88 FR 8 pgs. 2119-2120 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Penn State University, Matson Museum of Anthropology, University Park, PA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 8Pages: 2119 - 2120
Pages: 2119, 2120Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035105; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-00475 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035105; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Penn State University, Matson Museum of Anthropology, University Park, PA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Smyth and Washington Counties, VA.
DATES:
Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Dr. James Doyle, Director, Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University, 216 Carpenter Building, University Park, PA 16802, telephone (814) 865-2033, email matsonmuseum@psu.edu.
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 Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University. 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 Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University.
Description
[top] In 1978, Mrs. Bertha H. Lucas donated human remains that had been removed from the State of Virginia to Pennsylvania State University. Since 1902, her husband, Mr. Howard K. Lucas, had been collecting prehistoric items, and during the 1920s and 1930s, he purchased some items from other collectors. Although the Matson Museum's accession file does not specify how and when particular items
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the aboriginal land. Based on the 1884 Cherokee Land Cessions map compiled by C.C. Royce, there were two colonial era treaties between the Cherokee and the British that include Smyth and Washington Counties-the Treaty of October 14, 1770 at Lochabar, South Carolina, and the Treaty of March 17, 1775 with Richard Henderson.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of, at minimum, 25 individuals of Native American ancestry.
• No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
• The human remains described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES . Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 13, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University 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 and 10.11.
Dated: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-00475 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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