[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29304-29305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11088]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20923; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The American Museum of Natural History has revised a Notice of 
Inventory Completion that was published in the Federal Register on 
January 16, 2014. This notice corrects the minimum number of 
individuals. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish 
to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written notification to the American 
Museum of Natural History. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects 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 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
American Museum of Natural History at the address in this notice by 
June 10, 2016.

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ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, Director of Cultural Resources, American Museum 
of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 
10024, telephone (212) 769-5837, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the revision of a Notice of Inventory Completion for 
human remains under the control of the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY. The human remains were removed from the Sebonac 
site, Shinnecock Hills, Suffolk County, NY.
    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 human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals published in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (79 FR 2876-
2877, January 16, 2014). Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 2877, January 16, 2014), column 1, 
paragraph 2, sentence 1 has been revised by substituting the following 
sentence:

    In 1902, human remains representing, at minimum, 16 individuals, 
including 1 adult female, 2 adults of unknown sex, and 13 subadults 
of unknown sex, were removed from the Sebonac site, Shinnecock 
Hills, Suffolk County, NY, during Raymond M. Harrington's 
excavations, sponsored by Frederick Ward Putnam and the American 
Museum of Natural History.

    In the Federal Register (79 FR 2877, January 16, 2014), column 2, 
paragraph 2, sentence 1 has been revised by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in 
this notice represent the physical remains of 16 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Nell Murphy, Director of Cultural 
Resources, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 
79th Street, NY, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769-5837, email 
[email protected], by June 10, 2016. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
to The Tribes may proceed.
    The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
The Tribes listed in the January 16, 2014 notice, that this correction 
notice has been published.

    Dated: April 21, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-11088 Filed 5-10-16; 8:45 am]
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