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Federal Register/Vol. 82, No. 170/Tuesday 41984 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 5, 2017 / Notices human cranial bone, which was Between A.D. 1450 and 1600, diagnostic 2017. After that date, if no additional contained together with the dentition in characteristics indicative of the Seneca requestors have come forward, transfer a display case. culture begin to become evident in the of control of the human remains and On an unknown date, human remains archeological record. Seneca occupation associated funerary object to the Seneca consisting of 22 loose teeth, of Ontario County, NY, is well- Nation of Indians (previously listed as representing, at minimum, 5 individuals documented. From the early 16th the Seneca Nation of New York); (seizure-item number 817890–2) were century until the American Revolution, Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed removed from an unknown location in the Seneca occupied a region between as the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of the Finger Lakes region of New York, the Genesee River and Canandaigua Oklahoma); and Tonawanda Band of and more likely than not in Ontario Lake, which includes Livingston and Seneca (previously listed as the County, NY. Adults and children of Ontario Counties, NY, as well as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of both sexes are represented. The age of southern portion of Monroe County, NY. New York) may proceed. one child is 9 or 10 years. Five teeth, Today, the Seneca are represented by The USFWS OLE is responsible for which represent two individuals, have three federally recognized Indian Tribes: notifying the Cayuga Nation; Oneida green copper oxide staining. This type The Seneca Nation of Indians Nation (previously listed as the Oneida of staining is often seen in Protohistoric (previously listed as the Seneca Nation Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida and historic burials. Prominent of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation Nation of New York; Onondaga Nation; shoveling and double-shoveling are (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously indicative of Native American descent. Tribe of Oklahoma); and Tonawanda listed as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk On an unknown date, human remains Band of Seneca (previously listed as the Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of consisting of 53 loose teeth, Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of Indians (previously listed as the Seneca representing, at minimum, 8 individuals New York). Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga (seizure-item number 817890–5) were Nation (previously listed as the Seneca- removed from an unknown location in Determinations Made by the U.S. Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Tonawanda the Finger Lakes region of New York, Department of Interior, Fish and Band of Seneca (previously listed as the and more likely than not in Ontario Wildlife Service, Office of Law Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of County, NY. Adults and children of Enforcement New York); Tuscarora Nation; and the both sexes are represented. The age of Officials of the USFWS OLE have Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on one child is 8 to 81⁄2 years, and the other determined that: Burial Rules & Regulations that this is 101⁄2 to 11 years. Four teeth, which • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the notice has been published. represent one individual, have taken on human remains described in this notice Dated: August 29, 2017. an orange hue. Prominent shoveling and represent the physical remains of a Sarah Glass, double-shoveling are indicative of minimum of 25 individuals of Native Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Native American descent. American ancestry. On May 9, 2002, as part of a criminal • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), [FR Doc. 2017–18683 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am] investigation, the USFWS OLE the one object described in this notice BILLING CODE 4312–52–P purchased a display case containing is reasonably believed to have been what was suspected to be Native placed with or near individual human American human remains (seizure-item remains at the time of death or later as DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR number 817879–1). The display case part of the death rite or ceremony. National Park Service contained what appeared to be human • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there teeth and a bone rondel. The human is a relationship of shared group [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23726; remains were being sold by an antique identity that can be reasonably traced PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] store in the Finger Lakes region of New between the Native American human Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. York. On June 26, 2002, as part of the remains and associated funerary object Department of the Interior, Bureau of same investigation, the USFWS OLE and the Seneca Nation of Indians Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and seized further items suspected to be (previously listed as the Seneca Nation Arizona State Museum, University of Native American human remains of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction (seizure-item numbers 817890–2 and (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga 817890–5), which were being held by a Tribe of Oklahoma); and Tonawanda AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. private individual, who also supplied Band of Seneca (previously listed as the ACTION: Notice; correction. the antiques store with the previously Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of purchased human remains. The New York). SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the individual offered these items for sale to Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the USFWS OLE. After lengthy litigation Additional Requestors and Disposition Arizona State Museum, University of regarding the case, the Department of Lineal descendants or representatives Arizona, have corrected an inventory of Justice transferred the items to the of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian human remains and associated funerary USFWS OLE for NAGPRA compliance. organization not identified in this notice objects, originally published in a Notice The Reed Farm site suggests a that wish to request transfer of control of Inventory Completion in the Federal Protohistoric or historic time frame and, of these human remains and associated Register on February 27, 2012, and based on historical evidence, are funerary object should submit a written subsequently published in a corrected believed to represent early historic request with information in support of Notice of Inventory Completion in the Seneca villages. Archeological evidence the request to Steve Oberholtzer, Special Federal Register on November 17, 2014. indicates that the Owasco culture Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife This notice corrects the minimum occupied central and eastern New York Service Office of Law Enforcement, number of individuals and number of and the Glaciated Alleghany Plateau Mountain-Prairie Region, P.O. Box associated funerary objects. Lineal during the Woodland Stage (1000 B.C.— 25486—DFC, Denver, CO 80225, descendants or representatives of any A.D. 1600). Around A.D. 1600, the telephone (303) 236–7893, email steve_ Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Owasco culture underwent a transition. [email protected], by October 5, organization not identified in this notice VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Sep 01, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05SEN1.SGM 05SEN1 mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 5, 2017 / Notices 41985 that wish to request transfer of control Correction In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580, of these human remains and associated February 27, 2012), paragraph 5 is corrected funerary objects should submit a written In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473, by substituting the following paragraph: request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. November 17, 2014), column 1, Pursuant to 25 U.S.C 3001(9), the human paragraphs 3 and 4, under the heading remains described in this notice represent the If no additional requestors come physical remains of 1,023 individuals or forward, transfer of control of the ‘‘Correction,’’ are corrected by substituting the following paragraphs: Native American ancestry. human remains and associated funerary In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580, objects to the lineal descendants, Indian In the Federal Register (77 FR 11579, February 27, 2012), paragraph 6 is corrected tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations February 27, 2012), paragraph 7 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph: stated in this notice may proceed. by substituting the following paragraph: Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the In the years 1963 through 1977, human 10,418 objects described above are DATES: Lineal descendants or remains representing, at minimum, 1,023 reasonably believed to have been placed with representatives of any Indian tribe or individuals were removed from the or near individual human remains at the time Native Hawaiian organization not Grasshopper Pueblo site AZ P:14:1(ASM), in of death or later as a part of the death rite identified in this notice that wish to Navajo County, AZ, as a result of legally or ceremony. request transfer of control of these authorized excavations conducted by the human remains and associated funerary University of Arizona Archaeological Field Additional Requestors and Disposition objects should submit a written request School. Archeological collections from the Lineal descendants or representatives with information in support of the site were brought to the museum at the end of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs of each field season. No known individuals organization not identified
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