Notice2024-05855
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
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Published
March 20, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 19866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05855]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037600; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, 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 University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Christopher Woods, Williams Director, University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324, telephone (215) 898-4050, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87e3eef5e2e4f3e8f5c7f7e2e9e9eaf2f4e2f2eaa9e8f5e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53373a213630273c211323363d3d3e262036263e7d3c2134">[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
Penn Museum, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The human remains are a cranium and
mandible of one individual who was recorded as probably female, aged 50
or more years old. Lieutenant Commander Ebenezer Farrand of the United
States Navy removed the human remains from a burial platform mound at
the site of Bear Point [1BA1] in Baldwin County, Alabama. Bear Point is
a protohistoric archaeological site dated to the Bear Point Phase (c.
1550 to 1700 C.E.) and is attributed to the Pensacola Archaeological
Culture. The remains were transferred to Dr. Isaac Hulse in 1844 and by
1849 transferred to Dr. Samuel G. Morton. After Morton's death in 1851,
the remains were transferred to the Academy of Natural Sciences in
1853. In 1966, the human remains were loaned to the Penn Museum, and in
1997, they were formally gifted to the Penn Museum (PM# 97-606-1455).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains.
Determinations
The Penn Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 April 19, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Penn Museum 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 Penn Museum is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-05855 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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