Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC, 18058-18059 [2014-07143]
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Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Coosa chiefdom. The preponderance of
the evidence indicates that in this part
of the Guntersville Reservoir area, Crow
Creek phase sites are most likely
culturally associated with groups now
part of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
History and Description of the Remains
From April 27, 1938, to November 10,
1939, human remains representing, at
minimum, 19 individuals were removed
from the Cox site (1JA176), in Jackson
County, AL. The Cox site was excavated
as part of TVA’s Guntersville reservoir
project by the Alabama Museum of
Natural History (AMNH) at the
University of Alabama, using labor and
funds provided by the Works Progress
Administration. Excavation of the land
commenced after TVA had acquired this
land on July 19, 1937 for the
Guntersville project. The excavation site
was composed of a conical mound
believed to have originally been a
truncated pyramid, with multiple
stratigraphic zones and also a village
site containing most of the burial units.
This site was occupied during the Crow
Creek phase (ca. A.D. 1400–1600) at the
end of the Mississippian period. Details
regarding this site may be found in An
Archaeological Survey of Guntersville
Basin on the Tennessee River in
Northern Alabama by William S. Webb
and Charles G. Wilder. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
excavated from the Cox site have always
been in the physical custody of the
AMNH at the University of Alabama.
The human remains include adults,
juveniles, and infants of both sexes. No
known individuals were identified. The
508 associated funerary objects are 6
shell-tempered bowls, 6 shell-tempered
jars, 1 shell-tempered water bottle, 1
shell-tempered human effigy pot, 51
shell-tempered pot sherds, 3 pieces of a
shell gorget, 3 intact shell gorgets, 422
shell beads, 1 bird bone tool, 1 shell
hairpin, 7 bone awls, 1 greenstone celt,
4 projectile points, and 1 stone
discoidal.
Although there is no scientific
certainty that Native Americans of the
Crow Creek phase are directly related to
modern Federally recognized tribes,
Spanish explorers of the 16th century
do indicate the presence of chiefdom
level tribal entities in the southeastern
United States. The Coosa paramount
chiefdom noted in historical chronicles
is the most likely entity related to Crow
Creek sites in this part of the
Guntersville Reservoir. Tribal groups or
towns now part of The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation claim descent from the
Officials of TVA have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 19
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 508 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 Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Federally recognized Indian tribe
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 Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D,
Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov,
by April 30, 2014. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Muscogee (Creek) Nation
may proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying the
University of Alabama and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations));
Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
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Indians in Oklahoma, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: March 11, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Department of
the Navy, Washington, DC
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Defense, Department of the Navy (DoN)
has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Native Village of Barrow
Inupiat Traditional Government.
Representatives of any Indian tribe 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
to the DoN. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Indian tribe stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe 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 the DoN at the address in
this notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dave M. Grant, Department
of the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101
Tautog Circle, Suite 102, Silverdale, WA
98315–1101, telephone (360) 396–0919,
email dave.m.grant@navy.mil.
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
U.S. Department of Defense, Department
of the Navy (DoN). The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from sites near Point Barrow in
North Slope Borough, AK.
SUMMARY:
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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 objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by DoN officials in
consultation with representatives of the
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1951 and 1953, human
remains representing, at minimum, 58
individuals were removed from the sites
of Birnirk, Nunavah, Nuvuk, and other
locations near Point Barrow in North
Slope Borough, AK. The human remains
were recovered during archeological
excavations authorized under an
Antiquities Act permit and directed by
Wilbert Carter of the Peabody Museum,
Harvard University. The collections
from these sites were returned to the
Peabody Museum following each field
season, were transferred for a time to
Tufts University, and were returned to
the Peabody Museum by Mr. Carter in
1984. The collections were transferred
to a Department of the Navy contract
facility in Conshohocken, PA, in 2006,
and in 2011, the collections were
transferred to the Museum of the North,
University of Alaska at Fairbanks. No
known individuals were identified in
the collection. The 124 associated
funerary objects include: 33 wooden
objects (miscellaneous objects and
fragments, dowel pin, dish, dart shaft,
game dispatcher, atlatl, wound plug,
float, toy arrow, shafts, scoop, effigy
pick handle, paddle blade, seal
scratcher); 26 ivory objects (paddle tip,
needle case, pins, harpoon head and
shaft, dart, point, mouthpiece, fossil
object, awl, worked object, composite
handle, fragment); 23 bone objects (ice
pick, spring trap frame, bola weight,
worked objects, harpoon head, points,
bow brace); 11 antler or antler/stone
objects (points, harpoon heads, dart
prongs, worked and un-worked antler);
8 other faunal objects (sewn skin
fragments, marine shells, bear teeth and
fur, baleen whale effigy); 7 stone objects
(spall, burin, point, knife, hearthstone,
whetstone); and 16 ceramic sherds.
The majority of the human remains
and associated funerary objects were
excavated from three mounds at the
Birnirk site, two mounds at Nunavah
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site, and one mound at Nuvuk site. The
remains and objects from the Birnirk
and Nuvuk sites date from 500 to 1200
A.D. The remains and objects from the
Nunavah site are undated.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Department of
the Navy
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Department of Anthropology, Amherst,
MA
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Department of the Navy have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 58
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 124 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 Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
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 Dave M. Grant, Department of
the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101 Tautog
Circle, Suite 102, Silverdale, WA
98315–1101, telephone (360) 396–0919,
email dave.m.grant@navy.mil, by April
30, 2014. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Native Village of Barrow
Inupiat Traditional Government may
proceed.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Department of the Navy is responsible
for notifying the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 10, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology, has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, 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
objects 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 objects should submit a written
request to the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology, at the address in this
notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Rae Gould, Repatriation
Coordinator, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology, 215 Machmer Hall, 240
Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003,
telephone (413) 545–2702, email
rgould@anthro.umass.edu.
SUMMARY:
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
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-15212; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense,
Department of the Navy, Washington, DC
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy (DoN)
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government. Representatives of any Indian
tribe 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 to the DoN. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Indian tribe stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe 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 the DoN at the address in this
notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dave M. Grant, Department of the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101
Tautog Circle, Suite 102, Silverdale, WA 98315-1101, telephone (360)
396-0919, email dave.m.grant@navy.mil.
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 U.S. Department of
Defense, Department of the Navy (DoN). The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from sites near Point Barrow in North
Slope Borough, AK.
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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 objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by DoN
officials in consultation with representatives of the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1951 and 1953, human remains representing, at minimum, 58
individuals were removed from the sites of Birnirk, Nunavah, Nuvuk, and
other locations near Point Barrow in North Slope Borough, AK. The human
remains were recovered during archeological excavations authorized
under an Antiquities Act permit and directed by Wilbert Carter of the
Peabody Museum, Harvard University. The collections from these sites
were returned to the Peabody Museum following each field season, were
transferred for a time to Tufts University, and were returned to the
Peabody Museum by Mr. Carter in 1984. The collections were transferred
to a Department of the Navy contract facility in Conshohocken, PA, in
2006, and in 2011, the collections were transferred to the Museum of
the North, University of Alaska at Fairbanks. No known individuals were
identified in the collection. The 124 associated funerary objects
include: 33 wooden objects (miscellaneous objects and fragments, dowel
pin, dish, dart shaft, game dispatcher, atlatl, wound plug, float, toy
arrow, shafts, scoop, effigy pick handle, paddle blade, seal
scratcher); 26 ivory objects (paddle tip, needle case, pins, harpoon
head and shaft, dart, point, mouthpiece, fossil object, awl, worked
object, composite handle, fragment); 23 bone objects (ice pick, spring
trap frame, bola weight, worked objects, harpoon head, points, bow
brace); 11 antler or antler/stone objects (points, harpoon heads, dart
prongs, worked and un-worked antler); 8 other faunal objects (sewn skin
fragments, marine shells, bear teeth and fur, baleen whale effigy); 7
stone objects (spall, burin, point, knife, hearthstone, whetstone); and
16 ceramic sherds.
The majority of the human remains and associated funerary objects
were excavated from three mounds at the Birnirk site, two mounds at
Nunavah site, and one mound at Nuvuk site. The remains and objects from
the Birnirk and Nuvuk sites date from 500 to 1200 A.D. The remains and
objects from the Nunavah site are undated.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of
the Navy
Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 58 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 124 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 Native
Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe 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 Dave M. Grant, Department of
the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 102, Silverdale, WA
98315-1101, telephone (360) 396-0919, email dave.m.grant@navy.mil, by
April 30, 2014. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional
Government may proceed.
The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy is
responsible for notifying the Native Village of Barrow Inupiat
Traditional Government that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 10, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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