Notice2023-08890
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY
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Published
April 27, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
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 Onondaga County, NY, and from the vicinity of Seneca Lake, which lies within Schuyler, Seneca, Yates, Ontario Counties, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 81 (Thursday, April 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25694-25695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08890]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035723; 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 Onondaga County, NY, and
from the vicinity of Seneca Lake, which lies within Schuyler, Seneca,
Yates, Ontario Counties, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kathryn Murano Santos, Rochester Museum & Science Center,
657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607, telephone (585) 697-1929, email
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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.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Amber Site in Onondaga County, NY. These human remains were
gifted to the RMSC by the Paleontological Research Institute in 1992.
No known individual was identified. The five funerary objects are two
pieces of hematite; two tube pipe fragments; and one piece of white
clay.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Felix Site/Jack's Reef Site (Bwv 001) in Onondaga County, NY.
These human remains were removed during an RMSC expedition in 1947. No
known individual was identified. The two funerary objects are one chert
projectile point and one Vinette rim sherd.
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were
removed from the Robinson Site (Syr 005; Syr 005-1) in Onondaga County,
NY. These human remains were excavated by the RMSC in 1937 and 1938. No
known individuals were identified. The six associated funerary objects
are one beaver incisor engraver; one section of a clay pipe stem; three
notched chert projectile points; and one quartzite scraper.
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Smith's Island (Syr 007) in Onondaga County, NY. In 1942,
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human remains of two individuals and 11 associated funerary objects
were collected by W.A. Ritchie during an RMSC expedition. In May of
1947, the human remains of one individual and one combined lot of
associated funerary objects were collected by C.A. Denman and acquired
by the RMSC. No known individuals were identified. Of the 12 associated
funerary objects, nine are present in the RMSC collections and three
are currently missing. The nine present associated funerary objects are
one chert projectile point; the faunal remains of two dogs; one granite
pebble muller; one ceramic pipe bowl fragment; one side-notched
projectile point base; one bone projectile point; one piece of
carbonized wood; and one combined lot of tubular copper beads, a copper
earring, discoidal shell beads, fragmentary conch shell pendants, and a
shroud made from tree bark and animal hides. The three associated
funerary objects currently missing are the faunal remains of one dog;
one bone projectile point; and one lot of pottery sherds. The RMSC
continues to look for the missing objects.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the vicinity of Seneca Lake, which lies
within Schuyler, Seneca, Yates, Ontario Counties, NY. 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 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 25 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; and the
Tuscarora 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 30, 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. 2023-08890 Filed 4-26-23; 8:45 am]
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