Notice2023-08052
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
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Published
April 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) 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 western Pennsylvania.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 23460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08052]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035612; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, Indiana, 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), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) 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 western Pennsylvania.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Andrea Palmiotto, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1011
South Street, Indiana, PA 15705, telephone (724) 357-2841, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5534253439383c3a21153c20257b303120"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5534253439383c3a21153c20257b303120">[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 IUP.
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 IUP.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Allegheny County, PA. The human remains were examined by the
Allegheny County Coroner in 1976, and they were donated to Indiana
University of Pennsylvania at an unknown date. The human remains
consist of a partial cranium, mandible, vertebra, and right femur. No
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from a location in western Pennsylvania. At an unknown date, an
avocational collection known as the Cochran Collection was donated to
IUP and, subsequently, the collection was found to contain these human
remains. The human remains consist of a manual phalanx (finger bone).
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
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: anthropological, biological,
geographical, historical, and other relevant information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the IUP has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two 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 Seneca Nation of Indians.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after May 17, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, IUP 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. IUP is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe
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 29, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08052 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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