Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, Winchester, KY, 42095-42096 [E9-19971]
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a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. John O’Shea,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Museum of
Anthropology, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1079, telephone
(734) 764–0485, before September 21,
2009. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Little Traverse Bay Bands
of Odawa Indians, Michigan may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Museum of Anthropology,
University of Michigan is responsible
for notifying the Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 16, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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 of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY. The human remains
were removed from three locations in
Laurel, McCreary, and Powell Counties,
KY.
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 University of
Kentucky/Kentucky Archaeological
Survey professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Absentee-
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Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from site
15Ll86, Laurel County, KY. The human
remains were found in an artifact
collection stored at the Daniel Boone
National Forest while doing a
collections inventory. The human
remains from this site were collected
from looter backdirt piles by Forest
Service archaeologists who first
recorded the site in 1983. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Artifacts recovered from the site
indicate that this site was occupied from
the Middle Archaic through Middle
Woodland cultural periods dating from
6000 B.C. to A.D. 300. The fragmentary
human remains are from unknown
contexts within the site.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the Cane
Creek locality in Powell County, KY.
The human remains were a turned over
to the Daniel Boone National Forest
anonymously. The donor claimed to
have been given the human remains by
an individual who had removed them
from an unidentified site in the Cane
Creek area of the Daniel Boone National
Forest. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains are from one
middle-aged female (30–50 years). A
non-human femoral head was
commingled with the remains, but is not
considered to be an associated funerary
object. The human remains are believed
to have come from a prehistoric context,
and probably predate A.D. 1700.
Sometime in the 1960s, human
remains representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from a
rockshelter, probably site 15McY1066,
on Forest Service land in McCreary
County, KY, by a road construction
crew. The human remains were
anonymously turned over to the Daniel
Boone National Forest. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
This is the largest of the three
collections reported in this notice, and
one diagnostic artifact was recovered.
Though it is not considered an
associated funerary object, it indicates
that the site dates from A.D. 900 to
1700.
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The contexts from which the three
collections of human remains were
reportedly removed suggest that they are
all prehistoric Native Americans. Since
there is no specific provenience
information, other than general site
locations within a broad temporal
context, there is insufficient contextual
information to culturally affiliate the
human remains with any specific,
present-day Indian tribe.
Officials of the Daniel Boone National
Forest have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
remains described above represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Daniel Boone National Forest also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably
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 the disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In 2008,
the Daniel Boone National Forest
requested that the Review Committee
recommend disposition of the eight
culturally unidentifiable human
remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma, as aboriginal and historic
occupants of lands in Kentucky. The
tribes have also requested for the direct
reburial of the culturally unidentifiable
human remains in the Indian Rest Place
Cemetery on the Daniel Boone National
Forest, and for the reburial to be
witnessed and directed by
representatives of the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians. The Review
Committee considered the request at its
May 15–16, 2008 meeting and
recommended disposition of the human
remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma. A January 27, 2009, letter
from the Designated Federal Official on
behalf of the Secretary of the Interior
transmitted the authorization for the
Daniel Boone National Forest to effect
disposition of the human remains of the
eight culturally unidentifiable
individuals to the tribes listed above
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and for the reburial to occur 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 the Forest Archaeologist,
Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY 40391, telephone (859)
745–3138, before September 21, 2009.
Disposition of the human remains to the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe
of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe,
Oklahoma; and United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Daniel Boone National Forest is
responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 20, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–19971 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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
in the possession of The Public
Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from an unknown site in
or near Bay City, Bay County, MI.
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
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National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by The Public Museum’s
professional staff in consultation with
the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan and Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from a burial
mound at an unknown location in or
near Bay City, Bay County, MI. In 1917,
the human remains were purchased by
The Public Museum from E.C. Crane. No
known individuals were identified. The
19 associated funerary objects are 2
copper kettles, 14 stone flakes, 2
scrapers, and 1 hammerstone.
Museum records indicate the material
is from ‘‘mound b2,’’ an unknown site
that is not recorded in the Michigan
State Historic Preservation Office
records. Museum records indicate that
the human remains were removed from
burial mounds, but do not indicate
where the removal was for the objects.
However, since the objects were found
stored with the human remains and are
consistent with other associated
funerary objects removed from the Bay
City area from burial mounds, the
cultural items have been determined to
be funerary objects associated with
these individuals. The remains of one
individual are associated with copper
kettles suggesting a historic date, and
the remaining two individuals were
associated with the lithic artifacts,
suggesting an unknown earlier context.
The associated funerary objects indicate
this was a multicomponent mound, and
that an historic burial was intrusive to
an earlier mound context.
Based on archeological expert
opinion, the human remains and
associated funerary objects are from a
site located within the Saginaw River
watershed which has been inhabited by
both the Ottawa and Chippewa people,
with the Chippewa becoming the
dominant group in the Saginaw River
Valley by the end of the 17th century.
Based on consultation with both the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan and Little Traverse Bay Bands
of Odawa Indians, Michigan, as well as
historical, geographical, and
archeological evidence, The Public
Museum’s professional staff reasonably
believe the human remains and
associated funerary objects are affiliated
with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan.
Officials of The Public Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
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remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of The
Public Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the 19 cultural items described above
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual remains
at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony. Lastly,
officials of The Public Museum have
determined that, 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
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of
Collections and Preservation, The
Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW.,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone
(616) 456–3521, before September 21,
2009. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Public Museum is responsible for
notifying the Little Traverse Bay Bands
of Odawa Indians, Michigan and
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 9, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: State
of Alaska, Alaska State Office of
History and Archaeology, Anchorage,
AK and Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 control of the State of
Alaska, Alaska Office of History and
Archaeology, Anchorage, AK, and in the
possession of the Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, Winchester, KY
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 of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Daniel Boone National
Forest, Winchester, KY. The human remains were removed from three
locations in Laurel, McCreary, and Powell Counties, KY.
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 University
of Kentucky/Kentucky Archaeological Survey professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from site 15Ll86, Laurel County, KY. The human
remains were found in an artifact collection stored at the Daniel Boone
National Forest while doing a collections inventory. The human remains
from this site were collected from looter backdirt piles by Forest
Service archaeologists who first recorded the site in 1983. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Artifacts recovered from the site indicate that this site was
occupied from the Middle Archaic through Middle Woodland cultural
periods dating from 6000 B.C. to A.D. 300. The fragmentary human
remains are from unknown contexts within the site.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the Cane Creek locality in Powell County,
KY. The human remains were a turned over to the Daniel Boone National
Forest anonymously. The donor claimed to have been given the human
remains by an individual who had removed them from an unidentified site
in the Cane Creek area of the Daniel Boone National Forest. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are from one middle-aged female (30-50 years). A
non-human femoral head was commingled with the remains, but is not
considered to be an associated funerary object. The human remains are
believed to have come from a prehistoric context, and probably predate
A.D. 1700.
Sometime in the 1960s, human remains representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from a rockshelter, probably site 15McY1066,
on Forest Service land in McCreary County, KY, by a road construction
crew. The human remains were anonymously turned over to the Daniel
Boone National Forest. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
This is the largest of the three collections reported in this
notice, and one diagnostic artifact was recovered. Though it is not
considered an associated funerary object, it indicates that the site
dates from A.D. 900 to 1700.
The contexts from which the three collections of human remains were
reportedly removed suggest that they are all prehistoric Native
Americans. Since there is no specific provenience information, other
than general site locations within a broad temporal context, there is
insufficient contextual information to culturally affiliate the human
remains with any specific, present-day Indian tribe.
Officials of the Daniel Boone National Forest have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of eight individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Daniel Boone National Forest also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of
shared group identity cannot be reasonably 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 the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains.
In 2008, the Daniel Boone National Forest requested that the Review
Committee recommend disposition of the eight culturally unidentifiable
human remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, as
aboriginal and historic occupants of lands in Kentucky. The tribes have
also requested for the direct reburial of the culturally unidentifiable
human remains in the Indian Rest Place Cemetery on the Daniel Boone
National Forest, and for the reburial to be witnessed and directed by
representatives of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. The
Review Committee considered the request at its May 15-16, 2008 meeting
and recommended disposition of the human remains to the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. A January 27, 2009, letter from the
Designated Federal Official on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior
transmitted the authorization for the Daniel Boone National Forest to
effect disposition of the human remains of the eight culturally
unidentifiable individuals to the tribes listed above
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and for the reburial to occur 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 the
Forest Archaeologist, Daniel Boone National Forest, Winchester, KY
40391, telephone (859) 745-3138, before September 21, 2009. Disposition
of the human remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe,
Oklahoma; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Daniel Boone National Forest is responsible for notifying the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 20, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-19971 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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