Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS, 794-795 [2011-4]
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Conservation Grant Program. The
Improvement Act authorizes us to
award grants of up to $3 million
annually from funds available under
each of the Restoration Acts, for a total
of up to $6 million annually. We may
award grants from a list of priority
projects recommended to us by AFWA.
The FWS Director, exercising the
authority of the Secretary of the Interior,
need not fund all projects on the list,
but all projects funded must be on the
list.
Grantees under this program may use
funds for sport fisheries and wildlife
management and research projects,
boating access development, hunter
safety and education, aquatic education,
fish and wildlife habitat improvements,
and other purposes consistent with the
enabling legislation.
To be eligible for funding, a project
must benefit fish and/or wildlife
conservation in at least 26 States, or in
a majority of the States in any one FWS
Region, or it must benefit a regional
association of State fish and wildlife
agencies. We may award grants to a
State, a group of States, or one or more
nongovernmental organizations. For the
purpose of carrying out the National
Survey of Fishing, Hunting and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may
award grants to the FWS, if requested by
AFWA, or to a State or a group of States.
Also, AFWA requires all project
proposals to address its National
Conservation Needs, which are
announced annually by AFWA at the
same time as its request for proposals.
Further, applicants must provide
certification that no activities conducted
under a Multistate Conservation grant
will promote or encourage opposition to
regulated hunting or trapping of wildlife
or to regulated angling or taking of fish.
Eligible project proposals are
reviewed and ranked by AFWA
Committees and interested
nongovernmental organizations that
represent conservation organizations,
sportsmen’s organizations, and
industries that support or promote
fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational
shooting, bowhunting, or archery.
AFWA’s Committee on National Grants
recommends a final list of priority
projects to the directors of State fish and
wildlife agencies for their approval by
majority vote. By statute, AFWA then
must transmit the final approved list to
the FWS for funding under the
Multistate Conservation Grant program
by October 1.
This year, we received a list of 12
recommended projects. We recommend
them for funding in 2011. AFWA’s
recommended list follows:
MSCGP 2011 CYCLE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS
Title
Submitter
11–014 ..............
Coordination of Farm Bill Program Implementation to
Optimize Fish & Wildlife Benefits to the States.
State Fish and Wildlife Agency Director Travel Coordination and Administration.
Assessing Agency Capacities to Manage Fish and
Wildlife Health.
National Fish Habitat Board Action Plan Implementation.
Coordination of the Industry, Federal and State
Agency Coalition.
Review and Assessment of Bioenergy Provisions in
the 2008 Farm Bill.
Management Assistance Team ..................................
Economic and other Benefits of State Public Access
Programs and Implementation of the Voluntary
Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program.
Operation of the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership.
Trailblazer Adventure Program: Involving Youth and
Families in Conservation.
AFWA ................
$82,962.00
$82,962.00
$165,924.00
AFWA ................
83,325.00
83,325.00
166,650.00
Cornell University
90,042.00
90,042.00
180,085.00
AFWA ................
0
240,000.00
240,000.00
AFWA ................
90,600.00
90,600.00
181,200.00
AFWA ................
46,200.00
46,200.00
92,400.00
AFWA ................
AFWA ................
487,923.00
85,525.00
487,923.00
85,525.00
975,846.00
171,050.00
Arkansas Game
& Fish.
U.S. Sportsman
Alliance Foundation.
Pheasants Forever & Quail
Forever.
WMI ...................
0
296,000.00
296,000.00
160,000.00
0
160,000.00
180,000.00
20,000.00
200,000.00
261,000.00
0
261,000.00
1,522,577.00
1,567,577.00
3,090,154.00
11–058 ..............
11–060 ..............
11–063 ..............
11–026 ..............
11–001 ..............
11–071 ..............
11–015 ..............
11–069 ..............
11–023 ..............
11–009 ..............
Expanding Western Farm Bill Conservation Program
Delivery through Biologist Partnerships.
11–025 ..............
Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow Professional
Development Project.
Total ...........
.....................................................................................
Dated: October 28, 2010.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Natchez Trace
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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 in the
possession of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Natchez
Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS, 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
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responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the Superintendent, Natchez Trace
Parkway, Tupelo, MS.
In 1951, unassociated funerary objects
were removed from the Mangum site,
Claiborne County, MS, during
authorized National Park Service survey
and excavation projects. The
whereabouts of the human remains is
unknown. The 34 unassociated funerary
objects are 6 ceramic vessel fragments,
1 ceramic jar, 4 projectile points, 6 shell
ornaments, 2 shells, 1 stone tool, 1 stone
artifact, 1 polished stone, 2 pieces of
petrified wood, 2 bone artifacts, 1
worked antler, 2 discoidals, 3 cupreous
metal fragments and 2 soil/shell
samples. The Mangum site is a large
hilltop cemetery located in Claiborne
County, MS. Objects recovered from the
burials indicate that the site was in use
during the Mississippian period (A.D.
1000–1650). In 1540, the De Soto
expedition likely encountered the
Taensa people in the vicinity of the
Mangum site. In 1682, the de La Salle
expedition documented the Taensa and
Tunica in the same area. In 1706, the
Taensa were driven from the area,
migrating first to Bayogula, and then to
Mobile, where they may have settled
with the Choctaw. In 1764, the Taensa
again moved, first to the Red River in
south Louisiana, and finally to the
Bayou Boeuf area where they lived with
the Chitimacha. Representatives of the
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana have
identified similarities between the
burial practices observed at the Mangum
site and those of the Chitimacha.
Historical documentation also indicates
that the Tunica buried individuals in
hilltop cemeteries in open country,
matching the burial practice observed
on the Mangum site. Historical
documentation indicates that some
Taensa may have married into the
Alabama tribe, the descendants of
whom now constitute the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas and the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma.
Officials of Natchez Trace Parkway
have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(B), that the 34 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.
Officials of Natchez Trace Parkway also
have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(2), that there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
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reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of
Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; and
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Cameron H.
Sholly, Superintendent, Natchez Trace
Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway,
Tupelo, MS 38803, telephone (662) 680–
4005, before February 7, 2011.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;
and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of
Louisiana, may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Natchez Trace Parkway is responsible
for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of
Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band
of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee
Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations);
Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana;
and United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: December 28, 2010.
Sangita Chari,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion for
Native American Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects in the
Possession of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service,
Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS;
Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
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 and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service,
Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS.
The human remains and cultural items
were removed from Claiborne County,
MS.
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, Natchez Trace
Parkway, Tupelo, MS.
This notice corrects the total number
and types of associated funerary objects
for a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register (67
FR 910–911, January 8, 2002). Since
publication an additional 148 associated
funerary objects have been discovered.
Therefore, in the Federal Register, page
910, paragraph number 4 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
In 1951 and 1963, human remains
representing 124 individuals were
recovered from the Mangum site during
authorized National Park Service survey
and excavation projects. No known
individuals were identified. There are
no funerary objects associated with the
one individual recovered in 1951. The
123 individuals recovered in 1963 are
associated with 182 funerary objects: 86
ceramic vessel fragments, 1 ceramic jar,
1 tobacco pipe, 1 frog effigy, 9 projectile
points, 4 shell ornaments, 2 shells, 37
shell beads, 1 shell pendant, 1 shell
dipper, 4 stone tools, 2 stone artifacts,
6 flakes, 2 pieces of shatter, 2 chisels,
3 polished stones, 8 celts, 2 faunal
bones, 9 cupreous metal fragments and
1 cupreous metal plate.
In the Federal Register, page 910,
paragraph number 6 is corrected by
substituting the following paragraph:
Officials of the Natchez Trace
Parkway have determined, pursuant to
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-65]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS
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. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo,
MS, 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
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responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Superintendent,
Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS.
In 1951, unassociated funerary objects were removed from the Mangum
site, Claiborne County, MS, during authorized National Park Service
survey and excavation projects. The whereabouts of the human remains is
unknown. The 34 unassociated funerary objects are 6 ceramic vessel
fragments, 1 ceramic jar, 4 projectile points, 6 shell ornaments, 2
shells, 1 stone tool, 1 stone artifact, 1 polished stone, 2 pieces of
petrified wood, 2 bone artifacts, 1 worked antler, 2 discoidals, 3
cupreous metal fragments and 2 soil/shell samples. The Mangum site is a
large hilltop cemetery located in Claiborne County, MS. Objects
recovered from the burials indicate that the site was in use during the
Mississippian period (A.D. 1000-1650). In 1540, the De Soto expedition
likely encountered the Taensa people in the vicinity of the Mangum
site. In 1682, the de La Salle expedition documented the Taensa and
Tunica in the same area. In 1706, the Taensa were driven from the area,
migrating first to Bayogula, and then to Mobile, where they may have
settled with the Choctaw. In 1764, the Taensa again moved, first to the
Red River in south Louisiana, and finally to the Bayou Boeuf area where
they lived with the Chitimacha. Representatives of the Chitimacha Tribe
of Louisiana have identified similarities between the burial practices
observed at the Mangum site and those of the Chitimacha. Historical
documentation also indicates that the Tunica buried individuals in
hilltop cemeteries in open country, matching the burial practice
observed on the Mangum site. Historical documentation indicates that
some Taensa may have married into the Alabama tribe, the descendants of
whom now constitute the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas and the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
Officials of Natchez Trace Parkway have determined, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), that the 34 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. Officials of Natchez Trace Parkway also have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that there is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated
funerary objects and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; and Tunica-Biloxi
Indian Tribe of Louisiana.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Cameron H. Sholly, Superintendent, Natchez Trace Parkway, 2680
Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS 38803, telephone (662) 680-4005,
before February 7, 2011. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of
Louisiana, may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Natchez Trace Parkway is responsible for notifying the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of
Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana;
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians of Florida; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania,
Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); Shawnee Tribe,
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Tunica-Biloxi Indian
Tribe of Louisiana; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma, that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 28, 2010.
Sangita Chari,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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