[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 77180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21532]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038729; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 a known lineal 
descendant connected to the human remains in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after October 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-2374, 
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8de7fde4eee6e8ffe4e3eacdebecfea3e5ecfffbecffe9a3e8e9f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfa5bfa6aca4aabda6a1a88fa9aebce1a7aebdb9aebdabe1aaabba">[email protected]</span></a>.

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, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing one 
individual has been reasonably identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present. The human remains were collected at the Sherman 
Institute, Riverside County, CA, and are hair clippings collected from 
one individual, Allen Lavine (Lovine), who was recorded as being 17 
years old and identified as ``Digger.'' Samuel H. Gilliam took the hair 
clippings at the Sherman Institute between 1930 and 1933. Gilliam sent 
the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings 
to the PMAE in 1935.

Lineal Descendant

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
a lineal descendant is connected to the human remains described in this 
notice.

Determinations

    The PMAE has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> A known lineal descendant, Beverly Hipbshman, is connected 
to the human remains described in this notice.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. The known lineal descendant connected to the human remains.
    2. Any other lineal descendant not identified who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after October 21, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the PMAE must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. The PMAE is responsible for sending a 
copy of this notice to the lineal descendant and any other consulting 
parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: September 12, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-21532 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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