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identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

associated funerary objects should 

submit a written request to the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

associated funerary objects 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 

associated funerary objects should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

the Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology at the address in this 

notice by August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Curator 

and NAGPRA Director, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 

02138, telephone (617) 496–3702, email 

pcapone@fas.harvard.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 completion of an inventory 

of associated funerary objects under the 

control of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, Cambridge, MA. The 

associated funerary objects and the 

human remains with which they are 

associated were removed from Erie 

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 associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the 

associated funerary objects was made by 

the Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Cayuga Nation; Oneida Indian Nation 

(previously listed as Oneida Nation of 

New York); Oneida Nation (previously 

listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of 

Wisconsin); Onondaga Nation; Saint 

Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed 

as St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of 

New York); Seneca Nation of Indians 

(previously listed as Seneca Nation of 

New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation 

(previously listed as 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 Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the 

Associated Funerary Objects 

In 1903, 28 associated funerary 

objects were removed from Erie County, 

NY, during a Peabody Museum 

expedition led by M.R. Harrington and 

A.C. Parker. Museum records indicate 

that these associated funerary objects 

were recovered from the Silverheels 

site. This site is located within the town 

of Brant, 1.5 miles east of the village of 

Irving, on the Cattaraugus Indian 

Reservation, approximately 2.5 miles 

upstream of Lake Erie on Cattaraugus 

Creek. These interments most likely 

date to the early Contact period (A.D. 

1500–1700). Museum documentation 

and consultation information indicate 

that the associated funerary objects were 

removed from specific burials of Native 

American individuals. The 28 

associated funerary objects are: five 

sherds, one stone, one faunal remain, 

one lot of faunal remains, one nut, one 

animal tooth, two lots of sherds, five 

bones, one point, two iron knife 

fragments, one fragment of scissors, one 

metal sheet fragment, three iron knives, 

and three lithics. 

The associated human remains 

together with other associated funerary 

objects from the site were reported in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 5, 2001, and have subsequently 

been transferred to the culturally 

affiliated Indian Tribes. 

Historical and geographical 

information indicate that these cultural 

items are from areas considered to be 

aboriginal homelands and traditional 

burial grounds of the Haudenosaunee. 

The present-day Indian Tribes who 

represent the Haudenosaunee are The 

Tribes. 

Determinations Made by the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University 

Officials of Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 28 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), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the associated funerary objects 

and The Tribes. 

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 associated funerary objects 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Patricia Capone, Curator and NAGPRA 

Director, Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity 

Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, 

telephone (617) 496–3702, email 

pcapone@fas.harvard.edu, by August 

15, 2022. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

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 6, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15038 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034194; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History, Jackson, MS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Mississippi Department of Archives and 

History (MDAH) 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 DeSoto, Lee, 

Tunica, Union, and/or Coahoma 

counties in MS. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Meg Cook, Director of 

Archaeology Collections, Mississippi 


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Department of Archives and History, 

Museum Division, 222 North Street, 

P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, 

telephone (601) 576–6927, email 

mcook@mdah.ms.gov. 

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 MDAH. 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 MDAH. 

Description 

On July 30, 2021, the MDAH acquired 

the following collections from the 

University of Mississippi. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, five 

individuals were removed from the 

Walls (22DS500) and Woodlyn 

(22DS517) sites in DeSoto County, MS. 

The one associated funerary object is 

one lot faunal bone. 

In 1990, two individuals, at 

minimum, were removed from 

Meadowbrook site (22LE912) in Lee 

County, MS. The one associated 

funerary object is one lot of burial 

matrix. 

In 2001, two individuals, at 

minimum, were removed from 

Hollywood (22TU500) and Perry 

(22TU514) in Tunica County, MS. The 

one associated funerary object is one lot 

of ceramics. 

At an unknown date, one individual, 

at minimum, was removed from 

Ingomar (22UN500) in Union County, 

MS. The one associated funerary object 

is one lot of faunal bone. 

At an unknown date, one individual, 

at minimum, was removed from 

‘‘22DS517 or CO19 or Grenada Lake 

Survey’’ in an unknown county, MS. 

The three associated funerary objects 

include one lot of faunal bone, one lot 

of ceramics, and one lot of matrix. 

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, biological information, and 

geographical information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the MDAH has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 11 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The seven 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 Alabama-Coushatta 

Tribe of Texas (previously listed as 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians; Miami Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians; Quapaw Nation 

(previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe 

of Indians); The Chickasaw Nation; The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage 

Nation (previously listed as Osage 

Tribe); and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian 

Tribe. 

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 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after August 15, 2022. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the MDAH 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 MDAH is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations 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: July 6, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15041 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034193; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History, Jackson, MS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Mississippi Department of Archives and 

History (MDAH) 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 Hancock County, 

MS. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Meg Cook, Director of 

Archaeology Collections, Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History, 

Museum Division, 222 North Street, 

P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, 

telephone (601) 576–6927, email 

mcook@mdah.ms.gov. 

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 MDAH. 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 MDAH. 


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