Notice2022-20056
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY
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Published
September 16, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Huguenot Historical Society, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that 36 cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and 12 cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony. 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 Huguenot Historical Society. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56973-56974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20056]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034490; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Huguenot
Historical Society, New Paltz, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Huguenot Historical Society, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that 36 cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and 12 cultural items
listed in this notice meet the definition of objects of cultural
patrimony. 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
Huguenot Historical Society. 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 Huguenot Historical Society
at the address in this notice by October 17, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liselle LaFrance, President, Huguenot
Historical Society, 88 Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY 12561, telephone
(845) 255-1660, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#274e494148674f5240524249485354535542425309485540"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f565159507f574a584a5a51504b4c4b4d5a5a4b11504d58">[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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate 48 cultural items under the
control of the Huguenot Historical Society in New Paltz, Ulster County,
NY, 36 of which meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects
and 12 of which meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony
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.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2018, 48 cultural items were removed from
the grounds of the Huguenot Historical Society in New Paltz, Ulster
County, NY. The items were excavated as part of field schools conducted
on the grounds of Historic Huguenot Street by the State University of
New York at New Paltz from 1999 through 2018. In 2020, the entire field
school artifact collection came into the possession of Huguenot
Historical Society. Of this collection, 36 of the items are
unassociated funerary objects. They are two dog skeletons, 29 pottery
fragments, four pieces of corn and nuts, and one Wampum bead. Of this
collection, 12 of the items are objects of cultural patrimony. They are
12 corn and bean seeds.
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin Tribal Historic
Preservation representatives reviewed the collection with Huguenot
Historical Society staff in May of 2022. Based on a review of the
extant field school notes, the 36 unassociated funerary objects were
identified as having been removed from burial contexts. Based on the
collectively held traditional food domestication knowledge they
contain, which knowledge continues to have ongoing historic importance,
the 12 corn and bean seeds were identified as objects of cultural
patrimony. According to related Lenape oral tradition, present-day New
Paltz lay within Lenape geographic territory. The 1677 Huguenot-Lenape
land agreement serves as further, documentary evidence of Lenape
history in this location. Today the earlier Lenape are represented by
the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; the Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Determinations Made by the Historical Huguenot Society
Officials of the Historical Huguenot Society have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 36 cultural items
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 12 cultural items
described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony and the
Delaware Nation,
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Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Liselle LaFrance, President, Huguenot
Historical Society, 88 Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY 12561, telephone
(845) 255-1660, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bed7d0d8d1fed6cbd9cbdbd0d1cacdcaccdbdbca90d1ccd9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ff6f1f9f0dff7eaf8eafaf1f0ebecebedfafaebb1f0edf8">[email protected]</span></a>, by October 17, 2022.
After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural
patrimony to The Tribes may proceed.
The Huguenot Historical Society is responsible for notifying The
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 1, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-20056 Filed 9-15-22; 8:45 am]
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