[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2904-2905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01611]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027203: PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Morris Museum has completed an inventory of human remains, 
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 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 
should submit a written request to the Morris Museum. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Morris Museum at the address in this notice by March 11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Maria Ribaudo, Collections Manager, Morris Museum, 6 
Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960, telephone (973) 971-3735, 
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 under 
the control of the Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ. The human remains 
were removed from Minisink Island, Sussex 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. 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 Morris 
Museum professional staff in 1995. The Morris Museum invited the 
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, and Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin, 
to consult, but did not receive any requests to review the human 
remains.

History and Description of the Remains

    On April 4, 1942, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual, were removed from Minisink Island, Sussex County, NJ, by 
Phillip Launer and J.P. Clark. The human remains, consisting of bone 
fragments ranging in size from half an inch to four inches, were 
donated to the Morris Museum by J.P. Clark. Geographic affiliation was 
attributed to the Munsee-Lenape-Delaware of New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania. There are no additional records or information known 
about the human remains. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

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Determinations Made by the Morris Museum

    Officials of the Morris Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, and 
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.

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 Maria 
Ribaudo, Collections Manager, Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, 
Morristown, NJ 07960, telephone (973) 971-3735, email 
[email protected], by March 11, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, and Stockbridge Munsee 
Community, Wisconsin, may proceed.
    The Morris Museum is responsible for notifying the Delaware Nation, 
Oklahoma, and Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin, that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: December 18, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-01611 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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