Notice2024-15197
Notice of Inventory Completion: Town of Germantown, Germantown, NY
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Published
July 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Town of Germantown 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 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56900-56901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15197]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038219; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Town of Germantown, Germantown,
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 Town of Germantown 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 August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Thomas Shannon, Town Historian, Germantown Town Hall, 50
Palatine Park Road, Germantown, NY 12526, telephone (518) 822-7908,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbacaeb9a6aaa5bfa4bca5a3a2b8bfa4b9b28baca6aaa2a7e5a8a4a6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="137476617e727d677c647d7b7a60677c616a53747e727a7f3d707c7e">[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
Town of Germantown, and additional information on the determinations in
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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, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The individual's remains were disturbed
in 1990 during the excavation and expansion of 45 Moore Road, Town of
Germantown, Columbia County, New York, which overlooks the Hudson
River. The Columbia County Sheriff's Department opened an investigation
(Case 6641-90). On August 8, 1990, a Columbia County Sheriff's
Department investigator brought the remains to the Onondaga County
Medical Examiner's Office for analysis. After William C. Rodriguez,
III, Ph.D., completed his analysis, the remains were stored at the
Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office until May 1, 1991, when they
were returned to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. Sometime after
that, they were brought to the Town of Germantown Records Retention
Room, where they have been since. The Town Historian discovered the
individual's remains in the records retention room on January 13, 2024.
According to the report, the remains contain portions of the cranium,
distal portions of the left and right humeri, proximal end of the right
ulnae, right tibial mid-shaft, superior portions of the left and right
scapula, superior half of the left innominate, both femurs, rib
fragments, right temporal and parietal bone portions, assorted
phalanges of the feet, right half of the mandible, including 1st and
2nd molars, maxilla.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The Town of Germantown 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
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 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 August 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Town of Germantown 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 Town of Germantown 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 10.10.
Dated: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15197 Filed 7-10-24; 8:45 am]
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