Notice2024-17981
Notice of Intended Repatriation: New York State Museum, Albany, NY
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Published
August 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York State Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the 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 65929-65930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17981]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038480; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 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#8be7e2f8eaa5eae5efeef9f8e4e5cbe5f2f8eeefa5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="721e1b01135c131c161700011d1c321c0b0117165c151d04">[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
the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 12 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 12 unassociated funerary objects are seven pottery sherds, one
cache blade, two end scrapers, and one projectile point from the Hunter
site, Jefferson County, NY, acquired through excavations by Dr. William
A. Ritchie of the NYSM in 1952; and one sample of carbonized corn from
Jefferson County, NY, and acquired from Mr. Alvin H. Dewey in 1918.
Determinations
The New York State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 12 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Oneida Indian Nation and the
Onondaga Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized
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representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for
repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items 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 cultural items 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 and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17981 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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