Notice2025-17630
Notice of Proposed Transfer or Reinterment: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, PA
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Published
September 12, 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 (Grey Towers NHS), proposes to transfer human remains listed in a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44234-44235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17630]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6504; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041046; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Proposed Transfer or Reinterment: 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 (Grey Towers NHS), proposes
to transfer human remains listed in a notice of inventory completion
published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2025.
DATES: Repatriation, transfer, or reinterment of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after
October 14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written request for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to Joseph Koloski, U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture, FS, Grey Towers National Historic Site, 151 Grey Towers
Drive, Milford, PA 18337, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ff95908c9a8f97d1949093908c9496bf8a8c9b9ed1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8a2a7bbadb8a0e6a3a7a4a7bba3a188bdbbaca9e6afa7be">[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 NHS, 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.
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Abstract of Information Available
This notice follows publication of a notice of inventory completion
in the Federal Register (90 FR 20490, May 14, 2025). 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. Email correspondence followed between Grey Towers NHS and
the Delaware Nation; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge
Munsee Community. The tribal representatives agree that no lineal
descendant or culturally affiliated Tribe can be identified.
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 connected to the human remains.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 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 NHS 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 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.
<bullet> The Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin have requested transfer
of the human remains described in this notice.
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.
Repatriation, transfer, or reinterment of the human remains
described in this notice may occur on or after October 14, 2025. If
requests for repatriation are received, the Grey Towers NHS must
evaluate the requests and respond in writing to the requestors. The
Grey Towers NHS is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes or 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: August 29, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17630 Filed 9-11-25; 8:45 am]
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