Notice2023-27787
Notice of Inventory Completion: Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
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Published
December 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY Binghamton) 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 Tioga County, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27787]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037074; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Binghamton University, State
University of New York, Binghamton, 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), Binghamton University, State University of
New York (SUNY Binghamton) 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 Tioga County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Laurie Miroff, Public Archaeology Facility, Binghamton
University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, telephone (607)
777-4786, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0bcbdb9a2bfb6b690b2b9beb7b8b1bda4bfbefeb5b4a5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84e8e9edf6ebe2e2c4e6edeae3ece5e9f0ebeaaae1e0f1">[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 SUNY
Binghamton. 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 SUNY
Binghamton.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Engelbert Site, Tioga County, NY, and were recently discovered
in the office of a retired faculty member at Binghamton University. The
Engelbert site was excavated in 1967 and 1968 during salvage
excavations that were part of gravel mining for construction of the
Southern Tier Expressway (NY 17 now I-86). The new individual (Burial
96B, Feature 682) represents the partial remains of a young male, aged
approximately 17 years old. Burial 96 was a double burial (96A and
96B). The human remains for 96A and the associated funerary objects for
the entire burial were repatriated to the Onondaga Nation of the
Haudenosaunee Confederacy in September 2009 (see 74 FR 28945-28946,
June 18, 2009).
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 Indian Tribe. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: oral history, geography, linguistics, material culture,
and kinship.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, SUNY Binghamton has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual 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 Onondaga Nation.
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 January 18, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, SUNY Binghamton 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. SUNY Binghamton is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations 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: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27787 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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