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National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Rochester Museum & Science Center 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 Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties, NY.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after May 29, 2023.
Kathryn Murano Santos, Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607, telephone (585) 697–1929, email kmurano@rmsc.org.
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.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Nobby Island on the St. Lawrence River in Jefferson County, NY. The Rochester Museum & Science Center acquired these human remains from Alvin H. Dewey sometime between 1928 and 1929. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Old Fort on Carlton Island, on the St. Lawrence River, in Jefferson County, NY. These human remains were removed in 1877, and they were acquired by the Rochester Museum & Science Center from Alvin H. Dewey sometime between 1928 and 1929. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Long Sault Islands (Msa 002?) in St. Lawrence County, NY. No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of soil.
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.
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:
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 May 29, 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: April 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–08896 Filed 4–26–23; 8:45 am]
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