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Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California. 

Officials of the California Department 

of Parks and Recreation 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 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation 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 Campo Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 

Reservation, California; Capitan Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California; Cuyapaipe Community of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the 

Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; Inaja 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, 

California; Jamul Indian Village of 

California; La Posta Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian 

Reservation, California; Manzanita Band 

of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 

Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, 

California; San Pasqual Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of California; 

Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, 

California; Sycuan Band of the 

Kumeyaay Nation; and Viejas (Baron 

Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Rebecca Carruthers, 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, 

CA 95814, telephone (916) 653–8893, 

before May 4, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Campo Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 

Indian Reservation, California; Capitan 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California; Cuyapaipe 

Community of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Cuyapaipe Reservation, 

California; Inaja Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit 

Reservation, California; Jamul Indian 

Village of California; La Posta Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the La 

Posta Indian Reservation, California; 

Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, 

California; Mesa Grande Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa 

Grande Reservation, California; San 

Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California; Santa Ysabel Band 

of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 

Santa Ysabel Reservation, California; 

Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; 

and Viejas (Baron Long) Group of 

Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians 

of the Viejas Reservation, California may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The California Department of Parks 

and Recreation is responsible for 

notifying the Campo Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 

Reservation, California; Capitan Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California; Cuyapaipe Community of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the 

Cuyapaipe Reservation, California; Inaja 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, 

California; Jamul Indian Village of 

California; La Posta Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian 

Reservation, California; Manzanita Band 

of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 

Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, 

California; San Pasqual Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of California; 

Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Santa Ysabel Reservation, 

California; Sycuan Band of the 

Kumeyaay Nation; and Viejas (Baron 

Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: March 18, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–7402 Filed 4–1–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York State Museum, Albany, 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 State Museum, Albany, NY. The 

human remains were removed from the 

Engelbert site, Tioga 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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the New York 

State Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Cayuga Nation of New York; Delaware 

Tribe (part of the Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma); Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Oneida Tribe of Indians of 

Wisconsin; Oneida Nation of New York; 

Onondaga Nation of New York; Saint 

Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York 

(formerly the St. Regis Mohawk Band of 

Mohawk Indians of New York); Seneca 

Nation of New York; Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York; 

and Tuscarora Nation of New York. 

In 1967 and 1968, human remains 

representing a minimum of 188 

individuals were removed from the 

Engelbert site in Tioga County, NY, 

during gravel mining for construction of 

the Southern Tier Expressway (Rt. 17). 

Initial assessment of the site was done 

by Dr. Robert E. Funk of the New York 

State Museum in 1967, with excavation 

and recovery conducted in 1967 by 

students from the State University of 

New York (SUNY) at Buffalo under the 

direction of Dr. Marian E. White. In 

1967 and 1968, additional archeological 

excavations were directed by Dr. 

William D. Lipe of SUNY-Binghamton 

over two field seasons with the 

assistance of members of the Triple 

Cities Chapter of the New York State 

Archeological Association, students 

from SUNY-Binghamton, and local 

volunteers. The excavations were 

funded in part by the New York State 

Museum. In 1967, the human remains 

were placed under the control of the 

Triple Cities Chapter of the New York 

State Archeological Association. In 

1968, they were transferred to SUNYBinghamton. In 1989, a minimum of 180 

individuals were transferred to the New 

York State Museum for curation, while 

the associated funerary objects remained 

under the physical possession and 

control of SUNY-Binghamton. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are under 

the control of the New York State 

Museum. 

The archeological evidence 

demonstrates that the Engelbert site is a 

large, multicomponent habitation site 

that was used intermittently over a 

period of about 5,000 years. The site 

was also used as a burial site during at 

least two different periods – about A.D. 

1000 to the 1400s, and the late 1500s to 

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possibly the early 1600s. The later 

burials are few in number. 

Archeological evidence associated with 

the earlier burials, including diagnostic 

pottery and projectile point types, is 

similar across a broad geographic region 

that later was occupied by both 

Iroquoian– and Algonquian–speaking 

people. 

Pottery types associated with the later 

burials at the site are typical of 

Susquehannock people who occupied 

the Susquehanna River Valley in New 

York and Pennsylvania, while 17th 

century historical records indicate that 

Susquehannock people were living in 

the area where the site is located until 

at least A.D. 1600. After the 

Susquehannock were greatly reduced by 

disease and warfare, they lived among a 

number of Indian Nations including 

Haudenosaunee and Delaware 

communities. Historical records and 

Haudenosaunee oral tradition show that 

individuals and groups, including the 

Susquehannock, were adopted into the 

Confederacy during this time. The 

Haudenosaunee Confederacy includes 

the six Nations: Mohawk, Oneida, 

Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and 

Tuscarora Nations. 

Based on expert opinion, namely the 

findings and recommendations of the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Review Committee (Review 

Committee) made during the October 

11–12, 2008 meeting in San Diego, CA, 

and published in the Federal Register 

(74 FR 9427–9428, March 4, 2009), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity between the human remains 

from the Engelbert site and the 

Federally-recognized Onondaga Nation 

of New York, and the Haudenosaunee 

Confederacy, a non–Federally 

recognized Indian group for the 

purposes of NAGPRA. 

Written and verbal support for 

repatriation to the Onondaga Nation 

were received from the Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York; 

Oneida Nation of New York; Tuscarora 

Nation of New York; Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 

Delaware Tribe (part of the Cherokee 

Nation, Oklahoma); Cayuga Nation of 

New York; Oneida Tribe of Indians of 

Wisconsin; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, 

New York; and Seneca Nation of New 

York. 

Officials of the New York State 

Museum have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 180 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the New York State 

Museum also have determined that, 

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

findings of the Review Committee, there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Federally-recognized 

Onondaga Nation of New York, and the 

Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a non– 

Federally recognized Indian group for 

the purposes of NAGPRA. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

Nation or tribe that believes itself to be 

culturally affiliated with the human 

remains should contact Lisa Anderson, 

New York State Museum, 3049 Cultural 

Education Center, Albany, NY 12330, 

telephone (518) 486–2020, before May 4, 

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 New York State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Cayuga 

Nation of New York; Delaware Tribe 

(part of the Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma); Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Oneida Tribe of Indians of 

Wisconsin; Oneida Nation of New York; 

Onondaga Nation of New York; Saint 

Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York; Seneca 

Nation of New York; Seneca–Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York; 

and Tuscarora Nation of New York that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: March 25, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–7404 Filed 4–1–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Idaho, Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology, Moscow, 

ID 

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 and control of the 

University of Idaho, Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology, Moscow, 

ID. The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Park and Treasure Counties, MT. 

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 University of 

Idaho, Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Crow Tribe of Montana. 

On July 30, 1961, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were removed along a cliff 

ledge on the property of Douglas and 

James Mouat (24TE0401), also known as 

Mouat Cliff Burial site, Treasure County, 

MT, during excavations by the Billings 

Archaeological Society. Prior to the 

excavation by the Billings 

Archaeological Society, the Mouat 

family discovered the burials and 

contacted the Society to document and 

excavate them. The human remains 

were cataloged by the Billings 

Archaeological Society. The human 

remains were then transferred to the 

University of Idaho, Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology for further 

inventory. No known individuals were 

identified. The 558 associated funerary 

objects are 220 beads, 26 lots of beads, 

7 clothing items, 47 pieces of cloth, 12 

pieces of leather, 5 pipes, 2 bows, 2 

modified sticks, 1 bottle, 1 toy, 11 

buttons, 26 bracelets, 15 pieces of 

ornamental metal, 134 pieces of 

miscellaneous metal, 13 non-human 

osteological elements, 19 mats of hair, 2 

pieces of shell, 2 lots of feathers, 1 

tobacco leaf, 2 minerals, 1 lithic artifact, 

and 9 ecofacts. 

The inventory of the associated 

funerary items and human remains was 

conducted by the University of Idaho by 

cross-matching existing documents, 

materials, and human remains. Historic, 

ethnographic, and legal documents were 

consulted to determine the cultural 

affiliation of this collection. Based on 

this information, the officials of the 

University of Idaho, Laboratory of 

Anthropology reasonably believe that 

the human remains are culturally 

affiliated to the Crow Tribe of Montana. 

Before April 1968, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Bullis Creek Burial (24PA0503), Park 

County, MT, during excavations by 

Larry Lahren. No known individual was 

identified. The 43 associated funerary 

objects are 8 lots of beads, 14 nonhuman osteological elements, 2 mats of 

hair, 4 bracelets, 1 miscellaneous piece 

of metal, 3 pieces of cloth, 2 clothing 

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