[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30260-30261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10646]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033921; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Walsh Gallery, 
Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University, in consultation 
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, 
has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items 
should submit a written request to the Walsh Gallery. If no additional 
claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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

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claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Walsh Gallery at the address 
in this notice by June 17, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Hapke, Collections Manager, 
Walsh Gallery, University Libraries, Seton Hall University, 400 South 
Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079, telephone (973) 275-2165, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, 
that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 
U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    Sometime in the 1950s, 70 cultural items were removed from 
Aakawaxung Munahanung (Island Protected from the Wind), an 
archeological site in Richmond County, NY. Staff at the Walsh Gallery 
believe the items were initially collected by an amateur archeologist. 
They were either collected by Brian Templeton or transferred to his 
care sometime before June of 1961. Seton Hall University purchased the 
unassociated funerary objects from Brian Templeton in 1961. In 2015, 
care of the University's archeological collection was transferred to 
the Walsh Gallery. The 70 unassociated funerary objects are one brass 
buckle, one triangular point, one side notched point, one corner 
notched point, one lobate point, one blank for a triangular notched 
point, three leaf shaped points, one shell, two jasper knives, one end 
scraper, one pebble chopper, one pebble hammerstone, one inner core of 
whelk, and 54 pottery fragments.

Determinations Made by the Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University

    Officials of the Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 70 cultural items 
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, 
Wisconsin (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Laura Hapke, Walsh Gallery, University 
Libraries, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Avenue, South 
Orange, NJ 07079, telephone (973) 275-2165, email [email protected], 
by June 17, 2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come 
forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to 
The Tribes may proceed.
    The Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University is responsible for 
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 10, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-10646 Filed 5-17-22; 8:45 am]
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