Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 20 / Monday, February 2, 2009 / Notices 5855 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Santa Fe, NM and Maxwell 

Museum of Anthropology, University 

of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 

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 control of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa 

Fe, NM, and in the possession of the 

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 

University of New Mexico, 

Albuquerque, NM. The human remains 

were removed from site BJ 74 (LA 

38962), Sandoval County, NM. 

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 the Santa Fe 

National Forest and the Maxwell 

Museum of Anthropology professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico. 

Between 1939 and 1949, human 

remains representing a minimum of 

seven individuals were removed from BJ 

74 (LA 38962) in Sandoval County, NM, 

during legally authorized excavations 

undertaken by the University of New 

Mexico’s Archaeological Field School. 

Subsequent to the excavations, the 

human remains and other archeological 

materials were removed without 

notification to the Forest Service to 

Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, for 

analysis and preparation of a site 

excavation report. In the summer of 

2007, Grinnell College had the human 

remains and artifacts delivered to the 

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, who 

promptly notified the Forest Service of 

the existence of the collection. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site BJ 74 (LA 38962) has been 

identified as an early historic Puebloan 

habitation site based on ceramics, 

architecture, and site organization. The 

site was occupied during the mid–16th 

century to the late 17th century A.D. 

Continuities of ethnographic materials, 

technologies, and architecture indicate 

the affiliation of this site with the 

present-day Pueblo of Jemez. Oral 

traditions of the Pueblo of Jemez 

support affiliation with early historic 

Puebloan sites in this area of northcentral New Mexico. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe 

National Forest have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of seven 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Santa Fe National Forest 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 

Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwestern 

Region, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, 333 Broadway Blvd. SE, 

Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone 

(505) 842–3238, before March 4, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest 

is responsible for notifying the Pueblo of 

Jemez, New Mexico that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: January 5, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Defense, Air Force, 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA and 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

Repository of Archaeological and 

Ethnographic Collections, Santa 

Barbara, CA 

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 an associated funerary 

object in the control of the U.S. 

Department of Defense, Air Force, 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, and in 

the physical custody of the University of 

California, Santa Barbara, Repository for 

Archaeological and Ethnographic 

Collections, Santa Barbara, CA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

object were removed from the 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa 

Barbara County, CA. 

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 object. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made for the Vandenberg 

Air Force Base through a contracting 

Physical Anthropologist with the 

Department of Anthropology, University 

of California, Santa Barbara, and in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Santa Ynez Chumash Mission Indians of 

the Santa Ynez Reservation, California. 

In the early 1970s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were collected from the 

surface of CA–SBA–209, located near 

Point Arguello on Vandenberg Air Force 

Base, Santa Barbara County, CA, by L. 

Spanne, as part of Air Force 

commissioned archeological 

reconnaissance work. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

A single radiocarbon date (7890 BP) 

from site CA–SBA–209, dates the 

human remains to within the Early 

Period. 

In the 1970s, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were collected from the 

surface of CA–SBA–734, located in the 

Casmalia Hills in the northern part of 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa 

Barbara County, CA, by L. Spanne and 

crew, during Air Force commissioned 

work. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Based on the excavated artifacts from 

the site, but that are not associated 

funerary objects, CA–SBA–734 has been 

dated to the Middle Period (A.D. 700– 

900). 

In 1974, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

excavated from CA–SBA–210, located 

on the south side of Point Arguello on 


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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa 

Barbara County, CA, by M. Glassow, 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

under contract to the Air Force. No 

primary burials were identified in the 

field; instead the human remains were 

identified during the examination of 

faunal material in the laboratory. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Although site CA–SBA–210 was 

occupied during all major time periods, 

the presence of glass trade beads 

indicates its occupation after European 

contact (post–A.D. 1500). 

Between 1969–1973, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were collected from the 

surface of CA–SBA–210, located on the 

south side of Point Arguello on 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa 

Barbara County, CA, by L. Spanne, as 

part of Air Force commissioned 

archeological reconnaissance work. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Artifactual evidence indicates that 

site CA–SBA–210 was occupied 

throughout Santa Barbara prehistory 

and into the Mission Period. The age of 

the human remains is not clear. 

In 1974, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

excavated from CA–SBA–539, located 

on the south side of Honda Canyon on 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa 

Barbara County, CA, by M. Glassow, 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

under contract with the Air Force. No 

discrete burials were identified in the 

field; instead the human remains were 

identified during the examination of 

faunal materials in the laboratory. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Radiocarbon dates from site CA-SBA– 

539 indicate a Middle Period 

occupation from 930–560 B.C. 

In 1974, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

excavated from CA–SBA–551, located 

just north of Point Arguello on 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa 

Barbara County, CA, by M. Glassow, 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

under contract with the Air Force. No 

discrete burials were identified in the 

field; instead the human remains were 

identified during the examination of 

faunal material in the laboratory. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Radiocarbon dates from site CA–SBA– 

551 indicate a date of occupation from 

250 B.C.–A.D. 1260 (Middle to Late 

Periods). 

In 1974, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

excavated from CA–SBA–552, located 

on the east bank of Agua Vina Creek on 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa 

Barbara County, CA, by M. Glassow, 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

under contract with the Air Force. No 

discrete burials were identified in the 

field; instead human remains were 

identified during the examination of 

faunal materials in the laboratory. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Radiocarbon dates for site CA–SBA– 

552 suggest an early date of 5600–5150 

B.C. 

In 1974, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

excavated from CA–SBA–931, located 

near the coast northeast of Surf Railroad 

Station on Vandenberg Air Force Base, 

Santa Barbara County, CA, by M. 

Glassow, University of California, Santa 

Barbara, under contract with the Air 

Force. No discrete burials were 

identified in the field; instead human 

remains were identified during the 

examination of faunal material in the 

laboratory. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Radiocarbon dates from site CA–SBA– 

931 indicate the presence of two 

temporally distinct occupations (8860– 

9220 BP and 2460–2300 BP). 

In 1987, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from CA–SBA–225, located on 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa 

Barbara County, CA. No known 

individuals were identified. The one 

associated funerary object is an Olivella 

shell bead. 

In December 2006, Vandenberg Air 

Force professional staff conducted an 

inspection of its archeological collection 

that is curated at the Repository for 

Archaeological and Ethnographic 

Collections, University of California, 

Santa Barbara. The human remains 

described in this notice were removed 

from archeological sites located on 

Vandenberg Air Force Base during 

excavations and recoveries conducted 

between 1969 and 1987. In 2007, 

Vandenberg Air Force contracted with a 

Physical Anthropologist from the 

University of California, Santa Barbara 

to conduct osteological tests and 

inventory human remains at the 

Repository. Tests proved that the human 

remains were Native American. In 2008, 

the associated funerary object described 

in this notice was identified. Additional 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects removed 

from Vandenberg Air Force Base 

between 1991 and 1994, and curated at 

the Repository have been described in a 

Notice of Intended Disposition 

published in 2008. 

Consultation evidence from 

representatives of the Santa Ynez 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California, supports 

the determination of the human remains 

as Native American, and that the 

removals were from sites that are known 

Chumash cultural sites predating 

contact with the Spanish. Also 

consistent with pre-contact Chumash 

burials are the associated funerary 

object described in this notice, and the 

others removed during the 1991–1994 

excavations. Based on archeological, 

osteological, and consultation evidence, 

officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base 

have reasonably determined the human 

remains to have a shared group 

relationship with the Santa Ynez 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California. 

Officials at Vandenberg Air Force 

Base have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human 

remains described above represent the 

physical remains of 13 individuals of 

Native American ancestry. Officials at 

Vandenberg Air Force Base also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(A), the one object described 

above is 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. Lastly, officials at 

Vandenberg Air Force Base 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 

associated funerary object and the Santa 

Ynez Chumash Mission Indians of the 

Santa Ynez Reservation, California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact Beth McWaters-Bjorkman, 30 

CES/CEVNC, 1028 Iceland Ave., 

Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA 93437– 

6010, telephone (805) 606–0533, before 

March 4, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object to the Santa Ynez Chumash 

Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 

Reservation, California may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Vandenberg Air Force Base is 

responsible for notifying the Santa Ynez 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California that this 

notice has been published. 


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Dated: December 31, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–2117 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Binghamton University, State 

University of New York, Binghamton, 

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 and associated funerary objects 

in the possession of Binghamton 

University, State University of New 

York, Binghamton, NY. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Susquehanna 

Valley, Delaware 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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Binghamton 

University, State University of New 

York professional staff in consultation 

with representatives of the Delaware 

Nation, Oklahoma; Oneida Nation of 

New York; Oneida Tribe of Indians of 

Wisconsin; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, 

New York (formerly the St. Regis Band 

of Mohawk Indians of New York); and 

Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group. 

In 1974, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the vicinity of the Sidney 

Airport site (SUBi–094) in Delaware 

County, NY. The human remains were 

uncovered during construction of the 

Interstate–88 highway. An individual, 

named Robert Dann (possibly a 

construction worker), gave the human 

remains to archeologists who were 

working nearby at the Sidney Airport 

site. No known individuals were 

identified. The 50 associated funerary 

objects are 45 pottery sherds (FS 377– 

01), 3 hammerstones (FS 377–03), 1 

pitted stone (FS 377–04), and 1 worked 

stone (FS 377–08). 

The artifacts are determined to be 

associated funerary objects based on 

museum records. A note in the files of 

the Public Archaeology Facility states 

that these artifacts were from the burial 

pit, supporting a determination that the 

human remains are Native American. 

The pottery is culturally unidentifiable, 

although classified as Owasco 

Herringbone, Kelso Corded, Castle Creek 

Incised, Castle Creek Beaded, and Oak 

Hill Corded (A.D. 1100–1450). Based on 

the pottery, the officials of Binghamton 

University cannot demonstrate that the 

people represented in this collection 

had a shared cultural identity with the 

Mohawk or any other present-day 

Indian Tribe. However, there is probably 

a general relationship to early regional 

groups, some of whom later became 

known as the Haudenosaunee 

Confederacy, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group. 

Officials of Binghamton University 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of 

Binghamton University also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(A), the 50 objects described 

above 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. Lastly, officials of 

Binghamton University have 

determined that, 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. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee) is 

responsible for recommending specific 

actions for disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. On 

August 3, 2007, the Mohawk Nation 

Council of Chiefs and Saint Regis 

Mohawk Tribe submitted a request to 

Binghamton University for disposition 

of the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

from the Sidney Airport site. The 

Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs and 

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe have stated 

that they have a responsibility for caring 

for the human remains of any Native 

American ancestors buried within their 

historical aboriginal territory. On 

September 19, 2007, Binghamton 

University petitioned the Review 

Committee concerning the Mohawk’s 

request for disposition of the 

individuals and associated funerary 

objects determined to be ‘‘culturally 

unidentifiable.’’ Included in the petition 

were letters of concurrence from the 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Oneida 

Nation of New York; and Oneida Tribe 

of Indians of Wisconsin. 

The Review Committee considered 

the request at its October 15–16, 2007 

meeting and recommended disposition 

of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the St. Regis 

Mohawk Tribe, New York, as the 

aboriginal occupant of the area 

encompassing the Sidney Airport site. A 

November 28, 2007 letter on behalf of 

the Secretary of the Interior from the 

Designated Federal Official, transmitted 

the authorization for the university to 

effect disposition of the culturally 

unidentifiable individuals to the St. 

Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York 

contingent on the publication of a 

Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register. This notice fulfills 

that requirement. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and/ 

or associated funerary objects should 

contact Nina M. Versaggi, Public 

Archaeology Facility, Binghamton 

University, Binghamton, NY 13902– 

6000, telephone (607) 777–4786, before 

March 4, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains and/or associated 

funerary objects to the Saint Regis 

Mohawk Tribe, New York, on behalf of 

themselves and the Mohawk Nation 

Council of Chiefs, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

Binghamton University is responsible 

for notifying the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Oneida Nation of New York; 

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; 

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York; 

and Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, 

a non-Federally recognized Indian 

group that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: December 18, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Binghamton University, State 

University of New York, Binghamton, 

NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 


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