83_FR_14563 83 FR 14498 - Notice of Inventory Completion: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Charleston, WV

83 FR 14498 - Notice of Inventory Completion: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Charleston, WV

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 65 (April 4, 2018)

Page Range14498-14499
FR Document2018-06832

The West Virginia Division of Culture and History (WVDCH) 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 WVDCH. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: West Virginia Division of Culture 
and History, Charleston, WV

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The West Virginia Division of Culture and History (WVDCH) 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 no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 
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 WVDCH. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 WVDCH at the address in this notice by May 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Caryn Gresham, Deputy Commissioner, West Virginia Division 
of Culture and History, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston WV 
25305-0300, telephone (304) 558-0220, 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 WVDCH, Charleston, 
WV. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from 
the Buffalo Site (46PU31), Putnam County, WV.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 WVDCH 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation; Cherokee 
Nation; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern 
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Ponca 
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Seneca Nation of 
Indians (previously listed as the Seneca Nation of New York); Shawnee 
Tribe; The Osage Nation (previously listed as the Osage Tribe); The 
Quapaw Tribe of Indians; Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously listed as 
the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York); Tuscarora Nation; 
and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. An 
invitation to consult was also extended to the Catawba Indian Nation 
(aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Miami 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Oneida Nation (previously 
listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida Indian 
Nation (previously listed as the Oneida Nation of New York; Onondaga 
Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed as the St. Regis 
Band of Mohawk Indians of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously 
listed as the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge Munsee 
Community, Wisconsin; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and Wyandotte Nation, 
hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    From 1963 through 1965, human remains representing, at minimum, 
1,031 individuals were removed from the Buffalo Site, Putnam County, 
WV. Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) ``acquired the property in the 
1960s with the intention of building a plant at the site. Dr. Edward V. 
McMichael of the West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey (WVGES) 
Archeology Office requested permission from UCC to excavate at the 
site. In 1963, a lease agreement was signed by UCC and the WVGES, 
wherein the state of West Virginia was given the right to all cultural 
items excavated at the site. From May through October 1963, Dr. 
McMichael and a crew excavated the site. In 1965, the site excavations

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ceased. The cultural items and human remains were taken to McMichael's 
headquarters in Buffalo, WV, and later transported to the WVGES offices 
in Morgantown, WV. In 1966, State Archeologist Bettye Broyles loaned 
the human remains to James Metress at Clarion State College, PA, for 
research. Metress transferred to the University of Toledo, OH, and took 
the human remains with him. In the 1980s, the human remains were moved 
to the Anthropology Department of The Ohio State University (OSU) in 
Columbus, OH. In September 2008, some of the human remains were 
physically transferred to the Grave Creek Mound Archaeology Research 
Complex in Moundsville, WV, which is under the control of the WVDCH. 
Between November 2011 and April 2016, fourteen additional boxes of 
human remains were located at OSU and physically transferred to the 
WVDCH. No known individuals were identified. The 2,050 associated 
funerary objects include 1 lot of prehistoric ceramic sherds, 2 
partially reconstructed shell tempered pots, 1 lot of animal bone 
fragments, 13 antler tines, 2 antler tine projectile points, 1 antler 
pendant, 8 antler tools, 611 bone beads, 13 animal tooth pendants, 16 
bone awls/pins, 5 bone tools, 1 bone comb, 2 polished bone tubes, 1 elk 
rib shoulder ornament, 1 turtle shell cup, 1 bird bone flute, 1 bone 
fish hook, 11 copper wrapped beads/fragments, 1 copper tinkler, 1 
pierced worked copper fragment, 28 copper fragments, 1 glass seed bead, 
1 lot of shell fragments, 1,139 shell beads, 11 shell hoes, 17 shell 
ornaments, 12 shell pendants, 2 weeping eye mask/gorgets, 1 rattlesnake 
gorget, 26 plain shell gorgets, 2 gorgets with unidentified motif, 1 
shell maskette, 1 lot of lithic debitage, 50 projectile points, 2 
cannel coal pendants, 1 stone pipe bowl, 1 stone ``tablet,'' and 61 
hematite fragments.

Determinations Made by the West Virginia Division of Culture and 
History

    Officials of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on osteological analysis and 
archeological context.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 1,031 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2,050 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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian Tribe.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the 
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation; Cherokee 
Nation; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern 
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Oneida 
Nation (previously listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); 
Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed as the Oneida Nation of New 
York); Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed as 
the St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of 
Indians (previously listed as the Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-
Cayuga Nation (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 
Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 
Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously listed as the Tonawanda Band of 
Seneca Indians of New York); Tuscarora Nation; United Keetoowah Band of 
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; and Wyandotte Nation, hereafter referred 
to as ``The Aboriginal Land Tribes.''
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Aboriginal 
Land Tribes. The Cherokee Nation, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, 
and Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously listed as the Tonawanda Band 
of Seneca Indians of New York), have submitted statements of agreement 
to request joint disposition of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice. Statements of support for 
the disposition were submitted by the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 
of Oklahoma, Delaware Nation, and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Caryn 
Gresham, Deputy Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Culture and 
History, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston WV 25305-0300, 
telephone (304) 558-0220, email [email protected], by May 4, 2018. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to The Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
    The WVDCH is responsible for notifying The Consulted and Invited 
Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 28, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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                                             part of the death rite or ceremony and                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            institution, or Federal agency that has
                                             are believed, by a preponderance of the                                                                       control of the Native American human
                                             evidence, to have been removed from a                   National Park Service                                 remains and associated funerary objects.
                                             specific burial site of a Native American               [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025140;
                                                                                                                                                           The National Park Service is not
                                             individual.                                             PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                          responsible for the determinations in
                                                                                                                                                           this notice.
                                                • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
                                                                                                     Notice of Inventory Completion: West                  Consultation
                                             is a relationship of shared group
                                                                                                     Virginia Division of Culture and
                                             identity that can be reasonably traced                                                                           A detailed assessment of the human
                                                                                                     History, Charleston, WV
                                             between the unassociated funerary                                                                             remains was made by the WVDCH
                                             objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;                  AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.            professional staff in consultation with
                                             Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously                     ACTION:   Notice.                                     representatives of the Absentee–
                                             listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo);                                                                       Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
                                             Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico                               SUMMARY:   The West Virginia Division of              Cayuga Nation; Cherokee Nation;
                                             (previously listed as the Pueblo of San                 Culture and History (WVDCH) has                       Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
                                             Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;                     completed an inventory of human                       Tribe of Indians; Eastern Band of
                                             Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo                   remains and associated funerary objects,              Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee
                                             of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,                 in consultation with the appropriate                  Tribe of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
                                             New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New                       Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian                      Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
                                             Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;                    organizations, and has determined that                Nebraska; Seneca Nation of Indians
                                             Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo                   there is no cultural affiliation between              (previously listed as the Seneca Nation
                                                                                                     the human remains and associated                      of New York); Shawnee Tribe; The
                                             of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
                                                                                                     funerary objects and any present-day                  Osage Nation (previously listed as the
                                             Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
                                                                                                     Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian                      Osage Tribe); The Quapaw Tribe of
                                             Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of                        organizations. Representatives of any                 Indians; Tonawanda Band of Seneca
                                             Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa                     Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian                       (previously listed as the Tonawanda
                                             Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa                        organization not identified in this notice            Band of Seneca Indians of New York);
                                             Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,                      that wish to request transfer of control              Tuscarora Nation; and United
                                             New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New                      of these human remains and associated                 Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
                                             Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;                      funerary objects should submit a written              Oklahoma. An invitation to consult was
                                             Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed                request to the WVDCH. If no additional                also extended to the Catawba Indian
                                             as the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas);                 requestors come forward, transfer of                  Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South
                                             and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni                          control of the human remains and                      Carolina); Kaw Nation, Oklahoma;
                                             Reservation, New Mexico, hereafter                      associated funerary objects to the Indian             Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe
                                             referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’                          Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations               of Nebraska; Oneida Nation (previously
                                                                                                     stated in this notice may proceed.                    listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of
                                             Additional Requestors and Disposition                                                                         Wisconsin); Oneida Indian Nation
                                                                                                     DATES: Representatives of any Indian
                                                Lineal descendants or representatives                Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization                 (previously listed as the Oneida Nation
                                                                                                     not identified in this notice that wish to            of New York; Onondaga Nation; Saint
                                             of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                                                                     request transfer of control of these                  Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed
                                             organization not identified in this notice
                                                                                                     human remains and associated funerary                 as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk
                                             that wish to claim these cultural items                                                                       Indians of New York); Seneca-Cayuga
                                             should submit a written request with                    objects should submit a written request
                                                                                                     with information in support of the                    Nation (previously listed as the Seneca-
                                             information in support of the claim to                                                                        Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge
                                             Kathy McKenzie, Board President, La                     request to the WVDCH at the address in
                                                                                                     this notice by May 4, 2018.                           Munsee Community, Wisconsin;
                                             Plata County Historical Society, 3065 W.                                                                      Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and
                                             2nd Avenue, Durango, CO 81301,                          ADDRESSES: Caryn Gresham, Deputy
                                                                                                                                                           Wyandotte Nation, hereafter referred to
                                             telephone (970) 259–2402, email                         Commissioner, West Virginia Division                  as ‘‘The Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’
                                             director@animasmuseum.org, by May 4,                    of Culture and History, 1900 Kanawha
                                             2018. After that date, if no additional                 Boulevard East, Charleston WV 25305–                  History and Description of the Remains
                                             claimants have come forward, transfer                   0300, telephone (304) 558–0220, email                    From 1963 through 1965, human
                                             of control of the unassociated funerary                 caryn.s.gresham@wv.gov.                               remains representing, at minimum,
                                             objects to The Tribes may proceed.                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                  1,031 individuals were removed from
                                                                                                     here given in accordance with the                     the Buffalo Site, Putnam County, WV.
                                                The La Plata County Historical                       Native American Graves Protection and                 Union Carbide Corporation (UCC)
                                             Society is responsible for notifying The                Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                  ‘‘acquired the property in the 1960s
                                             Tribes that this notice has been                        3003, of the completion of an inventory               with the intention of building a plant at
                                             published.                                              of human remains and associated                       the site. Dr. Edward V. McMichael of
                                              Dated: March 5, 2018.                                  funerary objects under the control of the             the West Virginia Geologic and
                                             Melanie O’Brien,                                        WVDCH, Charleston, WV. The human                      Economic Survey (WVGES) Archeology
                                             Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                                                                     remains and associated funerary objects               Office requested permission from UCC
                                                                                                     were removed from the Buffalo Site                    to excavate at the site. In 1963, a lease
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–06834 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am]
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                                                                                                     (46PU31), Putnam County, WV.                          agreement was signed by UCC and the
                                             BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                                                                       This notice is published as part of the             WVGES, wherein the state of West
                                                                                                     National Park Service’s administrative                Virginia was given the right to all
                                                                                                     responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                     cultural items excavated at the site.
                                                                                                     U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).                From May through October 1963, Dr.
                                                                                                     The determinations in this notice are                 McMichael and a crew excavated the
                                                                                                     the sole responsibility of the museum,                site. In 1965, the site excavations


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                                             ceased. The cultural items and human                    notice are reasonably believed to have                Commissioner, West Virginia Division
                                             remains were taken to McMichael’s                       been placed with or near individual                   of Culture and History, 1900 Kanawha
                                             headquarters in Buffalo, WV, and later                  human remains at the time of death or                 Boulevard East, Charleston WV 25305–
                                             transported to the WVGES offices in                     later as part of the death rite or                    0300, telephone (304) 558–0220, email
                                             Morgantown, WV. In 1966, State                          ceremony.                                             caryn.s.gresham@wv.gov, by May 4,
                                             Archeologist Bettye Broyles loaned the                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a                 2018. After that date, if no additional
                                             human remains to James Metress at                       relationship of shared group identity                 requestors have come forward, transfer
                                             Clarion State College, PA, for research.                cannot be reasonably traced between the               of control of the human remains and
                                             Metress transferred to the University of                Native American human remains and                     associated funerary objects to The
                                             Toledo, OH, and took the human                          associated funerary objects and any                   Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
                                             remains with him. In the 1980s, the                     present-day Indian Tribe.                               The WVDCH is responsible for
                                             human remains were moved to the                            • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or                   notifying The Consulted and Invited
                                             Anthropology Department of The Ohio                     Executive Orders, indicate that the land              Tribes that this notice has been
                                             State University (OSU) in Columbus,                     from which the Native American human                  published.
                                             OH. In September 2008, some of the                      remains and associated funerary objects
                                                                                                                                                            Dated: February 28, 2018.
                                             human remains were physically                           were removed is the aboriginal land of
                                                                                                     the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians                 Melanie O’Brien,
                                             transferred to the Grave Creek Mound
                                             Archaeology Research Complex in                         of Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation; Cherokee                  Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                             Moundsville, WV, which is under the                     Nation; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;                    [FR Doc. 2018–06832 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am]
                                             control of the WVDCH. Between                           Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Band               BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                             November 2011 and April 2016,                           of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee
                                             fourteen additional boxes of human                      Tribe of Oklahoma; Oneida Nation
                                             remains were located at OSU and                         (previously listed as the Oneida Tribe of             DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                             physically transferred to the WVDCH.                    Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida Indian
                                             No known individuals were identified.                   Nation (previously listed as the Oneida               National Park Service
                                             The 2,050 associated funerary objects                   Nation of New York); Onondaga Nation;                 [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025133;
                                             include 1 lot of prehistoric ceramic                    Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously                  PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                             sherds, 2 partially reconstructed shell                 listed as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk
                                             tempered pots, 1 lot of animal bone                     Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of                Notice of Inventory Completion:
                                             fragments, 13 antler tines, 2 antler tine               Indians (previously listed as the Seneca              Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
                                             projectile points, 1 antler pendant, 8                  Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga
                                                                                                                                                           AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                             antler tools, 611 bone beads, 13 animal                 Nation (previously listed as the Seneca-
                                             tooth pendants, 16 bone awls/pins, 5                    Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee                    ACTION:   Notice.
                                             bone tools, 1 bone comb, 2 polished                     Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community,
                                                                                                                                                           SUMMARY:    The Peabody Essex Museum
                                             bone tubes, 1 elk rib shoulder ornament,                Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca
                                                                                                                                                           has completed an inventory of human
                                             1 turtle shell cup, 1 bird bone flute, 1                (previously listed as the Tonawanda
                                                                                                                                                           remains and associated funerary objects,
                                             bone fish hook, 11 copper wrapped                       Band of Seneca Indians of New York);
                                                                                                                                                           in consultation with the appropriate
                                             beads/fragments, 1 copper tinkler, 1                    Tuscarora Nation; United Keetoowah
                                                                                                                                                           Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
                                             pierced worked copper fragment, 28                      Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma;
                                                                                                                                                           organizations, and has determined that
                                             copper fragments, 1 glass seed bead, 1                  and Wyandotte Nation, hereafter
                                                                                                                                                           there is a cultural affiliation between the
                                             lot of shell fragments, 1,139 shell beads,              referred to as ‘‘The Aboriginal Land
                                                                                                                                                           human remains and associated funerary
                                             11 shell hoes, 17 shell ornaments, 12                   Tribes.’’
                                                                                                        • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the              objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
                                             shell pendants, 2 weeping eye mask/                                                                           Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
                                             gorgets, 1 rattlesnake gorget, 26 plain                 disposition of the human remains and
                                                                                                     associated funerary objects may be to                 descendants or representatives of any
                                             shell gorgets, 2 gorgets with                                                                                 Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                             unidentified motif, 1 shell maskette, 1                 The Aboriginal Land Tribes. The
                                                                                                     Cherokee Nation, Eastern Shawnee                      organization not identified in this notice
                                             lot of lithic debitage, 50 projectile                                                                         that wish to request transfer of control
                                             points, 2 cannel coal pendants, 1 stone                 Tribe of Oklahoma, and Tonawanda
                                                                                                     Band of Seneca (previously listed as the              of these human remains and associated
                                             pipe bowl, 1 stone ‘‘tablet,’’ and 61                                                                         funerary objects should submit a written
                                             hematite fragments.                                     Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
                                                                                                     New York), have submitted statements                  request to the Peabody Essex Museum.
                                             Determinations Made by the West                         of agreement to request joint disposition             If no additional requestors come
                                             Virginia Division of Culture and                        of the human remains and associated                   forward, transfer of control of the
                                             History                                                 funerary objects described in this notice.            human remains and associated funerary
                                               Officials of the West Virginia Division               Statements of support for the                         objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
                                             of Culture and History have determined                  disposition were submitted by the                     Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
                                             that:                                                   Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of                  organizations stated in this notice may
                                               • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                  Oklahoma, Delaware Nation, and                        proceed.
                                             human remains described in this notice                  Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.                     DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                             are Native American based on                                                                                  representatives of any Indian Tribe or
                                                                                                     Additional Requestors and Disposition                 Native Hawaiian organization not
                                             osteological analysis and archeological
                                             context.                                                  Representatives of any Indian Tribe or              identified in this notice that wish to
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                                               • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                  Native Hawaiian organization not                      request transfer of control of these
                                             human remains described in this notice                  identified in this notice that wish to                human remains and associated funerary
                                             represent the physical remains of 1,031                 request transfer of control of these                  objects should submit a written request
                                             individuals of Native American                          human remains and associated funerary                 with information in support of the
                                             ancestry.                                               objects should submit a written request               request to the Peabody Essex Museum at
                                               • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                   with information in support of the                    the address in this notice by May 4,
                                             the 2,050 objects described in this                     request to Caryn Gresham, Deputy                      2018.


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DatesRepresentatives 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
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