[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65929-65930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17981]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038480; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: New York State Museum, Albany, 
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 New York State Museum intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after September 12, 2024.

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, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of 12 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The 12 unassociated funerary objects are seven pottery sherds, one 
cache blade, two end scrapers, and one projectile point from the Hunter 
site, Jefferson County, NY, acquired through excavations by Dr. William 
A. Ritchie of the NYSM in 1952; and one sample of carbonized corn from 
Jefferson County, NY, and acquired from Mr. Alvin H. Dewey in 1918.

Determinations

    The New York State Museum has determined that:
     The 12 unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance 
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Oneida Indian Nation and the 
Onondaga Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized

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representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for 
repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after September 12, 2024. 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 cultural items 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 and Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting 
parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17981 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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