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and Anthropology have determined 

that: 

• 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 one object described in this notice 

is 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), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary object 

and The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 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, by July 8, 

2021. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary object to The Tribes 

may proceed. 

The University of Pennsylvania 

Museum of Archaeology and 

Anthropology 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. 2021–11943 Filed 6–7–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032044; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: 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, 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 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology. 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 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. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology, 

Philadelphia, 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 

At an unknown date, 12 cultural 

items were removed from a 

‘‘sarcophagus 4 ft. below the surface’’ at 

an unidentified location near Trenton in 

Mercer County, NJ, by Charles C. Abbott 

(b. 1843–d. 1919). These 12 cultural 

items were donated to the Academy of 

Natural Sciences of Philadelphia most 

likely between 1876 and 1894. In 1876, 

Abbott removed a further 10 cultural 

items from a grave at an unknown 

location near Trenton. Subsequently, 

these 10 cultural items were transferred 

to Samuel S. Haldeman. In September 

1877, Haldeman’s collection, including 

the 10 cultural objects, was donated to 

the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

Philadelphia. 

In 1936/1937, collections from the 

Academy of Natural Sciences of 

Philadelphia were loaned to the 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology, 

including the above enumerated 22 

cultural items, and in 1997, these 22 

cultural items were gifted to the 

Museum. The 22 unassociated funerary 

objects are two pottery sherds (record 

numbers 97–563–337 and 97–563– 

6473A), 10 animal and fish bones 

(record number 97–563–6473B), and 10 

marginella shell beads (record number 

97–563–1141). 

Based on archeological, consultation, 

historical, linguistic, oral traditional, 

and geographic information, the cultural 

items date to the Woodland Period, and 

they were most likely connected to the 

Delaware (Lenape). Today, the Delaware 

(Lenape) are represented by three Indian 

Tribes—the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology 

Officials of the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 22 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 Tribes. 

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 

Dr. Christopher Woods, Williams 

Director, University of Pennsylvania 

Museum of Archaeology and 


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Anthropology, 3260 South Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19104–6324, 

telephone (215) 898–4050, email 

director@pennmuseum.org, by July 8, 

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 University of Pennsylvania 

Museum of Archaeology and 

Anthropology 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. 2021–11944 Filed 6–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032043; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

University of California, Berkeley; 

Berkeley, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of California, 

Berkeley 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 a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 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 objects should submit a written 

request to the University of California, 

Berkeley. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the University of California, 

Berkeley at the address in this notice by 

July 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Thomas Torma; University of California, 

Berkeley; Office of the Vice Chancellor 

for Research, 119 California Hall, 

Berkeley, CA 94720–1500, telephone 

(510) 672–5388, email t.torma@

berkeley.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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from 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 objects. 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 

California, Berkeley 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 1904, human remains representing, 

at minimum, four individuals were 

removed from Major Woodward’s Farm 

and Squire Willey’s Farm in Mercer 

County, NJ. They were collected by 

Ernest Volk as part of his annual 

excavations in the area. Although in 

most years during his 22-year-long 

study, Volk’s work was done under the 

supervision of Frederick Ward Putnam 

at Harvard University, for some 

unknown reason, all the materials Volk 

collected in 1904 were sent to the 

University of California. The human 

remains belong to four individuals of 

unknown age and sex. No known 

individuals were identified. The 713 

associated funerary objects are one axe; 

one set of faunal remains; 87 pieces of 

flake and cobble; 109 pieces of flake and 

gravel; 190 pieces of flake and comb 

fragment; six pieces of flake and scraper; 

44 pieces of flake and stone; 100 pieces 

of flake, hammerstone, and gravel; five 

flakes; one graver; two knives; 27 pieces 

of pebble, stone tools, and flake; one 

pestle; 27 points and flakes; 11 

potsherds; one pottery fragment; two 

projectile points; five scrapers; seven 

spear points; 84 pieces of stone tools 

and flakes; and two stones. 

The preponderance of the evidence 

shows that these human remains and 

associated funerary objects are of Native 

American origin and date sometime 

between the middle woodland period 

and the early historic era. Mercer 

County, NJ, is the aboriginal territory of 

the Lenape, or Delaware people. 

Moreover, archeological, historic, 

linguistic, oral traditional, and other 

lines of evidence support a cultural 

affiliation of these human remains and 

objects with the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of California, Berkeley 

Officials of the University of 

California, Berkeley have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of four 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 713 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), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Dr. Thomas Torma; 

University of California, Berkeley; 

Office of the Vice Chancellor for 

Research, 119 California Hall, Berkeley, 

CA 94720–1500, telephone (510) 672– 

5388, email t.torma@berkeley.edu, 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 University of California, Berkeley 

is responsible for notifying The Tribes 

that this notice has been published. 


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