Notice2023-14389
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: New York State Museum, Albany, NY
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Published
July 7, 2023
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) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022. This notice amends the number of human remains and associated funerary objects removed from the Dennis site, in Menands, Albany County, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43394-43395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14389]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036139; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: New York State Museum,
Albany, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York State Museum (NYSM) has amended
a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
December 9, 2022. This notice amends the number of human remains and
associated funerary objects removed from the Dennis site, in Menands,
Albany County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York State Museum, 3049 Cultural
Education
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Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone (518) 486-2020, 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
New York State Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible for
the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
amendments and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
the New York State Museum.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations for the Dennis site, in
Menands, Albany County, NY, that were published in the Federal Register
on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75659-75662). In the interim, additional
human remains as well as associated funerary objects were identified.
Repatriation of the items from the Dennis site listed in the original
Notice of Inventory Completion has not occurred.
Human remains belonging to, at minimum, eight individuals were
removed from the Dennis site, in Menands, Albany County, NY;
previously, only seven were identified. The human remains were removed
during salvage excavations conducted by Mr. R. Arthur Johnson and
others, after the site was disturbed by mining activity. The 123
associated funerary objects are 120 fragments of animal bone and three
unmodified stones; previously, none were identified.
The Dennis site is located within traditional Mohican territory.
Archeological evidence indicates it was occupied intermittently from
the Late Archaic through Late Woodland periods. The human remains and
associated funerary objects listed in this notice most likely date to
the later occupation.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the New York State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 123 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near the 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 Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
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 August 7, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the New York State
Museum 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 New York State Museum 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 10.9, 10.10,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: June 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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