Notice2024-23368
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association, Ticonderoga, NY
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Published
October 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Fort Ticonderoga Association has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23368]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038839; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association,
Ticonderoga, 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 Fort Ticonderoga Association has
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there
is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after November 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Miranda Peters, The Fort Ticonderoga Association, 30 Fort Ti
Road, Ticonderoga, NY 12883, telephone (518) 585-1015, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb6abbeafbea9a89bbdb4a9aff6e7bafbb3a9bebde6" http: ticonderoga.org">ticonderoga.org</a>">mpeters@fort-<a href="http://ticonderoga.org">ticonderoga.org</a></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
Fort Ticonderoga Association, 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
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. On an unknown
date, this individual was donated and housed at Fort Ticonderoga. In
April 2024, this individual was identified. A handwritten label in
their box reads, ``Indian scalps.'' While the label reads multiple
individuals present, during the review in April 2024, only one
individual was determined to be present. No institutional records of
provenance exist for this individual.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to Cayuga Nation; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation; Saint
Regis Mohawk Tribe; Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation;
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; and
the Tuscarora Nation. No parties responded to the invitation, but the
Oneida Nation and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin attended
consultation with Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin taking the
lead.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical. The
information, including the results of consultation, identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the
human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
The Fort Ticonderoga Association has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
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
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after November 8, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Fort Ticonderoga Association 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 Fort Ticonderoga
Association is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any
consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23368 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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