87 FR 171 pgs. 54526-54527 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 171Pages: 54526 - 54527
Pages: 54526, 54527Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034450; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-19169 Filed 9-2-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034450; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definitions of both sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Cattaraugus County, NY.
DATES:
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after October 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES:
Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu.
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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. 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 summary or related records held by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.
Description
The three cultural items were removed from Cattaraugus County, NY. The three sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony are one False Face and two turtle rattles. The False Face (catalog no. 89/7195) and one of the turtle rattles (catalog no. 89/7196) were made by LeRoy Jimerson Sr., a Seneca Nation leader and wood carver, and given to the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology by his son LeRoy Jimerson Jr. in 1941. The second turtle rattle (catalog no. 141/16327), almost identical to the other, was collected by B.F. Gorham of South Harwich, MA, acquired by avocational archeologist Howard Torrey, and bequeathed by him to the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology in 1952.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: anthropological information, geographical information, historical information, kinship, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has determined that:
• The three cultural items described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
• The three cultural items described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual.
• There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Seneca Nation of Indians ( previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York).
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 6, 2022. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology 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 10.8, §?10.10, and §?10.14.
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Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-19169 Filed 9-2-22; 8:45 am]
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