Notice2021-27362
Notice of Inventory Completion: Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH
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Published
December 17, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum 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 Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033145; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum,
Coshocton, OH
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum 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 Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum. 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 Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum at the
address in this notice by January 18, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Bush, Director, Johnson-
Humrickhouse Museum, 300 N Whitewoman Street, Coshocton, OH 43812,
telephone (740) 622-8710, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95fff0fbfbf7e0e6fdd5fffdf8e0e6f0e0f8bbfae7f2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="771d1219191502041f371d1f1a020412021a59180510">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
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 Johnson-
Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Eshman Farm, Muskingum County, OH.
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 Kent
State University Anthropology Department and Johnson-Humrickhouse
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Seneca Nation of
Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York]; and the
Seneca-Caygua Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma].
History and Description of the Remains
In 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from the Eshman Farm site in Muskingum County, OH. The
site is situated upriver from the Muskingum River Bridge at Dresden. It
contained a low burial mound located in the side yard near the Eschman
House. This low burial mound was excavated by amateur archeologists
Glenn Longaberger and Frank Stratman in 1969. The site collection was
donated to the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum in 1974, shortly after the
death of Glenn Longaberger. The museum has no accession record or
description of the excavation, except for a 1983 article in the Ohio
Archaeologist by Jeff Carskadden and Jim Morton. The fragmentary human
remains belong to an individual of unidentified sex thought to be
between 20 and 34 years old. No known individual was identified. The 21
associated funerary objects are 17 Terminal Woodland points and/or
preforms, one banded slate gorget, one stone celt, and two mica sheets.
Based on the mound architecture, the artifacts, and the known
Hopewell presence in the area, Longaberger determined that the Eschman
Farm site was occupied during the Hopewell Period (200 BCE to 500 CE).
The Shawnee later moved into the site and established a village around
the mound called Wakatomika (Carskadden and Morton, 1983). A cultural
affiliation may be traced between the present-day Shawnee and Delaware
Tribes and the earlier groups at the Eschman Farm site connected to the
human remains and associated funerary objects listed in this notice.
Determinations Made by the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum
Officials of the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 21 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.
<bullet> 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 and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New
York]; Seneca-Caygua Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe
of Oklahoma]; and the Shawnee Tribe (hereafter referred to as ``The
Tribes'').
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 Jennifer Bush, Director, Johnson-Humrickhouse
Museum, 300 North Whitewoman Street, Coshocton, OH 43812, telephone
(740) 622-8710, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#58323d36363a2d2b30183230352d2b3d2d3576372a3f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1379767d7d7166607b53797b7e666076667e3d7c6174">[email protected]</span></a>, by January 18, 2022. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed.
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum is responsible for notifying The
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-27362 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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