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on the east side of the Clarkdale Smelter 

is identified as being within the Yavapai 

traditional lands. 

The Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, considers the 

Verde Valley to be within the migration 

path of ancestral Zuni people. 

Archeological evidence, including 

similarities in ceramic designs 

demonstrates continuity between the 

people of the Verde Valley during A.D. 

1125–1425 and the people of Zuni. 

Determinations Made by Tuzigoot 

National Monument 

Officials of Tuzigoot National 

Monument 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(3)(A), 

the 22 objects described in this notice 

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. 

• 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 Tribes. 

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 Dorothy FireCloud, 

Superintendent, Tuzigoot National 

Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, 

AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567–5276, 

email dorothy_firecloud@nps.gov, by 

December 8, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to The Tribes may proceed. 

Tuzigoot National Monument is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24235 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024161; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: New York State Museum, 

Albany, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New York State Museum, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of sacred objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to the 

New York State Museum. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the New York State Museum at the 

address in this notice by December 8, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York 

State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education 

Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone 

(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@

nysed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the New York 

State Museum, Albany, NY, that meet 

the definition of sacred 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 museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1898, the New York State Museum 

(hereafter ‘‘Museum’’) acquired one 

cultural item from Harriet Maxwell 

Converse of New York City, NY. 

Museum records indicate that Converse 

acquired the mask from Charlie Adams 

on the Tonawanda Seneca Reservation 

(E–37613). 

In 1906, Arthur C. Parker, Museum 

ethnologist and archeologist, purchased 

one cultural item for the New York State 

Museum. The cultural item is a wooden 

medicine mask (E–37039). Museum 

records indicate the medicine face was 

obtained from an individual on the 

Tonawanda Seneca Reservation who 

ceremonially passed the object and its 

inhabiting spirit on to Parker’s care. 

In 1918, Arthur C. Parker purchased 

a cultural item for the Museum from 

Mrs. Laura Doctor on the Tonawanda 

Seneca Reservation. The cultural item is 

a wooden medicine face (E–36869). 

Museum records indicate the medicine 

mask once belonged to Ely S. Parker, a 

prominent member of the Tonawanda 

Seneca Nation who was the uncle of 

Mrs. Doctor and the great-uncle of 

Arthur C. Parker. Ely S. Parker assisted 

Lewis Henry Morgan with his study of 

Iroquois culture, served in the Civil War 

as adjutant for General Ulysses S. Grant, 

and later became the first Native 

American Commissioner of Indian 

Affairs. 

Traditional religious leaders of the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously 

listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York) have identified 

these three medicine masks as being 

needed for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by presentday adherents. Museum documentation, 

supported by oral evidence presented 

during consultation with members of 

the Haudenosaunee Standing 

Committee on Burial Rules and 

Regulations, indicates that these 

medicine masks are culturally affiliated 

with the Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

(previously listed as the Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca Indians of New York). 

Determinations Made by the New York 

State Museum 

Officials of the New York State 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the three cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 


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identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and the 

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 claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Lisa Anderson, New York State 

Museum, 3049 Cultural Education 

Center, Albany, NY 12230 telephone 

(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@

nysed.gov, by December 8, 2017. After 

that date, if no additional claimants 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the sacred objects to the Tonawanda 

Band of Seneca (previously listed as the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York) may proceed. 

The New York State Museum 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 Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma); 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: September 15, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24230 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024162; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: New York State Museum, 

Albany, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New York State Museum, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of sacred objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to the 

New York State Museum. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the New York State Museum at the 

address in this notice by December 8, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York 

State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education 

Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone 

(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@

nysed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the New York 

State Museum, Albany, NY, that meet 

the definition of sacred 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 museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1898, Harriet Maxwell Converse of 

New York City, NY, donated 18 cultural 

items to the New York State Museum 

(hereafter ‘‘Museum’’). The 18 cultural 

items are wooden medicine masks 

(E–36730, E–36914, E–37016, E–37017, 

E–37033, E–37038, E–37053, E–37054, 

E–37057, E–37598, E–37601, E–37604, 

E–37608, E–37616, E–52, E–59). 

Museum records identify the masks as 

Seneca. 

In the late 19th or early 20th century, 

the Museum acquired two cultural 

items. The two cultural items are 

wooden medicine masks (E–37023, E– 

37605) identified in Museum records as 

Seneca. 

In 1905, Arthur C. Parker, Museum 

ethnologist and archeologist, acquired 

one cultural item (E–37031). The 

cultural item is a wooden medicine 

mask identified in Museum records as 

Seneca. 

In 1909, Arthur C. Parker acquired 

one cultural item, a wooden medicine 

mask (E–37042) for the Museum. The 

mask is identified in Museum records as 

Seneca. 

In 1909, John M. Clarke, Museum 

Director, acquired one cultural item, a 

wooden medicine mask (E–36867) for 

the Museum. Museum records identify 

the mask as probably Seneca. 

In 1910, Arthur C. Parker acquired 

one cultural item, a cornhusk medicine 

mask (E–36925) for the Museum. 

Museum records indicate the mask is 

Seneca. 

In 1913, Arthur C. Parker acquired 

two cultural items for the Museum. The 

two cultural items are cornhusk 

medicine masks (E–36924A, E–36924B). 

Museum records indicate the masks are 

Seneca. 

In 1916, Arthur C. Parker acquired 

one cultural item, a cornhusk medicine 

mask (E–37570F) for the Museum. The 

mask was used in an exhibit, and may 

have been commissioned from Sophia 

Jones of Lawton, NY. 

In 1956, the Museum purchased two 

cultural items from the Logan Museum 

of Anthropology, Beloit College, WI. 

The cultural items were part of a larger 

collection made by Albert Green Heath. 

One cultural item is a wooden medicine 

mask (E–50316), and the other is a turtle 

shell medicine mask purchased from an 

individual identified only as P.W. (E– 

50318). 

In 1957, Archibald T. Shorey of 

Albany, NY, donated three cultural 

items to the Museum. The cultural items 

are wooden medicine masks (E–50400, 

E–50401, E–50402). Museum records 

identify the three cultural items as 

Seneca. 

In 1958, the Museum acquired one 

cultural item from Sam Grey Wolf (E– 

50415). The cultural item is a wooden 

medicine mask. A notation written on 

the inside of the mask indicates it was 

made by Jessie Cornplanter. 

In 2008, the Schenectady Historical 

Society, Schenectady, NY, transferred 

one cultural item. The cultural item is 

a miniature cornhusk medicine mask 

(E2008.5.41). Museum records identify 

the mask as Seneca. 

Traditional religious leaders of the 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as the Seneca Nation of New 

York) and the Tonawanda Band of 

Seneca (previously listed as the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York) have identified these 32 

medicine masks as being needed for the 

practice of traditional Native American 

religions by present-day adherents. 

Museum documentation, supported by 


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