[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34925-34926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15441]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028301; 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, 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 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 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 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 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 under 
the control of the State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY. 
The human remains were removed from sites in Oswego, Onondaga, Cayuga, 
Madison, Wayne, and St. Lawrence 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 detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the SUNY 
Oswego professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed as the Oneida Nation of New 
York) and the Onondaga Nation. The Cayuga Nation were also invited to 
consult, but did not participate.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains consisting, at minimum, of two 
individuals were removed from an unknown location. These human remains 
were donated to Peter Pratt while he was teaching at SUNY Oswego, and 
he added them to the school's

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collection, and listed the donor as ``Jones.'' Based on cranial and 
other bone metric traits, the human remains belong to two Native 
American adults (older than 45) of indeterminate sex. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on the history of Peter Pratt's research program and the 
provenience of the materials recovered from his multiple decades of 
excavations in central NY, these human remains were highly likely to 
have been donated during one of his excavations within Oneida, 
Onondaga, and Cayuga sites in Oswego, Onondaga, Cayuga, Madison, Wayne, 
and St. Lawrence Counties, NY. Such donations are commonly noted among 
Pratt's field school materials.
    At an unknown date, human remains consisting, at minimum, of one 
individual were recovered from an unknown location. These human remains 
were transferred to SUNY Oswego as a result of one of Peter Pratt's 
Field School projects. The human remains consist of one adult male. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on the history of Peter Pratt's research program and the 
provenience of the materials recovered from his multiple decades of 
excavations in central NY, these human remains were recovered from one 
or several of the many field school projects undertaken by Peter Pratt 
within identified Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga sites within Oneida, 
Onondaga, and Cayuga sites in Oswego, Onondaga, Cayuga, Madison, Wayne, 
and St. Lawrence Counties, NY. Although labels were lost or misplaced 
over the five decades or so of excavations, these human remains were 
removed from Onondaga, Oneida, or Cayuga affiliated sites.

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 three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     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; Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed as the Oneida Nation of 
New York); and the Onondaga Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes'').

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 Tribes may 
proceed.
    The State University of New York at Oswego is responsible for 
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 25, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-15441 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 am]
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