[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 41465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10332]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037919; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Longyear Museum of Anthropology, 
Colgate University, Hamilton, 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 Longyear Museum of Anthropology (LMA) 
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that 
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after June 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall, Repatriation Manager, University Museums, 
Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, telephone (315) 
228-7677, 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 
LMA, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing at 
least 14 individuals have been reasonably identified.
    At minimum 14 individuals were believed to be removed between 1950 
and 1980 from an unknown number of archaeological sites by avocational 
archaeologists associated with the Chenango Chapter of the New York 
State Archaeological Association (formally the Chenango Archaeological 
Society). The relationship between Theodore Whitney, an avocational 
archaeologist that donated materials and Ancestral remains to LMA, and 
the avocational Archaeologists in the Chenango Chapter of the New York 
State Archaeological Association (formally the Chenango Archaeological 
Society), along with the identified burials published in the Chenango 
Chapter bulletin, link these individuals to the Ancestral land of the 
Oneida Indian Nation. To date, the Ancestors removed from these sites 
have not been accounted for in other NAGPRA Inventories or past 
repatriations. Geographical affiliation from the Chenango Chapter 
excavations are consistent with the archaeologically documented 
territory of the Oneida Indian Nation.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the acquisition 
history of the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    The LMA has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of at least 14 individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Oneida Indian Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under 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 in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after June 12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the LMA must determine the most appropriate requestor 
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human 
remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The 
LMA 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 10.10.

    Dated: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10332 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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