Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA; Correction, 25625-25626 [2017-11450]
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In May of 1933, 10 cultural items
were removed from a grave on Prospect
Avenue in Fort Wayne, Allen County,
IN. In 1935, the funerary objects were
purchased from Mr. Orville Smith by
the Allen County Fort Wayne-Historical
Society. No other provenience
information is available. The 10
unassociated funerary objects are 1 set
of musket fragments, 1 clay pipe, 1
metal tack hammer, 2 metal files, 2
metal harpoon tips, 1 copper tube bead,
1 pair of scissors fragments, and 1
whetstone.
In about 1910, one cultural item was
removed from Lawton Place in Fort
Wayne, Allen County, IN, by Vernon
Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson removed the
funerary object from a grave exposed
during excavation for a house basement.
In 1984, the funerary object was
acquired from Mr. Ferguson by the
Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical
Society. The 1 unassociated funerary
object is a copper pot with iron bail.
In 1907, one cultural item was
removed from the grave of Miami Indian
Chief Coesse in Huntington County, IN.
At some time prior to 1947, the funerary
object was acquired from Mr. Charles
More by the Allen County Fort WayneHistorical Society. No other provenience
information is known. Chief Coesse was
a Miami Indian who resided in
northeast Indiana. He died in about
1853, and was buried near Roanoke, IN,
and has no known descendants.
Evidence from Society records and
secondary sources indicate that the
unassociated funerary object is affiliated
with a Miami Tribal chief. The 1
unassociated funerary object is a small
glass vial containing beads.
The above listed sites are estimated to
date from the late 1700s to the early
1800s. The evidence available indicates
that the sites are related to the Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma, whose tribal lands
were located in northeast Indiana from
about 1710 to the early 1800s. Their
villages were at or near the present
location of Fort Wayne, IN, primarily
north of the confluence of the St. Joseph
and St. Mary’s Rivers which, together,
form the Maumee River. These areas
include the Spy Run District, including
Prospect Avenue and Lawton Place, and
the Lakeside area of Fort Wayne. The
assessment that these unassociated
funerary objects should be attributed to
the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma was
confirmed by the Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma and Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana, during consultation.
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Determinations Made by the Allen
County-Fort Wayne Historical Society
Officials of the Allen County-Fort
Wayne Historical Society have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 30 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
specific burial sites of Native American
individuals.
• 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 Miami 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 claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Walter Font, Curator, Allen County-Fort
Wayne Historical Society, 302 East
Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802,
telephone (260) 426–2882, email wfont@
comcast.net, by July 3, 2017. After that
date, if no additional claimants have
come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
The Allen County-Fort Wayne
Historical Society is responsible for
notifying the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
and Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: April 21, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017–11447 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion for
Native American Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects in the
Control of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service,
Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon,
GA; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service,
Ocmulgee National Monument has
corrected an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register on
June 18, 2001. This notice corrects the
minimum number of individuals and
number of associated funerary objects.
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 Ocmulgee National
Monument. 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 Ocmulgee National
Monument at the address in this notice
by July 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent,
Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207
Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217,
telephone (478) 752–8257, email jim_
david@nps.gov.
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 correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Ocmulgee
National Monument, Macon, GA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Trading
Post, Bibb County, GA.
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 Superintendent, Ocmulgee National
Monument.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals and number of
associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (66 FR 32842–32843,
June 18, 2001). Additional individuals
and associated funerary objects were
identified during review of collections.
SUMMARY:
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Transfer of control of the items in this
correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (66 FR 32842,
June 18, 2001), column 2, paragraph 1,
sentences 1–3 are corrected by
substituting the following sentences:
Between 1957 and 1958, human remains
representing 17 individuals were recovered
from the Trading Post area of the Macon
Plateau unit of Ocmulgee National
Monument. No known individuals were
identified. The 17,037 associated funerary
objects are 2 axes, 4 balls, 1 musket ball,
16,147 beads, 1 biface, 2 blades, 217 animal
remains, 1 piece of charcoal, 6 pieces of fired
clay, 1 concretion, 2 cores, 3 pieces of daub,
46 flakes, 7 flake tools, 2 glass fragments, 1
gorget, 5 gunflints, 1 stone knife, 38 jars, 2
iron knives, 4 metal fragments, 2 shells, 1
ornament, 4 tobacco pipes, 2 flintlock pistols,
2 plant fragments, 1 projectile point, 3
preforms, 1 rifle, 3 scrapers, 4 seeds, 3 pieces
of shatter, 13 gun shots, 1 shotgun shell, 2
spiral springs, 6 unmodified stones, 1
uniface, 1 bag of unmodified stone, and 494
vessel fragments.
In the Federal Register (66 FR 32842,
June 18, 2001), column 3 paragraph 2,
sentences 1–2 are corrected by
substituting the following sentences:
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Based on the above-mentioned
information, the superintendent of Ocmulgee
National Monument has determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the human
remains listed above represent the physical
remains of 21 individuals of Native American
ancestry. The superintendent of Ocmulgee
National Monument also has determined
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2), the
32,022 objects listed above are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or late as part of the death rite or
ceremony.
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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Jim David,
Superintendent, Ocmulgee National
Monument, 1207 Emery Highway,
Macon, GA 31217, telephone (478) 752–
8257, email jim_david@nps.gov, by July
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
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas), AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana, Kialegee Tribal Town,
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Poarch
Band of Creeks (previously listed as the
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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)), The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town may proceed.
Ocmulgee National Monument is
responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma,
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas), AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Catawba Indian
Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South
Carolina), Cherokee Nation, Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana, Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma, Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians, Kialegee Tribal Town,
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians,
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
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)), The
Chickasaw Nation, The Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation, The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma, Shawnee Tribe,
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, and United
Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 3, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017–11450 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Ocmulgee
National Monument, Macon, GA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service,
Ocmulgee National Monument, 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
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identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to Ocmulgee
National Monument. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Ocmulgee National Monument at the
address in this notice by July 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent,
Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207
Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217,
telephone (478) 752–8257, email
jim_david@nps.gov.
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.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Ocmulgee National
Monument, Macon, GA, 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 Superintendent, Ocmulgee National
Monument.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Between 1933 and 1934, 99 cultural
items were removed from Funeral
Mound C in Bibb County, GA, during
legally authorized projects sponsored by
the Works Progress Administration. The
human remains were repatriated to
culturally affiliated tribes in 2015 by the
Smithsonian Institution, National
Museum of Natural History. The 99
unassociated funerary objects are 3
spoons, 61 beads, 1 bottle, 1 bowl, 4
vessel fragments, 1 metal fragment, 1
animal bone, 1 nail, 4 pendants, 2
projectile points, 1 scraper, 17 worked
shells, 1 folding knife, and 1unmodified
basalt stone.
While Mound C is a burial mound
dating to the Macon Plateau phase of the
Early Mississippian period (A.D. 900 to
A.D. 1100), several historic burials were
placed in the upper levels of the mound
and in the adjacent village area. Burials
excavated at this site were identified as
historic Creek on the basis of European
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23209; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument,
Macon, GA; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Ocmulgee National Monument has corrected an inventory of human remains
and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register on June 18, 2001. This notice
corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated
funerary objects. 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 Ocmulgee
National Monument. 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 Ocmulgee National Monument at the address in
this notice by July 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent, Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207
Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217, telephone (478) 752-8257, email
jim_david@nps.gov.
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 correction of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon,
GA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Trading Post, Bibb County, GA.
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
Superintendent, Ocmulgee National Monument.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (66 FR 32842-32843, June 18, 2001).
Additional individuals and associated funerary objects were identified
during review of collections.
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Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice has not
occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (66 FR 32842, June 18, 2001), column 2,
paragraph 1, sentences 1-3 are corrected by substituting the following
sentences:
Between 1957 and 1958, human remains representing 17 individuals
were recovered from the Trading Post area of the Macon Plateau unit
of Ocmulgee National Monument. No known individuals were identified.
The 17,037 associated funerary objects are 2 axes, 4 balls, 1 musket
ball, 16,147 beads, 1 biface, 2 blades, 217 animal remains, 1 piece
of charcoal, 6 pieces of fired clay, 1 concretion, 2 cores, 3 pieces
of daub, 46 flakes, 7 flake tools, 2 glass fragments, 1 gorget, 5
gunflints, 1 stone knife, 38 jars, 2 iron knives, 4 metal fragments,
2 shells, 1 ornament, 4 tobacco pipes, 2 flintlock pistols, 2 plant
fragments, 1 projectile point, 3 preforms, 1 rifle, 3 scrapers, 4
seeds, 3 pieces of shatter, 13 gun shots, 1 shotgun shell, 2 spiral
springs, 6 unmodified stones, 1 uniface, 1 bag of unmodified stone,
and 494 vessel fragments.
In the Federal Register (66 FR 32842, June 18, 2001), column 3
paragraph 2, sentences 1-2 are corrected by substituting the following
sentences:
Based on the above-mentioned information, the superintendent of
Ocmulgee National Monument has determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.2(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical
remains of 21 individuals of Native American ancestry. The
superintendent of Ocmulgee National Monument also has determined
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2), the 32,022 objects listed above
are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or late as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Jim David, Superintendent, Ocmulgee National
Monument, 1207 Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217, telephone (478) 752-
8257, email jim_david@nps.gov, by July 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 Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of
Texas), Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
Kialegee Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, 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)), The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town may proceed.
Ocmulgee National Monument is responsible for notifying the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas),
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba Tribe
of South Carolina), Cherokee Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma,
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Kialegee Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 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)), The Chickasaw Nation, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma,
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Shawnee
Tribe, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 3, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-11450 Filed 6-1-17; 8:45 am]
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