Notice of Inventory Completion: Town of Germantown, Germantown, NY, 56900-56901 [2024-15197]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038222;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Southeast Archeological
Center, Tallahassee, FL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Southeast Archeological
Center (SEAC, part of the Southeast
Regional Office’s Cultural Resources,
Partnerships, and Science Division) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Julie H. Ernstein, Division
Manager, Cultural Resource
Partnerships and Science Division,
National Park Service, Interior Region 2:
South Atlantic—Gulf, 100 Alabama
Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303,
telephone (404) 909–2240, email julie_
ernstein@nps.gov.
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 SEAC, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records.
SUMMARY:
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Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
five individuals have been reasonably
identified. The 153 associated funerary
objects are three greenstone ceremonial
celts, two quartz hammerstones, one
pitted stone, four whetstones, one piece
of petrified wood, four ceramic discs,
three stone discs, 14 ceramic sherds,
one elbow fragment of a biconical clay
pipe, four bone awls, one antler tip, one
flat faunal bone, 107 shell beads, one
deer bone, three reconstructed ceramic
pots, and three reconstructed ceramic
water bottles.
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On an unknown date prior to 1940,
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Moundville
in Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties, AL.
These individuals and objects were
collected or purchased by James Milton
Mallory over an unknown period of
time. The associated funerary objects
were first inventoried on April 27, 1932,
by the Alabama Museum of Natural
History. Following Mr. Mallory’s demise
in 1940, the individuals and objects
entered Works Projects Administration
(WPA) collections and were later
transferred to National Park Service
collections after the WPA ceased in
1943.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
SEAC has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 153 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole
Tribe of Florida; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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,
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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 August 12, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
SEAC 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. SEAC 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: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Town
of Germantown, Germantown, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Town
of Germantown 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 August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Thomas Shannon, Town
Historian, Germantown Town Hall, 50
Palatine Park Road, Germantown, NY
12526, telephone (518) 822–7908, email
germantownhistory@gmail.com.
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 Town of
Germantown, and additional
information on the determinations in
SUMMARY:
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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,
one individual have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The individual’s
remains were disturbed in 1990 during
the excavation and expansion of 45
Moore Road, Town of Germantown,
Columbia County, New York, which
overlooks the Hudson River. The
Columbia County Sheriff’s Department
opened an investigation (Case 6641–90).
On August 8, 1990, a Columbia County
Sheriff’s Department investigator
brought the remains to the Onondaga
County Medical Examiner’s Office for
analysis. After William C. Rodriguez, III,
Ph.D., completed his analysis, the
remains were stored at the Onondaga
County Medical Examiner’s Office until
May 1, 1991, when they were returned
to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Sometime after that, they were brought
to the Town of Germantown Records
Retention Room, where they have been
since. The Town Historian discovered
the individual’s remains in the records
retention room on January 13, 2024.
According to the report, the remains
contain portions of the cranium, distal
portions of the left and right humeri,
proximal end of the right ulnae, right
tibial mid-shaft, superior portions of the
left and right scapula, superior half of
the left innominate, both femurs, rib
fragments, right temporal and parietal
bone portions, assorted phalanges of the
feet, right half of the mandible,
including 1st and 2nd molars, maxilla.
Requests for Repatriation
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Determinations
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 August 12, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Town of Germantown 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 Town
of Germantown 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: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Fish and
Wildlife Service, Klamath Falls, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Town of Germantown has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains described
in this notice and the Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin.
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In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) 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.
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Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Spencer Lodge, USFWS,
1936 California Avenue, Klamath Falls,
OR 97601, telephone (541) 885–8481,
email spencer_lodge@fws.gov.
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 USFWS, 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.
DATES:
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains described in this notice.
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Abstract of Information Available
A total of 1,949 cultural items have
been requested for repatriation. The
1,949 unassociated funerary objects are
projectile points, stone tools, bone
objects, cordage fragments, basketry
fragments, tule knots, stone flakes, shell,
faunal remains, wood, coprolites,
botanical remains, charcoal, ash, stick
objects, groundstone, beads, glass
fragment, and a fishing weight.
Objects described above were
removed from Siskiyou County, CA by
R.J. Squier and Gordon L. Grosscup
during archaeological excavations
occurring between 1952–1954.
Excavations took place at two national
wildlife refuges (NWR) operated by the
USFWS, Tule Lake and Lowe Klamath
NWR, where these objects were
removed from four sites (CA–Sis–2, CA–
Sis–108, CA–Sis–223, CA–Sis–239).
These objects have been curated at the
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum at the
University of California Berkeley since
their removal.
Determinations
The USFWS has determined that:
• The 1,949 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038219; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Town of Germantown, Germantown,
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 Town of Germantown 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 August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Thomas Shannon, Town Historian, Germantown Town Hall, 50
Palatine Park Road, Germantown, NY 12526, telephone (518) 822-7908,
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
Town of Germantown, and additional information on the determinations in
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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, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The individual's remains were disturbed
in 1990 during the excavation and expansion of 45 Moore Road, Town of
Germantown, Columbia County, New York, which overlooks the Hudson
River. The Columbia County Sheriff's Department opened an investigation
(Case 6641-90). On August 8, 1990, a Columbia County Sheriff's
Department investigator brought the remains to the Onondaga County
Medical Examiner's Office for analysis. After William C. Rodriguez,
III, Ph.D., completed his analysis, the remains were stored at the
Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office until May 1, 1991, when they
were returned to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. Sometime after
that, they were brought to the Town of Germantown Records Retention
Room, where they have been since. The Town Historian discovered the
individual's remains in the records retention room on January 13, 2024.
According to the report, the remains contain portions of the cranium,
distal portions of the left and right humeri, proximal end of the right
ulnae, right tibial mid-shaft, superior portions of the left and right
scapula, superior half of the left innominate, both femurs, rib
fragments, right temporal and parietal bone portions, assorted
phalanges of the feet, right half of the mandible, including 1st and
2nd molars, maxilla.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The Town of Germantown has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
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 August 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Town of Germantown 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 Town of Germantown 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: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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