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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 January 18, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of Kansas 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 University of
Kansas 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 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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.
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SUMMARY:
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Nell Murphy, American
Museum of Natural History, Central
Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY
10024, telephone (212) 769–5837, email
nmurphy@amnh.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 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.
ADDRESSES:
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.1100contact). 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
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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.
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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
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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, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
Dated: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–27800 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand
Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids,
MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Grand
Rapids Public Museum, Michigan 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 San Joaquin County,
CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alex Forist, Chief Curator,
Grand Rapids Public Museum. 272 Pearl
Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504,
telephone (616) 929–1809, email
aforist@grpm.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 Grand Rapids
Public Museum. 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 Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from San Joaquin County, CA.
In the early 1880s, Mr. E. D.
Zimmerman, an amateur archeologist,
excavated a burial mound at the Leon
Ranch in Stockton. At an unknown date,
these human remains (and associated
funerary objects) were purchased by
Herman J. Rush (b. 1902—d. 1965), a
collector from Belvidere, New Jersey
from a sale of Zimmerman’s collection.
In the 1960s, Dr. Ruth Herrick, a
collector in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
purchased these human remains (and
associated funerary objects) from Rush,
and in 1974, the Grand Rapids Public
Museum acquired them from Herrick by
bequest. The human remains consist of
one glass vial containing cremated
human hair and one vial containing
cremated cerebral matter. The 18
associated funerary objects are one
burned shell, one lot consisting of
cremated seeds, one lot consisting of
burned pinon nuts, two lots consisting
of wampum, one vial containing
vermillion, one lot consisting of red
paint, one lot consisting of burned
beads, one bone gouge, one awl, one
shell pendant, one Medicine Man’s
hollow bone tube, one hollow bone
tube, one spear, three bone fish skewers,
and one bone fish gorge.
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,
geographical, historical, and oral
traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Grand Rapids Public
Museum has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 18 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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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.
[FR Doc. 2023-27800 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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