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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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the New Jersey 

State Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Sometime after 1868, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were collected by Mr. 

Charles A. Philhower of Westfield, NJ. 

The human remains were donated to 

Rutgers University, Special Collections 

and Library and, in 1972, transferred to 

the New Jersey State Museum as a 

permanent loan. In 2010, the Philhower 

collection was permanently accessioned 

into the New Jersey State Museum. The 

human remains consist of a hair lock 

and scalp representing one male of 

indeterminate age. A note 

accompanying the scalp lock reads 

‘‘Taken from the head of a Pawnee 

Indian by an Indian wagon driver, 

Alapthe, along the old Santa Fe Trail 

near Wagon Mound in the center of New 

Mexico, year 1868.’’ No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the New Jersey 

State Museum 

Officials of the New Jersey State 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual 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 the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma. 

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 should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Dr. Gregory D. 

Lattanzi, Bureau of Archaeology & 

Ethnology, New Jersey State Museum, 

205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 

08625, telephone (609) 984–9327, email 

gregory.lattanzi@sos.nj.gov, by October 

5, 2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma may 

proceed. 

The New Jersey State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 29, 2017. 

Sarah Glass, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23719; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Office of Law 

Enforcement, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of Law Enforcement (USFWS 

OLE), has completed an inventory of 

human remains and an associated 

funerary object, 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 object 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 object should submit a written 

request to the USFWS OLE. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary object 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 

object should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the USFWS OLE at the 

address in this notice by October 5, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Steve Oberholtzer, Special 

Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Office of Law Enforcement, 

Mountain-Prairie Region, P.O. Box 

25486—DFC, Denver, CO 80225, 

telephone (303) 236–7893, email steve_

oberholtzer@fws.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 

USFWS OLE. The human remains and 

associated funerary object were removed 

from Ontario 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 object. 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 USFWS OLE 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Onondaga Nation; 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as the Seneca Nation of New 

York); Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

(previously listed as the Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York); 

and Tuscarora Nation, as well as the 

Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on 

Burial Rules & Regulations. The Oneida 

Nation (previously listed as the Oneida 

Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin) deferred 

to the Haudenosaunee Standing 

Committee. The Seneca-Cayuga Nation 

(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma) deferred to the 

Cayuga Nation and the Haudenosaunee 

Standing Committee. The Cayuga 

Nation; Oneida Nation of New York; 

and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 

(previously listed as the St. Regis Band 

of Mohawk Indians of New York) were 

invited to consult but declined to 

participate. 

History and Description of the Remains 

On an unknown date, human remains 

consisting of 80 loose teeth, 

representing, at minimum, 12 

individuals (seizure-item number 

817879–1) were removed from the Alva 

Reed Farm, Richmond Mills (Hne 105– 

4) or the site known as the Reed Fort or 

Richmond Mills site, all of which are 

located in Ontario County, NY. The ages 

of the individuals represented by the 

dentition are 11 to 12 years; 14 to 15 

years; 6 to 61⁄2 years; and 81⁄2 to 10 

years. No known individuals were 

identified. The associated funerary 

object is 1 bone roundel made from a 

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human cranial bone, which was 

contained together with the dentition in 

a display case. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

consisting of 22 loose teeth, 

representing, at minimum, 5 individuals 

(seizure-item number 817890–2) were 

removed from an unknown location in 

the Finger Lakes region of New York, 

and more likely than not in Ontario 

County, NY. Adults and children of 

both sexes are represented. The age of 

one child is 9 or 10 years. Five teeth, 

which represent two individuals, have 

green copper oxide staining. This type 

of staining is often seen in Protohistoric 

and historic burials. Prominent 

shoveling and double-shoveling are 

indicative of Native American descent. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

consisting of 53 loose teeth, 

representing, at minimum, 8 individuals 

(seizure-item number 817890–5) were 

removed from an unknown location in 

the Finger Lakes region of New York, 

and more likely than not in Ontario 

County, NY. Adults and children of 

both sexes are represented. The age of 

one child is 8 to 81⁄2 years, and the other 

is 101⁄2 to 11 years. Four teeth, which 

represent one individual, have taken on 

an orange hue. Prominent shoveling and 

double-shoveling are indicative of 

Native American descent. 

On May 9, 2002, as part of a criminal 

investigation, the USFWS OLE 

purchased a display case containing 

what was suspected to be Native 

American human remains (seizure-item 

number 817879–1). The display case 

contained what appeared to be human 

teeth and a bone rondel. The human 

remains were being sold by an antique 

store in the Finger Lakes region of New 

York. On June 26, 2002, as part of the 

same investigation, the USFWS OLE 

seized further items suspected to be 

Native American human remains 

(seizure-item numbers 817890–2 and 

817890–5), which were being held by a 

private individual, who also supplied 

the antiques store with the previously 

purchased human remains. The 

individual offered these items for sale to 

the USFWS OLE. After lengthy litigation 

regarding the case, the Department of 

Justice transferred the items to the 

USFWS OLE for NAGPRA compliance. 

The Reed Farm site suggests a 

Protohistoric or historic time frame and, 

based on historical evidence, are 

believed to represent early historic 

Seneca villages. Archeological evidence 

indicates that the Owasco culture 

occupied central and eastern New York 

and the Glaciated Alleghany Plateau 

during the Woodland Stage (1000 B.C.— 

A.D. 1600). Around A.D. 1600, the 

Owasco culture underwent a transition. 

Between A.D. 1450 and 1600, diagnostic 

characteristics indicative of the Seneca 

culture begin to become evident in the 

archeological record. Seneca occupation 

of Ontario County, NY, is welldocumented. From the early 16th 

century until the American Revolution, 

the Seneca occupied a region between 

the Genesee River and Canandaigua 

Lake, which includes Livingston and 

Ontario Counties, NY, as well as the 

southern portion of Monroe County, NY. 

Today, the Seneca are represented by 

three federally recognized Indian Tribes: 

The 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). 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of Interior, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Office of Law 

Enforcement 

Officials of the USFWS OLE have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of 25 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 object 

and the 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 object should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Steve Oberholtzer, Special 

Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Office of Law Enforcement, 

Mountain-Prairie Region, P.O. Box 

25486—DFC, Denver, CO 80225, 

telephone (303) 236–7893, email steve_

oberholtzer@fws.gov, by October 5, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary object to the 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 USFWS OLE is responsible for 

notifying the Cayuga Nation; Oneida 

Nation (previously listed as the Oneida 

Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); 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 SenecaCayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca (previously listed as the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York); Tuscarora Nation; and the 

Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on 

Burial Rules & Regulations that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 29, 2017. 

Sarah Glass, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18683 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23726; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, have corrected an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, originally published in a Notice 

of Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register on February 27, 2012, and 

subsequently published in a corrected 

Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register on November 17, 2014. 

This notice corrects the minimum 

number of individuals and number of 

associated funerary objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

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