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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– 

4786, 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 

Chenango 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 

Sometime before 1975, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 

three individuals were removed from an 

unknown site in Chenango County, NY, 

possibly the Bates Site. An unknown 

individual donated the human remains 

to the Greene Middle School in the 

Town of Greene, Chenango County, NY 

in 1975. According to the teacher 

interviewed, the human remains came 

from an area that is near (or overlaps) 

the previously recorded Bates site, a 

Late Woodland settlement. The Greene 

Middle School gave the human remains 

to Binghamton University. No known 

individuals were identified. There are 

no associated funerary objects. 

A bioarchaeologist and archaeologist 

from Binghamton University 

determined that the human remains 

were Native American. Archeological 

information from the Bates site includes 

Canandaigua Phase (Sackett Corded) 

pottery and radiocarbon dates that 

cluster around A.D. 1190. 

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 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 and the human 

remains removed from Chenango 

County, as this location is within the 

traditional aboriginal territory of the 

Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarora 

Nations. 

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 three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 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– 

4786, 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 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. 2018–16922 Filed 8–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025953; 

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 


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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 

Thomas Lucky Site (SUBi-888), Town of 

Ashland, Chemung 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 1994–1995, following consultation 

with a chief from the Onondaga Nation, 

human remains representing two 

individuals were removed from the 

Thomas Lucky site in Town of Elmira, 

Chemung County, NY, by the 

Binghamton University field school. 

One associated funerary object, a broken 

white bone bead, was found with the 

human remains. 

A bioarcheologist and archeologist 

from Binghamton University 

determined that the human remains 

were Native American. No known 

individuals were identified. 

Archeological information shows that 

two longhouses were present at the site, 

one with AMS dates extending from 

A.D. 1300 to 1450 and one with dates 

extending into the A.D. 1600s. Pottery at 

the site supports this continuous span of 

land use. This region was home to 

Delaware communities during the 

eighteenth century, and both the 

Delaware and Seneca engaged in 

Revolutionary War battles fought nearby 

as part of the Sullivan-Clinton 

campaign. 

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 Cayuga Nation of New York; Seneca 

Nation of New York; Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma; and Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York 

and the human remains removed from 

the Thomas Luckey site, as this location 

is within the traditional aboriginal 

territory of the Cayuga Nation; 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); and Tonawanda Band of 

Seneca (previously listed as the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York). Similarly, the Delaware 

Nation, Oklahoma and Delaware Tribe 

of Indians recognize that they have a 

territorial connection to, and cultural 

affiliation with, sites located in 

Chemung County in New York. 

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 two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

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. 

• 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 Cayuga Nation; Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

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); and Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca (previously listed as the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York). 

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 Cayuga Nation; Delaware 

Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of 

Indians; 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); and Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca (previously listed as the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York) 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 


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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] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

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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