Notice2023-23280
Notice of Inventory Completion: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Staten Island, NY
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Published
October 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (SIIAS) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Richmond County, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 72784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23280]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036760; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Staten Island Institute of Arts
and Sciences, Staten Island, 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 Staten Island Institute of Arts and
Sciences (SIIAS) has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains were removed from Richmond County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after November 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Colleen Evans, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,
1000 Richmond Terrace Building A, Staten Island, NY 10301, telephone
(718) 483-7104, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fc9f998a9d928fbc8f889d889992958f909d929891898f998991d2938e9b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="62010714030c112211160316070c0b110e030c060f171107170f4c0d1005">[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
SIIAS. 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 SIIAS.
Description
In 1897, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from Burial Ridge in Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, NY, during excavations led by Colonel Robert D. Wainwright. One
skull was given to William T. Davis, who donated the individual to
SIIAS in 1942. Stored along with this skull are five bags and three
boxes containing the fragmentary human remains of at least one
additional individual. Most likely, these human remains, too, derive
from Col. Wainwright's excavation. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In June 1927, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Burial Ridge in Tottenville, Staten
Island, Richmond County, NY, by J. Otis Swift, who gave them to the
SIIAS. The human remains consist of 16 human bone fragments. No
associated funerary objects are present.
During the spring of 1960, human remains representing, at minimum,
one individual were removed from Burial Ridge in Tottenville, Staten
Island, Richmond County, NY, by Jerome Jacobsen, an archeologist
working with Columbia University. The University donated the individual
to SIIAS in 1961. The human remains belong to an adult female. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: geographical, oral
traditional, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the SIIAS has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after November 22, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the SIIAS must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The SIIAS 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: October 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23280 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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