remains of, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed by amateur 

archeologist Jack Putnam from the 

Magic Mountain site (5JF223) in 

Jefferson County, CO. These human 

remains were donated by Putnam to 

PMAE at an unknown date. The 10 

associated funerary objects are one 

antler fragment, two chipped stone 

flakes, one organic floral remain, and six 

faunal remain fragments. 

In 1940, the human remains of, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

by Harold A. and Betty H. Huscher of 

the Colorado Museum of Natural 

History (now Denver Museum of Nature 

and Science) from the Magic Mountain 

Site (5JF223) in Jefferson County, CO. In 

1960 or later, the human remains came 

into the possession of PMAE. The one 

associated funerary object is a faunal 

remain fragment. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice were 

removed from a known geographic 

location. This location is the aboriginal 

lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The 

following information was used to 

identify the aboriginal land: a final 

judgment of the Indian Claims 

Commission and a treaty. 

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 10 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 17 objects described in this 

notice 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 described in this notice 

were removed from the aboriginal land 

of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma; Northern Arapaho Tribe of 

the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 

and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana. 

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 described in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 16, 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 and 

associated funerary objects 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. 


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