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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Philip Oviatt, RAC Coordinator, 

telephone: (661) 432–4252, email at 

poviatt@blm.gov. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 12- 

member Central California RAC serves 

in an advisory capacity concerning 

issues relating to land use planning and 

the management of the public land 

resources located within the BLM’s 

Central California District. Agenda items 

for the February 29 meeting include a 

briefing on the management of the 

Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the 

California Coastal National Monument. 

The RAC will also receive 

presentations and make 

recommendations on fee proposals from 

the U.S. Forest Service for multiple sites 

located in the Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest and the Stanislaus 

National Forest. The final meeting 

agenda will be available in advance of 

the meeting on the RAC’s web page at 

https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/rac/ 

california/central-california-rac. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2. 

Erica St. Michel, 

Deputy State Director, Communications. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037387; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert 

S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 

Andover, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert 

S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology 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 northwestern 

Tennessee and Monroe County, TN. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 180 

Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, 

telephone (978) 749–4490, email 

rwheeler@andover.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 Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology. 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from an unknown site, likely in 

northwestern Tennessee. Mollie Hall, a 

resident of Hopkinsville KY, transferred 

the human remains, representing one 

adult male, age 35 to 37, to the Robert 

S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology 

(then called the Department of 

Archaeology, Phillips Academy) in 

1903. No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from historic Cherokee town sites in 

Monroe County, TN. In 1942, prior to 

inundation by the TVA, George 

Sherwood removed cultural items and 

Native American ancestral remains from 

several historic Cherokee town sites 

along the Little Tennessee River above 

Fort Loudoun. Sherwood transferred the 

human remains, representing one adult 

male, to the Robert S. Peabody Institute 

of Archaeology (then called the 

Department of Archaeology, Phillips 

Academy) in 1981. The eight associated 

funerary objects are three ceramic 

fragments, one lithic flake, two chipped 

bifaces, and two projectile points. 

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 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: archeological 

information, geographical information, 

historical information, oral tradition, 

and the expert opinion of Tribal 

representatives. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Robert S. Peabody 

Institute of Archaeology has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The eight 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 Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and 

the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

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 

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 March 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology 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 Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 


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Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: February 7, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037388; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology, Andover, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert 

S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology 

intends to repatriate certain cultural 

items that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects and that 

have a cultural affiliation with the 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The 

cultural items were removed from 

unknown locations in Tennessee and 

sites along the Little Tennessee River, 

Monroe County, TN. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Ryan J. 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: 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 Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology. 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 summary or related records held 

by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology. 

Description 

Fourteen cultural items were removed 

from Monroe County, TN. The 14 

unassociated funerary objects are two 

lots of ceramic sherds (271/01 and 271/ 

15), one antler tool (271/02), one lot of 

unmodified shell (271/03), one shell 

ornament (271/04), three lots of chipped 

stone tools and tool-making debitage 

(271/05; 271/07, and 271/08), one 

obsidian pestle (271/09), three lots of 

ground stone tools (271/11; 271/13; and 

271/17), one bone flute (271/19), and 

one stone axe (271/16). In 1942, George 

Sherwood removed cultural items from 

several historic Cherokee town sites 

along the Little Tennessee River above 

Fort Loudoun. Sherwood transferred the 

cultural items to the Robert S. Peabody 

Institute of Archaeology (then known as 

the Robert S. Peabody Foundation for 

Archaeology) in 1981. 

Ninety-six cultural items were 

removed from unknown sites in 

Tennessee, likely northwestern 

Tennessee. The 96 unassociated 

funerary objects are three lots of stone 

anvils, one lot of stone axes, nine lots 

of stone bifaces, three lots of stone celts, 

nine lots chipped stone tools, one lot 

stone choppers, one lot stone cores, two 

lots stone debitage, four lots stone edge 

tools, two lots chipped stone flakes, 

three lots ground stone items, four lots 

hammerstones, nine lots knives, three 

lots miscellaneous stone tools, one lot 

mortars, one lot stone nodules, one lot 

pebbles, four lots stone perforators, two 

lots stone pestles, 24 lots chipped stone 

points, eight lot scrapers, and one large 

animal tooth. Catalog numbers for these 

cultural items range from 25433 through 

25530, with the exception of Catalog ID 

25434, which was not assigned. In 1903, 

Mollie Hall, a resident of Hopkinsville, 

KY, transferred 96 cultural items from 

Tennessee to the Robert S. Peabody 

Institute of Archaeology (then known as 

the Department of Archaeology, Phillips 

Academy). More detailed provenance 

was not given for the cultural items, 

though Hall may have been removing 

items from localities in northwestern 

Tennessee, near Hopkinsville, KY, 

where she lived. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items 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 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

geographical information, historical 

information, and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Robert S. Peabody 

Institute of Archaeology has determined 

that: 

• The 110 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 


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