Notice2024-04981
Notice of Inventory Completion: Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
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Published
March 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Longyear Museum of Anthropology (LMA), Colgate University, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 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: 2024-04981]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037555; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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),
Colgate University, 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 8, 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#82e9edeeece7fbf5e3eeeec2e1edeee5e3f6e7ace7e6f7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9af1f5f6f4ffe3edfbf6f6daf9f5f6fdfbeeffb4fffeef">[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 inventory or related records held by the LMA.
Description
The preponderance of evidence suggests that human remains
representing, at minimum, seven individuals were removed from Madison
County, NY, sometime between 1960-1969. The human remains were removed
from an unknown site by avocational archeologist Theodore Whitney. Mr.
Whitney donated the human remains in the early 1970s to the Longyear
Museum of Anthropology. No associated funerary belongings are present.
It was previously reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion (68
FR 67209, December 1, 2003) that Mr. Whitney donated the human remains
in 1980, however, the LMA staff determined these human remains were a
part of the donation from the early 1970s, with a reference in an
Annual report from the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Colgate
University. At minimum, one individual with similar catalog numbers was
identified as being removed from the Thurston Site by Theodore Whitney
and subsequently repatriated to the Oneida Indian Nation in 1995. The
LMA established the seven individuals are connected to the human
remains that were repatriated to Oneida Indian Nation in 1995.
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: anthropological 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 human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of seven 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 Oneida Indian Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 April 8, 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 human
remains 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.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04981 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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