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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038163; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE)
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a known lineal
descendant connected to the human remains in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after [INSERT
DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-2374, email jpickering@fas.harvard.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 PMAE, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of information available
Based on the information available, human remains representing one individual has been
reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human remains were
collected at the Flandreau Indian School, Moody County, SD, and are hair clippings collected
from one individual who was recorded as being 14 years old and identified as “Sioux.” George E.
Peters took the hair clippings at the Flandreau Indian School between 1930 and 1933. Peters sent
the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935.
Lineal descendant

Based on the information available and the results of consultation, a lineal descendant is
connected to the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
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The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.

•

A known lineal descendant (name withheld per request) is connected to the human
remains described in this notice.

Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. The known lineal descendant connected to the human remains.
2. Any other lineal descendant not identified who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after
[INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the PMAE must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. The PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the lineal descendant and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the
implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 14, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 2024-14111 Filed: 6/26/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/27/2024]