[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 33329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14041]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York University College of
Dentistry, New York, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession and
control of the New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY.
The human remains were removed from Lovelock Cave, Churchill County,
NV.
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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the New York
University College of Dentistry professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the
Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Lovelock Paiute
Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of
the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of
the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony,
Nevada; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation,
Nevada; and Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell
Ranch, Nevada.
In 1924, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from Lovelock Cave, Churchill County, NV. The remains were
removed by M.R. Harrington during excavations jointly conducted by the
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, and the University of
California, Berkeley. In 1956, the remains were transferred to Dr.
Theodore Kazamiroff, New York University College of Dentistry. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The remains date to the Early Lovelock I Phase occupation of the
cave, circa 2500-1500 B.C. The morphology of the remains is consistent
with an individual of Native American ancestry. Archeological,
linguistic, and oral tradition evidence indicate that different groups
of people occupied the region over time. By at least A.D. 1500,
Lovelock Cave was part of the territory of the Northern Paiute. The
Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, and Walker River Paiute Tribe of the
Walker River Reservation, identify the region surrounding Lovelock Cave
as part of their traditional homeland.
Officials of the New York University College of Dentistry have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the New York University College
of Dentistry also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2),
a relationship of shared group identity cannot reasonably be traced
between the Native American human remains and any present-day Indian
tribe.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. In
July 2009, the New York University College of Dentistry requested that
the Review Committee recommend disposition of the culturally
unidentifiable human remains of one individual to the Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada, on behalf of a
coalition of tribes in the Great Basin region. The Review Committee
considered the proposal at its October 30-31, 2009, meeting and
recommended disposition of the human remains to the Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada.
A March 4, 2010, letter from the Designated Federal Official,
writing on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the College to effect disposition of the human
remains to the Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and
Colony, Nevada, contingent on the publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that
requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
Louis Terracio, New York University College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th
St., New York, NY 10010, telephone (212) 998-9917, before July 12,
2010. Disposition of the human remains to the Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of
the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada, may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come forward.
The New York University College of Dentistry is responsible for
notifying the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort
McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Lovelock Paiute Tribe
of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada;
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; and
Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch,
Nevada, that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 27, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-14041 Filed 6-10-10; 8:45 am]
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