Notice2023-00475
Notice of Inventory Completion: Penn State University, Matson Museum of Anthropology, University Park, PA
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Published
January 12, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2119-2120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00475]
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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.
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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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e434f5a5d4140435b5d4b5b436e5e5d5b004b4a5b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84e9e5f0f7ebeae9f1f7e1f1e9c4f4f7f1aae1e0f1">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
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
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in the Lucas Collection were acquired, it does state that human remains
representing, at minimum, 25 individuals were removed from Smyth and
Washington Counties, VA. The Lucas Collection (Penn State Lot 27)
contains 25 skulls. Four crania have no mandibles (PSU27:137 belonging
to a young adult female, PSU27:141 belonging to an adult female,
PSU27:146 belonging to an aged adult, and PSU27:175 belonging to an
adult male). Six crania have matching mandibles (PSU27:142 belonging to
a young adult, PSU27:159 belonging to a young adult, PSU27:165
belonging to an adult male, PSU27:171 belonging to an adult female,
PSU27:172 belonging to an adult male, and PSU27:173 belonging to an
adult male). Three crania have uncertain matching mandibles (PSU27:140
belonging to an adult male, PSU27:166 belonging to an adult male, and
PSU27:168 belonging to a young adult). Twelve crania have attached,
unassociated mandibles (PSU27:135 belonging to an adult male, PSU27:138
belonging to a female with an attached mandible belonging to an adult
male, PSU27:139 belonging to an adult male, PSU27:143 belonging to an
adult male, PSU27:144 belonging to a young adult, PSU27:145 belonging
to an adult, PSU27:147 belonging to an adult, PSU27:148 belonging to a
young adult male with an attached mandible belonging to a female,
PSU27:167 belonging to an adult male, PSU27:169 belonging to an adult
female, PSU27:170 belonging to an adult male, and PSU27:174 belonging
to an adult). One cranium with matching mandible came from Keywood in
Washington County (PSU27:172); one cranium with matching mandible came
from Broadford in Smyth County (PSU27:171); and the remaining 23 skulls
came from Saltville in Smyth County. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of, at minimum, 25 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> 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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