Notice2024-00609
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
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Published
January 16, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Longyear Museum of Anthropology (LMA) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Broome, Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego, and Tioga County, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[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: 2024-00609]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037239; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Longyear Museum of
Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, 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 Longyear Museum of Anthropology (LMA)
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of
cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural
items were removed from Broome, Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego, and Tioga
County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall, Repatriation Manager, Longyear Museum of
Anthropology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346,
telephone (315) 228-7677, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8c3c7c4c6cdd1dfc9c4c4e8cbc7c4cfc9dccd86cdccdd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aac1c5c6c4cfd3ddcbc6c6eac9c5c6cdcbdecf84cfcedf">[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
LMA. 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 summary or related records held by the LMA.
Description
Sometime between 1950 and 1965, 17 cultural items were removed from
Broome, Onondaga, Oswego, and Jefferson Counties, NY, by avocational
archeologist Walter ``Bud'' Bennett, during his excavations at Brown
(noted as Keefe and Whitford), Center Village, Oberlander Site 1,
Saunders, and Watson Farm. The eight objects of cultural patrimony from
the Brown Site, are one smoothing stone, one hammerstone, two stone
knives, three stone projectile points, and one stone flake. The one
object of cultural patrimony from Center Village is a stone projectile
point. The one object of cultural patrimony from the Oberlander Site 1
is a stone projectile point. The one object of cultural patrimony from
Saunders is a stone projectile point. The one sacred object from Watson
Farm is a pot sherd, and the five objects of cultural patrimony are
three stone projectile points, one worked stone, and one stone cobble.
The collection was donated to the museum in 1965 by the estate of
Walter ``Bud'' Bennett, a local amateur archeologist from Poolville,
NY.
Sometime between 1924 and 1957, 649 cultural items were removed
from Jefferson, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties, N.Y. by Herbert Bigford
Sr., during his excavations at Barnes (a.k.a. Oran), Comstock, Delphi
Falls, Durfee, Harrington Farm, Indian Hill, Meather House, Nolee,
Pierrepont Manor, Pompey Center, Pratt Falls, Selkirk, and Towles. The
13 sacred objects from the Barnes site include one pipe stem, 11 bone
beads (seven bird, three mammal, and one worked mammal bone), and one
pottery sherd with an effigy face. The 56 objects of cultural patrimony
include 27 bone awls (19 worked mammal bone, one baculum, one dog
fibula, five bird bone, and one beaver ulna), three bone needles (two
worked mammal bone, one bird bone), one worked antler, two punches of
worked mammal bone, four dog canines, one worked mammal fishhook, five
beaver teeth (one incisor, four other), two pieces of worked mammal
bone, one chisel, one stone projectile point, and nine stone discs. The
91 unassociated funerary objects from the Comstock site include 90
wampum beads and one comb fragment. The 32 sacred objects include 26
pot sherds (12 rim sherds, 8 pot sherds, and six sherds with effigy
faces), one pipe, and five pipe fragments. The 49 objects of cultural
patrimony include seven awls (six of worked mammal bone and one deer
metatarsal), two bones needles of mammal bone, one grooved mammal bone,
three miscellaneous mammal bone fragments, one mammal bone tube, 11
antler fragments, two phalanges (one elk and one deer/sheep/goat), one
fox tibia, 13 celts, one worked stone, one charred wooden square, one
glass
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cassock button, one metal hook, one metal sheet, one metal ring, and
two metal nails. The one object of cultural patrimony from the Delphi
Falls site is a faunal bone awl. The five sacred objects from the
Durfee site include five pipes (four ceramic, one kaolin). The 54
sacred objects from the Harrington Farm site include 54 pottery sherds.
The one object of cultural patrimony from the Indian Hill site is a
worked mammal bone awl. The 37 sacred objects from the Meather House
site include 32 pottery sherds and five pipe fragments. The one object
of cultural patrimony is a raccoon jaw (with tooth). The 101 sacred
objects from the Nolee site include 81 pottery sherds and 20 pipe
fragments. The three objects of cultural patrimony include one worked
mammal bone awl, one bear canine, and one lead musket ball. The 17
sacred objects from the Pierrepont Manor site are 14 pottery sherds and
three pipe fragments. The two objects of cultural patrimony are two
stone discs. The two sacred objects from the Pompey Center site are two
bone beads (one elk/cow and one deer). The two objects of cultural
patrimony are one worked antler punch and one mammal rib awl. The one
sacred object from the Pratt Falls site is a bird bone bead. The five
objects of cultural patrimony are two bone awls (one dog fibula and one
bear fibula), two elk canines, and one ground slate. The three sacred
objects from the Selkirk site are three pottery sherds. The one object
of cultural patrimony is a stone projectile point. The 89 sacred
objects from the Towles site are one polished bird bone bead, two glass
beads, 57 pottery sherds, five pottery discs, 22 pipe fragments, and
two pieces of miscellaneous copper. The 83 objects of cultural
patrimony are two bear canines, one beaver incisor, one worked antler,
one catfish dorsal spine awl (or needle), four deer phalanges, one deer
phalanx, two mammal bone needles, three worked mammal bone awls, one
depressed lump of pottery, one clamshell, one shell button, two stone
knives, 29 stone projectile points, two stone drills, one quartz rock,
13 stone scrapers, three stone celts, three worked stones, one rounded
stone, three stone discs, two perforated stones, one net sinker, one
stone gouge or celt, one metal bracelet, two musket balls, and one
metal bell. In 1959, Colgate University purchased the Bigford
collection from Winona F. Bigford.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from Onondaga
County, NY, by an unknown individual from an unknown site in Pompey.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a hammerstone. It is unknown
how and when this object entered the museum collection.
By 1962, 14 cultural items were removed from Broome County, NY, by
John Hagen during his excavations at the Castle Creek Site. The 14
objects of cultural patrimony are 14 worked stones. It is unknown how
and when Mr. Hagen acquired these belongings. The museum acquired this
collection as a gift from John Hagen, of Hudson Falls, NY, in 1962.
Sometime between 1930 and 1943, 106 cultural items were removed
from Broome County, Onondaga County, Oswego County, and Tioga County,
NY, by Mortimer Cooley Howe during his excavations at D. Bocke's Farm
and Harris Farm, Pratt Falls, and unknown sites in Amber,
Baldwinsville, Binghamton, Brewerton, Elbridge, Marcellus, Phoenix,
Skaneateles, Spafford, Stiles Station, and Tyler Hollow N.Y. The five
objects of cultural patrimony from an unknown site in Amber are four
stone projectile points and one stone gouge. The one object of cultural
patrimony from an unknown site in Baldwinsville is a stone celt. The
one object of cultural patrimony from an unknown site in Binghamton is
a stone knife. The 12 objects of cultural patrimony from an unknown
site in Brewerton are five stone projectile points, one stone knife,
and six net sinkers. The one object of cultural patrimony from the D.
Bockes Farm site is a stone projectile point. The three objects of
cultural patrimony from an unknown site in Elbridge are one celt and
two projectile points. The two objects of cultural patrimony from the
Harris Farm site are two stone projectile points. The one object of
cultural patrimony from an unknown site in Marcellus is a stone
projectile point. The eight objects of cultural patrimony from an
unknown site in Phoenix are three stone knives and five stone pestles.
The four unassociated funerary objects from the Pratt Falls site are
four mammal bone comb fragments. The 10 sacred objects are one pipe
stem and nine metal fragments/brass kettle pieces. The 31 objects of
cultural patrimony are eight worked mammal bone awls, four antler
punches, three faunal bone punches, one faunal bone needle, three stone
tools, one stone halfted thumbnail scraper, 10 stone scrapers, and one
mirror fragment. The 18 objects of cultural patrimony from an unknown
site in Skaneateles are 18 stone projectile points. The seven objects
of cultural patrimony from an unknown site in Spafford are six stone
projectile points and one stone knife. The one object of cultural
patrimony from an unknown site in Stiles Station is a stone knife. The
one object of cultural patrimony from an unknown site in Tyler Hollow
is a stone projectile point. The items in the collection were gathered
by Mortimer Cooley Howe while he was a student at Colgate and the
University of Michigan. The Howe collection was donated to Colgate
University, posthumously, by his father Burton Howe in 1947.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the LMA has determined that:
<bullet> The 95 cultural items described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> The 365 cultural items described above are specific
ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
<bullet> The 327 cultural items described above have ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Onondaga
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
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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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 15, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the LMA must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The LMA 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: January 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00609 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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