[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25098]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Tioga County 
Historical Society, Owego, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Tioga County Historical 
Society, Owego, NY.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Tioga County 
Historical Society and Binghamton University professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Caygua Nation of New York.
    In 1932, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
from the Stakmore Furniture Factory site in Owego, NY during 
construction activities. No known individuals were identified. The 
twelve associated funerary objects recovered with these human remains 
include Sackett corded sherds, a Carpenter Brook rim sherd, a shell-
tempered rim sherds with catellation, and two cord-marked body sherds. 
These associated funerary object have not been located in the 
collections of the Tioga County Historical Society.
    Based on the apparent age of the human remains and presence of 
associated funerary objects, these individuals have been determined to 
be Native American. Based on the ceramic styles (Sackett [Farm] corded, 
Carpenter Brook, & rim sherds with castellations], the burials date to 
1100-1450 A.D. Archeological evidence for this geographic area 
indicates these ceramic styles fit into the material culture continuum 
for the development of Cayuga ceramics.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Tioga 
County Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Tioga 
County Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and the 
Cayuga Nation of New York.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Cayuga Nation of New 
York, the Oneida Nation of New York, the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, the 
Onondaga Nation of New York, Seneca Nation of New York, the Seneca-
Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohican 
Indians of Wisconsin, the St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York, 
and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York. Representatives 
of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally 
affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary objects 
should contact Joann Lindstrom, Director of Collections, Tioga County 
Historical Society, 110 Front Street, Owego, NY 13827; telephone: (607) 
687-2460, before October 19, 1998. Repatriation of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects to the Cayuga Nation of New York may 
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: September 8, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-25098 Filed 9-17-98; 8:45 am]
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