[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71119-71120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28279]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17082; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Carnegie Museum of Natural
History, Pittsburgh, PA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants
or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects 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
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History at the
address in this notice by December 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Deborah G. Harding, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 5800
Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15206, telephone (412) 665-2606.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
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Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Carnegie Museum of
Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed with the Chambers Site, 36LR11, Lawrence
County, PA.
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 human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Delaware Tribe of Indians.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1957 and 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, 67
individuals were removed from the Chambers Site (36 LR 11), Union
Township, Lawrence County, PA, by John A. Zakucia. In 1959, Zakucia
donated 55 individuals and associated funerary objects to the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History (CMNH). In 1959, CMNH conducted limited
excavations at the Chambers site by then-Curator, Don W. Dragoo, and
removed 12 additional individuals. No known individuals were
identified. The 2,564 associated funerary objects include 2,255 glass
seed; 8 tubular beads; 1 mass of seed beads in matrix (uncounted); 9
copper alloy tinklers; 140 wrought iron nails and fragments and
attached wood (coffin fragments); 2 hawk bells; 2 thimbles; 1 copper
alloy brooch or buckle; 1 braided wire bracelet; 1 silver band or
bracelet; 1 copper alloy bracelet; 1 iron knife blade; 15 grit-tempered
pottery fragments; 32 fragments of non-human bone (deer, sheep or goat,
pig, and cow); 20 chipped stone tools; 52 chipped stone flakes and
fragments; 3 ground stone pieces; 5 projectile points; 4 hammerstones;
2 hematite fragments; 5 pieces of charcoal; 1 piece of bark or fabric;
1 tiny fragment of organic material; 1 lump of matrix containing bone
or metal fragments; and 1 natural stone.
The Euromerican assemblage of objects associated with the human
remains dates the burials to the 18th century. Ethnohistoric and
documentary evidence identify the Chambers site as a Lenape (Delaware)
occupation dating to A.C.E. 1763-1776. There is no evidence to
contradict this.
Determinations Made by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Officials of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History have determined
that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 55 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2,564 objects
described in this notice 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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects to the Delaware
Tribe of Indians.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Deborah G. Harding, Carnegie Museum of
Natural History, 5800 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15206, telephone (412)
665-2606, by December 31, 2014. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the Delaware Tribe of Indians may
proceed.
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying
the Delaware Tribe of Indians that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 30, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-28279 Filed 11-28-14; 8:45 am]
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