Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN, 45660-45661 [2010-18991]
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Indian Reservation are represented by
the present-day Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Officials of the Field Museum of
Natural History have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 251
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Field Museum
of Natural History also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 151 objects 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. Officials of
the Field Museum of Natural History
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 Hopi
Tribe of Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Helen Robbins, Repatriation
Director, Field Museum of Natural
History, 1400 South Lake Shore Dr.,
Chicago, IL 60605–2496, telephone
(312) 665–7317, before September 2,
2010. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Field Museum of Natural History
is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, Nashville, TN
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 Tennessee
Department of Environment and
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Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
Nashville, TN. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the Fewkes archeological
site (40WM1), Williamson 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) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee
(Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band
of Creek Indians, Alabama; Quapaw
Tribe of Oklahoma; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma.
In 1998, human remains representing
a minimum of 21 individuals were
removed from the Fewkes archeological
site (40WM1), in Williamson County,
TN, by a Tennessee Department of
Transportation contractor during a data
recovery excavation for a state-funded
road improvement project. In August
1999, the individuals were transferred
from the Tennessee Department of
Transportation contractor to the
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology. In February 2008, the
associated funerary objects were
transferred. No known individuals were
identified. The 17 associated funerary
objects are 2 ceramic earplugs, 1
ceramic earplug fragment, 1 ceramic
Beckwith Incised frog effigy jar, 1
ceramic human effigy hooded bottle, 1
ceramic Matthews Incised frog effigy jar,
1 ceramic disk, 1 Clovis biface/preform,
2 Madison-style projectile points, 1
Sand Mountain-style projectile point, 2
greenstone celts, 1 shale gorget, 1 turkey
bone awl, 1 drilled dog tooth, and 1
bone pin fragment.
The Fewkes archeological site
(40WM1) is a late prehistoric
Mississippian period mound center
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located in Brentwood, Williamson
County, TN. In October 1920, William E.
Myer conducted the first recorded
exploration of this site for the
Smithsonian Institution. The results of
this exploration were published in the
41st Annual Report of the Bureau of
American Ethnology (pages 561–615), in
1928. Myer recorded five mounds
(platform and burial), an extensive
habitation area, and numerous ‘‘stonebox’’ graves during his investigation.
Among the recovered artifacts were
shell-tempered pottery jars, bowls,
bottles, and pans. The recorded
earthworks, stone-box graves, and shelltempered ceramic vessels provide
unequivocal evidence that this site dates
to the Mississippian period in middle
Tennessee, approximately A.D. 1000–
1475. Results from modern
archeological investigations at the site
support this cultural assignment
(Tennessee Department of
Transportation, 1995–1998; Middle
Tennessee State University, 2004; and
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, 2006).
Extensive archeological research
within the Middle Cumberland River
valley has identified a virtual
abandonment of the area by native
residents around A.D. 1450 (K. Smith
1992; Moore et al. 2006; Moore and
Smith 2009). This drastic population
reduction has been studied as
supporting evidence for the ‘‘Vacant
Quarter’’ hypothesis (Williams 1990;
Cobb and Butler 2002). This hypothesis
notes the general abandonment of
Mississippian sites within portions of
the Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee, and
Cumberland River drainages around
A.D. 1450–1550. Given the current level
of archeological knowledge, and that
there are no tribal lands in Tennessee,
officials of the Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, are not able to
identify the descendants of the Fewkes
site residents.
Officials of the Tennessee Department
of Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, 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 associated funerary objects
and any present-day Indian tribe.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
of North Carolina is the aboriginal land
tribe under 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1),
according to the decision of the Indian
Claims Commission (Land Claim Map
ι37). In addition, the Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; and the
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United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians, Oklahoma, are named in
treaties for 1784–1894 Land Cessions in
Williamson County, TN (Map ι3). On
February 29, 2008 and June 26, 2008,
the Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, consulted with
these Indian tribes recognized as
aboriginal to the area from which these
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed.
The Secretary of the Interior may
make a recommendation for the
culturally unidentifiable human
remains to be reinterred under State or
other law. In May 2010, officials of the
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, requested that the
Secretary, through the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee (Review Committee),
recommend reinterment of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects according to
State law, 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(ii). The
request is to reinter under Tennessee
state law (T.C.A. 11–6–119), which
requires the reburial of Native American
skeletal remains and associated funerary
objects. In addition, the Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma, will lead the reburial
of the removed individuals and
associated funerary objects on the
Fewkes site property in a location
selected by the Tennessee Department
of Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, and approved
by the City of Brentwood, Williamson
County, TN. The Chickasaw Nation has
performed previous reburials of
Mississippian period human remains
and associated burial objects from
middle Tennessee. Finally, the
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, has provided proof that
consultation has occurred with all
Indian tribes from whose aboriginal
lands the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed, and that none have
objected to the reinterment.
On June 11, 2010, the Review
Committee considered the proposal for
reinterment and concurred with the
proposal. The Secretary of the Interior
considered the Review Committee’s
recommendation in favor of the
proposal and independently concurred
with it. A June 16, 2010, letter from the
Designated Federal Officer, writing on
behalf of the Secretary of the Interior,
transmitted the authorization for the
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, to reinter the culturally
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unidentifiable individuals under
Tennessee state law (T.C.A 11–6–119),
contingent on the publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement. In the same letter, the
Secretary of the Interior recommended
the reinterment of the associated
funerary objects to the extent allowed by
Federal, state, or local law.
Officials of the Tennessee Department
of Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of
21 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 17 objects
described above were placed with the
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, have received a
recommendation by the Secretary of the
Interior, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.11(c)(2)(ii), that the human remains
and associated funerary objects can be
reinterred according to Tennessee state
law (T.C.A 11–6–119).
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects or any other
Indian tribe that believes it satisfies the
criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Michael C. Moore, Tennessee
Division of Archaeology, 1216 Foster
Ave., Cole Bldg ι3, Nashville, TN 37243,
telephone (615) 741–1588, before
September 2, 2010. The human remains
and associated funerary objects may be
reinterred after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, is responsible
for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee
(Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band
of Creek Indians, Alabama; Quapaw
Tribe of Oklahoma; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma, that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Permanent Closure on Public
Lands in Ada County, ID
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of permanent closure.
AGENCY:
On April 12, 2010, Higby
Cave and all public lands within 1,000
feet of the entrance were permanently
closed to vehicle access and public use
at all times, due to changes in the cave’s
structural integrity and related potential
hazards. The cave entrance has been
gated and access limited to BLMpermitted and administrative activities.
Exempt from this order are BLM
employees, authorized permittees, and
other Federal, State and County
employees while on official business of
their respective agencies, including
associated vehicle use for administrative
and emergency purposes.
DATES: This closure of public land
became effective on April 12, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jarod Fluckiger, Outdoor Recreation
Planner, Morley Nelson Snake River
Birds of Prey National Conservation
Area at the Boise District Office, 3948
Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho
83705, via e-mail at
jarod_fluckiger@blm.gov, or phone (208)
384–3342.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Higby
Cave lies in the S1⁄2NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 and
N1⁄2SW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 of Section 32, T.1 S.,
R.3 E., Boise Meridian, Ada County,
Idaho, in an area containing
approximately 72 acres. This closure is
intended to provide for public safety
and protect public land and resources
from further degradation. The cave
entrance has been enclosed with a batfriendly gate, and vehicle access to the
area around the cave is now blocked by
the placement of large rocks at the
closure perimeter. Signs have also been
posted at routes leading into the area.
The decision to close Higby Cave was
analyzed in the Snake River Birds of
Prey National Conservation Area (NCA)
Proposed Resource Management Plan/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(2008), and in the Environmental
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN
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 and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Fewkes
archeological site (40WM1), Williamson 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) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma;
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians, Alabama; Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma.
In 1998, human remains representing a minimum of 21 individuals
were removed from the Fewkes archeological site (40WM1), in Williamson
County, TN, by a Tennessee Department of Transportation contractor
during a data recovery excavation for a state-funded road improvement
project. In August 1999, the individuals were transferred from the
Tennessee Department of Transportation contractor to the Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology. In
February 2008, the associated funerary objects were transferred. No
known individuals were identified. The 17 associated funerary objects
are 2 ceramic earplugs, 1 ceramic earplug fragment, 1 ceramic Beckwith
Incised frog effigy jar, 1 ceramic human effigy hooded bottle, 1
ceramic Matthews Incised frog effigy jar, 1 ceramic disk, 1 Clovis
biface/preform, 2 Madison-style projectile points, 1 Sand Mountain-
style projectile point, 2 greenstone celts, 1 shale gorget, 1 turkey
bone awl, 1 drilled dog tooth, and 1 bone pin fragment.
The Fewkes archeological site (40WM1) is a late prehistoric
Mississippian period mound center located in Brentwood, Williamson
County, TN. In October 1920, William E. Myer conducted the first
recorded exploration of this site for the Smithsonian Institution. The
results of this exploration were published in the 41st Annual Report of
the Bureau of American Ethnology (pages 561-615), in 1928. Myer
recorded five mounds (platform and burial), an extensive habitation
area, and numerous ``stone-box'' graves during his investigation. Among
the recovered artifacts were shell-tempered pottery jars, bowls,
bottles, and pans. The recorded earthworks, stone-box graves, and
shell-tempered ceramic vessels provide unequivocal evidence that this
site dates to the Mississippian period in middle Tennessee,
approximately A.D. 1000-1475. Results from modern archeological
investigations at the site support this cultural assignment (Tennessee
Department of Transportation, 1995-1998; Middle Tennessee State
University, 2004; and Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology, 2006).
Extensive archeological research within the Middle Cumberland River
valley has identified a virtual abandonment of the area by native
residents around A.D. 1450 (K. Smith 1992; Moore et al. 2006; Moore and
Smith 2009). This drastic population reduction has been studied as
supporting evidence for the ``Vacant Quarter'' hypothesis (Williams
1990; Cobb and Butler 2002). This hypothesis notes the general
abandonment of Mississippian sites within portions of the Ohio,
Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland River drainages around A.D.
1450-1550. Given the current level of archeological knowledge, and that
there are no tribal lands in Tennessee, officials of the Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
are not able to identify the descendants of the Fewkes site residents.
Officials of the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology, 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
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribe.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina is the
aboriginal land tribe under 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), according to the
decision of the Indian Claims Commission (Land Claim Map 37).
In addition, the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; and the
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United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma, are named in
treaties for 1784-1894 Land Cessions in Williamson County, TN (Map
3). On February 29, 2008 and June 26, 2008, the Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
consulted with these Indian tribes recognized as aboriginal to the area
from which these Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed.
The Secretary of the Interior may make a recommendation for the
culturally unidentifiable human remains to be reinterred under State or
other law. In May 2010, officials of the Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, requested that
the Secretary, through the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee), recommend reinterment
of the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects
according to State law, 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(ii). The request is to
reinter under Tennessee state law (T.C.A. 11-6-119), which requires the
reburial of Native American skeletal remains and associated funerary
objects. In addition, the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma, will lead the
reburial of the removed individuals and associated funerary objects on
the Fewkes site property in a location selected by the Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
and approved by the City of Brentwood, Williamson County, TN. The
Chickasaw Nation has performed previous reburials of Mississippian
period human remains and associated burial objects from middle
Tennessee. Finally, the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology, has provided proof that
consultation has occurred with all Indian tribes from whose aboriginal
lands the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed, and that none have objected to the reinterment.
On June 11, 2010, the Review Committee considered the proposal for
reinterment and concurred with the proposal. The Secretary of the
Interior considered the Review Committee's recommendation in favor of
the proposal and independently concurred with it. A June 16, 2010,
letter from the Designated Federal Officer, writing on behalf of the
Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the authorization for the
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, to reinter the culturally unidentifiable individuals under
Tennessee state law (T.C.A 11-6-119), contingent on the publication of
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice
fulfills that requirement. In the same letter, the Secretary of the
Interior recommended the reinterment of the associated funerary objects
to the extent allowed by Federal, state, or local law.
Officials of the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology, have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above represent the
physical remains of 21 individuals of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, also have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 17 objects described above were placed with the
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Tennessee Department
of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, have received
a recommendation by the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.11(c)(2)(ii), that the human remains and associated funerary objects
can be reinterred according to Tennessee state law (T.C.A 11-6-119).
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects or any other Indian tribe that believes it satisfies the
criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should contact Michael C. Moore,
Tennessee Division of Archaeology, 1216 Foster Ave., Cole Bldg
3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615) 741-1588, before
September 2, 2010. The human remains and associated funerary objects
may be reinterred after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division
of Archaeology, is responsible for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Oklahoma; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek)
Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Alabama; Quapaw Tribe
of Oklahoma; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma, that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 26, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-18991 Filed 8-2-10; 8:45 am]
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