Notice2025-18584
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Williamsport, MD
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Published
September 25, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (CHOH) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 184 (Thursday, September 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46244-46245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18584]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6557; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041146; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical
Park, Williamsport, MD
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act, the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park
Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (CHOH) has
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes
in this notice.
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DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Edward Wenschhof, Acting Superintendent, Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 142 West Potomac Street,
Williamsport, MD 21795, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c3c2f9d1c3c8d5c5cecec9c0e6c8d6d588c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acc9c8f3dbc9c2dfcfc4c4c3caecc2dcdf82cbc3da">[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, CHOH, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records.
Abstract of Information Available
Human Remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1982, the
NPS funded an archeological investigation of the Moore Farm property
(Tract 51-136) in Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland. A human sacrum
representing a single individual was recovered. The investigations
resulted in the formal designation of an archeological site (18AG43;
Moore Village Site), which included a palisaded village. Organic
materials from the Moore Village Site were radiocarbon-dated between
1419-1587 (modelled Median Start and End Date). Dr. Douglas W. Owsley
of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution in Washinton, DC identified the sacrum and
determined it was from a human female, approximately 30-40 years of
age.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographic
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
CHOH 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 connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Monacan Indian Nation; Seneca-Cayuga
Nation; and the Shawnee Tribe.
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 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after October 27, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, CHOH 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. CHOH is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and its implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-18584 Filed 9-24-25; 8:45 am]
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