Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 6109-6110 [2015-02218]
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Cody. The first mention of the scalp was
in the museum’s 1931 inventory when
the collection was under the control of
Mr. Baker and his wife Olive. Upon
Olive’s death in 1957, control of the
collection was transferred to the City of
Denver, which operates the Buffalo Bill
Museum and Grave. The inventory done
in 1957, at the time the collection was
transferred, includes a ‘‘Crow scalp’’. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are Native
American based on the museum
records.
Determinations Made by the Buffalo
Bill Museum and Grave (formerly the
Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum)
Officials of the Buffalo Bill Museum
and Grave (formerly the Buffalo Bill
Memorial Museum) have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• 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 the Crow Tribe of Montana.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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Lineal descendants or 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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Steve Friesen,
Director, Buffalo Bill Museum and
Grave, 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road,
Golden, CO 80401, telephone (303) 526–
0744, email steve.friesen@
denvergov.org, by March 6, 2015. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains to the Crow Tribe
of Montana may proceed.
The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
(formerly the Buffalo Bill Memorial
Museum) is responsible for notifying the
Crow Tribe of Montana that this notice
has been published.
Dated: December 19, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Consultation
National Park Service
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by TVA’s
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Absentee
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; AlabamaCoushatta 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); 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.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains in
consultation with the appropriate
federally recognized Indian tribes and
has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Representatives of any federally
recognized Indian tribe not identified in
this notice that wish to request transfer
of control of these human remains
should submit a written request to TVA.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the federally
recognized Indian tribes stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any federally
recognized Indian tribe not identified in
this notice that wish to request transfer
of control of these human remains
should submit a written request with
information in support of the request to
TVA at the address in this notice by
March 6, 2015.
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.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains under the control and
possession of TVA. The human remains
were likely removed from the Citico
site, 40MR7, in Monroe County, TN, as
a result of unauthorized digging. The
human remains were anonymously
delivered to TVA in the 1990s.
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. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
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History and Description of the Remains
TVA has in its control and possession
human remains representing, at
minimum, 12 individuals. All are
adults. Four have been determined to be
female and two to be male. The sex of
the other 6 individuals is indeterminate.
Composed primarily of cranial bones,
oral history indicates that the human
remains were sent to the Tennessee
Valley Authority after November 16,
1990, but excavated before the passage
of NAGPRA. These human remains
likely resulted from the unauthorized
digging that took place at the Citico site
between 1968 and 1978. Their context
within the site and chronological
placement is unknown.
The Citico site was excavated by the
University of Tennessee in 1967 and
1968 under a contract with the National
Park Service. The site was exposed
using heavy equipment and the
excavation focused on features, burials,
and mound stratigraphy. These
excavations were a result of the
impoundment of the Little Tennessee
River as part of TVA’s Tellico Dam and
Reservoir project. Subsequent to the
professional excavation, the site was
damaged by unauthorized digging.
Excavations at the Citico site revealed
two dominate occupations: A
Mississippian Dallas phase occupation
(A.D. 1300–1550) and a later eighteenth
century Overhill Cherokee occupation.
Since no funerary objects accompanied
these human remains, it is not known if
they were derived from the Dallas phase
or the historic Cherokee occupation.
The lack of any detailed information on
these human remains leads TVA to
designate them as culturally
unidentifiable.
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Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of TVA have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on their
presence in prehistoric archeological
contexts.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 12
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• 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.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
TVA has decided to transfer control of
the culturally unidentifiable human
remains to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any federally
recognized Indian tribe not identified in
this notice that wish to request transfer
of control of these human remains
should submit a written request with
information in support of the request 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 March
6, 2015. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma may proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying 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); Shawnee Tribe; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of
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Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: January 13, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
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 should submit a written
request to the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the University of Denver
Museum of Anthropology at the address
in this notice by March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Anne Amati, University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000
E. Asbury Ave., Denver, CO 80208,
telephone (303) 871–2687, email
anne.amati@du.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 under the control of
the University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO. The human
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remains were removed from an
unknown site in Wyoming.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of tribes with aboriginal
territory in Wyoming. The consultant
tribes with aboriginal territory in
Wyoming include: Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (previously listed as the
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Crow Tribe of Montana; Ely
Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort Belknap
Indian Community of the Fort Belknap
Reservation of Montana; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; PaiuteShoshone Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Santee
Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shoshone Tribe
of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of
the Fort Hall Reservation; ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; and Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
The following tribes with aboriginal
territory in Wyoming were also invited
to participate but were not involved in
consultations: Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Big Pine Paiute
Tribe of the Owens Valley (previously
listed as the Big Pine Band of Owens
Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the
Big Pine Reservation, California);
Bishop Paiute Tribe (previously listed as
the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the
Bishop Community of the Bishop
Colony, California); Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s
Reservation, Montana; Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Death Valley
Timbi-Sha Shoshone Tribe (previously
listed as the Death Valley Timbi-Sha
Shoshone Band of California);
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Fort McDermitt Paiute and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17479; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains in consultation with the appropriate
federally recognized Indian tribes and has determined that there is no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day
federally recognized Indian tribes. Representatives of any federally
recognized Indian tribe not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request to TVA. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains to the federally recognized
Indian tribes stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any federally recognized Indian tribe not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to TVA at the address in this notice by March 6,
2015.
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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under
the control and possession of TVA. The human remains were likely
removed from the Citico site, 40MR7, in Monroe County, TN, as a result
of unauthorized digging. The human remains were anonymously delivered
to TVA in the 1990s.
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. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by TVA's
professional staff in consultation with representatives of 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);
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.
History and Description of the Remains
TVA has in its control and possession human remains representing,
at minimum, 12 individuals. All are adults. Four have been determined
to be female and two to be male. The sex of the other 6 individuals is
indeterminate. Composed primarily of cranial bones, oral history
indicates that the human remains were sent to the Tennessee Valley
Authority after November 16, 1990, but excavated before the passage of
NAGPRA. These human remains likely resulted from the unauthorized
digging that took place at the Citico site between 1968 and 1978. Their
context within the site and chronological placement is unknown.
The Citico site was excavated by the University of Tennessee in
1967 and 1968 under a contract with the National Park Service. The site
was exposed using heavy equipment and the excavation focused on
features, burials, and mound stratigraphy. These excavations were a
result of the impoundment of the Little Tennessee River as part of
TVA's Tellico Dam and Reservoir project. Subsequent to the professional
excavation, the site was damaged by unauthorized digging.
Excavations at the Citico site revealed two dominate occupations: A
Mississippian Dallas phase occupation (A.D. 1300-1550) and a later
eighteenth century Overhill Cherokee occupation. Since no funerary
objects accompanied these human remains, it is not known if they were
derived from the Dallas phase or the historic Cherokee occupation. The
lack of any detailed information on these human remains leads TVA to
designate them as culturally unidentifiable.
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Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Officials of TVA have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on their presence in
prehistoric archeological contexts.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 12 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
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.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), TVA has decided to
transfer control of the culturally unidentifiable human remains to the
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any federally recognized Indian tribe not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains should submit a written request with information in
support of the request 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 March 6, 2015. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,
and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma may
proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying 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);
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: January 13, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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