[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 24198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08602]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033741; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Maryland Center for History and 
Culture (Formerly Maryland Historical Society), Baltimore, MD

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maryland Center for History and Culture 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 Maryland 
Center for History and Culture. 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 
Maryland Center for History and Culture at the address in this notice 
by May 23, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vivien Barnett, Curatorial & 
Collections Assistant, Maryland Center for History and Culture, 610 
Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201, telephone (410) 685-3750 Ext. 332, 
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 Maryland Center for History and Culture, Baltimore, 
MD. The human remains were removed from an unknown site in Nebraska.
    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 Maryland 
Center for History and Culture professional staff in consultation with 
a representative of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, Elizabeth Blackowl, 
and archeologists Ronald Thomas and Tyler Bastian.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from an unknown site in Nebraska. 
Subsequently, they entered the archeological collection of the Maryland 
Academy of Sciences. In 1975, the Maryland Academy of Sciences donated 
these human remains to the predecessor of the Maryland Center for 
History and Culture (the Maryland Historical Society) as part of a much 
larger collection of archeological artifacts. The accession ledger 
corresponding to these human remains reads, ``Donated to Md. Hist. Soc. 
In box marked `Pawnee Bones from Nebraska.' '' The fragmentary human 
remains are represented by crania, arm and leg bones, and belong to two 
adults and one juvenile. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

    Officials of the Maryland Center for History and Culture have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals 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 Pawnee Nation 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 Vivien 
Barnett, Curatorial & Collections Assistant, Maryland Center for 
History and Culture, 610 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201, telephone 
(410) 685-3750 Ext. 332, email [email protected], by May 23, 2022. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the Pawnee Nation of 
Oklahoma may proceed.
    The Maryland Center for History and Culture is responsible for 
notifying the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: April 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-08602 Filed 4-21-22; 8:45 am]
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