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The human remains consist of two 

teeth—a lower left molar and right first 

molar. The roots were gone 

taphonomically. The wear patterns 

indicate that teeth belong to an adult. 

Determinations of sex, pathology or 

other traits were not possible. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At the ISMHS, staff from the 

University of Indianapolis assessed the 

human remains and determined that 

they could be Native American. Taking 

into account the archeological history of 

the area, the ISMHS has determined that 

the human remains are more likely than 

not Native American. 

Determinations Made by the Indiana 

State Museum and Historic Sites 

Corporation, State of Indiana 

Officials of the Indiana State Museum 

and Historic Sites Corporation, State of 

Indiana have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on analysis 

of the teeth and the archeological 

history of the find locality. 

• 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), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of 

the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana (previously listed as 

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Six component reservations: Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; 

Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 

Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 

as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band 

of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red 

Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of 

Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and 

the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Michele Greenan, Indiana 

State Museum and Historic Sites, 

Corporation, 650 West Washington St., 

Indianapolis, IN 46204, telephone (317) 

473–0836, email mgreenan@

indianamuseum.org, by July 8, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Indiana State Museum and 

Historic Sites Corporation, State of 

Indiana is responsible for notifying The 

Consulted Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: May 25, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032048; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Metropolitan Park District of the 

Toledo Area, Toledo, OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Metropolitan Park 

District of the Toledo Area (Metroparks 

Toledo) has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to Metroparks Toledo. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects to the 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Metroparks Toledo at the 

address in this notice by July 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Fausnaugh, Metroparks of the 

Toledo Area, 5100 West Central 

Avenue, Toledo, OH 43615, telephone 

(419) 407–9700, email joe.fausnaugh@

metroparkstoledo.com. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo 

Area, Toledo, OH. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from the Fore Site (33LU0133) 

in the City of Maumee, Lucas County, 

OH. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 


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U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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 and associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made for Metroparks 

Toledo by The Mannik Smith Group, 

Inc. professional staff in consultation 

with representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed 

as Huron Potawaomi, Inc.]; Pokagon 

Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 

and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Shawnee Tribe, Tonawanda Band of 

Seneca [previously listed as Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York]; 

and the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

Between May 18 and June 19, 1987, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Fore Site (33LU0133) 

in Lucas County, OH. The Fore Site was 

excavated by archeologists from 

Heidelberg College in 1986 and 1987. 

During the 1987 field season, a burial 

feature was excavated. The burial 

contained one individual. Based on 

artifacts contained in the feature, the 

burial was dated to the Younge Phase of 

the Late Woodland period (ca. 1050–800 

B.P.), part of the Western Basin 

Tradition culture as described by 

archeologists. No radiometric dating of 

any materials from the feature was 

undertaken. In addition to the burial, 

the human remains of one individual 

were recovered from another stratum. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The 2,828 associated funerary objects 

include: One fossilized crinoid bead, 

594 pieces of lithic debitage, cores, and 

tools made of Dundee/Stoney Creek, 

Ten Mile Creek, Bayport, Cedarville/ 

Guelph, Delaware, Upper Mercer, Upper 

Mercer Nellie Variety, Greywacke, 

Onondaga, Quartzite, Local Devonian 

Limestone, Flint Ridge, and Pipe Creek 

cherts, one ground stone tool made of 

igneous rock, three projectile points 

made of Flint Ridge and Bayport cherts, 

four fire-cracked rocks made of igneous 

rock and limestone, 62 unmodified 

natural rocks, 408 fired and unfired clay 

sherds, four pottery temper fragments, 

1,408 faunal remains representing deer, 

cow, rabbit, raccoon, squirrel, turtle, 

unidentified rodents, unidentified birds, 

unidentified reptiles, and shell 

fragments, two burned nut fragments, 

276 charcoal fragments, one bag of soil 

with numerous small charcoal 

fragments, five slag pieces, one nail 

fragment, three unidentified ferrous 

metal fragments, 53 brick fragments, and 

two whiteware sherds. 

Following the excavations, all the 

materials removed from the Fore Site 

were taken to the Heidelberg College 

Archaeology Laboratory in Tiffin, Ohio. 

A report of investigations for the 1987 

field season at the Fore Site was 

completed by Dr. G. Michael Pratt in the 

spring of 1988. The Fore Site collection 

remained at Heidelberg College (now 

Heidelberg University) until the summer 

of 2017, when the university eliminated 

its anthropology program. At that time, 

all archeological collections from 

Metroparks Toledo-owned property 

were returned to Metroparks Toledo. 

Metroparks Toledo then negotiated an 

agreement with the Ohio History 

Connection (OHC) in Columbus to have 

the OHC permanently store Metroparks 

Toledo’s archeological collections in its 

archeological curation facility (which 

meets the Secretary of the Interior’s 

standards [36 CFR 79] for such 

facilities). 

Determinations Made by the 

Metropolitan Park District of the 

Toledo Area 

Officials of the Metropolitan Park 

District of the Toledo Area have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

archeological context, biological 

evidence, museum, and lab records. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 2,828 objects described in this 

notice 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 

of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the 

Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana [previously listed as 

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana]; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Six component reservations: Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; 

Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 

Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed 

as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; Ottawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation [previously listed as Prairie Band 

of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; Red 

Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of 

Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw 

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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and 

the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may be to 

The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Joseph Fausnaugh, 

Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100 

West Central Avenue, Toledo, OH 

42615, telephone (419) 407–9700, email 

joe.fausnaugh@metroparkstoledo.com, 

by July 8, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to The Tribes may proceed. 

The Metropolitan Park District of the 

Toledo Area is responsible for notifying 

The Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: May 25, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11942 Filed 6–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032045; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology, 

Philadelphia, PA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary object, 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 associated funerary 

object 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 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary object should submit a written 

request to the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary object 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 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

object should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology at the address in this 

notice by July 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Christopher Woods, Williams Director, 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 

South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104– 

6324, telephone (215) 898–4050, email 

director@pennmuseum.org. 

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 and associated 

funerary object under the control of the 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology, 

Philadelphia, PA. The human remains 

and associated funerary object were 

removed from Lalor and Wright Fields 

site (28ME10), Mercer County, NJ. 

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 and 

associated funerary object. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In November 1890, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals (record numbers 8286 and 

8292) were removed from ‘‘ash pits’’ 

near Trenton, Mercer County, NJ, by 

Ernest Volk (b. 1845–d. 1919), according 

to the Museum’s records. At the time, 

Volk was an archeologist working under 

the aegis of the Harvard Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 

Based on what is known about Volk’s 

fieldwork activities (as gleaned from his 

notes of November 1890 and other, 

published information), these human 

remains most likely were removed from 

Lalor and Wrights Field site (28ME10). 

According to Volk’s records, he dug two 

trenches at Lalor Field during November 

3–8, 1890. In one, he found features that 

he labeled ‘‘Potholes.’’ Volk described 

the presence of bone, ash or charcoal (or 

both), lithics, pottery, and faunal 

remains. Based on this description, the 

Museum’s records, and consultation 

information, the above listed human 

remains most likely were removed from 

these ‘‘Potholes’’ or from other features 

located during the Lalor Field 

excavations. That same month, these 

human remains were gifted to the 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology by Carl 

Edelheim and Clarence S. Bement, both 

of whom were associated with the 

University of Pennsylvania and its 

museum. How the human remains came 

to be in the possession of Edelheim and 

Bement is unclear. The human 

remains—cranial elements—belong to 

two adults of undetermined sex. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

one associated funerary object is an 

unidentified animal bone (record 

number 8290). 

The archeological evidence from Lalor 

Field indicates this site dates to the 

Middle and Late Woodland Period. 

These human remains were determined 

to be Native American based on their 

archeological context and collection 

history. Archeological, consultation, 

historical, and linguistic information, 

and oral tradition support a cultural 

affiliation of this Woodland site with 

the Delaware (Lenape). Today, the 

Lenape are represented by three Indian 

Tribes—the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology 

Officials of the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 


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