[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 62 (Friday, April 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 16839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6463]


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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[macr]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[macr]1550. Archeological 
evidence and oral history indicate that Native American communities in 
this region in the 16th century are ancestral to the present[macr]day 
Cayuga Indians.
    Officials of the New York State Museum have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9[macr]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[macr]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[macr]2020, before May 2, 2005. Repatriation of the human remains to 
the Cayuga Nation of New York and the Seneca[macr]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[macr]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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