Notice2024-17978
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York State Museum, Albany, NY
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Published
August 13, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York State Museum (NYSM) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65922-65924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17978]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038477; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York State Museum, Albany, 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 New York State Museum (NYSM) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects
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in this notice may occur on or after September 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York State Museum, 3049 Cultural
Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone (518) 486-2020, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b4742584a054a454f4e595844456b4552584e4f054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066a6f756728676862637475696846687f75636228616970">[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 York State Museum, and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been
identified. The 105 associated funerary objects are 82 pottery
fragments, 12 triangular projectile points, one projectile point tip,
one utilized flake, one flake, one netsinker, one fragment of animal
bone, and six soil samples. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the Roundtop site, Broome County, NY, during
field school excavations in 1965 and transferred to the NYSM in 1970.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Durfee site, Jefferson County, NY, and
donated to the NYSM by Mr. Herbert Bigford.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Grindstone Island site, Jefferson County,
NY, during excavations conducted in 1959 by Dr. William A. Ritchie of
the NYSM.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Morse's site, Jefferson County, NY, and
donated to the NYSM by Mr. Robert D. Loveland in 1912 and Mr. Charles
P. Oatman in 1913.
Human remains representing, at least, four individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Nohle Farm site, Jefferson County, NY,
during gravel mining and transferred to the NYSM in 1975 by the
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.
Human remains representing, at least, four individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the St. Lawrence site, Jefferson County, NY,
and acquired by the NYSM from Mr. R.W. Amidon in 1906.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Talcott Hill site, Jefferson County, NY,
and acquired by the NYSM from Mr. J.S. Twining in 1897.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Kelso site, Onondaga County, NY, during
excavations conducted in 1958 by Dr. William A. Ritchie of the NYSM.
Human remains representing, at least one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Christopher site, Onondaga County, NY,
and acquired by the NYSM from Mr. Otis M. Bigelow in 1914.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Pompey site, Onondaga County, NY, and
acquired by the NYSM in 1914 from Mr. Otis M. Bigelow.
Human remains representing, at least three individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from Onondaga County, NY, and acquired by the NYSM
from Mr. Otis M. Bigelow in 1914.
Human remains representing, at least, four individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Robinson site, Onondaga County, during
excavations in 1957 by Dr. William A. Ritchie and Mr. Peter Pratt for
the NYSM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The 11 associated funerary objects include one worked deer
bone, five ground bear teeth, two deer bone awls, one antler implement,
one walrus tusk, and one walrus ivory gouge. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from the Plato's Point site,
Onondaga County, NY, and acquired by the NYSM in 1899 from Mr. W.G.
Hinsdale.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from Baldwin's Island, Onondaga County, NY, and
acquired by the NYSM in 1899 from Mr. W.G. Hinsdale.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from possibly the Gates or Weston site in Pompey,
Onondaga County, NY, and acquired by the NYSM from Mr. Otis M. Bigelow
in 1914.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the vicinity of the Seneca River, Onondaga
County, NY. There is no record of the acquisition by the NYSM.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the vicinity of Van Buren, Onondaga County,
NY. There is no record of the acquisition by the NYSM.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The 20 associated funerary objects include seven pottery
sherds and 13 fragments of animal bone. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from the Jayne LaPoint site,
Oswego County, NY, during excavations in the 1980s and transferred to
the NYSM in 2011.
Human remains representing, at least, five individuals have been
identified. The 185 associated funerary objects include 99 chert
flakes, two groundstone tools, five pottery sherds, 72 fragments of
animal bone, one mineral sample, one charcoal sample, four nails, and
one piece of slag. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the Simmons site, Oswego County, NY, during
excavations in 1951 by Dr. William A. Ritchie of the NYSM.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Freidrichsen No. 1 site, Tioga County,
NY, during excavations conducted by Dr. Robert E. Funk of the NYSM in
1965.
Human remains representing, at least, four individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the banks of the Susquehanna River near
Oswego, Tioga County, NY, in 1964 after they were exposed by erosion
and donated to the NYSM by Mr. G.E. Gordner.
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Washington Boro site,
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Lancaster County, PA, during excavations in the 1950s and acquired by
the NYSM from Mr. Charles Hozinger.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The New York State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 48 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 321 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Onondaga
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September
12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the New
York State Museum 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. The New York State Museum 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: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17978 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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