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39118 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 153 / Wednesday, August 8, 2018 / Notices objects should submit a written request interviewed, the human remains came the request to Nina M. Versaggi, Public with information in support of the from an area that is near (or overlaps) Archaeology Facility, Binghamton request to the Binghamton University at the previously recorded Bates site, a University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, the address in this notice by September Late Woodland settlement. The Greene NY 13902–6000, telephone (607) 777– 7, 2018. Middle School gave the human remains 4786, email [email protected], ADDRESSES: Nina M. Versaggi, Public to Binghamton University. No known by September 7, 2018. After that date, if Archaeology Facility, Binghamton individuals were identified. There are no additional requestors have come University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, no associated funerary objects. forward, transfer of control of the NY 13902–6000, telephone (607) 777– A bioarchaeologist and archaeologist human remains and associated funerary 4786, email [email protected]. from Binghamton University objects to Oneida Nation (previously determined that the human remains listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is were Native American. Archeological Wisconsin); Oneida Indian Nation here given in accordance with the information from the Bates site includes (previously listed as the Oneida Nation Native American Graves Protection and Canandaigua Phase (Sackett Corded) of New York); Onondaga Nation; and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. pottery and radiocarbon dates that Tuscarora Nation may proceed. 3003, of the completion of an inventory cluster around A.D. 1190. The Binghamton University is of human remains and associated Haudenosaunee oral tradition states responsible for notifying the Cayuga funerary objects under the control of the that, as The People of the Long House, Nation; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Binghamton University, Binghamton, they are affiliated culturally, spiritually, Delaware Tribe of Indians; Oneida NY. The human remains and associated biologically, and personally to the Nation (previously listed as the Oneida funerary objects were removed from ancestors located within their Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida Chenango County, NY. traditional aboriginal territories. This Indian Nation (previously listed as the This notice is published as part of the connection is also based upon cultural Oneida Nation of New York); Onondaga National Park Service’s administrative practices, language, and the philosophy Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 of respect for those ancestors that have (previously listed as the St. Regis Band U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in passed. This evidence supports a of Mohawk Indians of New York); this notice are the sole responsibility of relationship of shared group identity Seneca Nation of Indians (previously the museum, institution, or Federal which can reasonably be traced between listed as the Seneca Nation of New agency that has control of the Native the Oneida Nation (previously listed as York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation American human remains and the Oneida Tribe of Indians of (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga associated funerary objects. The Wisconsin); Oneida Indian Nation Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge National Park Service is not responsible (previously listed as the Oneida Nation Munsee Community, Wisconsin; for the determinations in this notice. of New York); Onondaga Nation; and Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously Consultation Tuscarora Nation and the human listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca remains removed from Chenango Indians of New York); and Tuscarora A detailed assessment of the human County, as this location is within the Nation that this notice has been remains was made by the Binghamton traditional aboriginal territory of the published. University professional staff in Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarora consultation with representatives of the Dated: July 9, 2018. Nations. Cayuga Nation; Delaware Nation, Melanie O’Brien, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Determinations Made by the Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Oneida Nation (previously listed as the Binghamton University [FR Doc. 2018–16922 Filed 8–7–18; 8:45 am] Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Officials of the Binghamton BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed University have determined that: as the Oneida Nation of New York); • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk human remains described in this notice Tribe (previously listed as the St. Regis represent the physical remains of three National Park Service Band of Mohawk Indians of New York); individuals of Native American Seneca Nation of Indians (previously ancestry. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025953; listed as the Seneca Nation of New • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation is a relationship of shared group Notice of Inventory Completion: (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga identity that can be reasonably traced Binghamton University, State Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge between the Native American human University of New York, Binghamton, Munsee Community, Wisconsin; remains and associated funerary objects NY Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously and Oneida Nation (previously listed as listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca the Oneida Tribe of Indians of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Indians of New York); and Tuscarora Wisconsin); Oneida Indian Nation ACTION: Notice. Nation. (previously listed as the Oneida Nation SUMMARY: The Binghamton University History and Description of the Remains of New York); Onondaga Nation; and Tuscarora Nation. has completed an inventory of human Sometime before 1975, human remains and associated funerary objects, remains representing, at minimum, Additional Requestors and Disposition in consultation with the appropriate three individuals were removed from an Lineal descendants or representatives Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian unknown site in Chenango County, NY, of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that possibly the Bates Site. An unknown organization not identified in this notice there is a cultural affiliation between the individual donated the human remains that wish to request transfer of control human remains and associated funerary to the Greene Middle School in the of these human remains and associated objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Town of Greene, Chenango County, NY funerary objects should submit a written Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal in 1975. According to the teacher request with information in support of descendants or representatives of any VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:37 Aug 07, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 153 / Wednesday, August 8, 2018 / Notices 39119 Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation affiliation with, sites located in organization not identified in this notice (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga Chemung County in New York. that wish to request transfer of control Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge Determinations Made by the of these human remains and associated Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Binghamton University funerary objects should submit a written Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously request to the Binghamton University. If listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Officials of the Binghamton no additional requestors come forward, Indians of New York); and Tuscarora University have determined that: • transfer of control of the human remains Nation. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice and associated funerary objects to the History and Description of the Remains lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or represent the physical remains of two Native Hawaiian organizations stated in In 1994–1995, following consultation individuals of Native American this notice may proceed. with a chief from the Onondaga Nation, ancestry. human remains representing two • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), DATES: Lineal descendants or the one object described in this notice representatives of any Indian Tribe or individuals were removed from the Thomas Lucky site in Town of Elmira, is reasonably believed to have been Native Hawaiian organization not Chemung County, NY, by the placed with or near individual human identified in this notice that wish to Binghamton University field school. remains at the time of death or later as request transfer of control of these One associated funerary object, a broken part of the death rite or ceremony. human remains and associated funerary white bone bead, was found with the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there objects should submit a written request human remains. is a relationship of shared group with information in support of the A bioarcheologist and archeologist identity that can be reasonably traced request to the Binghamton University at from Binghamton University between the Native American human the address in this notice by September determined that the human remains remains and associated funerary objects 7, 2018. were Native American. No known and Cayuga Nation; Delaware Nation, ADDRESSES: Nina M. Versaggi, Public individuals were identified. Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Archaeology Facility, Binghamton