Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 160 / Thursday, August 20, 2009 / Notices 42105 

Dated: July 24, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19964 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY. The human remains 

were removed from Cape Nome, Nome 

County, AK. 

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 

University College of Dentistry 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Nome Eskimo 

Community. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unidentified site at Cape Nome, AK, by 

an unknown individual. By 1924, the 

human remains were donated to the 

Museum of the American Indian, Heye 

Foundation by Mrs. George Heye. In 

1956, the human remains were 

transferred to Dr. Theodore Kazamiroff, 

New York University College of 

Dentistry. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Museum of the American Indian 

records list the locality of origin as Cape 

Nome, AK. The human remains are 

well-preserved and the morphology is 

consistent with Native American 

ancestry. There are four cultural phases 

for the Cape Nome area, the Denbigh 

Flint Complex, Norton, Birnirk, and 

Cape Nome phases. Because 

preservation of human remains is 

extremely rare for sites in the Cape 

Nome region that predate the Cape 

Nome phase, it is likely that the human 

remains date to the Cape Nome phase, 

circa A.D. 1000–1800. The Cape Nome 

phase corresponds to the Western Thule 

tradition of the Bering Sea region. In the 

Western Thule tradition, the people of 

the Seward Peninsula were highly 

localized, with differences in their 

lifeways based on the particular 

resources available in their territory. 

Localization may have occurred 

alongside the development of 

geopolitical boundaries. Cape Nome was 

a coastal area with a focus on smaller 

sea mammals. 

Cape Nome was part of the 

Ayaasaeiarmiut or Cape Nome territory 

of Inupiaq speakers at the time of 

Euroamerican contact. Burials at Cape 

Nome were described by Edward Nelson 

in the late 19th century. Nelson 

observed that human remains were 

placed in wooden boxes that were 

elevated onto poles. The boxes were 

exposed to the elements and highly 

visible to collectors. 

Archeological and consultation 

evidence indicates that the 

Ayaasaeiarmiut Inupiaq inhabited the 

Cape Nome area since at least A.D. 

1000. Today, the descendants of the 

people of Cape Nome are represented by 

the Nome Eskimo Community. 

Officials of New York University 

College of Dentistry have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of New York University 

College of Dentistry 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 Nome 

Eskimo Community. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St., New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before 

September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Nome Eskimo 

Community may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 

Nome Eskimo Community that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: July 24, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19961 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 

CO; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 Colorado 

College, Colorado Springs, CO. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from sites in the 

southwestern United States and a 

canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San 

Juan County, UT. 

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. 

This notice corrects the number count 

of the associated funerary objects in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

previously published in the Federal 

Register (72 FR 19232–193233, April 14, 

2004) from one to two. In the Federal 

Register notice of April 14, 2004, 

paragraph numbers 6–9 are corrected by 

substituting the following paragraphs: 

Between 1897 and 1898, human 

remains representing one individual 

were removed from a cliff ruin in a 

canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San 

Juan County, UT, under the auspices of 

the Lang Expedition of 1897–1898. Prior 

to 1900, General William Jackson 

Palmer acquired what became known as 

the Lang-Bixby Collection which he 

subsequently transferred to The 

Colorado College. With the exception of 

the human remains and funerary objects 

in direct contact with the human 

remains, The Colorado College Museum 

collection, which included the LangBixby Collection, was dispersed through 

long-term loans primarily to the 

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 


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