64232 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 208 / Thursday, October 26, 2000 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in

accordance with the Federal Advisory

Commission Act that a meeting of the

National Landmarks Committee of the

National Park System Advisory Board

will be held at 9 a.m. on the following

date and at the following location.

DATES: November 9, 2000.

LOCATION: Room LL43; Lower Level; 800

North Capitol Street, NW., Washington,

DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Henry, National Register,

History, and Education (NC–400);

National Park Service, 1849 C Street,

NW; Washington, DC 20013–7127.

Telephone (202) 343–8163.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting of the National

Landmarks Committee of the National

Park System Advisory Board is to

evaluate nominations of historic

properties in order to advise the full

National Park System Advisory Board,

meeting on November 16, 2000, of the

qualifications of properties being

proposed for National Historic

Landmark (NHL) designation, and to

recommend to the National Park System

Advisory Board those properties that the

Landmarks Committee finds meet the

criteria for designation as National

Historic Landmarks. The members of

the National Landmarks Committee are:

Mr. Parker Westbrook, CHAIR

Ms. Marie Ridder

Dr. Allyson Brooks

Dr. Ian W. Brown

Mr. S. Allen Chambers, Jr.

Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis

Mr. Jerry L. Rogers

Dr. Richard Guy Wilson

The meeting will include

presentations and discussions on the

national historic significance and the

historic integrity of a number of

properties being nominated for National

Historic Landmark designation. The

meeting will be open to the public.

However, facilities and space for

accommodating members of the public

are limited. Any member of the public

may file for consideration by the

committee written comments

concerning nominations and matters to

be discussed pursuant to 36 CFR Part

65.

Comments should be submitted to

Carol D. Shull, Chief, National Historic

Landmarks Survey and Keeper of the

National Register of Historic Places;

National Register, History, and

Education (NC–400); National Park

Service; 1849 C Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20240–7127.

The committee will consider the

following nominations:

Alabama

Old Mobile Site

Arkansas

Daisy Bates House

California

Baldwin Hills Village

Fresno Sanitary Landfill

Colorado

Rocky Mountain National Park

Administration Building

District of Columbia

Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel,

Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall,

and Founders Library, Howard

University

Indiana

First Christian Church

Mabel McDowell Elementary School

Louisiana

Magnolia Plantation

Oakland Plantation

Massachusetts

Cape Ann Light Station

Mississippi

Hester Site

Charles McLaran House

New York

Gerrit Smith Estate

North Carolina

Guilford Court House Battlefield

Wright Brothers National Memorial

Visitor Center

Oklahoma

Bizzell Library, University of Oklahoma

Tennessee

Ryman Auditorium

Utah

Quarry Visitor Center

Vermont

Shelburne Farms

Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Capitol

The committee will consider the

following boundary expansions:

California

Mendocino Woodlands National

Recreation Demonstration Area

New York

Tubman Home for the Aged, Harriet

Tubman Residence and Thompson

A.M.E. Zion Church

The committee will consider the

following documentation

improvements:

Michigan

Mackinac Island

New Mexico

Palace of the Governors

The committee will consider the

following property for withdrawal of its

National Historic Landmark

designation:

Pennsylvania

Charles B. Dudley House

The following property will be on the

agenda if waivers to the 60-day

notification period are received from the

owner and the highest elected local

official.

South Carolina

Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site

The committee will also consider the

recommendations presented in the Draft

Old Spanish Trail National Historic

Trail Feasibility Study and

Environmental Assessment, prepared

under the auspices of Public Law 104–

333.

Dated: October 20, 2000.

Beth Savage,

Acting Keeper of the National Register of

Historic Places, National Park Service,

Washington, DC.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Possession of The State Museum of

Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of The State Museum

of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

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A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by The State

Museum of Pennsylvania professional

staff in consultation with

representatives of the Delaware Nation,

Oklahoma (formerly Delaware Tribe of

Western Oklahoma); and the Delaware

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.

At an unknown date, human remains

representing six individuals were

removed during excavations at the

Overpeck Site (36Bu5), Bridgeton

Township, Bucks County, PA by

William Strohmeir and Elmer Erb. In

1983, remains representing one of these

individuals were donated to The State

Museum of Pennsylvania by Mr.

Strohmeir. Remains representing four of

these individuals were donated to the

museum by Mr. Erb the same year. In

1986, the Society of Pennsylvania

Archaeologists purchased the last set of

these remains from the estate of Mr. Erb

and donated them to The State Museum

of Pennsylvania. No known individuals

were identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

Previous archeological investigations

at the Overpeck Site identified 15th

century proto-historic pottery styles

characteristic of the Lenape (Delaware).

Ethnohistorical accounts also place

Lenape bands in the vicinity of the site

during the early Colonial Period. There

is no evidence to contradict this.

In 1978, human remains representing

15 individuals and 2,206 associated

funerary objects were removed during

excavations at the Montgomery Site

(36Ch60), Wallace Township, Chester

County, PA by Dr. Marshall Becker,

West Chester University. Dr. Becker

donated the remains and objects to The

State Museum of Pennsylvania the same

year. No known individuals were

identified. The associated funerary

objects include animal bone fragments;

glass, seed, and wampum beads; brass

bells; buckskin fragments; charcoal

fragments; clothing fasteners; brass,

silver, and iron buckles; copper and

pewter buttons; glass bottle fragments;

iron tools; coffin and regular nails;

miscellaneous brass fragments; hinges;

miscellaneous seeds and nuts; a pewter

pipe; a stone scraper; fabric fragments;

a thimble; unidentified organic material;

and wood fragments.

The Euroamerican assemblage of

objects dates the burials to the 18th

century. Oral tradition, and

ethnohistorical and archeological

evidence place a ‘‘Brandywine Band’’ of

the Lenape (Delaware) at the site circa

A.D. 1730. There is no evidence to

contradict this.

In 1976, human remains representing

one individual were removed from the

Printz Park Site (36De3), Tinicum

Township, Delaware County, PA by Dr.

Marshall Becker, West Chester

University, while under contract to The

State Museum of Pennsylvania. No

known individual was identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Ethnohistoric evidence and

archeological evidence indicate that the

remains most likely are associated with

a protohistoric Lenape (Delaware)

occupation, circa A.D. 1500 at the Prinz

Park Site. There is no evidence to

contradict this.

At an unknown date, human remains

and funerary objects were removed from

the Chambers Site (36 Lr11), Union

Township, Lawrence County, PA by

John A. Zukcia. In 1968, The State

Museum of Pennsylvania purchased

human remains representing eight of

these individuals from Mr. Zukcia. No

known individuals were identified. The

State Museum of Pennsylvania also

purchased 5,128 funerary objects

removed during the same excavations at

the Chambers Site. A total of 2,116

objects were associated with the 8

burials in the possession of The State

Museum of Pennsylvania. The

remainder of the purchased objects are

associated with burials currently in the

possession of the Carnegie Museum,

Pittsburg, PA. The associated funerary

objects include brass, seed, glass, shell,

and silver beads; brass bells; a brass

kettle; buckskin fragments; iron buckles;

brass, silver, and wood buttons; gun

parts; Euroamerican ceramics; iron

tools; knife blade fragments, box

fragments; coffin and regular nails;

hinges; leather fragments; charred maize

cobs; mirror fragments; bracelets;

danglers; brooches; rings; earrings;

cufflinks; pendants; spoons; strike-alights; thimbles; textiles; wampum belt

fragments; and wood fragments.

The Euroamerican assemblage of

objects associated with the human

remains dates the burials to the 18th

century. Ethnohistoric and documentary

evidence identify the Chambers Site as

a Lenape (Delaware) occupation dating

to A.D. 1763-1776. There is no evidence

to contradict this.

In 1978, human remains representing

28 individuals and 11,097 associated

funerary objects were removed during

excavations at the Wapwallopen Site

(also known as the Knouse Site) (36

Lu43), Conyngham Township, Luzerne

County, PA by The State Museum of

Pennsylvania staff. No known

individuals were identified. The objects

include seed and glass beads; brass bell;

buttons; a projectile point; brick

fragments; charcoal fragments; gun

parts; coffin nails; mirror fragments;

miscellaneous objects made from iron,

brass, and leather; seeds and nuts;

medallions; jinglers; chain fragments; a

bracelet; rings; spirals; silver brooch;

shell pendant; kaolin and calumet

pipes; stone tools; brass thimble;

unidentified organic material;

unidentified pottery sherds; a brass box;

a whetstone; and wood coffin fragments.

The Euroamerican assemblage of

objects found with the human remains

dates the burials to the 18th century.

Ethnohistorical evidence and

documentary evidence identify the

Wapwallopen Site as a Lenape

(Delaware) occupation dating to A.D.

1744-1755. There is no evidence to

contradict this.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of The State

Museum of Pennsylvania have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

58 individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of The State Museum

of Pennsylvania also have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the

18,431 objects listed above are

reasonably believed to have been placed

with or near individual human remains

at the time of death or later as part of

the death rite or ceremony. Lastly,

officials of The State Museum of

Pennsylvania have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a

relationship of shared group identity

that can be reasonably traced between

these Native American human remains

and associated funerary objects and the

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma and the

Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; and

the Delaware Tribe of Indians,

Oklahoma. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects

should contact Stephen G. Warfel,

Senior Curator, Archaeology, The State

Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 North

Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120–0024,

telephone (717) 783–2887, before

November 27, 2000. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Delaware Nation,

Oklahoma; and the Delaware Tribe of

Indians, Oklahoma may begin after that

date if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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