[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 39781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17219]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026039; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY; Correction; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The American Museum of Natural History has corrected an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published 
in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on May 11, 
2016. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals. Lineal 
descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the American Museum of 
Natural History. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations 
stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the American Museum of Natural History at the 
address in this notice by September 10, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural History, Central 
Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769-5837, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the American Museum of 
Natural History, New York, NY. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from the Sebonac site, Shinnecock Hills, 
Suffolk County, NY.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals published in 
a correction to a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal 
Register (81 FR 29304-29305, May 11, 2016). Four individuals were 
omitted from the inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects from the Sebonac site. Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (81 FR 29305, May 11, 2016), column 1, 
paragraph 5, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    In 1902, human remains representing, at minimum, 20 individuals, 
including 1 adult female, 3 adults of unknown sex, and 16 subadults 
of unknown sex, were removed from the Sebonac site, Shinnecock 
Hills, Suffolk County, NY, during Raymond M. Harrington's 
excavations, sponsored by Frederick Ward Putnam and the American 
Museum of Natural History.

    In the Federal Register (81 FR 29305, May 11, 2016), column 1, 
paragraph 6, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in 
this notice represent the physical remains of 20 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural 
History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, 
telephone (212) 769-5837, email [email protected], by September 10, 
2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Shinnecock Indian Nation may proceed.
    The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Shinnecock Indian Nation that this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 13, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-17219 Filed 8-9-18; 8:45 am]
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