Notice2023-08886
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY
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Published
April 27, 2023
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Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) 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 Cayuga County, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 81 (Thursday, April 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25692-25694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08886]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035719; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science
Center, Rochester, 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 Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC)
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 Cayuga County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 29, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kathryn Murano Santos, Rochester Museum & Science Center,
657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607, telephone (585) 697-1929, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82e9eff7f0e3ecedc2f0eff1e1acedf0e5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f14120a0d1e11103f0d120c1c51100d18">[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
Rochester Museum & Science Center. 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 Rochester Museum & Science Center.
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Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 23 individuals were removed
from the Backus site (Aub 002) in Cayuga County, NY. The human remains
of twenty-two individuals and one associated funerary object were
excavated by H.C. Follette during an RMSC expedition in 1929, and the
human remains of one individual were gifted to the RMSC by an unknown
individual and are part of the Greene Collection. No known individuals
were identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of soil.
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were
removed from the Bluff Pointe site (Wpt 010) in Cayuga County, NY. The
human remains of an individual were acquired by C. Armbruster in 1938,
the human remains of an individual were collected by Harold Secor and
donated to the RMSC in 1948, and the human remains of two individuals
and two associated funerary objects were acquired through an RMSC
expedition in 1939. No known individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are one flint scraper and one unworked
flint chip.
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from the David Meyers site in Cayuga County, NY. In 1935 and
1974, these human remains were donated to the RMSC as part of the
Greene Collection. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 140 individuals were
removed from the Frontenac Island Site (Aub 004 LR) in Cayuga County,
NY. W.A. Ritchie removed the human remains of 136 individuals and 227
associated funerary objects during an RMSC expedition in 1939, and the
human remains of four individuals collected by David W. Chase were
acquired by W. Cornwell and subsequently donated to the RMSC on
November 27, 1962. No known individuals were identified. Of the 227
funerary objects listed, 96 objects are present and accounted for in
the RMSC collections and 131 are currently missing. The 96 present
associated funerary objects are one imperforate, flat bone awl or
needle; eight bone awls; one bone awl from the humerus of an eagle (?);
one notched bone awl; one perforated bone awl; two scapula awls; one
bone splinter awl; two lots of bone awls; one lot of bear claw cores;
one bone; eight bone fragments; one lot of bones; one lot of cremated
faunal remains and charcoal; one lot of deer metatarsal splints; one
lot of deer teeth; one lot of deer tooth fragments and part of a turtle
shell; three chert drills; one chert drill with a missing tip; one
faunal bag; one faunal bone; one lot of wild turkey wing faunal bones;
four bone fishhooks; one bone fishhook with a missing point; five
antler flaking tools; two bone flaking tools; one bone flute with
perforations; one bone hair ornament; two perforated bone hair
ornaments; one perforated bone hair ornament with a missing tip; one
harpoon fragment; three bone harpoons; one lot of bone harpoons; one
lot of double-pointed bone implements; one ulna deer awl; one
perforated needle; one imperforate antler pendant(?); one perforated
bear or wolf canine; one perforated canine tooth; one perforated elk
canine; one lot of perforated wolf canines; one side-notched projectile
point; five stemmed chert projectile points; one lot of stemmed chert
projectile points; one lot of archaic type projectile points; two
turtle shell rattles; one scapula scraper; one lot of soil; one lot of
unworked long bone splinters; one lot of bird bone splinters; one
antler spoon handle fragment(?) of a bird effigy; one lot of teeth; one
lot of perforated elk canine teeth; one lot of flint tool blanks; one
dull pointed bone tool; one trimmed chert flake or point reject; one
bone tube or whistle fragment; two bone tubes; one lot of unworked bone
splinters; one bone whistle fragment; and two bone whistles. The 131
missing associated funerary objects are one beveled(?) adze; one Plano
convex adze; one antler tine; one antler awl; two scapula awl; one
splinter bone awl; one lunate limestone banner stone; one lot of
marginella shell beads; three beaver incisors; one split and ground
beaver incisor; one schist celt; three sandstone choppers; one shale
chopper; one antler effigy comb of two birds with touching beaks; one
elk antler cup; one bone dagger; one bone dagger with red paint
stripes; one restored conch shell dish; one dog burial; one dog
mandible; five partial dog skeletons; one double pointed bone artifact;
one chert flake knife; one antler flaking tool; one circular bone flute
with oval perforations; one lot of bone gorges; one bone gouge; one
perforated bone hair ornament(?); two harpoon bones; one paint stone
hematite; one lot of carbonized hickory nut(?) fragments; one lot of
decomposed lumps of iron pyrites; one lot of decomposed iron pyrites;
two bone knives(?); one marine shell fragment; one unworked limestone
(toy?) pebble; one lot of marine shell pendants; one lot of perforated
bear canines; one perforated oyster shell; one pitted sandstone
hammerstone; three limestone plummets; one corner-notched chert
projectile point base; one ground slate projectile point; 17 lots of
side-notched chert projectile points; one stemmed projectile point; 21
lots of chert stemmed projectile points; two chert projectile point
tips; one lot of side-notched, stemmed chert, projectile points; one
lot of side-notched, triangular chert projectile points; one lot of
stemmed projectile points; one retouched chert tabular piece; one
fragmentary scapula; one fragmentary scapula scraper; five scapula
scrapers; one damaged scapula scraper; one fragmentary scapula scraper;
one serrated, split antler; one lot of chert spalls; one antler spoon
with a restored perforated base; two whetstones; three sandstone
whetstones; one intaglio decorated bone whistle; one lot of wolf jaw
fragments; one lot of wolf jaws with bases ground away; one ground wolf
tooth; one worked antler; six worked beaver incisors; one lot of worked
beaver incisors; and one worked conch shell.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Levanna Village (Aub 001) in Cayuga County, NY. The
human remains of one individual were collected by George S. Brooks in
1935, and they were purchased by the Rochester Museum & Science Center
(the successor of the Rochester Museum of Art and Sciences) on
September 24, 1961. The human remains of a second individual were
collected by Clayton Mau, and they were donated to the RMSC by Edward
Mau on October 24, 1966. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Meyers Station Site in Cayuga County, NY. In 1991, these human
remains were acquired as part of the Greene collection. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 11 individuals were removed
from the Rene Menard Bridge Site (Aub 005) in Cayuga County, NY. The
human remains of seven individuals were collected by C. Armbruster in
1939. The human remains of one individual were collected by Harry
Schoff, and they were purchased by the RMSC, through E.B. Meader & E.K.
Meacham, in 1967. The human remains of two individuals were acquired by
the RMSC as part of the Greene collection. The human remains of one
individual and 15 associated funerary objects were collected in 1938,
and they were purchased by the RMSC from H. Bigford
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in 1947. No known individuals were identified. The 15 associated
funerary objects are one lot of splinter awls; one lot of bone splinter
awls; one lot of beads; one lot of copper beads and human tooth
(incorporated as a bead); one lot of discoidal shell beads; one lot of
chert drill fragments; one lot of sandstone pestle; one lot of chert
projectile points; one lot of conical bone projectile points; one lot
of red pigment; one lot of deer scapula scrapers; one lot of beaver
incisors; one lot of dog teeth; one lot of turtle shell fragments; and
one lot of worked beaver incisors.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown geographic location in Cayuga County, NY. These human
remains were collected by Henry Schoff, and they were purchased by the
RMSC from E.B. Meader & E.K. Meacham in 1967. 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 type of information was used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Rochester Museum & Science Center has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 187 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 245 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 Cayuga Nation; Oneida Indian
Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Seneca Nation of
Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Tuscarora
Nation; and the Wyandotte 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 May 29, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Rochester Museum
& Science Center 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 Rochester Museum & Science Center 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: April 19, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08886 Filed 4-26-23; 8:45 am]
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