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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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18269 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032457; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

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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that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Dr. Kurt W. Carr, Senior Curator, 

Archaeology, The State Museum of 

Pennsylvania, 300 North Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17120–0024, telephone 

(717) 783–9926, email kcarr@pa.gov, by 

September 24, 2021. After that date, if 

no additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

unassociated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The State Museum of Pennsylvania is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 11, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18272 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032450; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

assisted by the University of Montana, 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to the BIA through the 

University of Montana. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains 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 who wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the BIA through the 

University of Montana at the address in 

this notice by September 24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kelly Dixon, University of Montana, 

Missoula, MT 59812, telephone (406) 

243–2693, email kelly.dixon@

mso.umt.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

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

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC and in the physical custody of the 

University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 

The human remains were removed from 

the Blackfeet Reservation, Glacier 

County, MT. 

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 human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made on behalf of the BIA 

by the University of Montana 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Blackfeet Tribe of 

the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 

Montana. 

History and Description of the Remains 

On or before 1985, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Glacier 

County, MT. In 1985, an adult female 

cranium was received by the University 

of Montana from the Montana Division 

of Forensic Sciences. The cranium 

(UMAFC #38) was heavily weathered, 

suggesting it had lain on the ground 

surface for an extended period. The 

Montana Division of Forensic Sciences 

(MDFS) could find no additional 

information about the specific location 

of the removal of the human remains or 

the circumstances of MDFS’s 

acquisition and transfer of the human 

remains to the University of Montana. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Glacier County is a sparsely 

populated region that lies within the 

Blackfeet Reservation. Historic human 

remains found in this area most likely 

are culturally affiliated with the 

Blackfeet Tribe. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and University of 

Montana 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

University of Montana have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

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

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Blackfeet Tribe of the 

Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 

Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Dr. Kelly 

Dixon, University of Montana, Missoula, 

MT 59812, telephone (406) 243–2693, 

email kelly.dixon@mso.umt.edu, by 

September 24, 2021. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Blackfeet Tribe of 

the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 

Montana may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, assisted by the 

University of Montana, is responsible 

for notifying the Blackfeet Tribe of the 

Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 11, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18267 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032453; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

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 sacred objects and 


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