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At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a shell 

heap on Hog Island in Lincoln County, 

ME, by Elijah R. Emerson. Emerson 

donated the human remains to the 

Peabody Museum around 1892. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1872, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the bank of Damariscotta 

River, about one mile from Damariscotta 

Bridge (Maine State Site #16–169), in 

Lincoln County, ME, by Samuel 

Kneeland. Kneeland donated the human 

remains to the Peabody Museum in 

October 1872. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1882, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a shell heap on Fort 

Island (Maine State Site #16–17) in 

Lincoln County, ME, by Abram T. 

Gamage. Gamage donated the human 

remains to the Peabody Museum on 

January 10, 1882. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1882, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a shell heap on Fort 

Island (Maine State Site #16–17) in 

Lincoln County, ME, by Abram T. 

Gamage. R. C. Chapman donated the 

human remains to the Peabody Museum 

on September 20, 1882. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Between August and October 1886, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 12 individuals were removed 

from the Whaleback shell mound 

(Maine State Site #26–2) in Lincoln 

County, ME, by Abram T. Gamage as 

part of a Peabody Museum expedition 

under the direction of Frederic Ward 

Putnam. No known individuals were 

identified. Excavation notes indicated 

that the bones of a wolf were found with 

one individual, but no faunal remains 

were accessioned with the human 

remains. The associated funerary objects 

are not in the possession or control of 

the Peabody Museum. 

On September 18, 1882, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a bank at 

the north end of Loud’s Island (Maine 

State Site #17–102) in Lincoln County, 

ME, by Frederic Ward Putnam as part of 

a Peabody Museum expedition under 

the direction of Putnam and Charles L. 

Metz. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from the 

Great Oyster Heap site (Maine State Site 

#26–1) in Lincoln County, ME, by 

Charles Metcalf. Metcalf donated the 

human remains to the Peabody Museum 

through R. C. Chapman around 1882. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1931 or 1935, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the Hight 

site in Lincoln County, ME, by 

Frederick P. Orchard. Orchard donated 

the human remains to the Peabody 

Museum on March 1, 1940. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

osteological analysis, and/or 

archeological contexts and museum 

records. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 111 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the three 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, 

Executive Orders, or other authoritative 

governmental sources indicate that the 

land from which the Native American 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed is the aboriginal 

land of The Tribes. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may be to 

The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Patricia Capone, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.edu, by September 10, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology, Harvard University is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 28, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17059 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032393; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: Princeton University has 

corrected an inventory of human 

remains, published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register on April 1, 2021. This notice 

corrects the list of Indian Tribes from 

whose aboriginal land the culturally 

unidentifiable Native American human 

remains were removed. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to Princeton 

University. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Princeton University at 

the address in this notice by September 

10, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan R. Just, Princeton University Art 

Museum, Princeton, NJ 08544, 


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telephone (609) 258–8805, email bjust@

princeton.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the correction of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. 

The human remains were removed from 

Henry County, IN. 

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. 

This notice corrects the list of Indian 

Tribes from whose aboriginal land the 

culturally unidentifiable Native 

American human remains were 

removed published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (86 FR 17196–17197, April 1, 

2021). That list omitted the Kaw Nation, 

Oklahoma. Transfer of control of the 

items in this correction notice has not 

occurred. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register (86 FR 17197, 

April 1, 2021), column 2, paragraph 1, 

bullet point 6 is corrected by 

substituting the following sentence: 

• According to other authoritative

government sources, the land from which the 

Native American human remains were 

removed is the aboriginal land of the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 

Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Kaw Nation, 

Oklahoma; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Montana; Match-e-be-nash-shewish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as 

Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; Omaha Tribe of 

Nebraska; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band 

Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as 

Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; 

and the Shawnee Tribe. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Bryan R. Just, 

Princeton University Art Museum, 

Princeton, NJ 08544, telephone (609) 

258–8805, email bjust@princeton.edu, 

by September 10, 2021. After that date, 

if no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribes 

from whose aboriginal land the 

culturally unidentifiable Native 

American human remains were 

removed may proceed. 

Princeton University is responsible 

for notifying The Consulted Tribes, The 

Invited Tribes and Groups, and the 

Indian Tribes from whose aboriginal 

land the culturally unidentifiable Native 

American human remains were 

removed that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 28, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17062 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032391; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York State Office of Parks, Recreation, 

and Historic Preservation, Waterford, 

NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New York State Office of 

Parks, Recreation, and Historic 

Preservation (NYSOPRHP) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to the NYSOPRHP. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the NYSOPRHP at the 

address in this notice by September 10, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Farry (Scientist/Archaeology), 

Division for Historic Preservation, P.O. 

Box 189, Waterford, NY 12188–0189, 

telephone (518) 268–2185, email 

andrew.farry@parks.ny.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the New York State Office of Parks, 

Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 

Waterford, NY. The human remains 

were removed from the Old Arsenal/ 

Arsenal Hill Site, Canandaigua, Ontario 

County and the Ball Farm/Totiakton 

Site, Mendon, Monroe County, NY. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the New York 

State Office of Parks, Recreation, and 

Historic Preservation professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

the Cayuga Nation; Seneca Nation of 

Indians [previously listed as Seneca 

Nation of New York]; Seneca-Cayuga 

Nation [previously listed Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma]; Tonawanda Band 

of Seneca [previously listed as 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York]; and the Tuscarora Nation 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted 

Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In the late nineteenth century, human 

remains representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from the Old 

Arsenal/Arsenal Hill Site in Ontario 

County, NY. The human remains were 

excavated by William M. Locke and 

acquired by William Pryor Letchworth. 

The Letchworth collection was included 

in the gift of the Glen Iris Estate to New 

York State in 1907. The human remains 

include a skull belonging to an adult of 

unknown sex (LE.2010.7) and partial 

cranium vault fragments belonging to an 

adult of unknown sex (LE.2010.8). No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Based on the known context of 

recovery and a 2002 archeological and 


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