[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4042-4043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01036]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033280; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has corrected an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects published in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on August 10, 
2018. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects. 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 American Museum of Natural History. 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 American Museum of Natural History at the 
address in this notice by February 25, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nell Murphy, American Museum of 
Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, 
telephone (212) 769-5837, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the American Museum of 
Natural History, New York, NY. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Mercer County, NJ, and Richmond 
County, NY.
    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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 39777-39779, August 10, 
2018). The Museum received copies of archival documentation housed in a 
different institution that pertains to the AMNH's excavations at the 
Abbott Farm site, Mercer County, NJ. This new information led Museum 
staff to identify an additional 21 culturally affiliated human remains 
and an additional 56 associated funerary objects. Transfer of control 
of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (83 FR 39778, August 10, 2018, FR Doc 
#2018-17217, on page 39778), column 1, paragraph 3, under History and 
Description of the Remains, sentence 7 is corrected by substituting the 
following sentence:

    The 10 associated funerary objects--10 pieces of pottery--were 
found with these human remains.

    In the Federal Register (83 FR 39778, August 10, 2018, FR Doc 
#2018-17217, on page 39778), columns 1 and 2 are corrected by adding 
the following paragraphs at the end of paragraph 4 to replace the 
existing paragraphs:

    In 1896, human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals, 
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, one mile south 
of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan Farm, Village Site. The human remains 
were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored expedition. 
The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year. The human 
remains include two adult females, one adult who is likely female, 
six adults whose sex is indeterminate, and one individual whose age 
and sex are indeterminate. No known individuals were identified. The 
26 associated funerary objects include five implements (one of which 
is broken), one celt, one broken clay pipe, one scrapper, one chip, 
three pieces of pottery fragments and 14 sherds. Artifact analysis 
and burial depth suggest that these human remains and associated 
funerary objects date to the Middle Woodland Period (A.D. 200-900).
    In 1898, human remains representing, at minimum, four 
individuals, were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, 
one mile south of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan Farm, Lowland. The human 
remains were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored 
expedition. The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year. 
The human remains include one adult female, two adults whose sex is 
indeterminate, and one adult who is likely male. No known 
individuals were identified. The five associated funerary objects 
include three implements, one animal tooth, and one lot of pottery 
fragments. Artifact analysis and burial depth suggest that these 
human remains and associated funerary objects date to the Middle 
Woodland Period (A.D. 200-900).
    In 1898, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, one mile south 
of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan

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Farm, Village site, Lowland. The human remains were excavated by 
Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored expedition. The AMNH 
accessioned the human remains that same year. The human remains 
include one adult who is likely male and one adult whose sex is 
indeterminate. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. Burial depth suggests that these human 
remains date to the Middle Woodland Period (A.D. 200-900).
    In 1898, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, one mile south 
of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan Farm Village site. The human remains 
were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored expedition. 
The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year. The human 
remains include two individuals of unknown sex or age. No known 
individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are 
one beaver tooth and one lot of pottery fragments. Burial depth 
suggests that these human remains date to the Middle Woodland Period 
(A.D. 200-900).
    In 1899, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, 1 mile south 
of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan Farm, Village Site. The human remains 
were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored expedition. 
The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year. The human 
remains include one subadult. No known individual was identified. 
The one associated funerary object is one lot of animal bone 
fragments. Burial depth suggests that these human remains date to 
the Middle Woodland Period (A.D. 200-900).
    In 1899, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Abbott Farm, Trench 1. The 
human remains were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored 
expedition. The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year. 
The human remains include two adults whose sex is indeterminate. No 
known individuals were identified. The 14 associated funerary 
objects include one lot of beaver teeth fragments, one fragmentary 
pot (more than 50 pieces), two pieces of white quarts, two flakes, 
one broken spearpoint, one broken point, one bone implement, one 
unfinished implement, one implement (knife?), and three blade 
pieces. Artifact analysis and burial depth suggest that these human 
remains and associated funerary objects date to the Middle Woodland 
Period (A.D. 200-900).

    In the Federal Register (83 FR 39778, August 10, 2018, FR Doc 
#2018-17217, on page 39778), column 3, paragraph 3, is corrected by 
substituting the following paragraph:

    We infer that the human remains and associated funerary objects 
from Abbott Farm, Bowman's Brook, and Burial Ridge date to the 
Middle Woodland (A.D. 200-900) or later. Historically, these three 
locales lay within Lenape territory during the contact period, while 
archeological and linguistic data indicate a cultural continuity 
extending back to the Middle Woodland Period.

    In the Federal Register (83 FR 39778, August 10, 2018, FR Doc 
#2018-17217, on page 39779), column 1, paragraph 1 under the heading 
``Determinations Made by the American Museum of Natural History,'' 
after ``Officials of the American Museum of Natural History have 
determined that,'' sentences 1 and 2 are corrected by substituting the 
following sentences:

     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains 
described in this notice represent the physical remains of 68 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 226 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.

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 Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural 
History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, 
telephone (212) 769-5837, email [email protected], by February 25, 2022. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 
and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin may proceed.
    The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the 
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: January 12, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-01036 Filed 1-25-22; 8:45 am]
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