FR Doc 05-6463
[Federal Register: April 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 62)]
[Notices]
[Page 16839]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York State Museum, Albany, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
New York State Museum, Albany, NY. The human remains were removed from
the Parker Farm site, Schuyler 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by New York
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Cayuga Nation of New York and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma.
In 1915, human remains representing one individual were removed
during sand and gravel mining from the Parker Farm site (NYSM site no.
2190), Hector Township, Schuyler County, NY, by employees of the State
Commission of Highways. The human remains were donated to the New York
State Museum by Irving J. Morris, Secretary of the State Commission of
Highways, the same year. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date between 1915 and 1924, human remains
representing seven individuals were removed from disturbed contexts at
the Parker Farm site by Perry City town supervisor Dr. J.M. Townsend.
Dr. Townsend donated the human remains to the New York State Museum in
1924. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The Parker Farm site is located between Cayuga Lake and Owasco
Lake, NY. It is a habitation site and cemetery that was possibly
palisaded. The types of ceramics recovered during excavation indicate
that the site was inhabited circa A.D. 1525-1550. Archeological
evidence and oral history indicate that Native American communities in
this region in the 16th century are ancestral to the present-day
Cayuga Indians.
Officials of the New York State Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of eight individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the New York State Museum also have
determined that, 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 the Cayuga Nation of New
York and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Lisa M.
Anderson, NAGPRA Coordinator, New York State Museum, 3122 Cultural
Education Center, Albany, New York 12230, telephone (518)
486-2020, before May 2, 2005. Repatriation of the human remains to
the Cayuga Nation of New York and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The New York State Museum is responsible for notifying the Cayuga
Nation of New York and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma that
this notice has been published.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-6463 Filed 3-31-05; 8:45 am]
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