[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23459-23460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08060]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035671; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: New York State Museum, 
Albany, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York State Museum has amended a 
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on 
December 9, 2022. This notice amends the cultural affiliation in 
collections removed from Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, and Orange 
Counties, NY.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York State Museum, 3049 Cultural 
Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone (518) 486-2020, 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 
New York State Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible for 
the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
amendments and determinations in this notice, including the results of 
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by 
the New York State Museum.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (87 FR 75649-75651, 
December 9, 2022). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the 
determination of cultural affiliation.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the New York State Museum has determined that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of 80 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 2,668 objects 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 and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 
and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.

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 May 17, 2023. 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 human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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 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, 10.10, 
10.13, and 10.14.


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    Dated: April 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08060 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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