[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70362-70363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29814]


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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 Palmer 
Foundation for Chiropractic History, Palmer College of Chiropractic, 
Davenport, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 Palmer Foundation for 
Chiropractic History, Davenport, IA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Palmer 
Foundation for Chiropractic History professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Onondaga Nation of New York and the 
Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burials and Regulations.
    At an unknown time prior to 1960, human remains representing one 
individual were removed from an unknown location in Clifton Springs, 
NY, by unknown persons. They were donated to the Palmer School of 
Chiropractic prior to 1960 by an unknown person. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Museum records and osteological characteristics identify these 
human remains as Native American. The degree of preservation of these 
remains indicates a date of burial within the last millennium. 
Consultation with representatives of the Onondaga Nation of New York 
indicates that Clifton Springs, NY, is located within the traditional 
territory of the Onondaga Nation of New York, and indicates that a 
relationship exists between these human remains and the Onondaga Nation 
of New York. Officials of the Palmer Foundation for Chiropractic 
History have found it reasonable to affiliate these human remains, 
based on consultation results, with the Onondaga Nation of New York.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Palmer 
Foundation for Chiropractic History 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 Palmer Foundation for Chiropractic History also have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between these 
Native American human remains and the Onondaga Nation of New York.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Onondaga Nation of 
New York and the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burials and 
Regulations. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should 
contact Alana Callender, Palmer Foundation for Chiropractic History, 
Palmer College of Chiropractic, 1000 Brady Street, Davenport, IA 52803, 
telephone (319) 884-5404, before December 22, 2000. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Onondaga Nation of New York may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.


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    Dated: November 16, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship, and Partnerships.
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