[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8307-8308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02631]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035288; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall 
University, South Orange, NJ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University 
(Walsh Gallery) has completed an inventory of human remains and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this 
notice. The human remains were removed from unknown sites in the Mid-
Atlantic United States.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after March 10, 2023.

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: 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 
Walsh Gallery. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Walsh 
Gallery.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were 
removed from unknown sites in the Mid-Atlantic United States. In all 
cases, no known individuals were identified and no associated funerary 
objects are present.
    FIM013--Possibly in 1962, the human remains of one individual were 
excavated by Lewis Haggerty from a location in New York he identified 
as the ``Van Sickle site.'' Based on Haggarty's records, this site may 
have been in Orange County, NY. The age of the human remains is 
unknown. Haggarty's collection, including these human remains, was 
donated to the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and 
Archaeology in 1981. In 2001, the museum closed following director 
Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were transferred to 
the Walsh Gallery.
    FIM172--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual 
were removed from an unknown location. These remains came into the 
collection of the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and 
Archaeology through Professor of Anthropology Herbert Kraft. As Kraft's 
work focused on the Lenape Indians, these human remains are likely 
affiliated with the Lenape. In 2001, the museum closed following 
director Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were 
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
    FIM606--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual 
were removed from an unknown location. These human remains came into 
the collection of the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and 
Archaeology through Professor of Anthropology Herbert Kraft. As Kraft's 
work focused on the Lenape Indians, these human remains are likely 
affiliated with the Lenape. In 2001, the museum closed following 
director Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were 
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
    FIM607--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual 
were removed from an unknown site in New Jersey. In 1962, David Werner 
and Lyman Vandermark donated these human remains to the Seton Hall 
Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. The age of these human remains 
is unknown. The Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and 
Archaeology closed in 2001, and in 2015, its collections were 
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
    FIM0608--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual 
were removed from an unknown location. These human remains came into 
the collection of the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and 
Archaeology through Professor of Anthropology Herbert Kraft. As Kraft's 
work focused on the Lenape Indians, these human remains are likely 
affiliated with the Lenape. In 2001, the museum closed following 
director Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were 
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
    FIM0609--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual 
were removed from an unknown location. These human remains came into 
the collection of the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and 
Archaeology through Professor of Anthropology Herbert Kraft. As Kraft's 
work focused on the Lenape Indians, these human remains are likely 
affiliated with the Lenape. In 2001, the museum closed following 
director Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were 
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: historical and geographical 
(based on institutional knowledge about the Walsh Gallery's 
archeological collection).

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Walsh Gallery has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
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

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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 March 10, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Walsh Gallery 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 Walsh Gallery is responsible for sending a 
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: February 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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