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Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031389; 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Geneva Historical Society, 

Geneva, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Geneva Historical 

Society, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that one cultural item listed in this 

notice meets the definition of 

unassociated funerary object and 103 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the Geneva 

Historical Society. If no additional 

claimants come forward, transfer of 

control of the cultural items to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Geneva Historical Society at the 

address in this notice by March 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Kerry Lippincott, Geneva 

Historical Society, 543 South Main 

Street, Geneva, NY 14456, telephone 

(315) 789–5151, email director@

genevahistoricalsociety.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Geneva 

Historical Society, Geneva, NY, that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In the mid-1800s, 104 cultural items 

were removed from White Springs 

Farm, Ontario County, NY. According to 

printed accounts, two burial mounds 

near the farm’s manor house were 

disturbed around 1840, when the land 

was graded for a lawn and roadway. The 

artifacts stayed with the farm and were 

transferred to subsequent owners until 

Mrs. Katherine Lewis purchased the 

property in 1898. Lewis kept the 

artifacts in her family. In 1962, her 

daughter, Mrs. Henry Wheat, loaned 

them to the Geneva Historical Society, 

and in 1978, the Wheats converted the 

loan to a gift. The one unassociated 

funerary object is a wooden hair comb. 

The 103 objects of cultural patrimony 

are 90 assorted beads of bloodstone, 

glass, shell, bone, and clay; one rifle 

trigger; two metal trade arrowheads; two 

metal fragments; three metal buttons; 

four 17th-century religious trade 

medals; and one clay pipe. 

There is archeological evidence to 

show that from around 1688 to 1715, the 

Seneca town of Ganechstage was located 

in proximity to White Springs Farm. 

During consultation, the Seneca Nation 

of Indians identified the hair comb as a 

funerary object. Given the location and 

time period, the other items are 

consistent with Seneca production and 

European trade goods. 

Determinations Made by the Geneva 

Historical Society 

Officials of the Geneva Historical 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the one cultural item described above is 

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 and are 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the 103 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

object, and objects of cultural patrimony 

and the Seneca Nation of Indians 

(previously listed as Seneca Nation of 

New York). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Kerry Lippincott, Geneva Historical 

Society, 543 South Main Street, Geneva, 

NY 14456, telephone (315) 789–5151, 

email director@

genevahistoricalsociety.com, by March 

1, 2021. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the unassociated funerary 

object and objects of cultural patrimony 

to the Seneca Nation of Indians 

(previously listed as Seneca Nation of 

New York) may proceed. 

The Geneva Historical Society is 

responsible for notifying the Seneca 

Nation of Indians (previously listed as 

Seneca Nation of New York) that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 14, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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