[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34926-34927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15437]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028296; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: State University of New York at 
Oswego, Oswego, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State University of New York at Oswego has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants 
or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to the State University of New York at Oswego. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, 
Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the State University of New York at Oswego at 
the address in this notice by August 19, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Alanna Ossa, NAGPRA Coordinator, State University of New 
York at Oswego, 313 Mahar Hall, Department of Anthropology, Oswego, NY 
13126, telephone (315) 312-4172, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the State University 
of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from sites in Cayuga and Wayne Counties, 
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 and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A consultation request concerning the human remains and associated 
funerary objects was made by the SUNY Oswego professional staff with 
representatives of the Cayuga Nation.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1967-1968, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the site of Colgan, located in the town of 
Ledyard in Cayuga County, NY. The human remains were acquired by Peter 
Pratt during SUNY Oswego's archeology dig at the Colgan site (also 
known as Myles A. Colgan farm), and were subsequently returned to the 
school. The human remains belong to a young adult (16-25 years) of 
indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    The Colgan site is identified as a late prehistoric village dating 
to approximately A.D. 1450-1550, based on the ceramic sequence and 
artifacts

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associated with its occupation (although the area is also close to a 
discovery location for Mastodon faunal remains).
    In 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from the site of Hunter's Home (in the close vicinity of 
the Rogers Farm site), located in the Town of Savannah on a peninsular 
landform overlooking the Montezuma Marsh, in the very southeast corner 
of Wayne County, NY. The human remains were acquired by Peter Pratt 
during SUNY Oswego's archeology dig at the Hunter's Home site, and were 
subsequently returned to the school. The human remains belong to one 
adult (40-45 years) male, and one adult of indeterminate age (probably 
male). No known individuals were identified. The 960 associated 
funerary objects are 42 miscellaneous lithic pieces of unknown 
materials, eight decorated incised pottery body sherds, one chert 
flake, 14 assorted unidentified to species shell, 24 chert pieces, 46 
unidentified lithic pieces of unknown materials, 99 plain and incised 
pottery body sherds, one piece of unidentified glass, 15 plain pottery 
body sherds, one chert projectile preform, six unidentified faunal 
bones, eight pieces of chert, 34 unidentified lithics, five 
unidentified lithic flakes, 26 unidentified lithics, one worked stone, 
two unworked pieces of shell, seven carbon samples, seven plain pottery 
sherds, one chert flake, one charcoal carbon sample, two fish bones, 
eight faunal bones, 34 unidentified faunal bones, one soil sample, 
eight plain pottery sherds, two botanical samples, two lithic flakes of 
unknown material, one unidentified lithic piece, one unidentified 
lithic piece, two lithic flakes of unknown material, 13 plain pottery 
body sherds, one unidentified faunal bone, one lithic flake of unknown 
material, one lithic flake of unknown material, two lithic flakes of 
unknown material, six flakes of unknown material, five flakes of 
unknown material, two flakes of unknown material, three flakes of 
unknown material, three flakes of unknown material, two flakes of 
unknown material, two chert flakes, five flakes of unknown material, 
four flakes of unknown material, one flake of unknown material, one 
flake of unknown material, three flakes of unknown material, one chert 
flake, 37 decorated and incised pottery body sherds, 32 unidentified 
lithics, 424 possible lithics/rocks, and one bag of dirt mixed with 
microartifacts.
    The site of Hunter's Home is a large occupation village site that 
included camps, middens, and burials. The materials recovered in the 
vicinity of the site show a wide span of occupation from the Frost 
Island phase (1500-1000 B.C.), Woodland period (A.D. 1000-1600), and 
Contact period (A.D. 1600 to 1700).
    At an unknown date, human remains consisting, at minimum, of one 
individual were removed from the Nolan site, located just north of 
Ledward, in Cayuga County, NY. These human remains were transferred to 
SUNY Oswego at an unknown time. The human remains belong to one adult 
of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    The Nolan site is described as a late Prehistoric village 
occupation, dating to approximately A.D. 1450-1550, based on the 
ceramic sequence and associated artifacts. Its occupation may overlap 
with that of the nearby Colgan village site.

Determinations Made by the State University of New York at Oswego

    Officials of the State University of New York at Oswego have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 960 objects 
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed 
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as 
part of the death rite or ceremony.
     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 associated funerary objects and the Cayuga 
Nation.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Alanna Ossa, NAGPRA Coordinator, State 
University of New York at Oswego, 313 Mahar Hall, Department of 
Anthropology, Oswego, NY 13126, telephone (315) 312-4172, email 
[email protected], by August 19, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Cayuga Nation may 
proceed.
    The State University of New York at Oswego is responsible for 
notifying the Cayuga Nation that this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 25, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-15437 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 am]
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