Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 25, 2021 / Notices 47517 

The Commission consists of 15 

members appointed by the Secretary, as 

follows: 

(a) 1 Representative from the 

Commonwealth of Virginia; (b) 1 

representative each from the local 

governments of Strasburg, Middletown, 

Frederick County, Shenandoah County, 

and Warren County; (c) 2 

representatives of private landowners 

within the Park; (d) 1 representative 

from a citizen interest group; (e) 1 

representative from the Cedar Creek 

Battlefield Foundation; (f) 1 

representative from the Belle Grove, 

Incorporated; (g) 1 representative from 

the National Trust for Historic 

Preservation; (h) 1 representative from 

the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields 

Foundation; (i) 1 ex-officio 

representative from the National Park 

Service; and (j) 1 ex-officio 

representative from the United States 

Forest Service. 

We are currently seeking members to 

represent all categories. 

Each member shall be appointed for a 

term of three years and may be 

reappointed for not more than two 

successive terms. A member may serve 

after the expiration of that member’s 

term until a successor has been 

appointed. The Chairperson of the 

Commission shall be elected by the 

members to serve a term of one-year 

renewable for one additional year. 

Nominations should be typed and 

should include a resume providing an 

adequate description of the nominee’s 

qualifications, including information 

that would enable the Department of the 

Interior to make an informed decision 

regarding meeting the membership 

requirements of the Commission and 

permit the Department to contact a 

potential member. 

Members of the Commission serve 

without compensation. However, while 

away from their homes or regular places 

of business in the performance of 

services for the Commission as 

approved by the NPS, members may be 

allowed travel expenses, including per 

diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same 

manner as persons employed 

intermittently in Government service 

are allowed such expenses under 

Section 5703 of title 5 of the United 

States Code. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032452; 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Gilcrease Museum, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the Gilcrease 

Museum. If no additional claimants 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

cultural items to the lineal descendants, 

Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Gilcrease Museum at the address in 

this notice by September 24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 

N Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 

74127, telephone (918) 596–2747, email 

laura-bryant@utulsa.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Gilcrease 

Museum, Tulsa, OK, that meet the 

definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

At an unknown date, two cultural 

items were separated from a Pawnee 

community. These items were likely 

purchased from a collector by Thomas 

Gilcrease sometime during the mid-20th 

century. In 1955 and 1962, Gilcrease 

transferred these items along with the 

rest of his collection to the City of Tulsa, 

which owns the Gilcrease Museum. The 

two objects of cultural patrimony are 

bear claw and otter fur necklaces 

(accession numbers 84.2159 and 84.812) 

of 19th century-circa 1900 date. 

In 1971, one cultural item was 

separated from its Pawnee family 

caretaker, who likely resided in 

Oklahoma. The item was given by 

Brummett Echohawk to the Gilcrease 

Museum. The one object of cultural 

patrimony is a medicine bundle 

(accession number 84.1755) made in 

Nebraska and dating to circa 1850. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was separated from its Pawnee 

caretaker—a family headed by Jim Little 

Sun—whose place of residence is 

unknown. The item was likely 

purchased from a collector by Thomas 

Gilcrease sometime during the mid-20th 

century. In 1955 or 1962, Gilcrease 

transferred this item to the City of Tulsa, 

which owns the Gilcrease Museum. The 

one object of cultural patrimony is a 

medicine kit (accession number 

84.2295a–m) dating to circa 1900. 

In the 1960s or early 1970s, two 

cultural items were separated from a 

Pawnee community likely located in 

Oklahoma. They were purchased from a 

pawn shop in Ralston, Oklahoma by 

Ben Stone, a schoolteacher from 

Claremore, Oklahoma. In the early 

1970s, Stone donated these items to the 

Gilcrease Museum. The two objects of 

cultural patrimony are Hako bundles. 

Documentation and records at the 

museum identify all the above listed 

items as Pawnee. Through consultation, 

these were determined to be culturally 

affiliated with the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma and were identified as objects 

of cultural patrimony. 

Determinations Made by the Gilcrease 

Museum 

Officials of the Gilcrease Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the six cultural items described above 

have ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the objects of cultural 

patrimony and the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma. 


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47518 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 25, 2021 / Notices 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 

N Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 

74127, telephone (918) 596–2747, email 

laura-bryant@utulsa.edu, by September 

24, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

objects of cultural patrimony to the 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma may 

proceed. 

The Gilcrease Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 11, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: The State Museum of 

Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The State Museum of 

Pennsylvania, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to The 

State Museum of Pennsylvania. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

The State Museum of Pennsylvania at 

the address in this notice by September 

24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kurt W. Carr, The State Museum of 

Pennsylvania, 300 North Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17120–0024, telephone 

(717) 783–9926, email kcarr@pa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of The State 

Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 

PA, that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects under 25 

U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In October of 1935, 21 cultural items 

were removed from the Northbrook 

Cemetery (36CH0061) in Chester 

County, PA. These items were received 

by The State Museum of Pennsylvania 

as part of the Charles and Theodore Dutt 

collection in 1982. The Dutt brothers 

collected artifacts on the surface of the 

ground in the Brandywine, Chester 

Creek, and Ridley Creek drainages. They 

reported finding the Northbrook 

Cemetery site because of a ground hog 

disturbance which yielded pieces of 

copper, a glass bead, and bone 

fragments. An account of the recovery is 

reported in C. A. Weslager, Red Men on 

the Brandywine, pp. 134–136 (1953). On 

October 19, 1935, the Dutts returned to 

the site with the landowner, Mr. 

Peterson, to further investigate the area. 

A burial was discovered along with 

additional beads, broken copper rings 

and nails. The skeletal remains are not 

present in the collections of The State 

Museum of Pennsylvania, and there is 

no information showing that they were 

ever removed from the burial. The 21 

unassociated funerary objects are 13 

white glass beads, three iron nails, one 

copper wire dangler wrapped around 

hair (no determination if animal or 

human), and four fragments of copper 

rings. 

Archeological and archival evidence 

suggest that the materials were 

associated with historic Delaware 

(Lenape) burials. Historic documents 

indicate that in 1731, James Logan 

provided an area along either side of the 

Brandywine Creek to be retained by 

Indians occupying this region. The 

Delaware entered into numerous 

agreements with the Commonwealth’s 

colonial government and are recognized 

as the primary tribal group for this 

region. 

In 1978, 135 cultural items were 

removed from the Montgomery site 

(36CH0060), Chester County, PA, by 

Marshall Becker of West Chester 

University with the permission of the 

landowner. The Montgomery site is a 

Historic period site (A.D. 1700–1733). 

The collection was the product of a joint 

research project conducted by West 

Chester University and The State 

Museum of Pennsylvania in Wallace 

Township, Chester County, PA. 

Archeological and archival evidence 

suggest that these 135 objects are 

associated with the Delaware Tribes. 

The 135 unassociated funerary objects 

are 131 fragments of organic fiber, one 

iron nail fragment, and three 

unmodified quartzite lithic fragments. 

Oral tradition, ethnohistorical, and 

archeological evidence place a 

‘‘Brandywine band’’ of the Lenape 

(Delaware) at the site ca. A.D. 1730. 

Settlements documented in Chester 

County, include Okehocking, 

Queonemysing, and four others whose 

Delaware names are not known. 

Colonial documents identify these 

settlements as being variously occupied 

from the 1690s to the 1730s, when 

William Penn was beginning to 

establish Pennsylvania. 

Determinations Made by The State 

Museum of Pennsylvania 

Officials of The State Museum of 

Pennsylvania have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 156 cultural items described 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 and 

are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

objects and the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 


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