Notice2023-02631
Notice of Inventory Completion: Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
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Published
February 8, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University (Walsh Gallery) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from unknown sites in the Mid- Atlantic United States.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[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>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02631]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035288; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall
University, South Orange, NJ
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 Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University
(Walsh Gallery) has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains were removed from unknown sites in the Mid-
Atlantic United States.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 10, 2023.
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#1874796d6a7936707968737d586b706d367d7c6d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="deb2bfabacbff0b6bfaeb5bb9eadb6abf0bbbaab">[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
Walsh Gallery. 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 Walsh
Gallery.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were
removed from unknown sites in the Mid-Atlantic United States. In all
cases, no known individuals were identified and no associated funerary
objects are present.
FIM013--Possibly in 1962, the human remains of one individual were
excavated by Lewis Haggerty from a location in New York he identified
as the ``Van Sickle site.'' Based on Haggarty's records, this site may
have been in Orange County, NY. The age of the human remains is
unknown. Haggarty's collection, including these human remains, was
donated to the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and
Archaeology in 1981. In 2001, the museum closed following director
Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were transferred to
the Walsh Gallery.
FIM172--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual
were removed from an unknown location. These remains came into the
collection of the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and
Archaeology through Professor of Anthropology Herbert Kraft. As Kraft's
work focused on the Lenape Indians, these human remains are likely
affiliated with the Lenape. In 2001, the museum closed following
director Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
FIM606--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual
were removed from an unknown location. These human remains came into
the collection of the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and
Archaeology through Professor of Anthropology Herbert Kraft. As Kraft's
work focused on the Lenape Indians, these human remains are likely
affiliated with the Lenape. In 2001, the museum closed following
director Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
FIM607--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual
were removed from an unknown site in New Jersey. In 1962, David Werner
and Lyman Vandermark donated these human remains to the Seton Hall
Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. The age of these human remains
is unknown. The Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and
Archaeology closed in 2001, and in 2015, its collections were
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
FIM0608--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual
were removed from an unknown location. These human remains came into
the collection of the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and
Archaeology through Professor of Anthropology Herbert Kraft. As Kraft's
work focused on the Lenape Indians, these human remains are likely
affiliated with the Lenape. In 2001, the museum closed following
director Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
FIM0609--At an unknown date, the human remains of one individual
were removed from an unknown location. These human remains came into
the collection of the Seton Hall University Museum of Anthropology and
Archaeology through Professor of Anthropology Herbert Kraft. As Kraft's
work focused on the Lenape Indians, these human remains are likely
affiliated with the Lenape. In 2001, the museum closed following
director Herbert Kraft's death, and in 2015, its collections were
transferred to the Walsh Gallery.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: historical and geographical
(based on institutional knowledge about the Walsh Gallery's
archeological collection).
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Walsh Gallery has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official
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identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after March 10, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Walsh Gallery must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The Walsh Gallery 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: February 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02631 Filed 2-7-23; 8:45 am]
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