Notice2023-13297
Notice of Inventory Completion: Penn State University, Matson Museum of Anthropology, University Park, PA
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Published
June 22, 2023
Issuing agencies
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 Cass County, MN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40858-40859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13297]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036059; 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
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that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any
Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Cass County, MN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after July 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. James Doyle, Director, Matson Museum of Anthropology,
Penn State University, 410 Carpenter Building, University Park, PA
16802, telephone (814) 865-2033, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d202c393e222320383e2838200d3d3e3863282938"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4b9b5a0a7bbbab9a1a7b1a1b994a4a7a1fab1b0a1">[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
Human remains representing, at minimum, eight individuals were
removed from the Leech River area in Cass County, MN. In 1978, Mrs.
Bertha H. Lucas donated these human remains 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. The human remains (Penn
State Lot 27), consisting of seven skulls, one unassociated mandible,
and disarticulated teeth, belong to two adult females (PSU27:130,
PSU27:131), one young adult female (PSU27:112), two elderly adult males
(PSU27:114; PSU27:164), one adult male (PSU27:149), one adult of
indeterminate sex (PSU27:113), and one individual of indeterminate age
and sex (no PSU number). 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: the 1837 Pine Tree Treaty and the 1855 Treaty of
Washington.
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, eight 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 Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(Leech Lake Band).
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 July 24, 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 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 and
10.11.
Dated: June 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13297 Filed 6-21-23; 8:45 am]
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