Notice2023-18136
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association, Ticonderoga, NY
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Published
August 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Fort Ticonderoga Association 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 Addison County, VT.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57468-57469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18136]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036438; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association,
Ticonderoga, 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 Fort Ticonderoga Association 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 Addison County, VT.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Margaret Staudter, The Fort Ticonderoga Association, 30 Fort
Ti Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883, telephone (518) 585-1015, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bf6e8effaeeffeffee9dbfdf4e9efb6a7fabbf3e9fefda6" http: ticonderoga.org">ticonderoga.org</a>">mstaudter@fort-<a href="http://ticonderoga.org">ticonderoga.org</a></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
Fort Ticonderoga Association. 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 Fort Ticonderoga Association.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Chipman's Point site (VT-AD-004) in Addison County, VT. In
July of 1938, archeologist John Bailey and the Champlain Valley
Archaeological Society led an excavation of a rock shelter at Chipman's
Point. The human remains (FT HR-02), and associated
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funerary objects removed during the excavations were brought to Fort
Ticonderoga. The 24 associated funerary objects are one abrader, one
abrader/hammerstone, one lot consisting of antler fragments, one
modified antler, two anvil/hammerstones, one lot consisting of stone
bifaces, one lot consisting of modified bones, one lot consisting of
unmodified bones, one chisel, one lot consisting of core/hammerstone
fragments, one lot consisting of stone debitage, one dog skeleton, one
lot consisting of groundstones, one lot consisting of hammerstones, one
hematite paint stone, one nut, one lot consisting of projectile points,
one lot consisting of scrapers, one lot consisting of shells, one lot
consisting of sherds, one stone, one lot consisting of faunal teeth,
and one whetstone.
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. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical,
historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, The Fort Ticonderoga Association has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 24 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; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe;
Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; 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 September 22, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Fort
Ticonderoga Association 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 Fort Ticonderoga Association 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: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18136 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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