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Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of Indians 

of Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1962, with follow-up work in 1963 

and 1965, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 79 individuals and 

associated objects were removed from 

Calovich Mound (14WY7) in Wyandotte 

County, KS. The human remains were 

removed during excavations as part of a 

University of Kansas field class under 

the direction of Drs. William Bass and 

Robert Squier. The human remains were 

curated at the University of Kansas until 

1975 when they were transferred to the 

physical anthropology laboratory at 

Kansas State University for analysis. 

Analysis was completed by a Wichita 

State University Master’s student, Ms. 

Ethne Barnes (1977). The human 

remains included male and female 

individuals ranging in age from 

newborn to adults 60 years or older with 

38% infants, 34% children, 4% 

adolescents, and 24% adults. No known 

individuals were identified. The present 

collection holds 60 associated funerary 

objects including 1 partial bone 

pendant, 3 shell pendants, 13 shell disk 

beads, and 43 pieces of unmodified 

freshwater mussel shell. Other objects 

were identified during the analysis but 

are not present in the collection. 

Calovich Mound is assigned to the 

Steed-Kisker phase of the Late 

Prehistoric (Middle Ceramic) period 

with a single radiocarbon date 

suggesting an approximate age of A.D. 

1027–1285. Research suggests the SteedKisker phase is part of the Central Plains 

tradition, a hunter-gatherer-gardener 

adaptive system of the Central Plains 

region (not a single ethnic group). The 

precedent for other Steed-Kisker phase 

human remains was set by the 

Smithsonian Institution’s National 

Museum of Natural History (NMNH) 

based on archeological, physical 

anthropological, and oral history 

evidence and consultation with Tribes. 

This was to effect a joint repatriation of 

the Steed-Kisker site human remains to 

the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw 

Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma. The implication is 

that the Steed-Kisker phase has a shared 

group identity with Northern Caddoans 

and with both Dhegiha and Chiwere 

Siouans. 

Determinations Made by Kansas State 

University 

Officials of Kansas State University 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of 79 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 60 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 Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw 

Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma. 

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 and existing 

associated objects should submit a 

written request with information in 

support of the request to Dr. Lauren 

Ritterbush, Department of Sociology, 

Anthropology and Social Work, Kansas 

State University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 

Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 

66506–4003, telephone (785) 532 6865, 

email lritterb@ksu.edu, by October 23, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated object to the Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; 

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 

and Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma 

may proceed. 

Kansas State University is responsible 

for notifying the Iowa Tribe of Kansas 

and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 1, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023908: 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New Jersey State 

Museum 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 New Jersey State 

Museum. 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 New Jersey State Museum 

at the address in this notice by October 

23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Gregory D. Lattanzi, 

Bureau of Archaeology & Ethnology, 

New Jersey State Museum, 205 West 

State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, 

telephone (609) 984–9327, email 

gregory.lattanzi@sos.nj.gov. 

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 

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

multiple sites in New Jersey and one 

site in Pennsylvania. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

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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 New Jersey 

State Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Philhower Collection 

In the 1920s and 1930s, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 78 

individuals were removed from sites in 

New Jersey and Pennsylvania by Charles 

A. Philhower. Philhower owned a house 

and a number of acres in Sussex County, 

NJ, and excavated on his property, 

called ‘‘Ahaloking,’’ and collected 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects from other sites around the area. 

After Mr. Philhower died in 1962, he 

bequeathed his archeological and 

ethnographic collection to Rutgers 

University Libraries and Special 

Collections who transferred the 

collection to the New Jersey State 

Museum on permanent loan. In 2010, 

Rutgers University gifted the entire 

Philhower Collection to the New Jersey 

State Museum. The Philhower 

collection includes the following 

cultural items: 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 35 individuals were removed 

from the Ahaloking site in Sussex 

County, NJ. No known individuals were 

identified. The 24 associated funerary 

objects are 4 hair pipes, 10 disc shell 

beads, 1 fragment of brick, 1 flower 

fragment, 2 corn kernels, 1 mussel shell, 

1 wire cut nail, 1 lot of ceramics, 1 lot 

of lithics, 1 dog burial, and 1 black chert 

projectile point. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 17 individuals were removed 

from the Bell Farm, Minisink Island, 

and Munsee Cemetery in Sussex 

County, NJ. No known individuals were 

identified. The 2 associated funerary 

objects are 1 lot of potsherd (66–MU–4) 

and 1 lot of deer bones (66–M–2). One 

associated funerary object, a pewter 

pipe with 2 hawks attached to the bowl, 

was found with an adolescent male on 

the Bell Farm. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from a site in Mount Holly, Burlington 

County, NJ, by Mr. Caldero, who gave 

the human remains to Mr. Philhower. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from a site in Milford, 

Hunterdon County, NJ. No known 

individuals were identified. The 2 

associated funerary objects are 2 lithics 

and wood pieces. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from sites in Monmouth, 

Morris, and Warren Counties, NJ. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 19 individuals were removed 

from the Cabin Ridge site in 

Cumberland County, NJ. No known 

individuals were identified. The 2 

associated funerary objects are 1 lot of 

dog bones and turtle shells (66–CR–1A) 

and 1 lot of turtle shells, dog bones, and 

black walnut shells (66–CR–8A). 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from a site in Shohola, Pike County, PA. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Indian Site Survey Collection 

In 1940, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from a site in East Point, 

Cumberland County, NJ, by the Indian 

Site Survey which performed 

archeological excavations for the New 

Jersey State Museum. The human 

remains include fragments of two skulls, 

one identified as an adult male. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

From 1936 to 1937, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from a site in 

Murray, Burlington County, NJ, by the 

Indian Site Survey which performed 

archeological excavations for the New 

Jersey State Museum. The human 

remains include the partial skeletons of 

two adults. No known individuals were 

identified. The 4 associated funerary 

objects are four pottery sherds. An 

incised smoking pipe was listed in 

catalog records, but has been missing 

from the museum collections since 

1984. 

In 1938, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from a site in Rosenkrans 

Ferry, Sussex County, NJ, by the Indian 

Site Survey which performed 

archeological excavations for the New 

Jersey State Museum. The human 

remains include one adult male and one 

adult female. No known individuals 

were identified. The 4 associated 

funerary objects are 2 netsinkers, 1 

arrowhead, and 1 lot of pottery sherds. 

In 1948, human remains representing, 

at minimum, nine individuals were 

removed from a site in Guilford Park, 

Ocean County, NJ, by the Indian Site 

Survey which performed archeological 

excavations for the New Jersey State 

Museum. The human remains include 

skulls of two adults, three children, and 

two infants; a mandible of one juvenile, 

and a partial skeleton of one adult. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

2 associated funerary objects are 1 

triangular projectile point and 1 small 

pottery vessel (whole). A pendant in the 

shape of a fish, two drilled pendants, 

and one small perforated shark’s tooth 

were listed in catalog records, but have 

been missing from the museum 

collections since 1951. 

In 1940, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a site in Oyster Creek, 

Ocean County, NJ, by the Indian Site 

Survey which performed archeological 

excavations for the New Jersey State 

Museum. The human remains include 

one skull of a young adult female. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Two celts were listed in catalog records, 

but are missing from the museum 

collections. 

In 1937, human remains representing, 

at minimum, seven individuals were 

removed from a site in Lenhardt, 

Monmouth County, NJ, by the Indian 

Site Survey which performed 

archeological excavations for the New 

Jersey State Museum. The human 

remains include male and female adult 

skeletons and one child skeleton. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

9 associated funerary objects are 4 white 

clay trade pipes, 1 lot of red trade beads, 

1 shell pendant, 1 twisted copper wire, 

1 copper bracelet fragment, and 1 lot of 

black and white trade beads. 

Sometime between 1936 and 1940, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from the Lillian Hurff farm in 

Burlington County, NJ, by the Indian 

Site Survey which performed 

archeological excavations for the New 

Jersey State Museum. The human 

remains include one skull. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Sometime in the 1930s, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 2 

individuals were removed from the 

vicinity of Plainfield in Union County, 

NJ, by George H. Fountain, an amateur 

archeologist who collected along the 

shores of Green Brook. Mr. Fountain’s 

heirs donated the human remains to the 

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New Jersey State Museum in 1940, and 

the human remains were added to the 

Indian Site Survey collection. The 

human remains include a skull and 

fragmentary skeleton of one female 

juvenile and one child’s mandible and 

humerus. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1941, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from a site in Red Bank, along 

McClees Brook, in Monmouth County, 

NJ, by William Lufburrow, Jr., an 

amateur archeologist. Mr. Lufburrow, 

Jr., donated the human remains to the 

New Jersey State Museum in 1941, and 

the human remains were added to the 

Indian Site Survey collection. The 

human remains include two skeletons of 

adult females uncovered in a double 

burial and other fragmented remains. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

1 associated funerary object is a stone 

effigy gorget. 

Sometime prior to 1929, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a site in 

Minisink, Sussex County, NJ, by Paul S. 

Tooker, an amateur archeologist. In 

1929, Mr. Tooker loaned the human 

remains to the New Jersey State 

Museum, and in 1946, his widow 

donated them to the New Jersey State 

Museum where the human remains 

were added to the Indian Site Survey 

collection. The human remains include 

one skull, probably male. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1940, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a site in Island Heights, 

Ocean County, NJ, by George H. 

Matthews, an amateur archeologist. Mr. 

Matthews donated the human remains 

to the New Jersey State Museum in 

1949, and they were added to the Indian 

Site Survey collection. The human 

remains include one partial set of 

remains of an adult. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1935, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a site in Waretown, 

Ocean County, NJ, by N.A. Hansen. Mr. 

Hansen donated the human remains to 

the New Jersey State Museum in 1951, 

and they were added to the Indian Site 

Survey collection. The human remains 

include one complete skeleton. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Burton Scott property (site 28–OC–112) 

in Jackson Mills, Ocean County, NJ, by 

the New Jersey State Museum during 

the Indian Site Survey. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

From 1912 to 1913, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a site in 

Emmans Grove near Swartswood Lake 

in Stillwater Township, Sussex County, 

NJ, by Max Schrabisch of the New Jersey 

Geologic Survey. The human remains 

were added to the Indian Site Survey 

collection and include a cranial 

fragment, a subadult mandible, and 

subadult mandible fragments. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In June of 1954, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a site in 

Indian Mills, Burlington County, NJ, by 

workmen digging a trench. The human 

remains were taken to the State Police 

Laboratory in Trenton, NJ, and then 

transferred to the New Jersey State 

Museum. The human remains were 

added to the Indian Site Survey 

collection and include an incomplete 

skull of an adult male. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1940, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a site in Waldwick, 

Bergen County, NJ, by Carl Schondorf, 

an amateur archeologist. Mr. Schondorf 

donated the human remains to the New 

Jersey State Museum, and they were 

added to the Indian Site Survey 

collection. The human remains include 

the complete skeleton of an adult male, 

over 55 years old. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1936, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Koens-Crispin site in 

Burlington County, NJ, by the Indian 

Site Survey which performed 

archeological excavations for the New 

Jersey State Museum. The human 

remains include the fragmentary 

remains of at least two individuals 

found in a pit. No known individuals 

were identified. The 3 associated 

funerary objects are argillite stone 

projectile points/spearheads. 

Other Collections 

In 1956, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 21 individuals were 

removed from the Steppel site in Morris 

County, NJ, by a field crew from the 

New Jersey State Museum. The human 

remains include the skulls and 

postcranial remains of two individuals 

found in one pit, fragmentary remains of 

multiple individuals found in other pits, 

and one separate flexed burial. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

44 associated funerary objects are 1 

worked flint, 1 lot of two flakes, 1 quartz 

crystal, 1 potsherd, 1 scraper, 1 celt, 1 

winged pendant, 1 projectile point, 1 lot 

of two chert flakes, 1 lot of three 

potshers, 1 lot of 17 potsherds, 1 

ceramic pipe, 1 implement fragment, 1 

projectile point, 2 drill fragments, 1 

implement fragment, 1 flake tool, 1 lot 

of four flakes, 1 lot of 51 potshers, 1 lot 

of eight potsherds, 1 lot of eight 

potsherds, 1 lot of six potsherds, 1 

potsherd, 1 lot of two potsherds, 1 

potsherd, 1 jasper implement fragment, 

1 jasper flake implement, 1 reject flint, 

1 lot of two flake cherts, 1 lot of 11 

potsherds, 1 lot of six potsherds, 1 lot 

of two postsherds, 1 potsherd, 1 drill 

chert, 1 lot of three potsherds, 1 lot of 

seven potsherds, 1 lot of 25 potsherds, 

1 flake tool chert, 1 bear canine tooth, 

1 deer antler tip bone implement, 1 lot 

of human teeth, 1 lot of animal teeth, 

and 1 lot of human bone fragments. A 

triangular implement chert was listed in 

the catalog records, but is missing from 

the museum collections. 

In the 1950s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, four 

individuals were removed from the 

Grantberry site in Pemberton, 

Burlington County, NJ, by a farmer who 

later donated them to the New Jersey 

State Museum. The human remains 

include the partial skeleton of two 

individuals and fragmentary remains of 

other individuals. No known 

individuals were identified. The 12 

associated funerary objects are 11 lithic 

flakes and 1 clay pipe in four fragments. 

Sometime prior to 1977, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a landfill 

site in Hamilton Township, Mercer 

County, NJ, by Craig J. Rodrany, who 

donated them to the New Jersey State 

Museum in the same year. The human 

remains include fragments of a child. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1990, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a site in Cumberland 

County, NJ, by an amateur archeologist 

and loaned to the New Jersey State 

Museum. The human remains include a 

right mesial cuneiform bone. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1938, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 10 individuals were 

removed from a site in Cumberland 

County, NJ, by a farmer during spring 

plowing. The human remains were 

taken to the Cumberland County 

Coroner and later donated to the New 

Jersey State Museum. The human 

remains include fragmentary remains. 

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No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

In 1940, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Medwin Knoll site, 

Sussex County, NJ, by W.B. Wilson, an 

amateur archeologist, who donated 

them to the New Jersey State Museum. 

The human remains include a 

fragmentary skull and infracranial 

remains. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1980, human remains representing, 

at minimum, seven individuals were 

removed from a site in Gloucester City, 

Camden County, NJ, by a salvage crew 

during the construction of a building. 

The human remains were transferred to 

the New Jersey State Museum in 1980. 

The human remains include the 

fragmentary remains of at least seven 

individuals. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In the 1980s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site 28- 

Mi-72, in Monroe Township, Middlesex 

County, NJ, by a school group who 

discovered them eroding out of a bank. 

The human remains include skull 

fragments, limb fragments, and six teeth. 

No known individual was identified. 

The 27 associated funerary objects are 4 

pieces of fire cracked rock, 22 flakes, 

and 1 piece of glass. 

In 1995, State Archaeologist Dr. 

Lorraine Williams identified all of the 

human remains listed in this notice as 

dating from the Woodland Period to the 

Contact Period, a time during which 

Delaware-speaking groups occupied this 

area of New Jersey. Consultation with 

the Western Delaware Nation, the 

Stockbridge Munsee, and the Delaware 

Tribe of Indians occurred in 1995, and 

all representatives agreed that the 

locations from which these human 

remains were removed was traditionally 

occupied by the Delaware until 

progressive removals westward began in 

the early 1700s. It was noted during 

consultation that the presence of the 

Shawnee in the northern portion of the 

Delaware River Valley in the late 17th 

and early 18th centuries has been 

historically documented. Based on the 

analysis of the human remains, site 

information, and consultation, the New 

Jersey State Museum has determined a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and the Delaware (Lenape) people. 

Determinations Made by the New Jersey 

State Museum 

Officials of the New Jersey State 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 161 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 137 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 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

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. Gregory D. Lattanzi, 

Bureau of Archaeology & Ethnology, 

New Jersey State Museum, 205 West 

State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, 

telephone (609) 984–9327, email 

gregory.lattanzi@sos.nj.gov, by October 

23, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin, may proceed. 

The New Jersey State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Delaware 

Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of 

Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin, that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: July 28, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023936; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Omaha District, Omaha, NE 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha 

District), 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 

Omaha District. 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 Omaha District at the address in this 

notice by October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. 

Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: 

CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, 

Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) 

995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@

usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby 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 Omaha 

District, Omaha, NE., 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.