Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 12121-12122 [2016-05063]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 8, 2016 / Notices
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
associated funerary objects 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 April 7, 2016.
Anne Amati, University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000
East Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO 80208,
telephone (303) 871–2687, email
anne.amati@du.edu.
ADDRESSES:
Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology, Denver, CO. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Pueblo Blanco,
Santa Fe County, NM.
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
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the number of
associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (65 FR 67757–67758,
November 13, 2000). Re-inventory
discovered more associated funerary
objects. Transfer of control of the items
in this correction notice has not
occurred.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
In the Federal Register (65 FR 67757–
67758, November 13, 2000), paragraph
4, sentence 4 is corrected by substituting
the following sentence:
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
The 21 associated funerary objects are 1 nonhuman bone, 15 ceramic sherds (black and
red on white), 4 chipped stone tools, and 1
projectile point fragment.
In the Federal Register (65 FR 67757–
67758, November 13, 2000), paragraph
6, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting
the following sentence:
Officials of the University of Denver
Department of Anthropology and Museum of
Anthropology also have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 21 objects
listed 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.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:02 Mar 07, 2016
Jkt 238001
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Anne Amati, University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology, 2000
E. Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO 80208,
telephone (303) 871–2687, email
anne.amati@du.edu, by April 7, 2016.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may
proceed.
The University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the
Colorado River Indian Reservation,
Arizona and California, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: February 3, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016–05061 Filed 3–7–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20267;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects in
consultation with the appropriate
Federally recognized Indian tribes and
has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and any
present-day federally recognized Indian
tribes. Representatives of any federally
recognized 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 to Tennessee
Valley Authority. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
federally recognized Indian tribes stated
in this notice may proceed.
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00057
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
12121
Representatives of any federally
recognized Indian tribe 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
TVA at the address in this notice by
April 7, 2016.
DATES:
Dr. Thomas O. Maher,
Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West
Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville,
TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632–
7458, email tomaher@tva.gov.
ADDRESSES:
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 and
possession of TVA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from site 40SM113, in Smith
County, TN, in 1976.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by TVA’s professional staff.
Representatives of the following tribes
were notified on January 29, 2015:
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town; Shawnee Tribe;
The Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. A
telephone conference to consult on this
repatriation took place on April 24,
2015, with tribal representatives of the
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma. The inability to
determine whether aboriginal lands
were implicated in this NAGPRA
disposition led to further consultation
with the tribes on June 15, 2015.
E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM
08MRN1
12122
Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 8, 2016 / Notices
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
As a result of this further
consultation, TVA received requests for
joint transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
from the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, the Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Shawnee
Tribe, and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. No
objections to this joint transfer of
control were received from the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas), the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, the
Chickasaw Nation, and the Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana.
History and Description of the Remains
In April 1976, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the
Dixon Creek site, 40SM113. The Dixon
Creek site, 40SM113, was first recorded
in 1972 as SI–1 (Surface Indication 1) by
Major McCollough of the University of
Tennessee (McCollough 1972). Under
contract with TVA, Steven Fox
completed additional survey work
between 1974 and 1976. In April 1976,
four test units were excavated. Test Unit
4 uncovered the only human remains
and associated funerary objects found at
this site. A single adult male Native
American was interred in a semi-flexed
position within a 5×4 foot burial pit. No
known individuals were identified. The
two associated funerary objects are two
shell-tempered ceramic vessels.
The vessels found with the human
remains appear to place the burial in the
Middle Cumberland Mississippian
period, A.D. 1050–1450. The lack of any
detailed information on these human
remains and funerary objects leads TVA
to designate them as culturally
unidentifiable.
Site 40SM113 is in Smith County, TN,
north of the Cumberland River. The site
is outside the boundary of any areas
recognized in a final judgment of the
Indian Claims Commission or the
United States Court of Claims. Although
there are no treaties between the United
States Government and a Native
American tribe for this area, there was
a treaty negotiated before the creation of
the U.S.A. Richard Henderson,
representing the Transylvania Company,
met with the Cherokee to negotiate the
purchase of land including Smith
County, TN, for the creation of a 14th
colony on March 14, 1775. The Treaty
of Sycamore Shoals was not
acknowledged by the United States
Government or the governments of the
states of Virginia and North Carolina.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:02 Mar 07, 2016
Jkt 238001
An unratified treaty cannot be used to
identify aboriginal lands (75 FR 49,
March 15, 2010).
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the
Secretary of the Interior may make a
recommendation for a transfer of control
of culturally unidentifiable human
remains and associated funerary objects.
Tennessee Valley Authority requested
that the Secretary, through the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee,
recommend the proposed transfer of
control of the culturally unidentifiable
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice to the Cherokee
Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation, the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
the Shawnee Tribe, and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma. No objections to this joint
transfer of control were received from
the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas), the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, the
Chickasaw Nation, and the Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana.
Determinations Made By the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of TVA have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the two 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
any present-day Indian tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11, the
‘‘tribal land’’ or the ‘‘aboriginal land’’
provenience of the human remains
cannot be determined.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects will be to the
Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, the Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma, The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation, the Shawnee Tribe, the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
PO 00000
Frm 00058
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Indians in Oklahoma for a joint
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to these
federally recognized tribes.
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 and
associated funerary objects should
submit a written request with
information in support of the request to
Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT11D, Knoxville, TN 37902–1401,
telephone (865) 632–7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov, by April 7, 2016.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, the Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe,
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma may proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee
Tribal Town; Shawnee Tribe; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that
this notice has been published.
Dated: February 4, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016–05063 Filed 3–7–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20265;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Chaco Culture National
Historical Park, Nageezi, NM
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Chaco
Culture National Historical Park has
completed an inventory of human
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM
08MRN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12121-12122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05063]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20267; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in
consultation with the appropriate Federally recognized Indian tribes
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day
federally recognized Indian tribes. Representatives of any federally
recognized 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
to Tennessee Valley Authority. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to TVA at
the address in this notice by April 7, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley Authority, 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 and
associated funerary objects under the control and possession of TVA.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
site 40SM113, in Smith County, TN, in 1976.
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 and associated funerary
objects was made by TVA's professional staff. Representatives of the
following tribes were notified on January 29, 2015: Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. A telephone conference to consult on
this repatriation took place on April 24, 2015, with tribal
representatives of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma. The inability to determine whether aboriginal lands were
implicated in this NAGPRA disposition led to further consultation with
the tribes on June 15, 2015.
[[Page 12122]]
As a result of this further consultation, TVA received requests for
joint transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects from the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,
the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Shawnee Tribe, and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. No objections to this joint
transfer of control were received from the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, the Chickasaw Nation, and the Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana.
History and Description of the Remains
In April 1976, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Dixon Creek site, 40SM113. The Dixon
Creek site, 40SM113, was first recorded in 1972 as SI-1 (Surface
Indication 1) by Major McCollough of the University of Tennessee
(McCollough 1972). Under contract with TVA, Steven Fox completed
additional survey work between 1974 and 1976. In April 1976, four test
units were excavated. Test Unit 4 uncovered the only human remains and
associated funerary objects found at this site. A single adult male
Native American was interred in a semi-flexed position within a 5x4
foot burial pit. No known individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are two shell-tempered ceramic vessels.
The vessels found with the human remains appear to place the burial
in the Middle Cumberland Mississippian period, A.D. 1050-1450. The lack
of any detailed information on these human remains and funerary objects
leads TVA to designate them as culturally unidentifiable.
Site 40SM113 is in Smith County, TN, north of the Cumberland River.
The site is outside the boundary of any areas recognized in a final
judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of
Claims. Although there are no treaties between the United States
Government and a Native American tribe for this area, there was a
treaty negotiated before the creation of the U.S.A. Richard Henderson,
representing the Transylvania Company, met with the Cherokee to
negotiate the purchase of land including Smith County, TN, for the
creation of a 14th colony on March 14, 1775. The Treaty of Sycamore
Shoals was not acknowledged by the United States Government or the
governments of the states of Virginia and North Carolina. An unratified
treaty cannot be used to identify aboriginal lands (75 FR 49, March 15,
2010).
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the Secretary of the Interior may make a
recommendation for a transfer of control of culturally unidentifiable
human remains and associated funerary objects. Tennessee Valley
Authority requested that the Secretary, through the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee, recommend the
proposed transfer of control of the culturally unidentifiable human
remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to the Cherokee
Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe
of Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
the Shawnee Tribe, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma. No objections to this joint transfer of control were received
from the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
the Chickasaw Nation, and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.
Determinations Made By the Tennessee Valley Authority
Officials of TVA have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two 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 any present-day Indian tribe.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11, the ``tribal land'' or the
``aboriginal land'' provenience of the human remains cannot be
determined.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects will be to the Cherokee Nation,
the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Shawnee Tribe, the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma for a joint disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to these federally recognized tribes.
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 and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Dr.
Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT11D, Knoxville, TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov, by April 7, 2016. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the
Shawnee Tribe, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma may
proceed.
TVA is responsible for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee
Tribal Town; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 4, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-05063 Filed 3-7-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
