Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 134 / Thursday, July 14, 2022 / Notices 42203 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034192; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology. If no additional claimants 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

cultural items 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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim 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. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 

that meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1903, 17 unassociated 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 unassociated 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. The 17 unassociated funerary 

objects are six sherds, one ceramic jar, 

five flakes, one pipe stem fragment, one 

point, two strands of beads, and one 

iron knife. Other unassociated funerary 

objects from the site were reported in a 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items published in the Federal Register 

on October 5, 2001, and have 

subsequently been transferred to the 

culturally affiliated Tribes. 

These interments most likely date to 

the early Contact period (A.D. 1500– 

1700). Museum documentation and 

consultation information indicate that 

the unassociated funerary objects were 

removed from specific burials of Native 

American individuals. 

Historical and geographical 

information indicate that these cultural 

items are from areas considered to be 

the aboriginal homelands and 

traditional burial grounds of the 

Haudenosaunee. The present-day Indian 

Tribes who represent the 

Haudenosaunee are 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’’). 

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)(B), 

the 17 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated 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 claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim 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 claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

unassociated 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. 2022–15039 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034191; 

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: The Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University has completed an inventory 

of associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

associated funerary objects and presentday Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 


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