[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71119-71120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28279]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17082; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Carnegie Museum of Natural 
History, Pittsburgh, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Carnegie Museum of Natural History 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 Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 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 Carnegie Museum of Natural History at the 
address in this notice by December 31, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Deborah G. Harding, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 5800 
Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15206, telephone (412) 665-2606.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the

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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 Carnegie Museum of 
Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed with the Chambers Site, 36LR11, Lawrence 
County, PA.
    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 Carnegie 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Delaware Tribe of Indians.

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1957 and 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, 67 
individuals were removed from the Chambers Site (36 LR 11), Union 
Township, Lawrence County, PA, by John A. Zakucia. In 1959, Zakucia 
donated 55 individuals and associated funerary objects to the Carnegie 
Museum of Natural History (CMNH). In 1959, CMNH conducted limited 
excavations at the Chambers site by then-Curator, Don W. Dragoo, and 
removed 12 additional individuals. No known individuals were 
identified. The 2,564 associated funerary objects include 2,255 glass 
seed; 8 tubular beads; 1 mass of seed beads in matrix (uncounted); 9 
copper alloy tinklers; 140 wrought iron nails and fragments and 
attached wood (coffin fragments); 2 hawk bells; 2 thimbles; 1 copper 
alloy brooch or buckle; 1 braided wire bracelet; 1 silver band or 
bracelet; 1 copper alloy bracelet; 1 iron knife blade; 15 grit-tempered 
pottery fragments; 32 fragments of non-human bone (deer, sheep or goat, 
pig, and cow); 20 chipped stone tools; 52 chipped stone flakes and 
fragments; 3 ground stone pieces; 5 projectile points; 4 hammerstones; 
2 hematite fragments; 5 pieces of charcoal; 1 piece of bark or fabric; 
1 tiny fragment of organic material; 1 lump of matrix containing bone 
or metal fragments; and 1 natural stone.
    The Euromerican 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.C.E. 1763-1776. There is no evidence to 
contradict this.

Determinations Made by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

    Officials of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History have determined 
that:
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 55 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2,564 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.
    <bullet> 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 to the Delaware 
Tribe of Indians.

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 Deborah G. Harding, Carnegie Museum of 
Natural History, 5800 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15206, telephone (412) 
665-2606, by December 31, 2014. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects to the Delaware Tribe of Indians may 
proceed.
    The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Delaware Tribe of Indians that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 30, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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