80 FR 76303 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 235 (December 8, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-30903

The Ohio History Connection 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 Ohio History Connection. 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19738; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection, 
Columbus, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Ohio History Connection 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 Ohio History Connection. 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 Ohio History Connection at the address in 
this notice by January 7, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Bradley Lepper, Ohio History Connection, 800 East 17th 
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, telephone (614) 298-2064, email 
[email protected].

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

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funerary objects under the control of the Ohio History Connection, 
Columbus, OH. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Schoenbrunn, Tuscarawas County, OH and Gnadenhutten, 
Tuscarawas County, OH.
    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 Ohio 
History Connection professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma and the 
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    In the 1920s, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from a burial site in Schoenbrunn, in 
Tuscarawas County, OH. In 1927, William C. Mills investigated the 
cemetery, during which it is believed the human remains of a child 
(A4213/2) and an adult (A4213/3) were encountered. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
adult individuals were removed from a burial site in Schoenbrunn, in 
Tuscarawas County, OH. The human remains are a collection of modified 
(drilled) human phalanges from a ``mound coffin'' (A4213/1). As the 
remains were modified, they were originally reported as objects. 
Initially, the human remains were mistakenly reported as having been 
removed from a different site (A4487); their provenance was correctly 
identified in 2013. No known individuals were identified. As 
Schoenbrunn was founded by the Moravian Church in 1772-1777, as a 
mission to the Delaware Indians, these human remains are affiliated to 
the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    Either in the 1920s or the 1960s, human remains representing, at 
minimum, four individuals were probably removed from Gnadenhutten, in 
Tuscarawas County, OH. Although the human remains lack documentation, 
William C. Mills was in the area of Gnadenhutten during his excavations 
at Schoenbrunn, and these human remains were found mixed with the 
Schoenbrunn human remains. It is probable that the material comes from 
this time period. Alternatively, the human remains could have been 
excavated in the 1960's prior to the property being given to the 
Village of Gnadenhutten. The remains represent three adults (A4578/1, 3 
and 5) and one child (A4578/1.01). No known individuals were 
identified. The 13 associated funerary objects are one small mammal 
mandible fragment (A4578/2, found with A4578/1), nine miscellaneous 
animal bone fragments (A4578/4 found with A4578/3) and three pottery 
sherds (A4578/6 found with A4578/5). As Gnadenhutten has strong 
historic ties to the Delaware Tribe, these human remains and associated 
funerary objects are affiliated with the Delaware Tribe of Indians, 
Oklahoma.

Determinations Made by the Ohio History Connection

    Officials of the Ohio History Connection have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of nine individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the thirteen 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 
Tribe, Oklahoma.

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 Bradley Lepper, Ohio History Connection, 800 
East 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, telephone (614) 298-2064, email 
[email protected], by January 7, 2016. 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, Oklahoma may proceed.
    The Ohio History Connection is responsible for notifying the 
Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 4, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Sec. 18, lot 3, E1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary
SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009, 307–775– determines that the withdrawal shall be
and N1⁄2SE1⁄4. 6257 or via email at jwrigley@blm.gov. extended.
The area described contains 359.45 acres. Persons who use a telecommunications Dated: November 13, 2015.
The following described federally device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Janice M. Schneider,
reserved minerals underlying non- Federal Information Relay Service
Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals
Federal surface: (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the Management.
above individual. The FIRS is available
[FR Doc. 2015–30900 Filed 12–7–15; 8:45 am]
Chosa Draw Caves 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, to
BILLING CODE 4310–22–P
T. 25 S., R. 25 E., leave a message or question with the
Sec. 28, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4. above individual. You will receive a
The areas described aggregate 440 acres. reply during normal business hours. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The total areas described above SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
aggregate 2,924.65 acres of public lands Bureau of Land Management will National Park Service
and 440 acres of Federal minerals manage the land to protect the unique
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19738;
underlying non-Federal lands in Eddy archeological, historical, geological, and PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
County. recreational values of these two sites as
2. The withdrawal made by this order well as the Federal investment for Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio
does not alter the applicability of the visitor use because of the special History Connection, Columbus, OH
public land laws other than the mining historical interpretive attributes
laws. contained at the sites. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
3. This withdrawal will expire 20 ACTION: Notice.
Order
years from the effective date of this
By virtue of the authority vested in SUMMARY: The Ohio History Connection
order unless, as a result of a review
the Secretary of the Interior by Section has completed an inventory of human
conducted before the expiration date
204 of the Federal Land Policy and remains and associated funerary objects,
pursuant to section 204(f) of the Federal
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. in consultation with the appropriate
Land Policy and Management Act of
1714, it is ordered as follows: Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the organizations, and has determined that
determines that the withdrawal shall be
following described public lands are there is a cultural affiliation between the
extended.
hereby withdrawn from location and human remains and associated funerary
Dated: November 23, 2015. objects and present-day Indian tribes or
entry under the United States mining
Janice M. Schneider, laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), but not from Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals leasing under the mineral or geothermal descendants or representatives of any
Management. leasing laws, or disposal under the Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
[FR Doc. 2015–30899 Filed 12–7–15; 8:45 am] Materials Act of 1947, on behalf of the organization not identified in this notice
BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P Bureau of Land Management to protect that wish to request transfer of control
unique archeological, historical, of these human remains and associated
geological, and recreational values of funerary objects should submit a written
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR these two sites. request to the Ohio History Connection.
If no additional requestors come
Bureau of Land Management Sixth Principal Meridian forward, transfer of control of the
[LLWY921000, L14300000.ET0000; WYW– human remains and associated funerary
Devil’s Gate
167985] objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
T. 29 N., R. 87 W., tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
Public Land Order No. 7843; Sec. 35, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
stated in this notice may proceed.
S1⁄2N1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
Withdrawal of Public Lands for the DATES: Lineal descendants or
N1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.
Protection of the Split Rock and Devil’s representatives of any Indian tribe or
Gate Interpretive Sites; Wyoming Split Rock Native Hawaiian organization not
T. 29 N., R. 89 W., identified in this notice that wish to
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Sec. 30, lot 2, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 and
Interior. request transfer of control of these
N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. human remains and associated funerary
ACTION: Public land order. T. 29 N., R. 90 W.,
objects should submit a written request
Sec. 25, E1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,
SUMMARY: This order withdraws 343.23 E1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and with information in support of the
acres of public lands from location and N1⁄2N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4. request to the Ohio History Connection
entry under the United States mining The areas described aggregate 343.23 acres, at the address in this notice by January
laws, but not from leasing under the more or less, in Fremont and Natrona 7, 2016.
mineral or geothermal leasing laws, or Counties, Wyoming. ADDRESSES: Bradley Lepper, Ohio
disposal under the Materials Act of 2. The withdrawal made by this order History Connection, 800 East 17th
1947, for a period of 20 years to protect does not alter the applicability of the Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211,
and preserve the Split Rock and Devil’s public land laws other than the mining telephone (614) 298–2064, email
Gate interpretive sites located along blepper@ohiohistory.org.
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laws.
national historic trails in Fremont and 3. This withdrawal will expire 20 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Natrona Counties, Wyoming. years from the effective date of this here given in accordance with the
DATES: Effective Date: December 8, 2015. order, unless, as a result of a review Native American Graves Protection and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: conducted before the expiration date Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Janelle Wrigley, Realty Officer, Bureau pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal 3003, of the completion of an inventory
of Land Management, Wyoming State Land Policy and Management Act of of human remains and associated

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funerary objects under the control of the Schoenbrunn, and these human remains Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma, and the
Ohio History Connection, Columbus, were found mixed with the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, that this
OH. The human remains and associated Schoenbrunn human remains. It is notice has been published.
funerary objects were removed from probable that the material comes from Dated: November 4, 2015.
Schoenbrunn, Tuscarawas County, OH this time period. Alternatively, the Melanie O’Brien,
and Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas County, human remains could have been
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
OH. excavated in the 1960’s prior to the
This notice is published as part of the property being given to the Village of [FR Doc. 2015–30903 Filed 12–7–15; 8:45 am]
National Park Service’s administrative Gnadenhutten. The remains represent BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 three adults (A4578/1, 3 and 5) and one
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in child (A4578/1.01). No known
this notice are the sole responsibility of individuals were identified. The 13 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
the museum, institution, or Federal associated funerary objects are one National Park Service
agency that has control of the Native small mammal mandible fragment
American human remains and (A4578/2, found with A4578/1), nine [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19650;
associated funerary objects. The miscellaneous animal bone fragments PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
National Park Service is not responsible (A4578/4 found with A4578/3) and
for the determinations in this notice. three pottery sherds (A4578/6 found Notice of Inventory Completion:
with A4578/5). As Gnadenhutten has American Museum of Natural History,
Consultation New York, NY
strong historic ties to the Delaware
A detailed assessment of the human Tribe, these human remains and AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
remains was made by the Ohio History associated funerary objects are affiliated
Connection professional staff in ACTION: Notice.
with the Delaware Tribe of Indians,
consultation with representatives of the Oklahoma. SUMMARY: The American Museum of
Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma Natural History has completed an
and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma. Determinations Made by the Ohio inventory of human remains and
History Connection associated funerary objects in
History and Description of the Remains
Officials of the Ohio History consultation with the appropriate
In the 1920s, human remains Connection have determined that: Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
representing, at minimum, two • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the organizations, and has determined that
individuals were removed from a burial human remains described in this notice there is a cultural affiliation between the
site in Schoenbrunn, in Tuscarawas represent the physical remains of nine human remains and associated funerary
County, OH. In 1927, William C. Mills individuals of Native American objects and present-day Indian tribes or
investigated the cemetery, during which ancestry. Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
it is believed the human remains of a • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), descendants or representatives of any
child (A4213/2) and an adult (A4213/3) the thirteen objects described in this Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
were encountered. No known notice are reasonably believed to have organization not identified in this notice
individuals were identified. No been placed with or near individual that wish to request transfer of control
associated funerary objects are present. human remains at the time of death or of these human remains and associated
On an unknown date, human remains later as part of the death rite or funerary objects should submit a written
representing, at minimum, three adult ceremony. request to the American Museum of
individuals were removed from a burial • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Natural History. If no additional
site in Schoenbrunn, in Tuscarawas is a relationship of shared group requestors come forward, transfer of
County, OH. The human remains are a identity that can be reasonably traced control of the human remains and
collection of modified (drilled) human between the Native American human associated funerary objects to the lineal
phalanges from a ‘‘mound coffin’’ remains and associated funerary objects descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
(A4213/1). As the remains were and the Delaware Tribe, Oklahoma. Hawaiian organizations stated in this
modified, they were originally reported
Additional Requestors and Disposition notice may proceed.
as objects. Initially, the human remains
were mistakenly reported as having Lineal descendants or representatives DATES: Lineal descendants or
been removed from a different site of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian representatives of any Indian tribe or
(A4487); their provenance was correctly organization not identified in this notice Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in 2013. No known that wish to request transfer of control identified in this notice that wish to
individuals were identified. As of these human remains and associated request transfer of control of these
Schoenbrunn was founded by the funerary objects should submit a written human remains and associated funerary
Moravian Church in 1772–1777, as a request with information in support of objects should submit a written request
mission to the Delaware Indians, these the request to Bradley Lepper, Ohio with information in support of the
human remains are affiliated to the History Connection, 800 East 17th request to the American Museum of
Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, Natural History at the address in this
No associated funerary objects are telephone (614) 298–2064, email notice by January 7, 2016.
present. blepper@ohiohistory.org, by January 7, ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, American
Either in the 1920s or the 1960s, 2016. After that date, if no additional Museum of Natural History, Central
Lhorne on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES

human remains representing, at requestors have come forward, transfer Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY
minimum, four individuals were of control of the human remains and 10024, telephone (201) 876–4194, email
probably removed from Gnadenhutten, associated funerary objects to the nmurphy@amnh.org.
in Tuscarawas County, OH. Although Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
the human remains lack documentation, may proceed. here given in accordance with the
William C. Mills was in the area of The Ohio History Connection is Native American Graves Protection and
Gnadenhutten during his excavations at responsible for notifying the Delaware Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.

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80 FR 76303 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 235 (December 8, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service