Notice2025-01176
Notice of Inventory Completion: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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Published
January 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Temple University 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6005-6006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01176]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039364; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Temple University, Philadelphia,
PA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Temple University 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Leslie Reeder-Myers, Temple University, LL8 Gladfelter Hall,
Philadelphia, PA 19122, telephone (215) 204-1376, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a363f2936333f74283f3f3e3f287737233f28291a2e3f372a363f743f3e2f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6aaa3b5aaafa3e8b4a3a3a2a3b4ebabbfa3b4b586b2a3abb6aaa3e8a3a2b3">[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 Temple
University, 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, 94 individuals have been reasonably identified from the Mohr
Site (36LA39), located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The 156
associated funerary objects are four awls; two axes; one lot of bark;
34 lots of beads; one blade; eight lots of bones; one lot of brass; one
burial stone; two celts; nine lots of ceramics; six ceramic sherds; 15
lots of ceramic vessels; one lot of charcoal; two chisels; one comb;
two lots of disc ornaments; one lot of flints and chert; two lots of
iron fragments; one knife; one lot of miscellaneous pit materials; two
musket balls; five lots of necklaces; one needle; eight lots of
pendants; seven lots of pipes; one point; one pouch; three projectile
point; one quartz; five scrapers; two shells; 14 lots of stones; one
tine; one tube; two lots of turtle shells; one lot of turtle shell and
bones; one unidentified object; two unknown objects; and two lots of
turtle shell vessels. Of this number, one ceramic vessel is currently
missing from this collection and Temple University will continue to
look for it. Between 1963 and 1965, Dr. Jacob Gruber from the
Department of Anthropology at Temple University excavated the Site and
removed human remains and associated funerary objects. In 1968, the
individuals and funerary objects were accessioned by Temple University.
Museum records indicate that the individuals were cleaned and, in some
instances, reconstructed with glue. Temple University has no knowledge
or record of the presence of any potentially hazardous substances, if
any, were used for cleaning.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains and associated funerary objects described
in this notice.
Determinations
Temple University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 94 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 156 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation;
Pamunkey Indian Tribe; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Seneca Nation of
Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Shawnee Tribe; Tonawanda Band of Seneca;
and the Tuscarora Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 18, 2025.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, Temple University
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. Temple University 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: January 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01176 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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