[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-902]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Possession of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

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 in the possession of 
the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 
Philadelphia, PA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
of Pennsylvania Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Cayuga Nation of New York.
    In 1894, human remains representing one individual were excavated 
from a burial near Union Springs, Cayuga County, NY by William W. 
Adams, who donated these human remains to the Academy of Natural 
Sciences, Philadelphia, PA. In 1997, these human remains were 
transferred from the Academy of Natural Sciences to the University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on accession information, this individual has been identified 
as Native American. No further information exists for this individual.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains 
listed above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the University of Pennsylvania Museum 
of Archaeology and Anthropology 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 and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma. Representatives of any 
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact Dr. Jeremy Sabloff, the Charles 
K. Williams II Director, University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, 33rd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 
19104-6324; telephone: (215) 898-4051, fax (215) 898-0657, before 
February 14, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the Cayuga 
Nation of New York may begin after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.
Dated: January 5, 2000.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 00-902 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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