[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54529-54530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19167]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034447; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology has amended a Notice of Inventory 
Completion published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2021. This 
notice amends the minimum number of individuals in a collection removed 
from Philadelphia County, PA; Burlington County, NJ; Madison County, 
IN; and other areas in the United States.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after October 6, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Christopher Woods, Williams Director, University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324, telephone (215) 898-4050, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in 
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records held by the

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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion published in the Federal Register (86 FR 38759-38760, July 
22, 2021). Following further consultation, the human remains of one 
individual--catalog number 97-606-40--obtained by Dr. Zina Pitcher from 
Fort Gibson in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, should be removed from the 
earlier notice. No other amendments are necessary. Repatriation of the 
human remains in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not 
occurred.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and 
Anthropology has determined that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of nine 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 
and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after October 6, 2022. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
human remains are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and 
Anthropology is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, Sec.  10.13, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: August 29, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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