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Federal Register/Vol. 65, No. 225/Tuesday, November 21, 2000 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 21, 2000 / Notices 69963 Mohican Indians of Wisconsin, the Band of Mohawk Indians of New York, Dated: November 14, 2000. Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of John Robbins, New York, and the Tuscarora Nation of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin, the Assistant Director, Cultural Resources New York. Representatives of any other Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of Stewardship and Partnerships. Indian tribe that believes itself to be New York, and the Tuscarora Nation of [FR Doc. 00±29810 Filed 11±20±00; 8:45 am] culturally affiliated with these human New York. BILLING CODE 4310±70±F remains and associated funerary objects In 1961±1962, partial human remains should contact Connie Bodner, NAGPRA Liaison, Rochester Museum representing 25 individuals were DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and Science Center, 657 East Avenue, recovered from the Pen site (Tly 003) in Rochester, NY 14607±2177, telephone Lafayette, Onondaga County, NY, by National Park Service (716) 271±4552, extension 345, before Peter Pratt and other unnamed Notice of Inventory Completion for December 21, 2000. Repatriation of the individuals. These were donated to the Rochester Museum and Science Center Native American Human Remains and human remains to the St. Regis Band of Associated Funerary Objects in the Mohawk Indians of New York may in 1979. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary Possession of the Rochester Museum begin after that date if no additional and Science Center, Rochester, NY claimants come forward. objects are present. Dated: November 14, 2000. Based on skeletal morphology, these AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. John Robbins, individuals have been identified as ACTION: Notice. Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Native American. Based on site location Notice is hereby given in accordance Stewardship and Partnerships. and the condition of the human with provisions of the Native American [FR Doc. 00±29809 Filed 11±20±00; 8:45 am] remains, the Pen site has been identified Graves Protection and Repatriation Act BILLING CODE 4310±70±F as an Onondaga occupation, dating to (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the circa A.D. 1682±1696. completion of an inventory of human Based on the above-mentioned remains and associated funerary objects DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR information, officials of the Rochester in the possession of the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, National Park Service Museum and Science Center have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR NY. Notice of Inventory Completion for 10.2(d)(1), the human remains listed This notice is published as part of the Native American Human Remains and above represent the physical remains of National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR Associated Funerary Objects in the 25 individuals of Native American 10.2(c). The determinations within this Possession of the Rochester Museum ancestry. Officials of the Rochester notice are the sole responsibility of the and Science Center, Rochester, NY Museum and Science Center also have museum, institution, or Federal agency determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. that has control of these Native 10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared ACTION: Notice. American human remains and group identity that can be reasonably associated funerary objects. The Notice is hereby given in accordance traced between these Native American National Park Service is not responsible with provisions of the Native American human remains and the Onondaga for the determinations within this Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Nation of New York. notice. (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the This notice has been sent to officials A detailed assessment of the human completion of an inventory of human of the Cayuga Nation of New York, the remains and associated funerary objects remains and associated funerary objects Oneida Nation of New York, the Oneida was made by Rochester Museum and in the possession of the Rochester Tribe of Wisconsin, the Onondaga Science Center professional staff in Museum and Science Center, Rochester, Nation of New York, the Seneca Nation consultation with representatives of the NY. Cayuga Nation of New York, the Oneida of New York, the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe This notice is published as part of the Nation of New York, the Oneida Tribe of Oklahoma, the St. Regis Band of National Park Service's administrative of Wisconsin, the Onondaga Nation of responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR Mohawk Indians of New York, the New York, the Seneca Nation of New 10.2(c). The determinations within this Stockbridge-Munsee Community of York, the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of notice are the sole responsibility of the Mohican Indians of Wisconsin, the Oklahoma, the St. Regis Band of museum, institution, or Federal agency Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of Mohawk Indians of New York, the that has control of these Native New York, and the Tuscarora Nation of Stockbridge-Munsee Community of American human remains and New York. Representatives of any other Mohican Indians of Wisconsin, the associated funerary objects. The Indian tribe that believes itself to be Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of National Park Service is not responsible culturally affiliated with these human New York, and the Tuscarora Nation of for the determinations within this remains should contact Connie Bodner, New York. notice. NAGPRA Liaison, Rochester Museum In 1951, partial human remains A detailed assessment of the human and Science Center, 657 East Avenue, representing one individual were remains was made by Rochester Rochester, NY 14607±2177, telephone recovered at the Marsh site (Can 007), Museum and Science Center (716) 271±4552, extension 345, before East Bloomfield, Ontario County, NY, professional staff in consultation with December 21, 2000. Repatriation of the and were donated in 1953 to the representatives of the Cayuga Nation of human remains and associated funerary Rochester Museum and Science Center New York, the Oneida Nation of New objects to the Onondaga Nation of New by Albert Hoffman. No known York, the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, York may begin after that date if no individual was identified. No associated the Onondaga Nation of New York, the additional claimants come forward. funerary objects are present. Seneca Nation of New York, the Seneca- Based on skeletal morphology, this Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, the St. Regis individual has been identified as Native VerDate 11<MAY>2000 17:20 Nov 20, 2000 Jkt 194001 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM pfrm08 PsN: 21NON1.
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