Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, GA, 25623-25624 [2017-11452]
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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)),
Shawnee Tribe, The Chickasaw Nation,
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Ocmulgee
National Monument, 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
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.
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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.
to the river later called the Ocmulgee
River. The towns and people living
along Ochese Creek during that period
were referred to as the Ochese (various
spellings) Creek Nation, the Ochese
Creek people, and, finally, simply the
Creeks. The word Ochese and its
variations has been traced from middle
Georgia to the Chattahoochee River,
then to Florida, and finally to
Oklahoma. A squareground of this name
existed in Oklahoma until the 1950s.
There is an Ochese Street in Okmulgee,
Oklahoma. Ethnohistorical information
indicates that the Ichisi-Ochese were
probably Hitchiti speakers, which
would link them directly to Hitchiti
speakers among the later Seminole and
Miccosukee tribes. The Ichisi-Ochese
may also be linked less directly to
speakers of closely related Alabama and
Koasati languages among the latter-day
Alabama and Coushatta tribes.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Between 1933 and 1938, 436 cultural
items were removed from Lamar
Mounds and Village 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 436 unassociated funerary
objects are 3 awls, 25 beads, 1 bag of
beads, 1 blade, 1 burin, 3 celts, 1 piece
of fired clay, 1 piece of daub, 4
discoidals, 2 earplugs, 24 flakes, 2
animal bones, 5 shells, 1 gorget, 1 jar,
1 projectile point, 3 scrapers, 1 worked
shell, 7 soil samples, 1 flake tool, and
348 vessel fragments.
The Lamar Mounds and Village site
consists of two mounds, A and B, and
a palisaded village area. Archeological
evidence indicates that the Lamar
Mounds and Village site was occupied
during the entire Middle and Late
Mississippian periods (A.D. 1200–1650).
The regional manifestation of
archeological resources from the
Mississippian period has been
identified as the Lamar Culture.
Archeological evidence indicates that
the Lamar Culture ceramic types found
at Lamar Mounds and Village are
closely related to historic Creek and
Cherokee ceramic traditions.
The Lamar site is also believed to be
the town of Ichisi (Spanish) or Ochisi
(Portuguese) encountered by the
Hernando de Soto expedition in 1540.
Occupation of the site may have
continued into the early 18th century.
Between A.D. 1685 and 1717, the
English used variations of the name
Ochesehatchee or Ochese Creek to refer
Determinations Made by Ocmulgee
National Monument
Officials of Ocmulgee National
Monument have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 436 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 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas), AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee
Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,
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, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
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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
Jim David, Superintendent, Ocmulgee
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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 claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas), AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee
Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,
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, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma 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, 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)),
Shawnee Tribe, The Chickasaw Nation,
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Allen County-Fort Wayne
Historical Society, Fort Wayne, IN
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Allen County-Fort Wayne
Historical Society, 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
Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical
Society. 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
the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical
Society at the address in this notice by
July 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: 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.
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 Allen
County-Fort Wayne Historical Society,
Fort Wayne, IN, 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.
SUMMARY:
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
On an unknown date, two cultural
items were removed from a grave in the
Lakeside District of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, IN. At some time prior to 1947,
the funerary objects were acquired from
Mr. W.T. Angel by the Allen CountyFort Wayne Historical Society. No other
provenience information is available.
The 2 unassociated funerary objects are
1 animal tusk and 1 hatchet head.
In 1928, one cultural item was
removed from a grave on Prospect
Avenue in Fort Wayne, Allen County,
IN. In 1933, the funerary object was
acquired from Mr. Theodore Waldo by
the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical
Society. No other provenience
information is available. The 1
unassociated funerary object is a stone
pipe bowl.
On an unknown date, five cultural
items were removed from a grave in the
Spy Run District of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, IN. At some time prior to 1947,
the funerary objects were acquired from
an unknown source by the Allen
County-Fort Wayne Historical Society.
Catalog records state that the funerary
objects were found in an ‘‘Indian grave
in the Spy Run District, Fort Wayne.’’
The 5 unassociated funerary objects are
4 silver brooches and 1 brass button.
On an unknown date, two cultural
items were removed from a grave on
West Washington Street in Fort Wayne,
Allen County, IN. In 1934, the objects
were acquired from an unknown source
by the Allen County-Fort Wayne
Historical Society. Catalog records state
that the funerary objects were found in
a grave at ‘‘1415 W. Washington Street.’’
The 2 unassociated funerary objects are
2 steel strikers.
On unknown dates, seven cultural
items were removed from graves in ‘‘the
Miami burial ground’’ in the Spy Run
District of Fort Wayne, Allen County,
IN. In about 1928, the funerary objects
were acquired from Mr. Jacob M.
Stouder, a local collector, by the Allen
County-Fort Wayne Historical Society.
The 7 unassociated funerary objects are
1 set of pistol fragments, 1 tomahawk,
1 stone pipe, 2 clay pipes, and 2 stone
tools.
On an unknown date, one cultural
item was removed from a grave at
Lawton Place in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, IN. In 1932, the funerary object
was acquired from Mrs. George Gillie by
the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical
Society. No other provenience
information is available. The 1
unassociated funerary object is an iron
hoe blade.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23207; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, GA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 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 1938, 436 cultural items were removed from Lamar
Mounds and Village 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 436
unassociated funerary objects are 3 awls, 25 beads, 1 bag of beads, 1
blade, 1 burin, 3 celts, 1 piece of fired clay, 1 piece of daub, 4
discoidals, 2 earplugs, 24 flakes, 2 animal bones, 5 shells, 1 gorget,
1 jar, 1 projectile point, 3 scrapers, 1 worked shell, 7 soil samples,
1 flake tool, and 348 vessel fragments.
The Lamar Mounds and Village site consists of two mounds, A and B,
and a palisaded village area. Archeological evidence indicates that the
Lamar Mounds and Village site was occupied during the entire Middle and
Late Mississippian periods (A.D. 1200-1650). The regional manifestation
of archeological resources from the Mississippian period has been
identified as the Lamar Culture. Archeological evidence indicates that
the Lamar Culture ceramic types found at Lamar Mounds and Village are
closely related to historic Creek and Cherokee ceramic traditions.
The Lamar site is also believed to be the town of Ichisi (Spanish)
or Ochisi (Portuguese) encountered by the Hernando de Soto expedition
in 1540. Occupation of the site may have continued into the early 18th
century. Between A.D. 1685 and 1717, the English used variations of the
name Ochesehatchee or Ochese Creek to refer to the river later called
the Ocmulgee River. The towns and people living along Ochese Creek
during that period were referred to as the Ochese (various spellings)
Creek Nation, the Ochese Creek people, and, finally, simply the Creeks.
The word Ochese and its variations has been traced from middle Georgia
to the Chattahoochee River, then to Florida, and finally to Oklahoma. A
squareground of this name existed in Oklahoma until the 1950s. There is
an Ochese Street in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Ethnohistorical information
indicates that the Ichisi-Ochese were probably Hitchiti speakers, which
would link them directly to Hitchiti speakers among the later Seminole
and Miccosukee tribes. The Ichisi-Ochese may also be linked less
directly to speakers of closely related Alabama and Koasati languages
among the latter-day Alabama and Coushatta tribes.
Determinations Made by Ocmulgee National Monument
Officials of Ocmulgee National Monument have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 436 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 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, 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, Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town, and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 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 Jim David, Superintendent, Ocmulgee
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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 claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, 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, Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town, and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma 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, 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)), Shawnee Tribe, The
Chickasaw Nation, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation, The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, 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. 2017-11452 Filed 6-1-17; 8:45 am]
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