Notice2025-06654
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Bushkill, PA
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Published
April 18, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DEWA) 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 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16550-16551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06654]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039966; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area,
Bushkill, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
(DEWA) 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 May 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Eamon Leighty, Acting Superintendent, Delaware Water Gap
National Recreation Area, 1978 River Road, Bushkill, PA 18324,
telephone (570) 426-2412, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3055515d5f5e6f5c555957584449705e40431e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e2b2f23212011222b2729263a370e203e3d60292138">[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
Acting Superintendent, DEWA, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at least three individuals have been
identified. These ancestral remains were removed by a Seton Hall
University archeological student during 1974 excavations at a site in
Sussex County, NJ. The student was given permission by a university
professor to retain the remains for study. In 2020, DEWA staff
discovered that the former student had mailed the remains to DEWA. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
DEWA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains 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 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after May 19, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, DEWA must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains are
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considered a single request and not competing requests. DEWA 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: April 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06654 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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