Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 18061-18062 [2014-07150]
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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 the Ball State University
Department of Anthropology at the
address in this notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Cailin Murray, Ball State
University Department of Anthropology,
2000 University Ave., Muncie, IN
47306, telephone (765) 285–3568, email
cemurray@bsu.edu.
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 completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Ball State University Department of
Anthropology, Muncie, IN. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Tolu, in Crittenden
County, KY.
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.
DATES:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Ball State
University Department of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1974, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Tolu in Crittenden
County, KY. The human remains were
collected from the surface during a field
trip to the site and have been curated
since then at Ball State University
Department of Anthropology (accession
# 75F). The human remains are
identified as comingled cranial and
post-cranial fragments with unknown
sex and age. No known individuals were
identified. The 392 associated funerary
objects are 3 cores, 1 stage II biface, 2
stage III bifaces, 26 initial reduction
flakes, 51 primary flakes, 97 broken
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flakes, 51 block flakes, 31 edge-modified
flakes, 15 retouched flakes, 6 gravers, 1
perforators, 10 bipolar artifacts, 1 firecracked rock, 3 point fragments, 1
Madison point, 22 pottery sherds, 15
animal bones, 52 shell fragments, 2
quartz, 1 charcoal, and 1 field tile.
Determinations Made by the Ball State
University Department of Anthropology
Officials of the Ball State University
Department of Anthropology have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on the
associated prehistoric artifacts and
animal bone.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 392 objects described in this notice
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.
• 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.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Cailin Murray, Ball State
University Department of Anthropology,
2000 University Ave., Muncie, IN
47306, telephone (765) 285–3568, email
cemurray@bsu.edu by April 30, 2014.
After that date, if no additional
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requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma may proceed.
The Ball State University Department
of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Cherokee Nation; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Peoria Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 10, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–15257;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA), in consultation with
the appropriate Federally recognized
Indian tribes has determined that the
cultural item listed in this notice meets
the definition of an unassociated
funerary object. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Federally
recognized Indian tribe not identified in
this notice that wish to claim this
cultural item should submit a written
request to the TVA. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural item to the
Federally recognized Indian tribe stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Federally
recognized Indian tribe 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 TVA at the address in this
notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D,
Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
SUMMARY:
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3005, of the intent to repatriate a
cultural item under the control of TVA
that meets 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.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item
From April 27, 1938, to November 10,
1939, 1 cultural item was removed from
the Cox site (1JA176), in Jackson
County, AL. The Cox site was excavated
as part of TVA’s Guntersville reservoir
project by the Alabama Museum of
Natural History (AMNH) at the
University of Alabama, using labor and
funds provided by the Works Progress
Administration. Excavation of the land
commenced after TVA had acquired this
land for the Guntersville project. The
excavation site was composed of a
conical mound believed to have
originally been a truncated pyramid,
with multiple stratigraphic zones and
also a village site containing most of the
burial units. This site was occupied
during the Crow Creek phase (ca. A.D.
1400–1600). Details regarding this site
may be found in An Archaeological
Survey of Guntersville Basin on the
Tennessee River in Northern Alabama
by William S. Webb and Charles G.
Wilder. The unassociated funerary
object excavated from the Cox site is 1
shell-tempered ceramic pot, and it has
always been in the physical custody of
the AMNH at the University of
Alabama.
This unassociated funerary object was
recovered from one burial feature. The
human remains from this burial feature
were either not collected during
excavation or have been misplaced in
the last 74 years. This ceramic pot is
shell-tempered and the exterior has
multiple nodes. This unassociated
funerary object is similar to others in
use at the end of the Mississippian
period.
Although there is no scientific
certainty that Native Americans of the
Crow Creek phase are directly related to
modern Federally recognized tribes,
Spanish explorers of the 16th centuries
do indicate the presence of chiefdom
level tribal entities in the southeastern
United States. The Coosa paramount
chiefdom noted in historical chronicles
is the most likely entity related to Crow
Creek sites in this part of the
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Guntersville Reservoir. Tribal groups or
towns now part of The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation claim descent from the
Coosa chiefdom. The preponderance of
the evidence indicates that in this part
of the Guntersville Reservoir area, Crow
Creek phase sites are most likely
culturally associated with groups now
part of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of TVA have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 1 cultural item described in this
notice is 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 is 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
object and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Federally recognized Indian tribe
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
Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West
Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville,
TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632–
7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by April
30, 2014. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary object to The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying the
University of Alabama and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town;
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 Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
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Indians in Oklahoma, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: March 11, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
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 Defense,
Department of the Navy, Washington,
DC
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Defense, Department of the Navy (DoN),
in consultation with the Native Village
of Barrow Inupiat Traditional
Government, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet
the definition of unassociated funerary
objects and objects of cultural
patrimony. Representatives of any
Indian tribe not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
DoN. If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items to the Indian tribe stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe 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 DoN at the address in this notice by
April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dave M. Grant, Department
of the Navy, NAVFAC NW., 1101
Tautog Circle, Suite 102, Silverdale, WA
98315–1101, telephone (360) 396–0919,
email dave.m.grant@navy.mil.
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 Defense, Department of
the Navy, Washington, DC, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects or objects of cultural patrimony
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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-15257; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Tennessee Valley
Authority, Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), in consultation with the
appropriate Federally recognized Indian tribes has determined that the
cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of an
unassociated funerary object. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Federally recognized Indian tribe not identified in this notice
that wish to claim this cultural item should submit a written request
to the TVA. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural item to the Federally recognized Indian tribe
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Federally
recognized Indian tribe 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 TVA at the address in this
notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D,
Knoxville, TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C.
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3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the control of
TVA that meets 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.
History and Description of the Cultural Item
From April 27, 1938, to November 10, 1939, 1 cultural item was
removed from the Cox site (1JA176), in Jackson County, AL. The Cox site
was excavated as part of TVA's Guntersville reservoir project by the
Alabama Museum of Natural History (AMNH) at the University of Alabama,
using labor and funds provided by the Works Progress Administration.
Excavation of the land commenced after TVA had acquired this land for
the Guntersville project. The excavation site was composed of a conical
mound believed to have originally been a truncated pyramid, with
multiple stratigraphic zones and also a village site containing most of
the burial units. This site was occupied during the Crow Creek phase
(ca. A.D. 1400-1600). Details regarding this site may be found in An
Archaeological Survey of Guntersville Basin on the Tennessee River in
Northern Alabama by William S. Webb and Charles G. Wilder. The
unassociated funerary object excavated from the Cox site is 1 shell-
tempered ceramic pot, and it has always been in the physical custody of
the AMNH at the University of Alabama.
This unassociated funerary object was recovered from one burial
feature. The human remains from this burial feature were either not
collected during excavation or have been misplaced in the last 74
years. This ceramic pot is shell-tempered and the exterior has multiple
nodes. This unassociated funerary object is similar to others in use at
the end of the Mississippian period.
Although there is no scientific certainty that Native Americans of
the Crow Creek phase are directly related to modern Federally
recognized tribes, Spanish explorers of the 16th centuries do indicate
the presence of chiefdom level tribal entities in the southeastern
United States. The Coosa paramount chiefdom noted in historical
chronicles is the most likely entity related to Crow Creek sites in
this part of the Guntersville Reservoir. Tribal groups or towns now
part of The Muscogee (Creek) Nation claim descent from the Coosa
chiefdom. The preponderance of the evidence indicates that in this part
of the Guntersville Reservoir area, Crow Creek phase sites are most
likely culturally associated with groups now part of the Muscogee
(Creek) Nation.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Officials of TVA have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 1 cultural item
described in this notice is 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 is 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 object and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Federally recognized
Indian tribe 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 Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT11D, Knoxville, TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov, by April 30, 2014. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated
funerary object to The Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying the University of Alabama and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town;
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
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma, that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 11, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-07150 Filed 3-28-14; 8:45 am]
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