83_FR_14557 83 FR 14492 - Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University College of Dentistry, New York City, NY

83 FR 14492 - Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University College of Dentistry, New York City, NY

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 65 (April 4, 2018)

Page Range14492-14493
FR Document2018-06829

The New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 to the NYU College of Dentistry. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-06829]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025138; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University College of 
Dentistry, New York City, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry has 
completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has 
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. 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 to the NYU College of Dentistry. If no additional requestors 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may 
proceed.

DATES: 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 the NYU College 
of Dentistry at the address in this notice by May 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Louis Terracio, NYU College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th 
Street, New York, NY 10010, telephone (212) 998-9717, email 
[email protected].

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 under 
the control of the NYU College of Dentistry, New York City, NY. The 
human remains were removed from unknown sites in the State of 
Tennessee.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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. 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 NYU 
College of Dentistry professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee 
Indians, The Chickasaw Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 
Indians in Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1868 and 1869, human remains representing, at minimum, 4 
individuals were removed by Dr. Joseph Jones of Nashville, TN, from 
sites in the State of Tennessee. Dr. Jones kept ledgers that 
illustrated and described many of the human remains and objects that he 
collected. He published the results of his excavations in Volume 22

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of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. In 1906, Dr. Jones' 
widow sold his collection, including the human remains from Tennessee, 
to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. In 1956, the 
Museum of the American Indian transferred some of the crania and 
mandibles from Jones' excavations to Dr. Theodore Kazamiroff of the NYU 
College of Dentistry.
    The human remains under the control of the NYU College of Dentistry 
represent the following: One young adult male removed from an unknown 
site on the Harpeth River, likely in Williamson County, TN; one adult 
male of indeterminate age and one individual of indeterminate age and 
sex removed from an unknown site, TN; and one probable male adult 
removed from a stone grave at an unknown site, TN. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The human remains described in this notice have been determined to 
be Native American through a combination of collector records, site 
information, and forensic data. In his catalog, Jones identifies the 
remains as Native American. The graves from which the human remains 
were removed all predate European contact, and therefore the human 
remains are assumed to be Native American based on their age. During 
forensic examination, diagnostic features of Native American 
individuals were identified.
    Although the specific sites from which the remains were removed are 
not known, Jones excavated sites along the Cumberland and Big Harpeth 
Rivers in present-day Davidson and Williamson counties. The sites he 
excavated date to the Thruston phase (A.D. 1250-1450) and were 
abandoned after that time. During consultations, tribal representatives 
identified the area as the ancestral lands of southeastern Indian 
Tribes, but noted that there is difficulty in establishing a specific 
cultural affiliation due to the complexity of the region, broadly 
shared material culture, and the lack of information to trace specific 
migrations out of the region after A.D. 1450.
    Historically, the area from which the human remains were removed 
was claimed by both the Cherokee and the Chickasaw peoples. The 1785 
Treaty of Hopewell officially delineated the boundary between the 
Cherokee and Chickasaw lands. The Cherokee retained rights to land in 
modern-day Davidson County, TN, and most of modern-day Williamson 
County, TN. The Chickasaw retained rights to the land in the southern 
and western portions of modern-day Williamson County, TN. Both the 
Cherokee and Chickasaw ceded their lands in Davidson and/or Williamson 
counties, TN, to the U.S. Government in the Treaty of 1805. Without 
knowing the precise location of the burial sites, it is not possible to 
determine if the human remains were removed from the ceded lands of the 
Cherokee or the Chickasaw, but it is likely that they were removed from 
the area represented by their combined land claims in Davidson and 
Williamson counties.

Determinations Made by the NYU College of Dentistry

    Officials of the NYU College of Dentistry have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of, at a minimum, 4 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     Treaties indicate that the land from which the Native 
American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of the 
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Chickasaw 
Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee 
Indians, The Chickasaw Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 
Indians in Oklahoma.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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. Louis Terracio, NYU College of 
Dentistry, 345 East 24th Street, New York, NY 10010, telephone (212) 
998-9717, email [email protected], by May 4, 2018. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of 
Cherokee Indians, The Chickasaw Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of 
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma may proceed.
    The NYU College of Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Chickasaw 
Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 28, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-06829 Filed 4-3-18; 8:45 am]
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14492 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 4, 2018 / Notices evidence. The Athapaskan-speaking Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo Native Hawaiian organizations. Tribes of the Southwest have of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Representatives of any Indian Tribe or geographic, folklore, oral tradition, Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Native Hawaiian organization not ethnohistorical, and/or historical ties to Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San identified in this notice that wish to the area. Cross-cultural influences and Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of request transfer of control of these intermarriage with Pueblos also support Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa human remains should submit a written a relationship of shared group identity Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa request to the NYU College of Dentistry. between Athapaskan and Pueblo groups. Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, If no additional requestors come However, current archeological New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New forward, transfer of control of the evidence does not support a common Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; human remains to the Indian Tribes or Athapaskan and Pueblo origin prior to Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed Native Hawaiian organizations stated in about A.D. 1500. Thus, from an as the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); this notice may proceed. archeological perspective, the evidence and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni DATES: Representatives of any Indian does not support cultural affiliation for Reservation, New Mexico, hereafter Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization the Athapaskan-speaking Tribes with referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’ not identified in this notice that wish to these Basketmaker and Pueblo period • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary disposition of the human remains may human remains should submit a written objects. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe be to The Tribes. request with information in support of of the Southern Ute Reservation, the Ute the request to the NYU College of Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Ute Indian Additional Requestors and Disposition Dentistry at the address in this notice by Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Representatives of any Indian Tribe or May 4, 2018. Reservation have geographic, Native Hawaiian organization not ADDRESSES: Dr. Louis Terracio, NYU ethnohistorical, and/or historical ties to identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th the area and linguistic ties to the Hopi human remains should submit a written Street, New York, NY 10010, telephone tribe. Intermarriage with Pueblo peoples request with information in support of (212) 998–9717, email louis.terracio@ is also recognized as a potential link the request to Kathy McKenzie, Board nyu.edu. between these groups. However, the body of evidence does not collectively President, La Plata County Historical SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is support a common Ute and Pueblo Society, 3065 W 2nd Avenue, Durango, here given in accordance with the origin. Therefore, a preponderance of CO 81301, telephone (970) 259–2402 Native American Graves Protection and evidence does not support cultural email director@animasmuseum.org, by Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. affiliation for the contemporary Ute May 4, 2018. After that date, if no 3003, of the completion of an inventory tribes with these Basketmaker and additional requestors have come of human remains under the control of Pueblo period human remains and forward, transfer of control of the the NYU College of Dentistry, New York associated funerary objects. human remains to The Tribes may City, NY. The human remains were proceed. removed from unknown sites in the Determinations Made by the La Plata The La Plata County Historical State of Tennessee. County Historical Society, Durango, CO Society is responsible for notifying The This notice is published as part of the Officials of the La Plata County Tribes that this notice has been National Park Service’s administrative Historical Society have determined that: published. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). Dated: March 5, 2018. human remains described in this notice The determinations in this notice are Melanie O’Brien, are Native American based on the the sole responsibility of the museum, collection history and biological Manager, National NAGPRA Program. institution, or Federal agency that has analysis. [FR Doc. 2018–06835 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am] control of the Native American human • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the BILLING CODE 4312–52–P remains. The National Park Service is human remains described in this notice not responsible for the determinations represent the physical remains of 58 in this notice. individuals of Native American DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ancestry. Consultation • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), National Park Service A detailed assessment of the human the two objects described in this notice [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025138; remains was made by the NYU College are reasonably believed to have been PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] of Dentistry professional staff in placed with or near individual human consultation with representatives of the remains at the time of death or later as Notice of Inventory Completion: New Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of part of the death rite or ceremony. York University College of Dentistry, Cherokee Indians, The Chickasaw • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a New York City, NY Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of relationship of shared group identity AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. can be reasonably traced between the ACTION: Notice. Native American human remains and History and Description of the Remains the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, SUMMARY: The New York University Between 1868 and 1869, human New Mexico (previously listed as the (NYU) College of Dentistry has remains representing, at minimum, 4 amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay completed an inventory of human individuals were removed by Dr. Joseph Owingeh, New Mexico (previously remains, in consultation with the Jones of Nashville, TN, from sites in the listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo appropriate Indian Tribes or Native State of Tennessee. Dr. Jones kept of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Hawaiian organizations, and has ledgers that illustrated and described Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, determined that there is no cultural many of the human remains and objects New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New affiliation between the human remains that he collected. He published the Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and any present-day Indian Tribes or results of his excavations in Volume 22 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Apr 03, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 4, 2018 / Notices 14493 of the Smithsonian Contributions to their lands in Davidson and/or Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has Knowledge. In 1906, Dr. Jones’ widow Williamson counties, TN, to the U.S. been published. sold his collection, including the human Government in the Treaty of 1805. Dated: February 28, 2018. remains from Tennessee, to the Museum Without knowing the precise location of Melanie O’Brien, of the American Indian, Heye the burial sites, it is not possible to Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Foundation. In 1956, the Museum of the determine if the human remains were American Indian transferred some of the [FR Doc. 2018–06829 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am] removed from the ceded lands of the crania and mandibles from Jones’ Cherokee or the Chickasaw, but it is BILLING CODE 4312–52–P excavations to Dr. Theodore Kazamiroff likely that they were removed from the of the NYU College of Dentistry. area represented by their combined land The human remains under the control DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR claims in Davidson and Williamson of the NYU College of Dentistry counties. National Park Service represent the following: One young adult male removed from an unknown Determinations Made by the NYU College of Dentistry [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025137; site on the Harpeth River, likely in PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Williamson County, TN; one adult male Officials of the NYU College of of indeterminate age and one individual Dentistry have determined that: Notice of Inventory Completion: New of indeterminate age and sex removed • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the York University College of Dentistry, from an unknown site, TN; and one human remains described in this notice New York City, NY probable male adult removed from a are Native American. stone grave at an unknown site, TN. No • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. known individuals were identified. No human remains described in this notice ACTION: Notice. associated funerary objects are present. represent the physical remains of, at a The human remains described in this minimum, 4 individuals of Native SUMMARY: The New York University notice have been determined to be American ancestry. (NYU) College of Dentistry has Native American through a combination • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a completed an inventory of human of collector records, site information, relationship of shared group identity remains, in consultation with the and forensic data. In his catalog, Jones cannot be reasonably traced between the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native identifies the remains as Native Native American human remains and Hawaiian organizations, and has American. The graves from which the any present-day Indian Tribe. determined that there is no cultural human remains were removed all • Treaties indicate that the land from affiliation between the human remains predate European contact, and therefore which the Native American human and any present-day Indian Tribes or the human remains are assumed to be remains were removed is the aboriginal Native Hawaiian organizations. Native American based on their age. land of the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Representatives of any Indian Tribe or During forensic examination, diagnostic Band of Cherokee Indians, The Native Hawaiian organization not features of Native American individuals Chickasaw Nation, and United identified in this notice that wish to were identified. Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in request transfer of control of these Although the specific sites from Oklahoma. human remains should submit a written which the remains were removed are • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the request to the NYU College of Dentistry. not known, Jones excavated sites along disposition of the human remains may If no additional requestors come the Cumberland and Big Harpeth Rivers be to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band forward, transfer of control of the in present-day Davidson and of Cherokee Indians, The Chickasaw human remains to the Indian Tribes or Williamson counties. The sites he Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Native Hawaiian organizations stated in excavated date to the Thruston phase Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. this notice may proceed. (A.D. 1250–1450) and were abandoned DATES: Representatives of any Indian after that time. During consultations, Additional Requestors and Disposition Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization tribal representatives identified the area Representatives of any Indian Tribe or not identified in this notice that wish to as the ancestral lands of southeastern Native Hawaiian organization not request transfer of control of these Indian Tribes, but noted that there is identified in this notice that wish to human remains should submit a written difficulty in establishing a specific request transfer of control of these request with information in support of cultural affiliation due to the human remains should submit a written the request to the NYU College of complexity of the region, broadly shared request with information in support of Dentistry at the address in this notice by material culture, and the lack of the request to Dr. Louis Terracio, NYU May 4, 2018. information to trace specific migrations College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th ADDRESSES: Dr. Louis Terracio, NYU out of the region after A.D. 1450. Street, New York, NY 10010, telephone Historically, the area from which the College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th (212) 998–9717, email louis.terracio@ human remains were removed was Street, New York, NY 10010, telephone nyu.edu, by May 4, 2018. After that claimed by both the Cherokee and the (212) 998–9717, email louis.terracio@ date, if no additional requestors have Chickasaw peoples. The 1785 Treaty of nyu.edu. come forward, transfer of control of the Hopewell officially delineated the human remains to the Cherokee Nation, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is boundary between the Cherokee and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The here given in accordance with the Chickasaw lands. The Cherokee retained Chickasaw Nation, and United Native American Graves Protection and amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES rights to land in modern-day Davidson Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. County, TN, and most of modern-day Oklahoma may proceed. 3003, of the completion of an inventory Williamson County, TN. The Chickasaw The NYU College of Dentistry is of human remains under the control of retained rights to the land in the responsible for notifying the Cherokee the NYU College of Dentistry, New York southern and western portions of Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee City, NY. The human remains were modern-day Williamson County, TN. Indians, The Chickasaw Nation, and removed from multiple sites in Both the Cherokee and Chickasaw ceded United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Davidson and Williamson counties, TN. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Apr 03, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesRepresentatives 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 the NYU College
FR Citation83 FR 14492 
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