Notice2023-27800
Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
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Published
December 19, 2023
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Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) 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 Nassau and Queens Counties, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87797-87798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27800]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037094; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural
History, New York, 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 American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH) 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 Nassau
and Queens Counties, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural History, Central
Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769-5837,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d3330282f2d35241d3c30333573322f3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d1310080f0d15043d1c10131553120f1a">[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 AMNH.
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 AMNH.
Description
In 1947, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were collected from Douglaston, 338 Bayview Avenue, Hanan Site, Queens
County, NY, by Carlyle Smith. The human remains were accessioned that
same year as a gift from Mrs. L.F. Hanan. The human remains appear to
date to the Late Woodland Period (A.D.1100-contact). No associated
funerary objects are present.
In an unknown year, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Douglaston, Douglas Manor, NW Corner of
Hillside Ave and Centre? Drive, Queens County, NY. The human remains
were accessioned in 1924 as a gift from Mr. Lewis Walker. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In November 1923, human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed either by Dr. Thomas H. Evans or Nels Nelson
from Malba, Corner of Parsons Boulevard and Tenth Avenue, Roe-Powell
Place, Old Burial Grounds, Queens County, NY. These human remains were
loaned to AMNH by Queens Borough President Maurice E. Connolly and then
accessioned in 1927. These human remains appear to date to the Early
Historic Period. No associated funerary objects are present.
In what is likely to be 1935, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed from Seaford Vicinity, Fort Neck,
Nassau County, NY, by Mr. William Claude. The Museum accessioned these
human remains in 1935 as a gift. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In an unknown year, human remains, representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Glen Cove, Nassau County, NY. The Museum
accessioned these human remains in 1915 as a gift from Mr. James G.
Price. The human remains are likely Late Woodland or Early Contact
period in age. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1901, human remains, representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from Dosoris, Glen Cove Vicinity, Nassau County, NY, by
Mark Harrington as part of an expedition. The human remains were
accessioned that same year. The human remains are likely Late Woodland
or Early Contact period in age. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1899, human remains, representing, at minimum, 35 individuals
were removed from Port Washington, Goodwin Sandworks Property, Nassau
County, NY, by Mark Harrington as part of an expedition. The Museum
accessioned these human remains in 1900. The 49 associated funerary
objects include four dog skeletons; one lot of nut shells; one stone
implement; two broken awls; one lot of sherds and fragment of decorated
pot; one lot of awls, turtle shell vessel and pipe stem; one lot of net
sinkers and concretion chips; one small notched bone needle; one lot
animal and bird bones with charcoal; three lots of shells; one lot of
animal bones, teeth, shells, stone and sherds; one lot of potsherds
with hickory nut shell; one lot of potsherds, animal and fish bones and
chip; one lot of net sinkers with bone needle; one lot of lithic
debitage, shells, firestone and net sinker; one lot of bone awls and a
broken antler handle; one lot of chips, shells with stone pestle; three
lots of pot sherds; two jasper chips; three hammerstones; one chert
arrowpoint; one lot of shell beads; three lots of faunal material; nine
lots of mixed potsherds and faunal material; and four lots of mixed
sherds and stone tools.
In 1899, human remains, representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from Port Washington, West End of Goodwin Sandworks
Property, ``Burial Hill,'' Nassau County, NY, by Mark Harrington as
part of an expedition. The Museum accessioned these human remains in
1900. The one associated funerary object is a wolf jaw.
In 1899, human remains, representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from \1/2\ mile north of Port Washington, Near Creek,
Village, Nassau County, NY, by Mark Harrington. The Museum accessioned
these human remains in 1899 as a gift from Harrington. The five
associated funerary objects include one pot sherd, one lot of decorated
pot shreds, one large cord marked pot fragment, one lot of small cord
marked fragments, and one lot of turtle shell pieces.
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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 types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: archeological information, geographical information,
historical information, kinship, linguistics.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, AMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 57 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 55 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 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians; Shinnecock Indian Nation; 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 January 18, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, AMNH 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. AMNH 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27800 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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