[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 69961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29813]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Palmer 
Foundation for Chiropractic History, Palmer College of Chiropractic, 
Davenport, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Palmer Foundation for 
Chiropractic History, Davenport, IA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2(c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Palmer 
Foundation for Chiropractic History professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, the 
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York, the Haudenosaunee 
Standing Committee on Burials and Regulations, and the Seneca Nation of 
New York.
    At an unknown time prior to 1960, human remains representing one 
individual were removed from an unknown location in Baldwinsville, NY, 
by unknown persons. They were donated to the Palmer School of 
Chiropractic prior to 1960 by an unknown person. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Museum records and osteological characteristics identify these 
human remains as Native American. The degree of preservation of these 
remains indicates a date of burial within the last millennium. 
Consultation with representatives of the Seneca Nation of New York 
indicates that Baldwinsville, NY, is located within the traditional 
territory of the Seneca people, and indicates that a relationship 
exists between these human remains and the Seneca people. Officials of 
the Palmer Foundation for Chiropractic History have found it reasonable 
to affiliate these remains, based on consultation results, with the 
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians 
of New York, and the Seneca Nation of New York.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Palmer 
Foundation for Chiropractic History have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Palmer Foundation for Chiropractic History also have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(e), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between these 
Native American human remains and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, 
the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York, and the Seneca Nation 
of New York.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe 
of Oklahoma, the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York, the 
Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burials and Regulations, and the 
Seneca Nation of New York. Representatives of any other Indian tribe 
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains should contact Alana Callender, Palmer Foundation for 
Chiropractic History, Palmer College of Chiropractic, 1000 Brady 
Street, Davenport, IA 52803, telephone (319) 884-5404, before December 
21, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe 
of Oklahoma, the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York, and the 
Seneca Nation of New York may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: November 16, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship, and Partnerships.
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