Notice2024-17980
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 65927-65928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17980]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038479; 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 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#d0bcb9a3b1feb1beb4b5a2a3bfbe90bea9a3b5b4feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c50554f5d125d5258594e4f53527c52454f5958125b534a">[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, seven individuals have been
identified. The 310 associated funerary objects are 243 Meadowood cache
blades, one projectile point, two projectile point fragments, one
biface, two biface fragments, two side-notched projectile points, 10
stone scrapers, 26 chert flakes, four quartz crystals, four stone
gorget fragments, one groundstone tool, one groundstone fragment, one
fire-cracked rock, four hematite samples, two beaver incisors, two
antler fragments, one turtle shell fragment, one charcoal sample, and
two soil samples. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the Hunter site, Jefferson County, NY, during
excavations conducted in 1952 by Dr. William A. Ritchie of the NYSM.
Human remains representing, at least, seven individuals have been
identified. The 253 associated funerary objects include one copper
flaking tool with carved wooden handle, 226 Meadowood-type cache
blades, one chert drill, one chert tool, two groundstone celts, two
groundstone tools, one piece of fire-cracked rock, four hematite
samples, four chert flakes, one wood fragment, three calcined bone
fragments, one Meadowood-type projectile point, one projectile point
tip, two biface fragments, two chert scrapers, and one utilized chert
flake. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed
from the Muskalonge Lake site, Jefferson County, NY, during excavations
conducted in 1951 and 1952 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 Jefferson County, NY, and acquired by the
NYSM by Mr. Robert D. Loveland in 1912.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from Jefferson County, NY, and acquired by the
NYSM by 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 Jefferson County, NY. NYSM has no record of
the acquisition.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Colligan site, Jefferson County, NY, and
acquired by the NYSM from Mr. R.D. Loveland in 1912.
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 Rutland, Jefferson County,
NY, and acquired by NYSM in 1897 from Mr. J.S. Twining.
Human remains representing, at least one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were removed from the Atwell Fort site, Madison County, NY, and
acquired by the NYSM from Mr. Otis M. Bigelow in 1914.
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 24 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 563 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 Oneida
Indian Nation 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
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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. 2024-17980 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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