44460 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 Kentucky Historical 

Society at the address in this notice by 

October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Beth Caffery Carter, 

Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West 

Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, 

telephone (502) 564–1792, email 

bethc.carter@ky.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 Kentucky Historical Society, 

Frankfort, KY. The human remains were 

removed from Fox Field, Mason County, 

KY and Steubenville, Jefferson County, 

OH. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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 Kentucky 

Historical Society professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The 

Chickasaw Nation responded by letter 

and deferred to the Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians. The following Indian 

Tribes and groups were invited to 

consult but did not participate: 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; 

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 

Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; 

Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee, 

a non-federally recognized Indian 

group; Shawnee Tribe; The Quapaw 

Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; 

and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal 

Repatriation Committee, representing 

federally recognized Indian Tribes. 

History and Description of the Remains 

At some time prior to 1964, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 2 

individuals were removed from Fox 

Field in Mason County, KY, and 

Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH. 

The human remains were loaned and 

then donated to the Kentucky Historical 

Society by Charles Johnson. The 

Kentucky Historical Society has no 

other information about the excavation 

of these human remains. The human 

remains include a skull of an adult 

female from the Fox Field site in Mason 

County, KY, and a skull of an adult male 

from Steubenville in Jefferson County, 

OH. No known individuals were 

identified. There are no associated 

funerary objects present. 

Determinations Made by the Kentucky 

Historical Society 

Officials of the Kentucky Historical 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on the 

minimal provenance that came in with 

them. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 2 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

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

disposition of the human remains may 

be to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Beth Caffery Carter, 

Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West 

Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, 

telephone (502) 564–1792, email 

bethc.carter@ky.gov, by October 23, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux 

Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma; and, if joined to one or more 

of the Indian Tribes above, the following 

non-federally recognized Indian groups: 

The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; 

Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; 

and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal 

Repatriation Committee may proceed. 

The Kentucky Historical Society is 

responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 

Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; 

Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians; United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Echota 

Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia 

Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; and the 

Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation 

Committee that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 31, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024037; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert 

S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 

Andover, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology 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 present-day Indian 

tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Lineal descendants or representatives of 

any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

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organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these associated funerary objects 

should submit a written request to the 

Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology. 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 Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology at the address in this 

notice by October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 180 

Main Street, Andover MA 01810, 

telephone (978) 749–4490, email 

rwheeler@andover.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 Robert S. Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology, Andover MA. 

The associated funerary objects were 

removed from the Mansion Inn site, 

Wayland, MA. 

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 human 

remains was made by the Robert S. 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Wampanoag 

Repatriation Confederation, 

representing the Mashpee Wampanoag 

Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee 

Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) 

and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band 

of the Wampanoag Nation and the 

Nipmuc Nation (non-federally 

recognized Indian groups). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In June 1959, 188 associated funerary 

objects were removed from the Mansion 

Inn site (19–MD–210) in Middlesex 

County, MA. At that time, human 

remains and funerary objects were 

removed from the site by a number of 

individuals when construction activity 

at the site of the old Mansion Inn 

revealed the presence of archeological 

features. The site was looted by local 

children, their parents, and friends, 

assisted by local collectors. Many kept 

what they had excavated, though some 

human remains and funerary objects 

were preserved in museum collections. 

Frederick Johnson, curator of the Robert 

S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology 

(now the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology) undertook salvage 

excavations to recover some information 

about the site. Human remains and 

funerary objects removed by Johnson, 

Curtis Chapin, and others were 

ultimately preserved in the Robert S. 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

the Massachusetts Archaeological 

Society/Robbins Museum. The 188 

associated funerary objects are 3 adze 

fragments, 1 axe fragment, 61 bifaces 

and biface fragments, 25 flakes/debitage, 

1 hammerstone, 2 charred nut hulls and 

charcoal, 22 pebbles, and 73 stone 

fragments. 

Excavations, studies, and one 

radiocarbon assay on organic material 

date the site from approximately 2111 to 

1697 B.C. This is consistent with the 

Watertown Phase and subsequent 

Coburn Group of the Late Archais 

Susquehanna Tradition. Multiple lines 

of evidence guided by tribal 

consultations, including geographic 

location, maps, oral tradition, linguistic, 

and archeological data, demonstrate a 

shared group identity between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice and the 

Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, 

representing the Mashpee Wampanoag 

Indian Tribe (previously listed as the 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal 

Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe 

of Gay Head (Aquinnah) as well as the 

Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation 

and the Nipmuc Nation (non-federally 

recognized Indian groups). 

Determinations Made by the Robert S. 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

Officials of the Robert S. Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 188 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 Native American associated 

funerary objects and the Wampanoag 

Repatriation Confederation, 

representing the Mashpee Wampanoag 

Indian Tribe (previously listed as the 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal 

Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe 

of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Additionally, 

a cultural relationship is determined to 

exist between the human remains and 

the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag 

Nation and Nipmuc Nation, which are 

non-federally recognized Indian groups. 

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 

Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology, 180 Main 

Street, Andover MA 01810, telephone 

(978) 749–4490, email rwheeler@

andover.edu, by October 23, 2017. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the associated funerary objects to the 

Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, 

representing the Mashpee Wampanoag 

Indian Tribe (previously listed as the 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal 

Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe 

of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and, if joined 

to one or more of the culturally 

affiliated tribes, the Assonet Band of the 

Wampanoag Nation and Nipmuc 

Nation, which are non-federally 

recognized Indian groups, may proceed. 

The Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology is responsible for notifying 

the Wampanoag Repatriation 

Confederation, representing the 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe 

(previously listed as the Mashpee 

Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) 

and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band 

of the Wampanoag Nation and the 

Nipmuc Nation (non-federally 

recognized Indian groups) that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 21, 2017 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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