[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11936-11937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03816]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035386; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Broome County Historical Society, 
Binghamton, 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 Broome County Historical Society 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. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Broome County, NY.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Shannon Lindridge, Broome County Historical Society, 30 
Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13905, telephone (607) 772-0660, email 
[email protected].

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 
Broome County Historical Society. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held 
by the Broome County Historical Society. (Roberson Museum and Science 
Center is the acting collections manager for the Broome County 
Historical Society).

Description

    In 1939-1940, partial human remains representing, at minimum, seven 
individuals (NA-2, NA-3, NA-4, NA-9, NA-10, CC475, CC479) were removed 
from the Castle Creek site (SUBi-253) in Broome County, NY, during a 
field expedition led by John A. Stewart and sponsored by the Broome 
County Historical Society. No known individuals were identified. The 
human remains of two of these individuals (NA-9, NA-10) are absent or 
were never recorded in the collection. In total, there are 23 
associated funerary objects, of which 10 objects are currently missing 
from the collection. The 13 associated funerary objects currently 
accounted for are one whole clay pot, eight deer incisors, one heron's 
bill, one bone tube/bead, one chopper, and one pot fragment. The Broome 
County Historical Society and the Roberson Museum continue to look for 
the missing 10 associated funerary objects, which are one pipe bowl, 
one pipe, one worked turtle shell, six bone beads, and one projectile 
point.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals (NA-5) were removed from the Broome County, NY vicinity, 
possibly from the Castle Creek Site (SUBi-253). No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual (NA-1) were removed from the town of Union in Broome County, 
NY. The human remains are possibly early 20th century. No record of the 
donation to the Broome County Historical Society exists. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum one 
individual (NA-6) were removed from the Chenango Bridge in the Broome 
County, NY vicinity. Foster Disinger donated the human remains to the 
Broome County Historical Society. No known individual was identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: biological, archeological, and geographical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Broome County Historical Society has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 23 objects described in this notice 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida 
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 
Responsible Official identified in 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 27, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Broome County 
Historical Society 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 Broome County Historical Society is responsible 
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in 
this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: February 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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