Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, 30476-30477 [2021-11944]
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and Anthropology have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described in this notice
is 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 human
remains and associated funerary object
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 human remains and associated
funerary object should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Dr. Christopher Woods,
Williams Director, University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104–6324,
telephone (215) 898–4050, email
director@pennmuseum.org, by July 8,
2021. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary object to The Tribes
may proceed.
The University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: May 25, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology, in consultation with
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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
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. 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 University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology at the
address in this notice by July 8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Christopher Woods, Williams Director,
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260
South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104–
6324, telephone (215) 898–4050, email
director@pennmuseum.org.
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
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, PA, 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
At an unknown date, 12 cultural
items were removed from a
‘‘sarcophagus 4 ft. below the surface’’ at
an unidentified location near Trenton in
Mercer County, NJ, by Charles C. Abbott
(b. 1843–d. 1919). These 12 cultural
items were donated to the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia most
likely between 1876 and 1894. In 1876,
Abbott removed a further 10 cultural
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items from a grave at an unknown
location near Trenton. Subsequently,
these 10 cultural items were transferred
to Samuel S. Haldeman. In September
1877, Haldeman’s collection, including
the 10 cultural objects, was donated to
the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia.
In 1936/1937, collections from the
Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia were loaned to the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
including the above enumerated 22
cultural items, and in 1997, these 22
cultural items were gifted to the
Museum. The 22 unassociated funerary
objects are two pottery sherds (record
numbers 97–563–337 and 97–563–
6473A), 10 animal and fish bones
(record number 97–563–6473B), and 10
marginella shell beads (record number
97–563–1141).
Based on archeological, consultation,
historical, linguistic, oral traditional,
and geographic information, the cultural
items date to the Woodland Period, and
they were most likely connected to the
Delaware (Lenape). Today, the Delaware
(Lenape) are represented by three Indian
Tribes—the Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
Determinations Made by the University
of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology
Officials of the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 22 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
Dr. Christopher Woods, Williams
Director, University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
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Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104–6324,
telephone (215) 898–4050, email
director@pennmuseum.org, by July 8,
2021. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: May 25, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
University of California, Berkeley;
Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of California,
Berkeley has completed an inventory of
human remains and 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 human remains
and associated funerary objects and
present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. 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 human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the University of California,
Berkeley. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and 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
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the University of California,
Berkeley at the address in this notice by
July 8, 2021.
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Dr.
Thomas Torma; University of California,
Berkeley; Office of the Vice Chancellor
for Research, 119 California Hall,
Berkeley, CA 94720–1500, telephone
(510) 672–5388, email t.torma@
berkeley.edu.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Mercer County, NJ.
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 human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
California, Berkeley professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1904, human remains representing,
at minimum, four individuals were
removed from Major Woodward’s Farm
and Squire Willey’s Farm in Mercer
County, NJ. They were collected by
Ernest Volk as part of his annual
excavations in the area. Although in
most years during his 22-year-long
study, Volk’s work was done under the
supervision of Frederick Ward Putnam
at Harvard University, for some
unknown reason, all the materials Volk
collected in 1904 were sent to the
University of California. The human
remains belong to four individuals of
unknown age and sex. No known
individuals were identified. The 713
associated funerary objects are one axe;
one set of faunal remains; 87 pieces of
flake and cobble; 109 pieces of flake and
gravel; 190 pieces of flake and comb
fragment; six pieces of flake and scraper;
44 pieces of flake and stone; 100 pieces
of flake, hammerstone, and gravel; five
flakes; one graver; two knives; 27 pieces
of pebble, stone tools, and flake; one
pestle; 27 points and flakes; 11
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potsherds; one pottery fragment; two
projectile points; five scrapers; seven
spear points; 84 pieces of stone tools
and flakes; and two stones.
The preponderance of the evidence
shows that these human remains and
associated funerary objects are of Native
American origin and date sometime
between the middle woodland period
and the early historic era. Mercer
County, NJ, is the aboriginal territory of
the Lenape, or Delaware people.
Moreover, archeological, historic,
linguistic, oral traditional, and other
lines of evidence support a cultural
affiliation of these human remains and
objects with the Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin.
Determinations Made by the University
of California, Berkeley
Officials of the University of
California, Berkeley have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of four
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 713 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 human
remains and 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 human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Dr. Thomas Torma;
University of California, Berkeley;
Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Research, 119 California Hall, Berkeley,
CA 94720–1500, telephone (510) 672–
5388, email t.torma@berkeley.edu, by
July 8, 2021. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The University of California, Berkeley
is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
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National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, 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
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 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 University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the address in this notice by
July 8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher Woods, Williams
Director, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324, telephone
(215) 898-4050, email [email protected].
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 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, 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
At an unknown date, 12 cultural items were removed from a
``sarcophagus 4 ft. below the surface'' at an unidentified location
near Trenton in Mercer County, NJ, by Charles C. Abbott (b. 1843-d.
1919). These 12 cultural items were donated to the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia most likely between 1876 and 1894. In 1876,
Abbott removed a further 10 cultural items from a grave at an unknown
location near Trenton. Subsequently, these 10 cultural items were
transferred to Samuel S. Haldeman. In September 1877, Haldeman's
collection, including the 10 cultural objects, was donated to the
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
In 1936/1937, collections from the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia were loaned to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology, including the above enumerated 22
cultural items, and in 1997, these 22 cultural items were gifted to the
Museum. The 22 unassociated funerary objects are two pottery sherds
(record numbers 97-563-337 and 97-563-6473A), 10 animal and fish bones
(record number 97-563-6473B), and 10 marginella shell beads (record
number 97-563-1141).
Based on archeological, consultation, historical, linguistic, oral
traditional, and geographic information, the cultural items date to the
Woodland Period, and they were most likely connected to the Delaware
(Lenape). Today, the Delaware (Lenape) are represented by three Indian
Tribes--the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and
the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin (hereafter referred to as
``The Tribes'').
Determinations Made by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology
Officials of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 22 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 Dr. Christopher Woods, Williams Director,
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
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Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324, telephone
(215) 898-4050, email [email protected], by July 8, 2021. After
that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of
control of the unassociated funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice
has been published.
Dated: May 25, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-11944 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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