Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 22, 2009 / Notices 48289 

Dated: September 8, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–22778 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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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 Hempstead County, 

AR. 

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 Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma and Osage Nation, Oklahoma. 

In 1916, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the Ozan 5 Site (3HE59), 

Hempstead County, AR, by Mark 

Harrington, as part of a Museum of the 

American Indian, Heye Foundation 

expedition. In 1956, the human remains 

were transferred to Dr. Theodore 

Kazamiroff, New York University 

College of Dentistry. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum of the American Indian 

records list the locality of origin as the 

Ozan 5 Site, AR, and provide specific 

skeleton numbers, 13 and 17, for the 

human remains. These human remains 

were excavated from the ‘‘Main 

Cemetery’’ of the Ozan 5 site. The 

morphology of the human remains is 

consistent with Native American 

ancestry and the cranial remodeling 

exhibited by one individual is 

consistent with Caddoan cultural 

practices. Pottery types and burial styles 

suggest that the cemetery dates to 

sometime between A.D. 1400 and 1700. 

In 1916, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the Washington Site 

(3HE35), Hempstead County, AR, by 

Mark Harrington, as part of a Museum 

of the American Indian, Heye 

Foundation expedition. In 1956, the 

human remains were transferred to Dr. 

Theodore Kazamiroff, New York 

University College of Dentistry. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum of the American Indian 

records list the locality of origin as the 

Washington Site, AR. All three sets of 

remains were removed from Mound 10, 

with one individual removed from 

burial 90 and the remaining two 

individuals removed from burial 93. 

The morphology of the human remains 

is consistent with Native American 

ancestry and the cranial remodeling 

exhibited by two individuals is 

consistent with Caddoan mortuary 

practices. Pottery types and burial styles 

suggest that the cemetery dates to 

sometime between A.D. 1400 and 1600. 

Hempstead County is part of the 

Texarkana or Big Bend archeological 

region. Caddoan traditions identify the 

Texarkana region as part of the Caddo 

homelands and locate the point of origin 

of the Caddo people near the Red River 

or Hot Springs, in the Big Bend region. 

Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric 

phases for this area include the Belcher 

and Texarkana phases. These phases are 

associated with Caddoan-speaking 

people who became known as the 

Kadohadacho. The first historic records 

of the Kadohadocho villages in the Big 

Bend region of the Red River are from 

DeSoto’s travels in 1542. The 

Kadohadacho remained in the region 

until the late 18th century. In 1835, the 

Kadohadacho ceded their land and 

united with other Caddoan groups in 

Texas. In 1859, the Caddo relocated to 

Oklahoma. In 1938, the Caddo 

organized as the Caddo Nation under 

the Indian Reorganization Act. Support 

for the cultural relationship between 

historic Kadohadacho and pre-Contact 

sites in the Big Bend region can be seen 

in the continuity of mortuary practices. 

During consultations, Caddo 

representatives identified the burials 

from these sites as Caddo and provided 

oral tradition, ethnographic, and 

archeological evidence to support this 

identification. 

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 five 

individuals 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 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. 

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 

October 22, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and Osage 

Tribe, Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: September 8, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Syracuse University, Syracuse, 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 Syracuse 

University, Syracuse, NY. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Strato’s Grove 

site, Onondaga 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 Syracuse 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Onondaga Nation of New York. 


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48290 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 22, 2009 / Notices 

In 1967, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from Strato’s Grove site (also 

known as Strato’s Grave site), Onondaga 

County, NY, during excavations by 

James Tuck. Tuck published results 

from the excavation in his book, 

Onondaga Iroquois Prehistory (Tuck 

1971). The 19 associated funerary 

objects are 1 lot of bird bone tube beads; 

1 lot of copper fragments, shell, and 

wood; 1 gun flint; 1 spent lead shot; 1 

lot of charcoal; 1 copper pan; 2 copper 

hawks bells; 1 lot of wood; 1 lot of 

copper; 1 lot of wooden ‘‘cradle board 

fragments’’; 1 animal bone bead; 1 iron 

cutlery knife; 1 string with copper; 1 lot 

of raspberry seeds; 1 iron; 1 nail; 1 lot 

of ‘‘kettle contents’’; and 1 lot of iron 

and copper fragments (surface finds). 

In 2002, an examination of the 

collections found two finger bones in a 

bag labeled ‘‘metal ring.’’ The human 

remains were determined to be from a 

historic period Onondaga burial site. 

These human remains represent small 

fragments and do not correspond with 

the specific burials discussed in James 

Tuck’s book (1971:190). The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are determined to be affiliated with the 

present-day descendants of the 

Onondaga represented by the Onondaga 

Nation of New York. 

Officials of Syracuse 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 Syracuse 

University also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), the 19 

objects and lots of 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 Syracuse 

University 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 associated funerary objects and the 

Onondaga Nation of New York. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Douglas Armstrong, 

Archaeological Collections Facility, 

Anthropology Department, 209 Maxwell 

Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 

13244, telephone (315) 443–2405, before 

October 22, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Onondaga Nation 

of New York may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Syracuse University is 

responsible for notifying the Onondaga 

Nation of New York that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: September 8, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard 

University, Boston, MA 

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 and control of 

the Warren Anatomical Museum, 

Harvard University, Boston, MA. The 

human remains were removed from an 

unknown location. 

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 Peabody Museum 

of Archaeology and Ethnology and 

Warren Anatomical Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Cayuga Nation of 

New York; Oneida Nation of New York; 

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; 

Onondaga Nation of New York; Seneca 

Nation of New York; Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Saint Regis Mohawk 

Tribe, New York; Tonawanda Band of 

Seneca Indians of New York; and 

Tuscarora Nation of New York. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location. In 1847, the human 

remains were removed from a public 

institution in the Boston area by John 

Collins Warren, MD, and donated to the 

Warren Anatomical Museum that same 

year. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Museum documentation identifies the 

individual as ‘‘an Indian, one of the Six 

Nations,’’ suggesting that this individual 

is Iroquois. Osteological information 

suggests that this individual most likely 

dates from the Protohistoric to early 

Historic Periods. Based on museum 

records and osteological information, 

the human remains are determined to be 

Native American, and most likely 

removed from an area that was 

inhabited by at least one of the tribes of 

the Iroquois. The preponderance of 

evidence supports the cultural 

affiliation to Iroquois people, which are 

represented by the Cayuga Nation of 

New York; Oneida Nation of New York; 

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; 

Onondaga Nation of New York; Seneca 

Nation of New York; Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Saint Regis Mohawk 

Tribe, New York; Tonawanda Band of 

Seneca Indians of New York; and 

Tuscarora Nation of New York. 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology and Warren 

Anatomical Museum 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 the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology and Warren 

Anatomical Museum 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 

Cayuga Nation of New York; Oneida 

Nation of New York; Oneida Tribe of 

Indians of Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation 

of New York; Seneca Nation of New 

York; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, 

New York; Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York; and Tuscarora 

Nation of New York. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Patricia Capone, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave., 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone: (617) 

496–2047, before October 22, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Cayuga Nation of New York; Oneida 

Nation of New York; Oneida Tribe of 

Indians of Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation 

of New York; Seneca Nation of New 

York; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, 

New York; Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York; and Tuscarora 

Nation of New York may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology, Harvard University is 


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