Notice2022-26789
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: New York State Museum, Albany, NY
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Published
December 9, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York State Museum (NYSM), intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Albany, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Washington Counties, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75657-75658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26789]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034983; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: New York State
Museum, Albany, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York State Museum (NYSM), intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from Albany, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga,
and Washington Counties, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after January 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York State Museum, 3049 Cultural
Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone (518) 486-2020, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e28e8b9183cc838c868790918d8ca28c9b918786cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="caa6a3b9abe4aba4aeafb8b9a5a48aa4b3b9afaee4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative
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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are
the sole responsibility of the NYSM. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by
the NYSM.
Description
In 1967, Dr. Robert E. Funk of the NYSM removed 18 unassociated
funerary objects from several Native American graves eroding from the
bank of the Hudson River at the Goes site in Cedar Hill, Albany County,
NY. The 18 unassociated funerary objects are six pottery sherds, one
chert knife, and 11 chert flakes. Archeological evidence indicates
long-term use of the Goes site from the Late Archaic to Contact
periods. The unassociated funerary objects suggest the graves date to
the Late Woodland period.
Around 1899, Dr. A.H. Getty removed 313 unassociated funerary
objects from a Native American grave at the Saunders Farm site near
Athens, in Greene County, NY, after it was exposed by mining for
molding sand. Getty later gave the items to the Reverend W.N.P. Dailey,
who in turn donated them to the NYSM in 1904. The 313 unassociated
funerary objects are 295 copper beads, 17 shell beads, and one stone
gorget. The type of unassociated funerary objects from the Saunders
Farm site suggests the grave dates to the Early Woodland period.
In 1963, Dr. Robert E. Funk of the NYSM removed two unassociated
funerary objects from the Tufano site in Greene County, NY. The two
unassociated funerary objects are one pottery sherd and one chipped
stone tool. Archeological evidence indicates the Tufano site dates to
the late Middle Woodland period.
In 1956, Mr. Carl S. Sundler removed 21 unassociated funerary
objects from a Native American grave at the Van Orden site in Greene
County, NY, after the site was disturbed by construction. Sundler
donated the items to the NYSM in 1974 as part of a larger collection.
The 21 unassociated funerary objects are four projectile points, four
chert tools, one fragment of animal bone, seven pottery sherds, two
charcoal samples, two mineral samples, and one shell fragment.
Archeological evidence indicates the Van Orden site dates to the Early-
to-Middle Woodland period.
In 1986, Dr. Robert E. Funk of the NYSM removed eight unassociated
funerary objects from a Native American grave eroding from the bank of
the Hoosic River at the Knickerbocker site in Rensselaer County, NY.
The eight unassociated funerary objects are two pottery rim sherds,
five chert flakes, and one charcoal sample. The type of unassociated
funerary objects from the Knickerbocker site suggests the grave dates
to the Late Woodland period.
In 1976, the NYSM acquired one unassociated funerary object from
Mr. J.W. Bouchard, who recovered it from a Native American grave at the
Reynolds site in Saratoga County, NY, after it had eroded from the bank
of Fish Creek. The one unassociated funerary object is a perforated
brass thimble that dates to the mid-17th century.
In 1965, Drs. Robert E. Funk and William A. Ritchie of the NYSM
removed one unassociated funerary object from the Barton site in
Washington County, NY, after the site was disturbed by construction.
The one unassociated funerary object is a sample of red ocher.
Archeological evidence suggests the Barton site dates to the Early
Woodland period.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical,
and linguistic.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the NYSM has determined that:
<bullet> The 364 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 specific burial sites of Native American individuals.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after January 9, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the NYSM must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The NYSM is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: November 30, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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