[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47459-47461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16568]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034260; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Longyear Museum of 
Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Longyear Museum of Anthropology, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items 
should submit a written request to the Longyear Museum of Anthropology. 
If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the 
cultural items 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 
claim these cultural items should

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submit a written request with information in support of the claim to 
the Longyear Museum of Anthropology at the address in this notice by 
September 2, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Mendelsohn, Curator of the 
Longyear Museum of Anthropology and Co-director of University Museums, 
Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, telephone (315) 
228-6643, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University, 
Hamilton, NY, that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 
under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    Sometime between 1924 and 1957, two unassociated funerary objects 
were collected by Herbert Bigford Sr., during his excavations at the 
Beecher (a.k.a Blowers) (Ond-1) site in Stockbridge, New York. The site 
file documents the identification of two burial numbers (``Burial 07'' 
and ``Burial 12'') from Camp A. The two unassociated funerary objects 
are two ceramic pottery vessels.
    Sometime between 1924 and 1957, one unassociated funerary object 
was collected by Herbert Bigford Sr., during his excavations at the 
Cameron (Ond-8) site in Vernon, New York. The site file documents the 
identification of an unnumbered burial. The one unassociated funerary 
object is a ceramic pot.
    Sometime between 1924 and 1957, two unassociated funerary objects 
were collected by Herbert Bigford Sr., during his excavations from the 
Dungey (Msv-6) site in Stockbridge, New York. The site file documents 
the identification of one unnumbered burial. The two unassociated 
funerary objects are one metal kettle and one woven material, bark.
    Sometime between 1924 and 1957, 94 unassociated funerary objects 
were collected by Herbert Bigford Sr., during his excavations from the 
Marshall (Msv-7) site in Stockbridge, New York. The site file documents 
the identification of four numbered burials (``Burial 02,'' ``Burial 
03,'' ``Burial 08,'' ``Burial 11''). The 94 unassociated funerary 
objects are one horn figurine, one bone figurine, three ceramic pottery 
vessels, 65 shell and glass beads, one bone carving (faunal), one metal 
ax head, two glass beads, one metal turtle figurine, one perforated dog 
canine, and 18 elk teeth.
    Sometime between 1924 and 1957, one unassociated funerary object 
was collected by Herbert Bigford Sr., during his excavations from the 
Stockbridge (possibly Cameron) (Ond-8) site, in Vernon, New York. The 
site file documents the identification of one unnumbered burial. The 
one unassociated funerary object is a bone and metal scraper.
    Sometime between 1924 and 1957, 448 unassociated funerary objects 
were collected by Herbert Bigford Sr., during his excavations from 
Stone Quarry (a.k.a Quarry) (Msv-4) site in Stockbridge, New York. The 
site file documents the identification of four burial numbers (``Burial 
03,'' ``Burial 05,'' ``Burial 07,'' and ``Burial 09''). The 448 
unassociated funerary objects are three ceramic pottery vessels, one 
metal kettle, one horn figurine, and 443 glass beads.
    Sometime between 1924 and 1957, 56 unassociated funerary objects 
were collected by Herbert Bigford Sr., during his excavations from the 
Sullivan (Ond-3) site in Stockbridge, New York. The site file documents 
the identification of one numbered (``Burial 03'' [South]) and one 
unnumbered burial (``Burial camp C''). The 56 unassociated funerary 
objects are four stone projectile points, one groundhog mandible, one 
carved mammal bone, one shell pendant, two turtle shell fragments, five 
shell beads, 40 glass and shell beads, one metal thimble, and one 
ceramic pottery vessel.
    Sometime between 1924 and 1957, 916 unassociated funerary objects 
were collected by Herbert Bigford Sr., during his excavations from the 
Thurston (Msv-1) site in Stockbridge, New York. The site file documents 
the identification of twenty-four burial numbers (``Burial 04,'' 
``Burial 06,'' ``Burial 08,'' ``Burial 14,'' ``Burial 15,'' ``Burial 
16,'' ``Burial 17,'' ``Burial 18,'' ``Burial 19,'' ``Burial 26,'' 
``Burial 28,'' ``Burial 29,'' ``Burial 30,'' ``Burial 31,'' ``Burial 
32,'' '' Burial 33,'' ``Burial 36,'' ``Burial 37,'' ``Burial 38,'' 
``Burial 40,'' ``Burial 41,'' ``Burial 49,'' ``Burial 50,'' ``Burial 
58'') and one or more unnumbered burials. The 916 unassociated funerary 
objects are 14 ceramic pottery vessels, two ceramic pottery sherds, one 
stone pipe, one stone celt, two stone projectile points, 68 wolf teeth 
(six perforated), 13 bear teeth (two perforated, two canines), five 
bear phalanges, 11 moose teeth (seven perforated), eight elk teeth (two 
perforated), 26 rodent incisors, one deer tooth, two deer phalanges, 
one antler, five antler fragments, one antler object, nine antler 
tines, 15 teeth (one perforated) (faunal), two beaver incisors, one 
marten skull with jaw, nine marten teeth and bone fragments, one bone 
(faunal), two mammal bone fragments, two pieces of rodent bone, one 
bird beak fragment, two worked bone game discs, one bone figurine, one 
bone effigy comb, one bone comb, one bone pendant, one bone and metal 
cutting tool, one bone handle, two bone harpoons, four bone punches, 
two turtle shell rattles, six turtle shell fragments (three pieces 
along with three additional vials), one shell gorget, 49 shell discs, 
286 Wampum, 106 shell beads, two shell crescent beads, 179 glass beads, 
one metal tube, one metal coach bell, three metal bells, two metal 
rolled pipes, one metal pipe bowl, five metal chisels, one metal 
harpoon, one metal spike, two metal awls, one metal kettle, six metal 
knives, five metal knives and chisels, one iron knife with bone handle, 
two metal projectile points, one projectile point with shaft fragment, 
one round metal object, one metal object, one scissors fragment, 31 
metal fragments, and one fibrous material.
    In 1959, Colgate University purchased the Bigford collection from 
Winona F. Bigford. Currently, this collection is housed in the Longyear 
Museum of Anthropology.
    The information derived from Herbert Bigford's excavation records, 
Longyear Museum collection records, scholarly publications, and 
consultation shows that these cultural items were removed from eight 
sites within Oneida territory and are unassociated funerary objects. 
Accordingly, the 1,520 unassociated funerary objects are culturally 
affiliated with the present-day Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed 
as Oneida Nation of New York).

Determinations Made by the Longyear Museum of Anthropology

    Officials of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 1,520 cultural items 
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or 
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of 
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual.

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     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects and the Oneida Indian Nation (previously 
listed as Oneida Nation of New York).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Rebecca Mendelsohn, Curator of the Longyear 
Museum of Anthropology and Co-director of University Museums, Colgate 
University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, telephone (315) 228-6643, 
email [email protected], by September 2, 2022. After that date, 
if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of 
the unassociated funerary objects to the Oneida Indian Nation 
(previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York) may proceed.
    The Longyear Museum of Anthropology is responsible for notifying 
the Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed as Oneida Nation of New 
York) that this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 27, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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