56484 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 186 / Tuesday, September 27, 2005 / Notices 

History, Chicago, IL; Logan Museum of 

Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, 

WI; Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 

University of New Mexico, 

Albuquerque, NM; Museum of New 

Mexico, Museum of Indian Arts and 

Culture, Santa Fe, NM; Ohio Historical 

Society, Columbus, OH; Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; 

University of Texas at Austin, Texas 

Memorial Museum, Austin, TX; and 

Western New Mexico University 

Museum, Silver City, NM. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Gila National 

Forest, Catron 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. 

This notice corrects the number of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects reported in a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on July 22, 1998 (FR Doc 98–

19536, pages 39293–39294) and in a 

subsequently corrected Notice of 

Inventory Completion published in the 

Federal Register on August 3, 2005 (FR 

Doc 05–15316, pages 44686–44687). In 

August 2005, the Field Museum of 

Natural History, Chicago, IL, reexamined the human remains and 

associated funerary objects taken from 

nine sites in the Gila National Forest, 

Catron County, NM. In light of the 

findings from the re-examination, the 

original notice of inventory, as well as 

the previously corrected notice of 

inventory are amended to include 

additions to the minimum number of 

individuals. 

This notice corrects the July 22, 1998, 

Notice of Inventory Completion, by 

substituting the following paragraph for 

paragraph five: 

Between 1935 and 1955, human 

remains representing 79 individuals 

were recovered from SU site, Oak 

Springs Pueblo, Tularosa Cave, Apache 

Creek Pueblo, Turkey Foot Ridge site, 

Wet Leggett Pueblo, Three Pines Pueblo, 

and South Leggett Pueblo by Dr. Paul 

Martin of the Field Museum of Natural 

History, Chicago, IL. The human 

remains are currently in the possession 

of the Field Museum of Natural History. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The 56 associated funerary objects 

include ceramic vessels and sherds, 

stone and shell jewelry, stone and bone 

tools, and projectile points. 

The following paragraphs are 

substituted for paragraphs 27 and 28: 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila 

National Forest have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 190 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Gila National Forest also have 

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

3001 (3)(A), the 256 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 the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Gila 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 

associated funerary objects and the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Southwestern Region, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, 333 Broadway Boulevard, SE, 

Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone 

(505) 842–3238, before October 27, 

2005. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Gila National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 29, 2005. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–19265 Filed 9–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Homestead 

National Monument of America, 

Beatrice, NE 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, 

Homestead National Monument of 

America, Beatrice, NE, that meet the 

definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary 

objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 superintendent, Homestead 

National Monument of America. 

The first two items are a string of ten 

beads and an arrowhead. The catalog 

card states that the beads came from a 

burial ground on the White Mountain 

Reservation in Arizona in 1898. A 

catalog card accompanying the beads 

states that they were donated to the 

Beatrice Museum by Paul S. Mayerhoff. 

Park museum records state that the 

string of ten beads and the arrowhead 

came into the park collection from an 

unknown source in 1964. However, the 

monument staff believe that they were 

in fact donated as part of the MayerhoffDietz collection that was donated in 

1948 and cataloged in 1989. 

The third item is a set of 224 beads 

strung together on a wire. These beads 

are very similar to those described 

above. Accompanying the string of 224 

beads is a note card that reads, ‘‘Indian 

Beads from an Indian Burial Ground, 

White Mountain Reservation, 1898, 

Arizona.’’ These beads are part of the 

Mayerhoff-Dietz collection that was 

donated in 1948 and cataloged in 1989. 

Officials of Homestead National 

Monument of America have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), 

the three cultural items 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 and 

are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. Officials of Homestead 

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National Monument of America 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 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Mark Engler, 

Superintendent, Homestead National 

Monument of America, 8523 W. State 

Highway 4, Beatrice, NE 68310, 

telephone (402) 223–3514 before 

October 27, 2005. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Homestead National Monument of 

America is responsible for notifying the 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 29, 2005. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–19266 Filed 9–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

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 and associated funerary objects 

in the possession of the New York State 

Museum, Albany, NY. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Fulton and 

Montgomery Counties, 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 New York State 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Akwesasne Library & Museum; Mohawk 

Nation Council of Chiefs, Akwesasne; 

and St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians 

of New York. 

In 1925, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the Sand Hill site, NYSM 

Site #1191, approximately 1.25 miles 

northwest of Fort Plain, Minden 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

New York State Museum staff. The 

human remains were encountered 

during construction of Route 5S and 

removed from burials during salvage 

excavations. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Three separate components are 

represented at the Sand Hill site. The 

earliest component dates to the Oak Hill 

Phase (A.D. 1300–1400). The middle 

component dates to the historic period 

based on diagnostic artifacts and could 

be the Mohawk village of Cawaoge, 

visited by Harmen Meyndertsen Van 

den Bogaert in A.D. 1634–1635. The 

latest component is also historic and 

dates to the 18th century. The human 

remains accessioned into the New York 

State Museum from this site were not 

associated with a specific occupational 

component although the presence of 

brass trade kettles suggests the human 

remains date to one of the historic 

components. Brass trade kettles are 

noted in museum records as artifacts 

that avocational archeologists had 

collected at the site. These items are not 

in the possession of New York State 

Museum. 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Otstungo site (also known as Cnj 1–1), 

NYSM Site #1156, in Minden 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

avocational archeologist James R. 

Burggraf. The fragmentary human 

remains were found on the rear slope of 

the site. In 1994, the New York State 

Museum acquired the human remains 

from Mr. Burggraf’s estate. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

The Otstungo site is a large, palisaded 

village site located on a steep ridge 

above Otstungo Creek. Recent 

investigations identified evidence of at 

least ten longhouses, a ditch, and a 

palisade. Radiocarbon dates, pottery 

analyses, and the lack of European trade 

goods at the site suggests the Otstungo 

site is characteristic of the Chance 

Phase, A.D. 1450–1525. 

In 1935, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Frank Jenks Farm, St. 

Johnsville Township, Montgomery 

County, NY, by unknown persons. The 

human remains were given to Ms. May 

L. Youker, historian of St. Johnsville. 

Ms. Youker donated the human remains 

to the New York State Museum later 

that same year (Accession No. 

A1935.64). No known individual was 

identified. The two associated funerary 

objects are one brass kettle and one 

portion of a small castellated ceramic 

pot. 

The nature of the site, whether 

habitation or cemetery, is unknown. The 

style of the pot found in the burial is 

typical of the post-European contact 

period manufacture and is similar to 

ceramics from other Mohawk sites 

dating to the early 17th century. The 

flange on the brass kettle also dates the 

burial to A.D. 1610–1620. 

In 1932 or 1933, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were removed from the Oak 

Hill site (also known as Cnj 2–1), NYSM 

Site #1186, near Fort Plain in Minden 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

unknown persons. In 2000, the human 

remains were acquired by the New York 

State Museum from an anonymous 

donor. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Oak Hill site is a multicomponent site comprised of a village 

area with three associated cemeteries. 

The Oak Hill site has been dated to circa 

A.D. 1635–1646, based on reports of 

diagnostic artifacts found at the site and 

in some of the burials, such as pottery 

vessels, kaolin pipe fragments, and glass 

beads. These items are not in the 

possession of New York State Museum. 

In 1935 and 1947, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from the 

Jackson-Everson site, St. Johnsville 

Township, Montgomery County, NY, by 

Donald Lenig and Earl Casler. In 1950, 

Mr. Lenig donated the human remains 

to the New York State Museum. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Jackson-Everson site was a 

habitation site and cemetery. The 

Euroamerican objects from the site 

suggest that the site was inhabited circa 

A.D. 1655–1679. Analysis of ceramics 

from the site suggests that the resident 

population was probably Huron. This 

evidence suggests that the site was 

inhabited by Attignawantan Huron 

immigrants who were persuaded to 

move to the Mohawk Valley after the 

destruction of their confederacy in 1650 

by the Iroquois. By 1779, the Huron had 

long been assimilated into Mohawk 

culture and had traveled with them to 

Canada or to the south side of the Saint 

Lawrence River, and are represented