Notice2023-03816
Notice of Inventory Completion: Broome County Historical Society, Binghamton, NY
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Published
February 24, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Broome County Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Broome County, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11936-11937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03816]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035386; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Broome County Historical Society,
Binghamton, 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 Broome County Historical Society has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Broome County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Shannon Lindridge, Broome County Historical Society, 30
Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13905, telephone (607) 772-0660, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9baa5a0a7adbba0adaeac89bba6abacbbbaa6a7e7a6bbae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67140b0e0903150e03000227150805021514080949081500">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Broome County Historical Society. 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 inventory or related records held
by the Broome County Historical Society. (Roberson Museum and Science
Center is the acting collections manager for the Broome County
Historical Society).
Description
In 1939-1940, partial human remains representing, at minimum, seven
individuals (NA-2, NA-3, NA-4, NA-9, NA-10, CC475, CC479) were removed
from the Castle Creek site (SUBi-253) in Broome County, NY, during a
field expedition led by John A. Stewart and sponsored by the Broome
County Historical Society. No known individuals were identified. The
human remains of two of these individuals (NA-9, NA-10) are absent or
were never recorded in the collection. In total, there are 23
associated funerary objects, of which 10 objects are currently missing
from the collection. The 13 associated funerary objects currently
accounted for are one whole clay pot, eight deer incisors, one heron's
bill, one bone tube/bead, one chopper, and one pot fragment. The Broome
County Historical Society and the Roberson Museum continue to look for
the missing 10 associated funerary objects, which are one pipe bowl,
one pipe, one worked turtle shell, six bone beads, and one projectile
point.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals (NA-5) were removed from the Broome County, NY vicinity,
possibly from the Castle Creek Site (SUBi-253). No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual (NA-1) were removed from the town of Union in Broome County,
NY. The human remains are possibly early 20th century. No record of the
donation to the Broome County Historical Society exists. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum one
individual (NA-6) were removed from the Chenango Bridge in the Broome
County, NY vicinity. Foster Disinger donated the human remains to the
Broome County Historical Society. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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: biological, archeological, and geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Broome County Historical Society has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 23 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.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida
Nation; and the Onondaga Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 27, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Broome County
Historical Society must determine the most appropriate requestor prior
to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Broome County Historical Society is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: February 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03816 Filed 2-23-23; 8:45 am]
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