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human cranial bone, which was
contained together with the dentition in
a display case.
On an unknown date, human remains
consisting of 22 loose teeth,
representing, at minimum, 5 individuals
(seizure-item number 817890–2) were
removed from an unknown location in
the Finger Lakes region of New York,
and more likely than not in Ontario
County, NY. Adults and children of
both sexes are represented. The age of
one child is 9 or 10 years. Five teeth,
which represent two individuals, have
green copper oxide staining. This type
of staining is often seen in Protohistoric
and historic burials. Prominent
shoveling and double-shoveling are
indicative of Native American descent.
On an unknown date, human remains
consisting of 53 loose teeth,
representing, at minimum, 8 individuals
(seizure-item number 817890–5) were
removed from an unknown location in
the Finger Lakes region of New York,
and more likely than not in Ontario
County, NY. Adults and children of
both sexes are represented. The age of
one child is 8 to 81⁄2 years, and the other
is 101⁄2 to 11 years. Four teeth, which
represent one individual, have taken on
an orange hue. Prominent shoveling and
double-shoveling are indicative of
Native American descent.
On May 9, 2002, as part of a criminal
investigation, the USFWS OLE
purchased a display case containing
what was suspected to be Native
American human remains (seizure-item
number 817879–1). The display case
contained what appeared to be human
teeth and a bone rondel. The human
remains were being sold by an antique
store in the Finger Lakes region of New
York. On June 26, 2002, as part of the
same investigation, the USFWS OLE
seized further items suspected to be
Native American human remains
(seizure-item numbers 817890–2 and
817890–5), which were being held by a
private individual, who also supplied
the antiques store with the previously
purchased human remains. The
individual offered these items for sale to
the USFWS OLE. After lengthy litigation
regarding the case, the Department of
Justice transferred the items to the
USFWS OLE for NAGPRA compliance.
The Reed Farm site suggests a
Protohistoric or historic time frame and,
based on historical evidence, are
believed to represent early historic
Seneca villages. Archeological evidence
indicates that the Owasco culture
occupied central and eastern New York
and the Glaciated Alleghany Plateau
during the Woodland Stage (1000 B.C.—
A.D. 1600). Around A.D. 1600, the
Owasco culture underwent a transition.
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Between A.D. 1450 and 1600, diagnostic
characteristics indicative of the Seneca
culture begin to become evident in the
archeological record. Seneca occupation
of Ontario County, NY, is welldocumented. From the early 16th
century until the American Revolution,
the Seneca occupied a region between
the Genesee River and Canandaigua
Lake, which includes Livingston and
Ontario Counties, NY, as well as the
southern portion of Monroe County, NY.
Today, the Seneca are represented by
three federally recognized Indian Tribes:
The Seneca Nation of Indians
(previously listed as the Seneca Nation
of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation
(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga
Tribe of Oklahoma); and Tonawanda
Band of Seneca (previously listed as the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York).
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of Interior, Fish and
Wildlife Service, Office of Law
Enforcement
Officials of the USFWS OLE have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of a
minimum of 25 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described in this notice
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.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary object
and the Seneca Nation of Indians
(previously listed as the Seneca Nation
of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation
(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga
Tribe of Oklahoma); and Tonawanda
Band of Seneca (previously listed as the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians 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 request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary object should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Steve Oberholtzer, Special
Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Office of Law Enforcement,
Mountain-Prairie Region, P.O. Box
25486—DFC, Denver, CO 80225,
telephone (303) 236–7893, email steve_
oberholtzer@fws.gov, by October 5,
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2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary object to the Seneca
Nation of Indians (previously listed as
the Seneca Nation of New York);
Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed
as the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma); and Tonawanda Band of
Seneca (previously listed as the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York) may proceed.
The USFWS OLE is responsible for
notifying the Cayuga Nation; Oneida
Nation (previously listed as the Oneida
Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida
Nation of New York; Onondaga Nation;
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously
listed as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk
Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of
Indians (previously listed as the Seneca
Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga
Nation (previously listed as the SenecaCayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Tonawanda
Band of Seneca (previously listed as the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York); Tuscarora Nation; and the
Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on
Burial Rules & Regulations that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, have corrected an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, originally published in a Notice
of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register on February 27, 2012, and
subsequently published in a corrected
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register on November 17, 2014.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals and number of
associated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
SUMMARY:
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that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
at the address in this notice by October
5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
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 correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
in the physical custody of the Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ (ASM). The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from a location within the
boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation, Navajo County, AZ.
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 and number of
associated funerary objects originally
published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (77
FR 11578–11580, February 27, 2012)
and subsequently published in a
corrected Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (79
FR 68472–68473, November 17, 2014).
The number of human remains and
associated funerary objects increased
due a search through uncatalogued
object collections.
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Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473,
November 17, 2014), column 1,
paragraphs 3 and 4, under the heading
‘‘Correction,’’ are corrected by
substituting the following paragraphs:
In the Federal Register (77 FR 11579,
February 27, 2012), paragraph 7 is corrected
by substituting the following paragraph:
In the years 1963 through 1977, human
remains representing, at minimum, 1,023
individuals were removed from the
Grasshopper Pueblo site AZ P:14:1(ASM), in
Navajo County, AZ, as a result of legally
authorized excavations conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological Field
School. Archeological collections from the
site were brought to the museum at the end
of each field season. No known individuals
were identified. The 10,418 associated
funerary objects are 710 animal bones, 2
animal skeletons, 1 antler wrench, 9 antler
artifacts, 9 lots of beads of unidentified
material, 21 bird bones, 1 bird effigy pendant,
6 bird skeletons, 1 bird skull, 31 bone
artifacts, 53 bone awls, 9 bone awl fragments,
6 lots of bone beads, 2 bone needles, 47 bone
rings, 1 bone spatula, 1 bone tool, 1 bone
wand, 9 lots of botanical material, 2 ceramic
artifacts, 719 ceramic bowls, 8 ceramic bowl
fragments, 2 ceramic canteens, 1 ceramic
figurine fragment, 223 ceramic jars, 7 ceramic
jar fragments, 1 ceramic ladle, 4 ceramic
mugs, 1 ceramic pendant, 9 ceramic pitchers,
2 ceramic plates, 1 ceramic platter, 3 ceramic
scoops, 4,960 ceramic sherds, 7 ceramic
sherd artifacts, 27 ceramic vessels, 7 ceramic
vessel fragments, 21 chipped stone cores, 2
chipped stone drills, 2 chipped stone firecracked rocks, 2,233 chipped stone flakes, 1
chipped stone scraper, 1 clay sample, 14
crystals, 22 flotation samples, 10 fossils, 3
ground stones, 16 hammerstones, 1
handstone, 17 manos, 2 mano fragments, 8
lots of matting, 45 minerals, 3 mortars, 1
mosaic shell, 4 lots of organic material, 96
pebbles, 2 pecking stones, 12 pendants, 18
polishing stones, 6 pollen samples, 57 quartz
crystals, 12 lots of raw material, 5 shaft
straighteners, 111 shells, 3 lots of shell and
stone beads, 7 shell artifacts, 1 shell artifact
fragment, 32 lots of shell beads, 49 shell
bracelets, 6 shell bracelet fragments, 25 shell
pendants, 3 shell pendant fragments, 12 shell
rings, 62 shell tinklers, 9 snail shells, 2 soil
impressions, 58 soil samples, 14 stone
artifacts, 1 stone axe, 8 lots of stone beads,
3 stone blades, 1 stone bowl, 1 stone disk, 6
stone figurines, 9 stone knives, 2 stone
pendants, 257 stone projectile points, 7 stone
scrapers, 2 stone shaft smoothers, 4 stone
slabs, 12 tree ring samples, 5 lots of turquoise
beads, 112 turquoise pendants, 58 turquoise
tesserae, 1 lot of unidentified material, 1 lot
of unidentified organic material, 4 wood
fragments, 9 worked and unworked bones,
and 3 worked stone flakes.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473,
November 17, 2014), column 2,
paragraphs 1 through 4, under the
heading ‘‘Correction,’’ are corrected by
substituting the following paragraphs:
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In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580,
February 27, 2012), paragraph 5 is corrected
by substituting the following paragraph:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C 3001(9), the human
remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 1,023 individuals or
Native American ancestry.
In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580,
February 27, 2012), paragraph 6 is corrected
by substituting the following paragraph:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the
10,418 objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed with
or near individual human remains at the time
of death or later as a part of the death rite
or ceremony.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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
request with information in support of
the request to Anna Pardo, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by
October 5, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico may proceed.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
federally recognized Indian Tribes, and
has determined that a cultural affiliation
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23726; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, have corrected an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, originally
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register
on February 27, 2012, and subsequently published in a corrected Notice
of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on November 17, 2014.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of
associated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice
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that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and
associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs. 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the address
in this notice by October 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone
(703) 390-6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
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 correction of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the
physical custody of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ (ASM). The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from a location within the boundaries of the Fort Apache
Indian Reservation, Navajo County, AZ.
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 and number
of associated funerary objects originally published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (77 FR 11578-11580,
February 27, 2012) and subsequently published in a corrected Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (79 FR 68472-68473,
November 17, 2014). The number of human remains and associated funerary
objects increased due a search through uncatalogued object collections.
Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473, November 17, 2014), column 1,
paragraphs 3 and 4, under the heading ``Correction,'' are corrected by
substituting the following paragraphs:
In the Federal Register (77 FR 11579, February 27, 2012),
paragraph 7 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
In the years 1963 through 1977, human remains representing, at
minimum, 1,023 individuals were removed from the Grasshopper Pueblo
site AZ P:14:1(ASM), in Navajo County, AZ, as a result of legally
authorized excavations conducted by the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School. Archeological collections from the site
were brought to the museum at the end of each field season. No known
individuals were identified. The 10,418 associated funerary objects
are 710 animal bones, 2 animal skeletons, 1 antler wrench, 9 antler
artifacts, 9 lots of beads of unidentified material, 21 bird bones,
1 bird effigy pendant, 6 bird skeletons, 1 bird skull, 31 bone
artifacts, 53 bone awls, 9 bone awl fragments, 6 lots of bone beads,
2 bone needles, 47 bone rings, 1 bone spatula, 1 bone tool, 1 bone
wand, 9 lots of botanical material, 2 ceramic artifacts, 719 ceramic
bowls, 8 ceramic bowl fragments, 2 ceramic canteens, 1 ceramic
figurine fragment, 223 ceramic jars, 7 ceramic jar fragments, 1
ceramic ladle, 4 ceramic mugs, 1 ceramic pendant, 9 ceramic
pitchers, 2 ceramic plates, 1 ceramic platter, 3 ceramic scoops,
4,960 ceramic sherds, 7 ceramic sherd artifacts, 27 ceramic vessels,
7 ceramic vessel fragments, 21 chipped stone cores, 2 chipped stone
drills, 2 chipped stone fire-cracked rocks, 2,233 chipped stone
flakes, 1 chipped stone scraper, 1 clay sample, 14 crystals, 22
flotation samples, 10 fossils, 3 ground stones, 16 hammerstones, 1
handstone, 17 manos, 2 mano fragments, 8 lots of matting, 45
minerals, 3 mortars, 1 mosaic shell, 4 lots of organic material, 96
pebbles, 2 pecking stones, 12 pendants, 18 polishing stones, 6
pollen samples, 57 quartz crystals, 12 lots of raw material, 5 shaft
straighteners, 111 shells, 3 lots of shell and stone beads, 7 shell
artifacts, 1 shell artifact fragment, 32 lots of shell beads, 49
shell bracelets, 6 shell bracelet fragments, 25 shell pendants, 3
shell pendant fragments, 12 shell rings, 62 shell tinklers, 9 snail
shells, 2 soil impressions, 58 soil samples, 14 stone artifacts, 1
stone axe, 8 lots of stone beads, 3 stone blades, 1 stone bowl, 1
stone disk, 6 stone figurines, 9 stone knives, 2 stone pendants, 257
stone projectile points, 7 stone scrapers, 2 stone shaft smoothers,
4 stone slabs, 12 tree ring samples, 5 lots of turquoise beads, 112
turquoise pendants, 58 turquoise tesserae, 1 lot of unidentified
material, 1 lot of unidentified organic material, 4 wood fragments,
9 worked and unworked bones, and 3 worked stone flakes.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473, November 17, 2014), column 2,
paragraphs 1 through 4, under the heading ``Correction,'' are corrected
by substituting the following paragraphs:
In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580, February 27, 2012),
paragraph 5 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C 3001(9), the human remains described in
this notice represent the physical remains of 1,023 individuals or
Native American ancestry.
In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580, February 27, 2012),
paragraph 6 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 10,418 objects described
above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as a part of
the death rite or ceremony.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 request with information in
support of the request to Anna Pardo, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA
20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by October
5, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed.
The Arizona State Museum is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-18684 Filed 9-1-17; 8:45 am]
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