Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association, Ticonderoga, NY, 81934 [2024-23368]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 81934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23368]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038839; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association, 
Ticonderoga, 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 Fort Ticonderoga Association has 
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there 
is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization with cultural affiliation.

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice 
may occur on or after November 8, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Miranda Peters, The Fort Ticonderoga Association, 30 Fort Ti 
Road, Ticonderoga, NY 12883, telephone (518) 585-1015, email 
ticonderoga.org">mpeters@fort-ticonderoga.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 
Fort Ticonderoga Association, 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

    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. On an unknown 
date, this individual was donated and housed at Fort Ticonderoga. In 
April 2024, this individual was identified. A handwritten label in 
their box reads, ``Indian scalps.'' While the label reads multiple 
individuals present, during the review in April 2024, only one 
individual was determined to be present. No institutional records of 
provenance exist for this individual.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to Cayuga Nation; Delaware Nation, 
Oklahoma; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation; Saint 
Regis Mohawk Tribe; Seneca Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; 
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca; and 
the Tuscarora Nation. No parties responded to the invitation, but the 
Oneida Nation and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin attended 
consultation with Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin taking the 
lead.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical. The 
information, including the results of consultation, identified:
    1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
    2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the 
human remains.
    3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier 
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be 
reasonably traced through time.

Determinations

    The Fort Ticonderoga Association has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains in this notice has been identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.

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 
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a 
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
with cultural affiliation.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after November 8, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the Fort Ticonderoga Association 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 Fort Ticonderoga 
Association is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any 
consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: September 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23368 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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