[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27932-27933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11241]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-15535; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio Historical Society, 
Columbus, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Ohio Historical Society 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 Ohio Historical Society. 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 Ohio Historical Society at the address in 
this notice by June 16, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Bradley Lepper, Ohio Historical Society, 800 East 17th Ave., 
Columbus, OH 43211, telephone (614) 298-2064, 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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Ohio Historical 
Society, Columbus, OH. The human remains were removed from Pickaway 
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). 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 object. 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 Ohio 
Historical Society professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1894, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals, 
were removed from the area of the Pickaway Plains in the vicinity of 
Shawneetown, also known as Cornstalk's Town, in Pickaway County, OH, by 
Warren K. Moorehead. The human remains represent two adults and one 
subadult. The adults were reported under numbers A4345/2730, 2731, 
2732, 2733, 2738 and 2739. The subadult was reported under number 
A4345/2735. No known individuals were identified. The

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three associated funerary objects are a non-diagnostic broken flint 
projectile point (A4345/2764); a prehistoric projectile point (A4345/
2755); and a silver pendant (A14/42), collected by Mr. Marshall 
Anderson and purchased by the museum in the 1890s.
    At the time of removal, the remains were identified as possibly 
Shawnee. The location of removal, near Shawneetown, supports this 
identification. The prehistoric projectile point associated with the 
remains calls this identification into question, but it is possible the 
object was collected and retained by an historic Shawnee individual. 
Based on the archeological context, museum records, and consultation, a 
relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably traced between 
the human remains and associated funerary objects and the Eastern 
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

Determinations Made by the Ohio Historical Society

    Officials of the Ohio Historical Society have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 3 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 3 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 human 
remains and associated funerary objects and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe 
of Oklahoma.

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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Bradley 
Lepper, Ohio Historical Society, 800 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 
43211, telephone (614-298-2064, email [email protected], by June 
16, 2014. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
    The Ohio Historical Society is responsible for notifying the 
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

    Dated: April 10, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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