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of Kumeyaay Indians, 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 (formerly the Sycuan 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California); and Viejas (Baron Long) 

Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California. 

Officials of the San Diego 

Archaeological Center have determined 

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

the 245 cultural items are specific 

ceremonial objects needed by traditional 

Native American religious leaders for 

the practice of traditional Native 

American religions by their present-day 

adherents. Officials of the San Diego 

Archaeological Center 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 sacred 

objects and the Kumeyaay Nation, 

represented by the Barona Group of 

Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians 

of the Barona Reservation, California; 

Campo Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of the Campo Indian 

reservation, California; Capitan Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of 

Kumeyaay Indians, 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 sacred objects should 

contact Cindy Stankowski, San Diego 

Archaeological Center, 16666 San 

Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 

92027–7001, telephone 760–291–0370, 

before November 6, 2008. Repatriation 

of the sacred objects to the Kumeyaay 

Nation, on behalf of the Barona Group 

of Capitan Grande Band of Mission 

Indians of the Barona Reservation, 

California; Campo Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 

reservation, California; Capitan Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California; Ewiiaapaayp Band of 

Kumeyaay Indians, 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 San Diego Archaeological Center 

is responsible for notifying the Barona 

Group of Capitan Grande Band of 

Mission Indians of the Barona 

Reservation, California; Campo Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 

Indian reservation, California; Capitan 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of California; Ewiiaapaayp Band 

of Kumeyaay Indians, 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: July 22, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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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 and associated funerary objects 

in the possession of the New York State 

Museum, Albany, NY. The human 

remains were removed from Livingston, 

Monroe, and Ontario 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 

Seneca Nation of New York, SenecaCayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, and 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York. 

In 1911, human remains representing 

a minimum of 17 individuals were 

removed during excavations at the Tram 

Site (NYSM site No. 1037), Livonia 

Township, Livingston County, NY, by 

Everett R. Burmaster and Arthur C. 

Parker, New York State Museum staff. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The 38 associated funerary objects are 2 

brass or copper bracelets, 15 plum pits, 

fragments of 2 ceramic vessels, 1 steatite 

sherd, 1 sample of hematite, 1 antler 

flaker, 1 chert end scraper, 1 chert core, 

1 string of discoidal and tubular shell 

beads, 1 abrading stone, 3 bone awls, 3 

antler pins, 5 unmodified shells, and 1 

worked bone square. 

Archeological and ethnohistoric 

evidence used to reconstruct a sequence 

of historic Seneca village movements 

identifies the Tram Site as an early 

historic Seneca site dating to circa A.D. 

1580–1600. It is a large palisaded village 

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site with at least two associated 

cemeteries. 

At an unknown time, but prior to 

1916, human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Richmond Mills, also 

known as the Reed Fort site, in the 

Town of Richmond, Ontario County, 

NY, by George R. Mills. Mr. Mills sold 

the human remains to Ward’s Natural 

Scientific Establishment, as part of a 

larger collection. In 1916, the New York 

State Museum purchased the human 

remains from Ward’s Natural Scientific 

Establishment. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown time, but prior to 

1918, human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Richmond Mills site 

in the Town of Richmond, Ontario 

County, NY, by an unknown individual. 

In 1918, the New York State Museum 

purchased the human remains, as part 

of a larger collection, from Alvin H. 

Dewey. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Archeological evidence, including 

pottery, removed during excavations at 

the Richmond Mills site, but not in the 

possession of the New York State 

Museum, indicates that the site was a 

habitation site and was occupied circa 

A.D. 1450–1550. Analysis of pottery 

styles indicates that the site was 

inhabited during a time when the 

Seneca and Cayuga cultural groups were 

developing distinct tribal identities 

while maintaining close social ties. The 

presence of Richmond Incised pottery is 

indicative of stylistic continuity with 

later Seneca sites as well as affinities 

with contemporary settlements in the 

Cayuga homeland. 

At an unknown time, but prior to 

1918, human remains representing a 

minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the Marsh site in the 

Town of East Bloomfield, Ontario 

County, NY, by Harrison C. Follett. In 

1918, the New York State Museum 

purchased the human remains, as part 

of a larger collection, from Alvin H. 

Dewey. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Marsh Site is the location of 

Gandagan, also known as Gandagaro, a 

large eastern Seneca village and 

cemetery, occupied circa A.D. 1655– 

1675. Gandagan was the site of St. 

Jacques, the third mission established 

by the Jesuits among the Seneca. The 

residents of this community, along with 

the mission, subsequently moved to 

Boughton Hill, where it was known by 

the same Seneca and mission names. 

In 1919 and 1920, human remains 

representing a minimum of 23 

individuals were removed from the 

Boughton Hill site (NYSM Site ι 1384) 

in Victor Township, Ontario County, 

NY, during excavations by Arthur C. 

Parker and Everett R. Burmaster, New 

York State Museum staff (Accession 

Nos. A1919.50 and 1920.50). Many of 

the burials had been previously 

disturbed, the field notes were brief, and 

the human remains and objects were 

poorly labeled. No known individuals 

were identified. The 94 associated 

funerary objects are 1 pottery effigy 

pipe; 7 pottery pipe stem fragments; 1 

iron adze; 1 iron axe; 1 musket barrel 

with fragments of the ramrod and 

ramrod pipe; 2 smoothing stones; 

fragments of a wooden bowl; fragments 

of a bark bowl; fragments of a woven 

bark mat; 1 wooden spoon containing 

squash seeds; 3 brass kettles; 20 brass 

fragments; 2 iron knife blades; 9 

botanical samples (e.g., seeds); 9 

samples of hide, bark, and textile; 10 

faunal remains; 3 bear canines; 1 bone 

comb; 1 bone bead; 15 glass, shell, and 

catlinite beads; 3 projectile points; and 

1 sample of red ochre. 

In approximately 1670, residents of 

the Marsh site relocated to the Boughton 

Hill site to establish the second and 

better known site of St. Jacques, the 

third Jesuit mission established among 

the Seneca, and the Seneca village of 

Gannagaro. The village also appears in 

two contemporary documents with a 

Seneca name meaning ‘‘basswood 

place.’’ The village was inhabited from 

circa A.D. 1655 until 1687, when it was 

destroyed during the French Campaign 

of Denonville. The Boughton Hill site is 

now Ganondagan State Historic Site. 

At an unknown time, but prior to 

1918, human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Dann site, also known 

as the Ball Farm, in Mendon Township, 

Monroe County, NY, by an unknown 

individual. In 1918, the New York State 

Museum purchased the human remains, 

as part of a larger collection, from Alvin 

H. Dewey. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Dann site was the location of 

Gandachioragon, a large western Seneca 

village and cemetery, inhabited circa 

A.D. 1655–1675. Jesuit missionaries 

established the first mission among the 

Seneca, La Conception, at 

Gandachioragon. Archeologically, the 

site is also known as Totiakton II. 

Residents of the community and the 

mission relocated to Shadekaronyes, the 

Rochester Junction Site, circa A.D. 1675. 

Looting of the cemetery began soon after 

Gandachioragon was abandoned. 

At an unknown time, but prior to 

1918, human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Rochester Junction 

Site, also known as the Sheldon Farm 

site, in Mendon Township, Monroe 

County, NY, by an unknown individual. 

In 1918, the New York State Museum 

purchased the human remains, as part 

of a larger collection, from Alvin H. 

Dewey. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Rochester Junction was the location of 

a large western Seneca village and 

cemetery. In 1675, it was established by 

Jesuit missionaries and Seneca after the 

abandonment of Gandachioragon. The 

site was also known as Shadekaronyes, 

after the principal Seneca Snipe Clan 

chief who resided there. 

Archeologically, the site is also known 

as Totiakton I. The village was 

destroyed during the French Denonville 

Campaign of 1687. Looting of the 

cemetery commenced soon after the 

abandonment of the village. 

At an unknown time, but prior to 

1925, human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual were 

removed from an unknown location in 

the vicinity of Lima, Livingston County, 

NY. In 1925, the New York State 

Museum acquired the human remains. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Copper staining on the mandible 

indicates that the human remains were 

originally buried with copper objects, 

suggesting a historic date for the 

interment. Five Seneca habitation sites 

and cemeteries have been identified in 

the vicinity of Lima, NY. Seneca sites in 

the vicinity of Lima include a historic 

period Seneca settlement in the village 

of Lima; a historic period Seneca 

cemetery one mile north of Lima; Fort 

Hill in the town of Lima (Archaeological 

History of New York, Parker, 1922); 

historic period Keinthe cemetery, in the 

town of Lima; and several small fishing 

camps. It is probable that the human 

remains were removed from one of the 

settlements and/or cemeteries. 

In 1955, human remains representing 

a minimum of seven individuals were 

removed from the Kanadesaga Mound 

site, Geneva Township, Ontario, NY, 

during excavations by New York State 

Museum staff. No known individuals 

were identified. The 32 associated 

funerary objects are 3 coffin nails and 

over 10 fragments of coffin wood; 1 

strap buckle; 1 iron hoe; 5 iron fittings 

(including 1 musket side plate, 1 iron 

handle, and 3 unidentified iron 

fragments); 3 crotal bells; 1 glass bead; 

2 European clay pipe stem fragments; 

and 6 wampum beads. 

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Kanadesaga was the large eastern 

village of the Seneca dating to circa A.D. 

1754–1779, and the home of the Seneca 

chief Sayenqueraghta, known also as 

‘‘Old King’’ and ‘‘Old Smoke.’’ 

Contemporary accounts referred to 

Kanadesaga as the ‘‘Seneca Castle,’’ and 

the village’s prominence on the political 

landscape was recognized by colonial 

leaders. The settlement was the site of 

a blockhouse built on Sir William 

Johnson’s orders, which was the place 

of residence and workplace of several 

colonial blacksmiths to the Seneca, 

briefly the home of Reverend Samuel 

Kirkland, and a base for Butler’s Rangers 

during the American Revolution. The 

settlement was destroyed by the 

American Sullivan-Clinton Campaign in 

1779. In the mid–19th century, E.G. 

Squier and Lewis H. Morgan describe 

the site and associate the burial mound 

with the village’s Seneca occupants. 

Morgan reported that Indians made 

annual visits to the burial mound. 

Historical evidence and oral history 

indicates that the sites discussed above 

are located in a region that was 

occupied by the Seneca Indians from 

A.D. 1450–1779. Archeological evidence 

indicated that these sites were occupied 

during the time of Seneca occupation of 

the region. Based on historical evidence, 

oral history, and archeological evidence, 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects are identified by 

officials of the New York State Museum 

as being Seneca. Descendants of the 

Seneca are represented by the Seneca 

Nation of New York, Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma, and Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians 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 54 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the New York State 

Museum also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 

164 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 New York State Museum 

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 

Seneca Nation of New York, SenecaCayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, and 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Lisa M. Anderson, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, New York State Museum, 

3122 Cultural Education Center, Albany, 

NY 12230, telephone (518) 486–2020, 

before November 6, 2008. Repatriation 

of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Seneca Nation of 

New York, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 

Oklahoma, and Tonawanda Band of 

Seneca Indians of New York may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

New York State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Seneca 

Nation of New York, Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma, and Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

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 Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Burlington, Gloucester, and Mercer 

Counties, NJ, and Chester County, PA. 

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 culturally 

affiliated groups listed in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion published in the 

Federal Register on July 30, 2007 (FR 

Do. E7–14625, pages 41524–41525), by 

the addition of the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. After 

publication of the notice, additional 

evidence derived from historical 

information and further consultations 

with the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, led to this revised finding 

of cultural affiliation. Based on the 

additional evidence, officials of the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology have found that there is a 

relationship of shared group identity 

between the Delaware people (from 

Middle Woodland through Historic 

period) and the Munsee Delaware 

people who are represented by the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. Descendants of the Delaware 

people are represented by the Cherokee 

Nation, Oklahoma, on behalf of the 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; Delaware 

Nation, Oklahoma; and Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin. 

In the Federal Register of July 30, 

2007, paragraph numbers 20 and 21 are 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraphs: 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of 19 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 16 

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 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology 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 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, on behalf 

of the Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; and 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Patricia Capone, Repatriation 

Coordinator, Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, before November 6, 2008. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, on behalf 

of the Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; and 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

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