[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87797-87798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27800]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037094; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, 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 American Museum of Natural History 
(AMNH) 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 Nassau 
and Queens Counties, NY.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 18, 2024.

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: 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 AMNH. 
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 AMNH.

Description

    In 1947, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were collected from Douglaston, 338 Bayview Avenue, Hanan Site, Queens 
County, NY, by Carlyle Smith. The human remains were accessioned that 
same year as a gift from Mrs. L.F. Hanan. The human remains appear to 
date to the Late Woodland Period (A.D.1100-contact). No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Douglaston, Douglas Manor, NW Corner of 
Hillside Ave and Centre? Drive, Queens County, NY. The human remains 
were accessioned in 1924 as a gift from Mr. Lewis Walker. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In November 1923, human remains representing, at minimum, four 
individuals were removed either by Dr. Thomas H. Evans or Nels Nelson 
from Malba, Corner of Parsons Boulevard and Tenth Avenue, Roe-Powell 
Place, Old Burial Grounds, Queens County, NY. These human remains were 
loaned to AMNH by Queens Borough President Maurice E. Connolly and then 
accessioned in 1927. These human remains appear to date to the Early 
Historic Period. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In what is likely to be 1935, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from Seaford Vicinity, Fort Neck, 
Nassau County, NY, by Mr. William Claude. The Museum accessioned these 
human remains in 1935 as a gift. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In an unknown year, human remains, representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Glen Cove, Nassau County, NY. The Museum 
accessioned these human remains in 1915 as a gift from Mr. James G. 
Price. The human remains are likely Late Woodland or Early Contact 
period in age. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1901, human remains, representing, at minimum, five individuals 
were removed from Dosoris, Glen Cove Vicinity, Nassau County, NY, by 
Mark Harrington as part of an expedition. The human remains were 
accessioned that same year. The human remains are likely Late Woodland 
or Early Contact period in age. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In 1899, human remains, representing, at minimum, 35 individuals 
were removed from Port Washington, Goodwin Sandworks Property, Nassau 
County, NY, by Mark Harrington as part of an expedition. The Museum 
accessioned these human remains in 1900. The 49 associated funerary 
objects include four dog skeletons; one lot of nut shells; one stone 
implement; two broken awls; one lot of sherds and fragment of decorated 
pot; one lot of awls, turtle shell vessel and pipe stem; one lot of net 
sinkers and concretion chips; one small notched bone needle; one lot 
animal and bird bones with charcoal; three lots of shells; one lot of 
animal bones, teeth, shells, stone and sherds; one lot of potsherds 
with hickory nut shell; one lot of potsherds, animal and fish bones and 
chip; one lot of net sinkers with bone needle; one lot of lithic 
debitage, shells, firestone and net sinker; one lot of bone awls and a 
broken antler handle; one lot of chips, shells with stone pestle; three 
lots of pot sherds; two jasper chips; three hammerstones; one chert 
arrowpoint; one lot of shell beads; three lots of faunal material; nine 
lots of mixed potsherds and faunal material; and four lots of mixed 
sherds and stone tools.
    In 1899, human remains, representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were removed from Port Washington, West End of Goodwin Sandworks 
Property, ``Burial Hill,'' Nassau County, NY, by Mark Harrington as 
part of an expedition. The Museum accessioned these human remains in 
1900. The one associated funerary object is a wolf jaw.
    In 1899, human remains, representing, at minimum, five individuals 
were removed from \1/2\ mile north of Port Washington, Near Creek, 
Village, Nassau County, NY, by Mark Harrington. The Museum accessioned 
these human remains in 1899 as a gift from Harrington. The five 
associated funerary objects include one pot sherd, one lot of decorated 
pot shreds, one large cord marked pot fragment, one lot of small cord 
marked fragments, and one lot of turtle shell pieces.

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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: archeological information, geographical information, 
historical information, kinship, linguistics.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, AMNH has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 57 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 55 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 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians; Shinnecock Indian Nation; 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 January 18, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, AMNH 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. AMNH is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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