[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1183-1184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00229]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033207; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: State University at Buffalo, 
Department of Anthropology, Buffalo, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State University at Buffalo, Department of Anthropology 
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 no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 
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 at Buffalo, Department of 
Anthropology. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: 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 at Buffalo, Department of 
Anthropology at the address in this notice by February 9, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas J. Perrelli, Ph.D., RPA, State 
University at Buffalo Department of Anthropology, 380 Academic Center, 
Ellicott Complex, Buffalo, NY 14261-0026, telephone (716) 645-2297, 
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 
at Buffalo, Department of Anthropology, Buffalo, NY. The human remains 
and associated funerary objects were removed from the Village of 
Youngstown, Niagara 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) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 
University at Buffalo, Department of Anthropology professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Seneca Nation of Indians 
[previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York].

History and Description of the Remains

    From February through October of 1997, human remains representing, 
at minimum, 13 individuals were removed from burials located at the 
intersection of Jackson Street and Lower River Road/Main Street in 
Youngstown, Niagara County, NY. Following excavation, the human remains 
were accessioned into the Marian E. White Anthropology Museum at the 
State University at Buffalo, Department of Anthropology. The condition 
of the human remains varies as a result of their having been uncovered 
by heavy machinery. No known individuals were identified. The 100 
associated funerary objects are 85 nail fragments, 10 chert flakes, one 
bullet, one shell button, two brass pins, and one glass fragment.

Determinations Made by the State University at Buffalo, Department of 
Anthropology

    Officials of the State University at Buffalo, Department of 
Anthropology have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on the location and condition 
of the burials and the nature of the skeletal remains and dentition.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 13

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individuals of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 100 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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian Tribe.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the 
Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New 
York].
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Seneca 
Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York].

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Douglas 
J. Perrelli, Ph.D., RPA, University at Buffalo Department of 
Anthropology, 380 Academic Center, Ellicott Complex, Buffalo NY 14261-
0026, telephone (716) 645-2297, email [email protected], by February 
9, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as 
Seneca Nation of New York] may proceed.
    The State University at Buffalo, Department of Anthropology is 
responsible for notifying the Seneca Nation of Indians [previously 
listed as Seneca Nation of New York] that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: January 3, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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