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Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 

(previously listed as the St. Regis Band 

of Mohawk Indians of New York); 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as the Seneca Nation of New 

York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation 

(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously 

listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York); and Tuscarora 

Nation that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 9, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16924 Filed 8–7–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025950; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Binghamton University, State 

University of New York, Binghamton, 

NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Binghamton University 

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 a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Binghamton University. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Binghamton University at 

the address in this notice by September 

7, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Nina M. Versaggi, Public 

Archaeology Facility, Binghamton 

University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, 

NY 13902–6000, telephone (607) 777– 

478, email nversagg@binghamton.edu. 

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 

Binghamton University, Binghamton, 

NY. The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Comfort Site, Town of Chenango, 

Broome 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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Binghamton 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Cayuga Nation; Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

Oneida Nation (previously listed as the 

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); 

Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed 

as the Oneida Nation of New York); 

Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk 

Tribe (previously listed as the St. Regis 

Band of Mohawk Indians of New York); 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as the Seneca Nation of New 

York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation 

(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously 

listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York); and Tuscarora 

Nation. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1971, human remains representing 

a minimum of nine individuals were 

removed from the Comfort site in the 

Town of Chenango, Broome County, 

NY. The site was excavated by 

professional and avocational 

archeologists during construction of a 

rest area associated with I–81. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

143 associated funerary objects include: 

22 pieces of shell, one cord-marked 

unidentified body sherd, one plain 

unidentified body sherd, seven pieces of 

shell, one chert knife, seven chert waste 

flakes, one retouched chert flake, one 

Sackett corded rim sherd, four bear 

teeth, 20 pieces of shell, one chert waste 

flake, one chert chunk, 21 shell beads, 

one crinoid fossil bead, three copper 

cones, one incised rim sherd, one piece 

of shell, one shell bead, one piece of 

wood, three chert waste flakes, one 

chert flake, one clay pipe bowl 

fragment, one bone awl, two 

hammerstones, one chert chunk, two 

chert waste flakes, one retouched/ 

utilized flake, three eroded pottery 

sherds, two pieces of unworked bird 

bone, 22 pieces of shell, one worked 

animal bone, and seven pieces of animal 

bone. 

A bioarcheologist and archeologist 

from Binghamton University 

determined that the human remains 

were Native American. No known 

individuals were identified. 

Archaological information includes a 

radiocarbon date obtained from charred 

plant material from one burial which 

produced a date of A.D. 1130, plus or 

minus 150 years. Additional 

archeological information from the 

pottery showed that the dates could 

range from A.D. 1070–1400 and recent 

radiometric dating of material from nonburial features indicates a date range of 

A.D. 1250 through A.D. 1400. 

Historically, the Comfort site was part of 

the eighteenth century string of villages 

known as Otsiningo, an Oneida and 

Onondaga community that later 

accepted Native American refugees. 

Haudenosaunee oral tradition states 

that, as The People of the Long House, 

they are affiliated culturally, spiritually, 

biologically, and personally to the 

ancestors located within their 

traditional aboriginal territories. This 

connection is also based upon cultural 

practices, language, and the philosophy 

of respect for those ancestors that have 

passed. This evidence supports a 

relationship of shared group identity 

which can reasonably be traced between 

the Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarora 

Nations and the human remains and 

associated funerary objects, removed 

from the Comfort site as this location is 

within the traditional aboriginal 

territory of the Oneida, Onondaga, and 

Tuscarora Nations. Similarly, the 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma and the 

Delaware Tribe of Indians recognize that 

they have a territorial connection to, 

and cultural affiliation with, sites 

located in Broome County, New York. 


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Determinations Made by the 

Binghamton University 

Officials of the Binghamton 

University have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of nine 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 166 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), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; Oneida 

Nation (previously listed as the Oneida 

Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida 

Indian Nation (previously listed as the 

Oneida Nation of New York); Onondaga 

Nation; and Tuscarora Nation. 

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 Nina M. Versaggi, Public 

Archaeology Facility, Binghamton 

University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, 

NY 13902–6000, telephone (607) 777– 

478, email nversagg@binghamton.edu, 

by September 7, 2018. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; Oneida 

Nation (previously listed as the Oneida 

Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida 

Indian Nation (previously listed as the 

Oneida Nation of New York); Onondaga 

Nation; and Tuscarora Nation may 

proceed. 

The Binghamton University is 

responsible for notifying the Cayuga 

Nation; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; Oneida 

Nation (previously listed as the Oneida 

Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Oneida 

Indian Nation (previously listed as the 

Oneida Nation of New York); Onondaga 

Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 

(previously listed as the St. Regis Band 

of Mohawk Indians of New York); 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as the Seneca Nation of New 

York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation 

(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma); Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously 

listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York); and Tuscarora 

Nation that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 9, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16925 Filed 8–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–

NPS0025915;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14

.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, 

NM 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Albuquerque Museum 

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 a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Albuquerque Museum. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Albuquerque Museum at 

the address in this notice by September 

7, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Deb Slaney, History 

Curator, Albuquerque Museum, 2000 

Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 

87104 telephone (505) 243–7255, email 

dslaney@cabq.gov. 

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 

Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, 

NM. The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Mesa Prieta, King Ranch, Rio Puerco 

Valley, Sandoval County, NM; the 

Deming, Luna County, NM; and Jemez 

Pueblo, 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 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 Albuquerque 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Cochiti, New Mexico; and Pueblo of 

Santa Clara, New Mexico. The Kewa 

Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed 

as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay 

Owingeh, New Mexico (previously 

listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo 

of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos; 

Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur 

Pueblo (previously listed as the Ysleta 

Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico were contacted and invited to 

consult, but did not participate. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1967–1968, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from Prieta 

Vista Pueblo in Sandoval County, NM. 

The human remains were excavated by 

Eastern New Mexico University in 

collaboration with the Albuquerque 

Archaeological Society in 1967–1968, 

and donated by the AAS to the 

Albuquerque Museum in 1977. Burial 

#1, PC1977.34.73, belongs to a two to 

four year old child, who was buried 

(with associated lithic debris) under a 


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