Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY, 37574-37575 [2023-12282]
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Regulations, informed the Museum that
the Standing Committee had approved
the Onondaga Nation’s request to
repatriate Medicine Faces, Corn Husk
Faces, and figurines wearing Medicine
Faces or Corn Husk Faces designated as
‘‘Haudenosaunee,’’ ‘‘Iroquois,’’ and
‘‘Grand River,’’ as well as those with
multiple affiliations.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: anthropological,
folkloric, geographical, historical, oral
traditional, other relevant information,
and expert opinion.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science has determined that:
• The 83 cultural items described
above have ongoing historical
traditional or cultural importance
central to the Native American Group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual.
• The 83 cultural items described
above are specific ceremonial objects
needed by traditional Native American
religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Onondaga Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in 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 July 10, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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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 Denver
Museum of Nature & Science is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: May 31, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035977;
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Rochester Museum & Science Center,
Rochester, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Rochester Museum & Science Center
(RMSC) 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 Broome County,
NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after July
10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kathryn Murano Santos,
Rochester Museum & Science Center,
657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607,
telephone (585) 697–1929, email
kmurano@rmsc.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 Rochester
Museum & Science Center. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
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the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the Rochester Museum & Science
Center.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, seven individuals were
removed from the Palmer (F.A. Rider)
Site (Ap1 001) in Broome County, NY.
The individuals were excavated during
RMSC expeditions in 1931, 1933, and
1948. No known individuals were
identified. Of the eight associated
funerary objects listed in this notice,
two objects are present and accounted
for in the RMSC collections and six
objects are currently missing. (Rochester
Museum & Science Center continues to
look for these missing objects.) The two
present associated funerary objects are
one lot of sherds and one lot of bear
skeletons. The six currently missing
associated funerary objects are one deer
skull; two stone net sinkers; one
miniature pot; and two body sherds.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 27 individuals were removed
from the Roger P. Clark Site (Bgh 002)
in Broome County, NY. The individuals
were excavated by the Rochester
Museum in 1929 and 1930. No known
individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is a lot of
mixed soil and bone fragments.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the Roger P. Clark Site (Bgh 002)
in Broome County, NY. The individual
was removed by Mr. Clark in 1930. No
known individual was identified. The
one associated funerary object is one lot
of brass thimbles with thongs.
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 type of
information was used to reasonably
trace the relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Rochester Museum &
Science Center has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 35 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
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• The 10 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;
Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation;
Onondaga Nation; and the Tuscarora
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
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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 July 10, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Rochester Museum & Science Center
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 Rochester
Museum & Science Center 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: May 31, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035980;
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Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco, San Francisco, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco intends
to repatriate a cultural item that meets
the definitions of both a sacred object
and an object of cultural patrimony and
that has a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural item was removed from Acoma,
NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after July
10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Christina Hellmich, Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco, 50
Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San
Francisco, CA 94118, telephone (415)
750–2621, email chellmich@famsf.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 Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco. 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 summary or related records held
by the Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco.
SUMMARY:
Description
On an unknown date the one cultural
item was removed from Acoma, NM.
The cultural item is a shield. The
provenance of the shield is documented
by two art exhibitions and
accompanying catalogues at the Art
Institute of Chicago and the Aspen
Center for the Visual arts in 1977 and
1979, respectively. In 1977, Robert &
Sharon Ashton of Santa Fe, NM, were
listed as the owners of the shield. From
1979 to 1985, the shield was in the
private collection of Jonathan and Philip
M. Holstein of The Thundercloud
Corporation, Aspen, CO. In 1985, the
shield was sold to Thomas W. Weisel.
It was in the Thomas W. Weisel Family
Collection, Ross, CA, from 1985 until
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2013, when it was gifted to the Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco. The shield
is both a sacred object and an object of
culturally patrimony.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural item in this notice is
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: art historical, oral
traditional, other relevant information,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco has determined that:
• The one cultural item described
above is a specific ceremonial object
needed by traditional Native American
religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
• The one cultural item described
above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural item and the
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural item in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in 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 item in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after July 10, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the cultural item
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco is
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035977; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science
Center, Rochester, 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 Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC)
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 Broome County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kathryn Murano Santos, Rochester Museum & Science Center,
657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607, telephone (585) 697-1929, 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
Rochester Museum & Science Center. 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 Rochester Museum & Science Center.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, seven individuals were
removed from the Palmer (F.A. Rider) Site (Ap1 001) in Broome County,
NY. The individuals were excavated during RMSC expeditions in 1931,
1933, and 1948. No known individuals were identified. Of the eight
associated funerary objects listed in this notice, two objects are
present and accounted for in the RMSC collections and six objects are
currently missing. (Rochester Museum & Science Center continues to look
for these missing objects.) The two present associated funerary objects
are one lot of sherds and one lot of bear skeletons. The six currently
missing associated funerary objects are one deer skull; two stone net
sinkers; one miniature pot; and two body sherds.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 27 individuals were removed
from the Roger P. Clark Site (Bgh 002) in Broome County, NY. The
individuals were excavated by the Rochester Museum in 1929 and 1930. No
known individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object
is a lot of mixed soil and bone fragments.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Roger P. Clark Site (Bgh 002) in Broome County, NY. The
individual was removed by Mr. Clark in 1930. No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of brass
thimbles with thongs.
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 type of information was used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Rochester Museum & Science Center has determined
that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 35 individuals of Native American ancestry.
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The 10 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; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation;
Onondaga Nation; 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 July 10, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Rochester Museum
& Science Center 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 Rochester Museum & Science Center 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: May 31, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-12282 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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