[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57468-57469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18136]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036438; 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 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 Addison County, VT.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Margaret Staudter, The Fort Ticonderoga Association, 30 Fort 
Ti Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883, telephone (518) 585-1015, email 
ticonderoga.org">mstaudter@fort-ticonderoga.org.

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. 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 Fort Ticonderoga Association.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from the Chipman's Point site (VT-AD-004) in Addison County, VT. In 
July of 1938, archeologist John Bailey and the Champlain Valley 
Archaeological Society led an excavation of a rock shelter at Chipman's 
Point. The human remains (FT HR-02), and associated

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funerary objects removed during the excavations were brought to Fort 
Ticonderoga. The 24 associated funerary objects are one abrader, one 
abrader/hammerstone, one lot consisting of antler fragments, one 
modified antler, two anvil/hammerstones, one lot consisting of stone 
bifaces, one lot consisting of modified bones, one lot consisting of 
unmodified bones, one chisel, one lot consisting of core/hammerstone 
fragments, one lot consisting of stone debitage, one dog skeleton, one 
lot consisting of groundstones, one lot consisting of hammerstones, one 
hematite paint stone, one nut, one lot consisting of projectile points, 
one lot consisting of scrapers, one lot consisting of shells, one lot 
consisting of sherds, one stone, one lot consisting of faunal teeth, 
and one whetstone.

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. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical, 
historical, and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, The Fort Ticonderoga Association has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The 24 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 Cayuga Nation; 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.

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 September 22, 2023. 
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 and associated funerary objects are considered a single request 
and not competing requests. The Fort Ticonderoga Association 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, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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