Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, 54529-54530 [2022-19167]
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At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, 11
individuals were removed from an
unknown location in NE, by an
avocational archeologist, who stored
them in his home. Following his death,
his wife transferred the human remains
to the Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program. The human
remains belong to eight mature adults
and three juveniles aged newborn-six
months, 2.5–12.9 years, and 3.5–14.8
years. Antiquity is suggested by the
condition of the human remains (Burial
Project 1712). No known individuals
were identified. The 11 associated
funerary objects are six Plains
Woodland ceramic sherds, two pieces of
hematite, two fragments of chert
debitage, and one fragment of a worked
bone tool.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unknown location on the Elk Horn River
near Norfolk, Madison County, NE. An
Iowa resident found the human
remains—an incomplete femur—in the
river. In 2004, the human remains were
transferred to the Office of the State
Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program.
The human remains belong to an adult
of indeterminate age and sex. Antiquity
is suggested by the condition of the
human remains (Burial Project 2011).
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Sometime between 1914 and 1935,
human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown location in or near
Crawford, Dawes County, NE. The
human remains were stored at the Iowa
State Historical Society with an
accompanying tag indicating a
provenience of Crawford, Nebraska. In
2013, the Iowa State Historical Society
transferred the human remains to the
Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program. The cranial
remains belong to a young juvenile
(Burial Project 2926). No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, three
individuals were removed from an
unknown location, most likely in
Nebraska. The human remains were
transferred by a collector in Murray, NE,
to a collector in Fort Madison, IA. After
the collector’s death in 1994, the human
remains were transferred to the Office of
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology
Program. The human remains belong to
an adult of indeterminate age and sex,
an infant, and an older juvenile (Burial
Project 785). No known individuals
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were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Archival information and oral
accounts indicate that all of the human
remains listed in this notice were
removed from the State of Nebraska.
The condition of the human remains
and, in some cases, osteological
evidence from the cranial and dental
elements, demonstrate that the
individuals in question are Native
American. As these human remains
cannot be dated or attributed to a
particular archeological context, they
cannot be affiliated with any presentday Indian Tribe.
Determinations Made by the Office of
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology
Program
Officials of the Office of the State
Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on archival
information and cranial and dental
morphology.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 21
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 11 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian Tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
were removed is the aboriginal land of
The Tribes.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to The Tribes.
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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology
Program, University of Iowa, 700 S
Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242,
telephone (319) 384–0740, email laranoldner@uiowa.edu, by October 6, 2022.
After that date, if no additional
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requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed.
The Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program is responsible
for notifying The Tribes that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology has
amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register on July 22, 2021. This notice
amends the minimum number of
individuals in a collection removed
from Philadelphia County, PA;
Burlington County, NJ; Madison County,
IN; and other areas in the United States.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES: 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: 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 University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
amendments and determinations in this
notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the
SUMMARY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 6, 2022 / Notices
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology.
Amendment
This notice amends the
determinations in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register (86 FR 38759–38760, July 22,
2021). Following further consultation,
the human remains of one individual—
catalog number 97–606–40—obtained
by Dr. Zina Pitcher from Fort Gibson in
Muskogee County, Oklahoma, should be
removed from the earlier notice. No
other amendments are necessary.
Repatriation of the human remains in
the original Notice of Inventory
Completion has not occurred.
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Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology has determined that:
• The human remains represent the
physical remains of nine individuals of
Native American ancestry.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the Responsible Official
identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for
repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. 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 human remains in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after October 6, 2022. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
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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 10.9, § 10.10,
§ 10.13, and § 10.14.
Dated: August 29, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: The Filson Historical
Society, Louisville, KY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Filson
Historical Society has amended a Notice
of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register on March 1, 2019.
This notice amends the number of
associated funerary objects and the
cultural affiliation of human remains
and associated funerary objects in a
collection removed from Fort Clark in
Mercer County, ND.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
October 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Kelly Hyberger, Filson
Historical Society, 1310 South Third
Street, Louisville, KY 40208, telephone
(502) 635–5083, email khyberger@
filsonhistorical.org.
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 Filson
Historical Society. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
amendments and determinations in this
notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the
Filson Historical Society.
SUMMARY:
Amendment
This notice amends the
determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
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Register (84 FR 7112, March 1, 2019).
Repatriation of the items in the original
Notice of Inventory Completion has not
occurred. This notice corrects the site
location of the human remains and
associated funerary objects, the number
of associated funerary objects, and the
cultural affiliation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
as a result of additional documentation
being found in our files. The corrected
History and Description of the Remains
should read:
In 1912, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from the vicinity of Fort Clark
in Mercer County, ND, by Bernhardt
George Letzring. According to a handwritten note from Letzring dated April
5, 1935, he removed the remains of this
individual and the associated funerary
objects from graves located about ‘‘40
feet northwest of the old Ruins of oven
at Fort Clark on the bank of the Missouri
River in Mercer County, North Dakota.’’
At that time, Letzring identified these
human remains as those of Sacajawea.
Sometime prior to 1935, Letzring gave
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to Lewis A. Walter of
Louisville, KY. In 1935, Walter loaned
these items to the Filson Historical
Society, and in 1951, the estate of Lewis
A. Walter gifted them to the museum.
There is no evidence whatsoever to
suggest any validity to the claim that
these are the human remains of
Sacajawea. No known individual was
identified. The 40 associated funerary
objects are three elk tooth beads, four
decorated glass trade beads, 22 solid
color glass trade beads, two glass trade
bead fragments, one bone gorget, one
clay pipe fragment, one metal pipe
bowl, one stone pipe bowl, one cowrie
shell necklace, one cowrie shell
bracelet, one rattlesnake tail, one cluster
of cotton pods, and one bundle of
natural fiber rope.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from a
burial ground located just outside the
boundaries of Fort Clark and near a
well-documented Mandan and Arikara
village and burial ground. First the
Mandan and later the Arikara occupied
this village from the 1790s until 1862.
Existing trade networks with the
Mandan prompted colonial fur traders
to establish Fort Clark in 1831,
approximately 900 feet from the village.
Following construction of the Fort, a
complex trade economy continued to
develop between the Fort’s occupants
and the neighboring Mandan and
Arikara. Both the presence of European
trade beads among the associated
funerary objects and the geographic
location of the grave suggest that the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034447; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology has amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2021. This
notice amends the minimum number of individuals in a collection removed
from Philadelphia County, PA; Burlington County, NJ; Madison County,
IN; and other areas in the United States.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES: 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: 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
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal Register (86 FR 38759-38760, July
22, 2021). Following further consultation, the human remains of one
individual--catalog number 97-606-40--obtained by Dr. Zina Pitcher from
Fort Gibson in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, should be removed from the
earlier notice. No other amendments are necessary. Repatriation of the
human remains in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not
occurred.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology has determined that:
The human remains represent the physical remains of nine
individuals of Native American ancestry.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after October 6, 2022. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology 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 10.9, Sec.
10.10, Sec. 10.13, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: August 29, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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