Notice2025-08485
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, PA
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Published
May 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 20490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08485]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040131; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, 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 Agriculture, Forest
Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site has completed an inventory
of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant
and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural
affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after June 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Joseph Koloski, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, FS, Grey Towers
National Historic Site, 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PA 18337,
telephone (570) 296-9630, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d57524e584d5513565251524e56547d484e595c135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee4e1fdebfee6a0e5e1e2e1fde5e7cefbfdeaefa0e9e1f8">[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
Grey Towers National Historic Site, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The cranium,
incomplete right femur, incomplete right tibia, and incomplete left
tibia of an adult probable male was located at Grey Towers NHS.
Geographical location of removal, date of removal, and acquisition
history are unknown. There is no indication these remains were treated
with potentially hazardous materials.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: biological and
expert opinion. The information, including the results of consultation,
identified:
1. No earlier group can be identified as connected to the human
remains.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization can be
identified as connected to the human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
The Grey Towers National Historic Site has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of probable Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
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
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after June 13, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Grey Towers National Historic Site 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 Grey Towers National
Historic Site is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any
consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 30, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08485 Filed 5-13-25; 8:45 am]
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