Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 40803-40804 [2017-18187]
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History and Description of the Cultural
Item
On February 15, 1978, The Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History
acquired one yucca, stair-step basket,
object identification number 31N.00139,
from Lew Meekins. No other
provenance information is available.
Museum accession and catalog
records, as well as consultations with a
representative of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria Tachi Tribe, in Lemoore, CA,
indicated that the basket is of Yokut
design, and would have been utilized
during the Tribe’s Traditional Coming of
Age Ceremonies. The representative of
the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Tribe
also provided supporting ethnographic
documentation for the cultural
significance of the object.
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Determinations Made by The Fort
Worth Museum of Science and History
Officials of The Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the 1 cultural item described above has
ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the object of cultural patrimony
and the Santa Rosa Indian Community
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization 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
Chanin Voss Scanlon, The Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History, 1600
Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107,
telephone (817) 255–9300, email
cscanlon@fwmsh.org, by September 27,
2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the object of cultural
patrimony to the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California, may proceed.
The Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History is responsible for notifying
the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 3, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23751;
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 Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Further,
TVA has determined that a cultural
affiliation between the unassociated
funerary objects and present-day
federally recognized Indian Tribes can
be reasonably traced. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to TVA.
If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items to the lineal descendants,
Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization 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
September 27, 2017.
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.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN, which 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
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.
SUMMARY:
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
On September 28, 1938, two cultural
items were removed from the Laws site
(1MS100) on Pine Island in Marshall
County, AL, after TVA acquired the land
on April 21, 1937. There appear to have
been at least four occupations at site
1MS100: A pre-ceramic period with
steatite vessels; a village period with
limestone-tempered pottery during the
Flint River phase (A.D. 500–1000); a late
Mississippian occupation with shelltempered ceramics and rectilinear wall
trench structures (Crow Creek phase,
A.D. 1500–1700); and burials with EuroAmerican trade goods (circa A.D. 1670–
1715). The two unassociated funerary
objects are one brass pendant and one
brass ring.
Excavation records from site 1MS100
indicated that these two unassociated
funerary objects were found in burial
unit 1 with the fragmentary remains of
a child. The human remains are no
longer present. The brass ring found in
burial unit 1 is similar to the brass rings
found in burial units 17 and 40 of the
same site which were also child burials.
In a separate Notice of Inventory
Completion, the human remains from
burial units 17 and 40 have been
culturally affiliated to Native American
descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo.
These descendants include the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
On November 29, 1937, two
unassociated funerary objects were
excavated from burial unit 6 at site
1MS121 on Pine Island in Marshall
County, AL, after TVA purchased the
land on April 19, 1937. There were
excavations in both the village and
adjacent mound. There are no
radiocarbon dates for this site. Artifacts
recovered from the site indicate both a
Woodland and Mississippian
occupation. The two unassociated
funerary objects are one Barton Incised
jar and one Bell Plain carinated bowl.
Both ceramic vessels are from the
Mississippian period.
Excavation documents indicate that
burial unit 6 did contain human
remains, with these funerary objects
placed near the head of the individual.
These human remains are no longer
present. The unassociated funerary
objects are similar to those found in
burial units 2, 4, and 5 of the same site.
In a separate Notice of Inventory
Completion, the human remains from
burial units 2, 4, and 5 have been
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culturally affiliated to Native American
descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo.
These descendants include the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
Chronicles from Spanish explorers of
the 16th century and French explorers
of the 17th and 18th century indicate
the presence of chiefdom level tribal
entities in the southeastern United
States which resemble the Mississippian
chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of place
names noted by multiple Spanish
explorers indicates that Koasati
speaking groups inhabited northeastern
Alabama. Early maps and research into
the historic Native American occupation
of northeastern Alabama indicates that
the Koasati (as called by the English) or
the Kaskinampo (as called by the
French) were found at multiple sites in
Jackson and Marshall Counties in the
17th and 18th centuries. Oral history,
traditions, and expert opinions of the
descendants of Koasati/Kaskinampo
indicate that this portion of the
Tennessee River valley was a homeland
of the Koasati/Kaskinampo people. The
subsequent involuntary diaspora of
these peoples resulted in descendants of
the Koasati/Kaskinampo among
multiple federally recognized Indian
Tribes.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of the Tennessee Valley
Authority have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the four 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
specific burial sites of Native American
individuals.
• 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
objects and the Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
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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
September 27, 2017. After that date, if
no additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation may proceed.
The 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);
Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; and United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 11, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Commission Determination Not To
Review an Initial Determination
Granting a Joint Motion To Terminate
the Investigation Based on a
Settlement Agreement; Termination of
the Investigation
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined not to
review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’)
(Order No. 30) of the presiding
administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’)
granting a joint motion to terminate the
above-captioned investigation in its
entirety based on a Settlement
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SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Chen, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
205–2392. Copies of non-confidential
documents filed in connection with this
investigation are or will be available for
inspection during official business
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Office of the Secretary, U.S.
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telephone (202) 205–2000. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.
The public record for this investigation
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edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired
persons are advised that information on
this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on (202) 205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission instituted this investigation
on January 27, 2017, based on a
complaint filed on behalf of Nokia
Technologies Oy (‘‘Nokia’’) of Espoo,
Finland. 82 FR 8626 (Jan. 27, 2017). The
complaint alleges violations of section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, by reason of
infringement of certain claims of U.S.
Patent Nos. 7,415,247; 9,270,301;
6,393,260; and 6,826,391. The
complaint further alleges that a
domestic industry exists. The
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named as respondent Apple Inc., a/k/a
Apple Computer, Inc. (‘‘Apple’’) of
Cupertino, California. The Office of
Unfair Import Investigations (‘‘OUII’’) is
also participating in the investigation.
This investigation was severed from Inv.
No. 337–TA–1038. See Inv. No. 337–
TA–1038, Order No. 1 (Jan. 26, 2017).
On June 9, 2017, Nokia and Apple
filed a joint motion to terminate the
investigation based on a Settlement
Agreement and Related Agreements.
OUII filed a response indicating that it
does not oppose the motion once Nokia
and Apple file a revised public version
of the motion and accompanying
agreements. On June 21, 2017, the ALJ
ordered the parties to file a revised
public version of all of the agreements.
See Order No. 26 (June 21, 2017). That
same day, the ALJ issued Order No. 27,
granting the motion and certifying the
confidential version of the agreements
to the Commission. Nokia and Apple
jointly submitted revised public
versions of the agreements on June 30,
2017, and July 7, 2017. On July 19,
2017, the Commission determined to
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23751; 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 Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects. Further, TVA has
determined that a cultural affiliation between the unassociated
funerary objects and present-day federally recognized Indian Tribes can
be reasonably traced. Lineal descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written
request to TVA. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization 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 September 27, 2017.
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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, which 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 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 Items
On September 28, 1938, two cultural items were removed from the
Laws site (1MS100) on Pine Island in Marshall County, AL, after TVA
acquired the land on April 21, 1937. There appear to have been at least
four occupations at site 1MS100: A pre-ceramic period with steatite
vessels; a village period with limestone-tempered pottery during the
Flint River phase (A.D. 500-1000); a late Mississippian occupation with
shell-tempered ceramics and rectilinear wall trench structures (Crow
Creek phase, A.D. 1500-1700); and burials with Euro-American trade
goods (circa A.D. 1670-1715). The two unassociated funerary objects are
one brass pendant and one brass ring.
Excavation records from site 1MS100 indicated that these two
unassociated funerary objects were found in burial unit 1 with the
fragmentary remains of a child. The human remains are no longer
present. The brass ring found in burial unit 1 is similar to the brass
rings found in burial units 17 and 40 of the same site which were also
child burials. In a separate Notice of Inventory Completion, the human
remains from burial units 17 and 40 have been culturally affiliated to
Native American descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo. These
descendants include the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
On November 29, 1937, two unassociated funerary objects were
excavated from burial unit 6 at site 1MS121 on Pine Island in Marshall
County, AL, after TVA purchased the land on April 19, 1937. There were
excavations in both the village and adjacent mound. There are no
radiocarbon dates for this site. Artifacts recovered from the site
indicate both a Woodland and Mississippian occupation. The two
unassociated funerary objects are one Barton Incised jar and one Bell
Plain carinated bowl. Both ceramic vessels are from the Mississippian
period.
Excavation documents indicate that burial unit 6 did contain human
remains, with these funerary objects placed near the head of the
individual. These human remains are no longer present. The unassociated
funerary objects are similar to those found in burial units 2, 4, and 5
of the same site. In a separate Notice of Inventory Completion, the
human remains from burial units 2, 4, and 5 have been
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culturally affiliated to Native American descendants of the Koasati/
Kaskinampo. These descendants include the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Chronicles from Spanish explorers of the 16th century and French
explorers of the 17th and 18th century indicate the presence of
chiefdom level tribal entities in the southeastern United States which
resemble the Mississippian chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of place
names noted by multiple Spanish explorers indicates that Koasati
speaking groups inhabited northeastern Alabama. Early maps and research
into the historic Native American occupation of northeastern Alabama
indicates that the Koasati (as called by the English) or the Kaskinampo
(as called by the French) were found at multiple sites in Jackson and
Marshall Counties in the 17th and 18th centuries. Oral history,
traditions, and expert opinions of the descendants of Koasati/
Kaskinampo indicate that this portion of the Tennessee River valley was
a homeland of the Koasati/Kaskinampo people. The subsequent involuntary
diaspora of these peoples resulted in descendants of the Koasati/
Kaskinampo among multiple federally recognized Indian Tribes.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the four 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 specific burial sites of Native
American individuals.
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 objects and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization 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 September 27, 2017. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation may proceed.
The 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); Cherokee Nation;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously
listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); The Chickasaw
Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation;
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 11, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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