82 FR 11626 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11626-11627]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03609]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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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 March 27, 2017.

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 funerary objects under the control of the Ohio History 
Connection, Columbus, OH. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from Newcomers Town and Cemetery, 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 Nation, Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    In July 1934, construction activities relating to the installation 
of sewer and waterlines along Mulvane Street in Newcomerstown, 
Tuscarawas County, OH, uncovered human remains. Emerson F. Greenman, 
Curator of Archaeology for the Ohio History Connection investigated the 
discovery and collected human remains and

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associated funerary objects. The human remains consist of a single 
individual of indeterminate age (A1427/1) along with 37 iron nails 
(A1427/2) and 15 mostly fragmentary and unmodified peach pits (A1427/
9), which are interpreted as funerary objects. This site subsequently 
was recorded as Newcomer's Town and Cemetery (33TU604).
    Newcomers Town, also known as Gekelmukpechunk, was a large Delaware 
Indian village occupied in the late 1700s. The limits of the site have 
not been established, but the human remains collected from the Mulvane 
Street location are reasonably inferred to relate to the Delaware 
Indian town and therefore these remains are considered to be culturally 
affiliated to the Delaware Nation, 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 one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 52 objects described 
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
the 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.

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 March 27, 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, may proceed.
    The Ohio History Connection is responsible for notifying the 
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: January 5, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-03609 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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