Notice2022-10646
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
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Published
May 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the Walsh Gallery. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30260-30261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10646]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033921; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Walsh Gallery,
Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University, in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations,
has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the Walsh Gallery. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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
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claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Walsh Gallery at the address
in this notice by June 17, 2022.
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#462a27333427682e27362d2306352e3368232233"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a666b7f786b24626b7a616f4a79627f246f6e7f">[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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ,
that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
Sometime in the 1950s, 70 cultural items were removed from
Aakawaxung Munahanung (Island Protected from the Wind), an
archeological site in Richmond County, NY. Staff at the Walsh Gallery
believe the items were initially collected by an amateur archeologist.
They were either collected by Brian Templeton or transferred to his
care sometime before June of 1961. Seton Hall University purchased the
unassociated funerary objects from Brian Templeton in 1961. In 2015,
care of the University's archeological collection was transferred to
the Walsh Gallery. The 70 unassociated funerary objects are one brass
buckle, one triangular point, one side notched point, one corner
notched point, one lobate point, one blank for a triangular notched
point, three leaf shaped points, one shell, two jasper knives, one end
scraper, one pebble chopper, one pebble hammerstone, one inner core of
whelk, and 54 pottery fragments.
Determinations Made by the Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University
Officials of the Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 70 cultural items
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin (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 claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Laura Hapke, Walsh Gallery, University
Libraries, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Avenue, South
Orange, NJ 07079, telephone (973) 275-2165, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a666b7f786b24626b7a616f4a79627f246f6e7f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7814190d0a1956101908131d380b100d561d1c0d">[email protected]</span></a>,
by June 17, 2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to
The Tribes may proceed.
The Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 10, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-10646 Filed 5-17-22; 8:45 am]
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