[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 23460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08052]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035612; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University of 
Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) 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 western Pennsylvania.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after May 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Andrea Palmiotto, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1011 
South Street, Indiana, PA 15705, telephone (724) 357-2841, 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 IUP. 
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 IUP.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Allegheny County, PA. The human remains were examined by the 
Allegheny County Coroner in 1976, and they were donated to Indiana 
University of Pennsylvania at an unknown date. The human remains 
consist of a partial cranium, mandible, vertebra, and right femur. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from a location in western Pennsylvania. At an unknown date, an 
avocational collection known as the Cochran Collection was donated to 
IUP and, subsequently, the collection was found to contain these human 
remains. The human remains consist of a manual phalanx (finger bone). 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

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: anthropological, biological, 
geographical, historical, and other relevant information.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the IUP has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two 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 Seneca Nation of Indians.

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 May 17, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, IUP 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. IUP is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe 
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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: March 29, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08052 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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