Notice of Inventory Completion: Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 87065-87066 [2016-28945]
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ancestral to the Mandan. Today, the
Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan tribes are
a part of the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by the Indiana
University
Notice of Inventory Completion: Glenn
A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Officials of Indiana University have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 155
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 85 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 Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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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 Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas,
NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318,
701 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington,
IN 47405, telephone (812) 856–5315,
email thomajay@indiana.edu, by
January 3, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
Indiana University is responsible for
notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Glenn A. Black
Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana
University 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 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 should submit
a written request to the Indiana
University NAGPRA Office. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Indiana University
NAGPRA Office at the address in this
notice by January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas,
NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318,
701 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN
47405, telephone (812) 856–5315, email
thomajay@indiana.edu.
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
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of
Archaeology at Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from Tipton County, TN.
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
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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 Indiana
University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma and the
Chickasaw Nation. While the area where
the human remains were removed is the
aboriginal homeland of the Chickasaw
Nation as documented by treaty cession
area, the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
has claim to these remains based on
cultural affinity, material culture, and
physical occupation of the area.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1953, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from the Bishop site in Tipton
County, TN. The 52 associated funerary
objects are pottery sherds. This material
was received at the Glenn A. Black
Laboratory of Archaeology as a gift from
Mr. Wiley Wilcox.
The Bishop site has been assigned to
the Nodena Phase, which is
characterized by Mississippian Bell
Plain pottery and has been culturally
affiliated with the Quapaw. The
majority of the pot sherds with this
collection are Bell Plain variety.
Archaeological material from the Bishop
site has already previously been
repatriated to the Quapaw Tribe of
Oklahoma.
Oral traditions indicate that the
Quapaw tribe originated in the Lower
Ohio River Valley and eventually
moved downstream to reside on both
sides of the Mississippi River. The
Quapaw maintained a presence in the
Central Mississippi valley until their
removal to northwest Louisiana in 1824
when their lands in the Territory of
Arkansas were ceded to the United
States.
Determinations Made by Indiana
University
Officials of the Glenn A. Black
Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana
University have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 52 objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
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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 the Quapaw Tribe of
Oklahoma.
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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. Jayne-Leigh
Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana
University, NAGPRA Office, Student
Building 318, 701 E. Kirkwood Ave.,
Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812)
856–5315, email thomajay@
indiana.edu, by January 3, 2017. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Quapaw Tribe of
Oklahoma may proceed.
Indiana University is responsible for
notifying the Quapaw Tribe of
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Huntington District, Huntington, WV
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Huntington District
(Huntington District), 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
unassociated funerary 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
Huntington District. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
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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 Huntington District at the address in
this notice by January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Rodney Parker, District
Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Huntington District, 502
Eighth Street, Huntington, WV 25701,
telephone (304) 399–5729, email
rodney.d.parker@usace.army.mil.
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 U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington
District, Huntington, WV, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
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
Item(s)
In 1963, ten cultural items were
removed from 15PI11 (the Slone Site),
Fishtrap Lake, Pike County, KY. The
items were excavated during legally
authorized excavations performed by
Lee Hanson in 1963, a graduate student
at the University of Kentucky. In 1964,
Robert Dunnell, and undergraduate at
the University, completed the
excavation of the Fort Ancient
component of the site. Burial 7 at the
site was reported to have included the
fragmentary skeletal remains of an
infant; unmodified faunal remains and
pottery sherds were collected with the
burial fill. No human remains associated
with Burial 7 have been located. The
skeletal remains in Burial 12 had
completely decayed, but the
construction pattern of the grave was
distinct enough to permit its
identification as a grave without the
actual presence of human remains. An
engraved stone was collected from the
burial pit of Burial 12. The items from
these two burials have been housed at
the University of Kentucky, Lexington,
since their excavation. The ten
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unassociated funerary objects are one
carved soapstone fragment, four ceramic
sherds, and five fragments unmodified
faunal remains.
The funerary objects were determined
to be affiliated with the Shawnee based
on the physical archeological evidence
which indicated a Fort Ancient period
occupation at this site from A.D. 1000
to 1700. The Shawnee are generally
considered the ‘southerners’ or the
southernmost of the Algonquianspeaking tribes, and oral tradition places
their homeland along the central Ohio
River Valley. The Shawnee are often
associated with the Fort Ancient
peoples who occupied the Ohio River
Valley and have a long association with
this territory in which they were first
encountered by the Europeans by the
mid seventeenth century including
areas of southern Ohio, northern
Kentucky, and western West Virginia.
The location of Fort Ancient
archaeological sites within the
Huntington District indicates that a
strong historical and ethnohistorical
link showing the region was occupied
by the Shawnees in the early historic
period. Based on the geographic,
anthropological, linguistic,
anthropological, and historical
evidence, and information gained
during tribal consultation, Huntington
District has determined that the
unassociated funerary objects from site
15PI11 are culturally affiliated with the
Shawnee. The three federally
recognized tribes with standing under
NAGPRA are the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma,
and the Shawnee Tribe.
Determinations Made by the
Huntington District
Officials of the Huntington District
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the ten cultural items described above
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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma, the Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and the
Shawnee Tribe.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22454; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Glenn A. Black Laboratory of
Archaeology at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana
University 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 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 should submit a written request to the Indiana
University NAGPRA Office. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the
Indiana University NAGPRA Office at the address in this notice by
January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318, 701 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington,
IN 47405, telephone (812) 856-5315, email thomajay@indiana.edu.
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 Glenn A. Black
Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Tipton
County, TN.
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 Indiana
University professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation. While the area
where the human remains were removed is the aboriginal homeland of the
Chickasaw Nation as documented by treaty cession area, the Quapaw Tribe
of Oklahoma has claim to these remains based on cultural affinity,
material culture, and physical occupation of the area.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1953, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered from the Bishop site in Tipton County, TN. The 52
associated funerary objects are pottery sherds. This material was
received at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology as a gift from
Mr. Wiley Wilcox.
The Bishop site has been assigned to the Nodena Phase, which is
characterized by Mississippian Bell Plain pottery and has been
culturally affiliated with the Quapaw. The majority of the pot sherds
with this collection are Bell Plain variety. Archaeological material
from the Bishop site has already previously been repatriated to the
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.
Oral traditions indicate that the Quapaw tribe originated in the
Lower Ohio River Valley and eventually moved downstream to reside on
both sides of the Mississippi River. The Quapaw maintained a presence
in the Central Mississippi valley until their removal to northwest
Louisiana in 1824 when their lands in the Territory of Arkansas were
ceded to the United States.
Determinations Made by Indiana University
Officials of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at
Indiana University have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 52 objects described
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near
individual human
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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 the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.
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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Dr.
Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana University, NAGPRA Office,
Student Building 318, 701 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405,
telephone (812) 856-5315, email thomajay@indiana.edu, by January 3,
2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
Indiana University is responsible for notifying the Quapaw Tribe of
Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-28945 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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