Notice2024-05857
Notice of Inventory Completion: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
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Published
March 20, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New Jersey State Museum has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19870-19871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05857]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037602; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton,
NJ
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 New Jersey State Museum has completed an
inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Gregory D. Lattanzi, New Jersey State Museum, 205 West
State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, telephone (609) 984-9327, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aec9dccbc9c1dcd780c2cfdadacfc0d4c7eeddc1dd80c0c480c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8deaffe8eae2fff4a3e1ecf9f9ece3f7e4cdfee2fea3e3e7a3eae2fb">[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
New Jersey State Museum, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, 174 associated funerary objects
are one large, reconstructed pot, pottery sherds, and lithics. This
list comprises additional objects from a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register (83 FR 28262-28263, June 18, 2018).
These funerary objects were excavated by Norman Lister at the Abbott
Farm National Historic Landmark (28-Me-1), located in Hamilton
Township, Mercer County, sometime in the early 1930s. There is no
record of the associated funerary objects, being treated with
pesticides, preservatives, or other substances that represent a
potential hazard to the object(s) or to person(s) handling the
object(s).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The New Jersey State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 174 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 reasonable connection between the associated
funerary objects 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 associated funerary
objects 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 19, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the New Jersey State Museum must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The New Jersey
State Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
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Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-05857 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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