[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81935-81936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23367]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038838; 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 a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were 
removed from Essex County, NY.

DATES: 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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6abb6a3b2a3b4b586a0a9b4b2ebfaa7e6aeb4a3a0fb" http: ticonderoga.org">ticonderoga.org</a>">mpeters@fort-ticonderoga.org</a>.

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

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 16 individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. On unknown dates, likely prior to the 
1970's, individuals were removed during restoration work and were 
housed at Fort Ticonderoga. On April 9 & 10, 2024, these individuals 
were identified by an osteologist.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location of the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    The Fort Ticonderoga Association has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 16 individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the 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.

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:

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    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 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 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: September 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23367 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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