Notice2023-05729
Notice of Inventory Completion: Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, PA
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Published
March 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Moravian Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Tuscarawas County, OH.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 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: 2023-05729]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035483; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Moravian Historical Society,
Nazareth, 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 Moravian Historical Society has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Tuscarawas County, OH.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Farrar Lannon, Moravian Historical Society, 214 E Center
Street, Nazareth, PA 18064, telephone (610) 759-5070, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f192848390859e83b19c9e83908798909f999882859e8388df9e8396"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3350464152475c41735e5c4152455a525d5b5a40475c414a1d5c4154">[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
Moravian Historical Society. 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 Moravian Historical Society.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Tuscarawas County, OH. Between 1850 and 1880, the human
remains were removed from the former site of the village of
Gnadenhutten. In 1782, ninety-six pacifist Moravian Christian Indians
(primarily Lenape and Mohican) were massacred by U.S. militiamen from
Pennsylvania at Gnadenhutten. After looting the homes, the militiamen
burned the village. The killing field remained untouched for 17 years
until 1799, when Moravian missionaries and Christian Indians visited
the site, collected all the skeletal remains that they could find, and
buried them in one mass grave. In 1857, a B. Roming donated a single
proximal phalange to the Moravian Historical Society (MHS) bearing the
inscription ``toe-bone of an Indian from Gnadenhutten, Ohio.'' In 1985,
Mrs. John Weinlick donated a small, decorated box to MHS containing
four bone fragments and pieces of burnt corn that had been collected
from Gnadenhutten in 1872. No known individuals were identified. The 60
associated funerary objects are the pieces of burnt corn.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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: geographical and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Moravian Historical Society has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 60 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 20, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Moravian
Historical Society must determine the most appropriate requestor prior
to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Moravian Historical Society 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-05729 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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