Notice2022-01036
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; Correction
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Published
January 26, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on August 10, 2018. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. 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 American Museum of Natural History. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4042-4043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01036]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033280; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has corrected an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on August 10,
2018. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number
of associated funerary objects. 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 American Museum of Natural History. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the American Museum of Natural History at the
address in this notice by February 25, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nell Murphy, American Museum of
Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024,
telephone (212) 769-5837, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dab4b7afa8aab2a39abbb7b4b2f4b5a8bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="36585b4344465e4f76575b585e18594451">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 correction of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the American Museum of
Natural History, New York, NY. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Mercer County, NJ, and Richmond
County, NY.
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.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 39777-39779, August 10,
2018). The Museum received copies of archival documentation housed in a
different institution that pertains to the AMNH's excavations at the
Abbott Farm site, Mercer County, NJ. This new information led Museum
staff to identify an additional 21 culturally affiliated human remains
and an additional 56 associated funerary objects. Transfer of control
of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (83 FR 39778, August 10, 2018, FR Doc
#2018-17217, on page 39778), column 1, paragraph 3, under History and
Description of the Remains, sentence 7 is corrected by substituting the
following sentence:
The 10 associated funerary objects--10 pieces of pottery--were
found with these human remains.
In the Federal Register (83 FR 39778, August 10, 2018, FR Doc
#2018-17217, on page 39778), columns 1 and 2 are corrected by adding
the following paragraphs at the end of paragraph 4 to replace the
existing paragraphs:
In 1896, human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals,
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, one mile south
of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan Farm, Village Site. The human remains
were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored expedition.
The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year. The human
remains include two adult females, one adult who is likely female,
six adults whose sex is indeterminate, and one individual whose age
and sex are indeterminate. No known individuals were identified. The
26 associated funerary objects include five implements (one of which
is broken), one celt, one broken clay pipe, one scrapper, one chip,
three pieces of pottery fragments and 14 sherds. Artifact analysis
and burial depth suggest that these human remains and associated
funerary objects date to the Middle Woodland Period (A.D. 200-900).
In 1898, human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals, were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley,
one mile south of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan Farm, Lowland. The human
remains were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored
expedition. The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year.
The human remains include one adult female, two adults whose sex is
indeterminate, and one adult who is likely male. No known
individuals were identified. The five associated funerary objects
include three implements, one animal tooth, and one lot of pottery
fragments. Artifact analysis and burial depth suggest that these
human remains and associated funerary objects date to the Middle
Woodland Period (A.D. 200-900).
In 1898, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, one mile south
of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan
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Farm, Village site, Lowland. The human remains were excavated by
Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored expedition. The AMNH
accessioned the human remains that same year. The human remains
include one adult who is likely male and one adult whose sex is
indeterminate. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. Burial depth suggests that these human
remains date to the Middle Woodland Period (A.D. 200-900).
In 1898, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, one mile south
of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan Farm Village site. The human remains
were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored expedition.
The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year. The human
remains include two individuals of unknown sex or age. No known
individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are
one beaver tooth and one lot of pottery fragments. Burial depth
suggests that these human remains date to the Middle Woodland Period
(A.D. 200-900).
In 1899, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Delaware Valley, 1 mile south
of Trenton, Andrew K. Rowan Farm, Village Site. The human remains
were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored expedition.
The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year. The human
remains include one subadult. No known individual was identified.
The one associated funerary object is one lot of animal bone
fragments. Burial depth suggests that these human remains date to
the Middle Woodland Period (A.D. 200-900).
In 1899, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from NJ, Mercer County, Abbott Farm, Trench 1. The
human remains were excavated by Ernest Volk during an AMNH sponsored
expedition. The AMNH accessioned the human remains that same year.
The human remains include two adults whose sex is indeterminate. No
known individuals were identified. The 14 associated funerary
objects include one lot of beaver teeth fragments, one fragmentary
pot (more than 50 pieces), two pieces of white quarts, two flakes,
one broken spearpoint, one broken point, one bone implement, one
unfinished implement, one implement (knife?), and three blade
pieces. Artifact analysis and burial depth suggest that these human
remains and associated funerary objects date to the Middle Woodland
Period (A.D. 200-900).
In the Federal Register (83 FR 39778, August 10, 2018, FR Doc
#2018-17217, on page 39778), column 3, paragraph 3, is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
We infer that the human remains and associated funerary objects
from Abbott Farm, Bowman's Brook, and Burial Ridge date to the
Middle Woodland (A.D. 200-900) or later. Historically, these three
locales lay within Lenape territory during the contact period, while
archeological and linguistic data indicate a cultural continuity
extending back to the Middle Woodland Period.
In the Federal Register (83 FR 39778, August 10, 2018, FR Doc
#2018-17217, on page 39779), column 1, paragraph 1 under the heading
``Determinations Made by the American Museum of Natural History,''
after ``Officials of the American Museum of Natural History have
determined that,'' sentences 1 and 2 are corrected by substituting the
following sentences:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains
described in this notice represent the physical remains of 68
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 226 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.
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 Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural
History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024,
telephone (212) 769-5837, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d7b9baa2a5a7bfae97b6bab9bff9b8a5b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0866657d7a786071486965666026677a6f">[email protected]</span></a>, by February 25, 2022.
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 American Museum of Natural History 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: January 12, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-01036 Filed 1-25-22; 8:45 am]
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