Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 41990-41991 [2017-18687]
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Engineers was tasked by the Regional
Historic Preservation Officer of the
Alaska Region USFWS to determine
locations of Alaskan archeological
collections. The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers located and recovered this
collection, conducted a complete
inventory, and returned the human
remains to the Alaska Region USFWS
for storage.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23787]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
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Determinations Made by the Alaska
Region USFWS
Officials of the Alaska Region USFWS
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 15
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 31 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), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor
(previously listed as Native Village of
Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Alaska Native Tribe not
identified in this notice that wishes 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 Edward DeCleva, Regional
Historic Preservation Officer/
Archaeologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Alaska Region, 1011 East Tudor
Road, MS–235, Anchorage, AK 99013,
telephone (907) 786–3399, email
edward_decleva@fws.gov, by October 5,
2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously
listed as Native Village of Old Harbor
and Village of Old Harbor) may proceed.
The Alaska Region USFWS is
responsible for notifying the Alutiiq
Tribe of Old Harbor (previously listed as
Native Village of Old Harbor and Village
of Old Harbor) that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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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 a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day federally recognized Indian
Tribes cannot be reasonably traced.
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 to TVA.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the federally recognized
Indian Tribe stated in this notice may
proceed.
SUMMARY:
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
October 5, 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.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of
TVA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from archeological sites in
Jackson and Marshal Counties, AL.
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.
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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 professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta 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 the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
The sites listed in this notice were
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. Details
regarding these excavations and sites
may be found in a report, ‘‘An
Archaeological Survey of Guntersville
Basin on the Tennessee River in
Northern Alabama,’’ by William S.
Webb and Charles G. Wilder. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects excavated from the sites listed in
this notice have been in the physical
custody of the AMNH at the University
of Alabama since excavation, but are
under the control of TVA.
From March to April of 1938, human
remains representing, at minimum, 37
individuals were removed from the
Hardin site (1JA27) in Jackson County,
AL, after TVA acquired the site on
October 16, 1936. Excavations revealed
two occupations, including Late
Woodland Flint River phase (A.D. 500–
1000) and Mississippian Henry Island
phase (A.D. 1200–1450). The human
remains include adults, juveniles, and
infants of both sexes. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
From January to June of 1938, human
remains representing, at minimum, 158
individuals were removed from the
Saulty and Riley site (1JA28) in Jackson
County, AL, after TVA purchased the
site on October 16, 1936. Site 1JA28 was
composed of both a village and adjacent
mound, with Woodland (Flint River
phase) and Mississippian (Henry Island
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phase) occupations identified. The
human remains include adults,
juveniles and children of both sexes. No
known individuals were identified. The
4,711 associated funerary objects
include 1 stone adze; 1 biface fragment;
17 bone awls; 1 bone fish hook; 1 stone
celt; 2 Little Bear Creek projectile
points; 1non-cortical flake; 2
unidentified projectile points; 4,680
shell beads; 3 shell gorgets/pendants; 1
stone discoidal; and 1 turtle shell net
gage.
From September of 1938 to January of
1939, human remains representing, at
minimum, 84 individuals were removed
from the Laws site (1MS100) on Pine
Island in Marshall County, AL, after
TVA purchased the land on April 21,
1937. Excavations began at the levee
adjacent to the river and proceeded by
both vertical slicing and horizontal
excavations. There appear to have been
at least four occupations at this site,
including a pre-ceramic period with
steatite vessels; a village using
limestone-tempered pottery during the
Flint River phase (A.D. 500–1000); a late
Mississippian occupation using 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 human remains include
adults, juveniles and infants of both
sexes. No known individuals were
identified. The 249 associated funerary
objects include 1 bone awl; 1 canine
bone; 2 pieces of fired clay; 1 graphite
nodule; 1 modified bone; 241 shell
beads; 1 shell ear plug; and 1 shell
pendant.
From October to November of 1937,
human remains representing, at
minimum, 11 individuals were removed
from site 1MS121 on Pine Island in
Marshall County, AL, after TVA
purchased the site 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 human
remains include adults, juveniles and
infants of both sexes. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At the time of the excavation and
removal of these human remains and
associated funerary objects, the land
from which the human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed was not the tribal land of any
federally recognized Indian tribe. On
May 2, 2017, TVA consulted with all
federally recognized Indian tribes who
are recognized as aboriginal to the area
from which these Native American
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human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed. These tribes are
the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma. None of these Indian tribes
agreed to accept control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects.
After further consultation, TVA has
decided to transfer control of the human
remains and associated 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.
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
sites and osteological analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 290
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 4,960 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.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(i), at
the time of excavation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects,
the land from which the cultural items
were removed was not the tribal land of
any federally recognized Indian tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
the following tribes are aboriginal to the
area from which the cultural items were
excavated: The Cherokee Nation,
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma. None of these
tribes agreed to accept control of the
human remains or associated funerary
objects.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i),
TVA has decided to transfer control of
the culturally unidentifiable human
remains to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
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Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4),
TVA has decided to transfer control of
the culturally unidentifiable associated
funerary objects to the AlabamaCoushatta 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
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, TVA, 400 West
Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville,
TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632–
7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by
October 5, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated 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.
TVA is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23787]
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 and associated funerary objects in
consultation with the appropriate federally recognized Indian Tribes,
and has determined that a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day federally
recognized Indian Tribes cannot be reasonably traced. 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 to TVA. If
no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the federally recognized
Indian Tribe 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 October 5, 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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of TVA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed from archeological sites
in Jackson and Marshal Counties, AL.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by TVA professional staff in consultation with
representatives of 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 the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
(hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
The sites listed in this notice were 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. Details regarding these excavations
and sites may be found in a report, ``An Archaeological Survey of
Guntersville Basin on the Tennessee River in Northern Alabama,'' by
William S. Webb and Charles G. Wilder. The human remains and associated
funerary objects excavated from the sites listed in this notice have
been in the physical custody of the AMNH at the University of Alabama
since excavation, but are under the control of TVA.
From March to April of 1938, human remains representing, at
minimum, 37 individuals were removed from the Hardin site (1JA27) in
Jackson County, AL, after TVA acquired the site on October 16, 1936.
Excavations revealed two occupations, including Late Woodland Flint
River phase (A.D. 500-1000) and Mississippian Henry Island phase (A.D.
1200-1450). The human remains include adults, juveniles, and infants of
both sexes. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
From January to June of 1938, human remains representing, at
minimum, 158 individuals were removed from the Saulty and Riley site
(1JA28) in Jackson County, AL, after TVA purchased the site on October
16, 1936. Site 1JA28 was composed of both a village and adjacent mound,
with Woodland (Flint River phase) and Mississippian (Henry Island
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phase) occupations identified. The human remains include adults,
juveniles and children of both sexes. No known individuals were
identified. The 4,711 associated funerary objects include 1 stone adze;
1 biface fragment; 17 bone awls; 1 bone fish hook; 1 stone celt; 2
Little Bear Creek projectile points; 1non-cortical flake; 2
unidentified projectile points; 4,680 shell beads; 3 shell gorgets/
pendants; 1 stone discoidal; and 1 turtle shell net gage.
From September of 1938 to January of 1939, human remains
representing, at minimum, 84 individuals were removed from the Laws
site (1MS100) on Pine Island in Marshall County, AL, after TVA
purchased the land on April 21, 1937. Excavations began at the levee
adjacent to the river and proceeded by both vertical slicing and
horizontal excavations. There appear to have been at least four
occupations at this site, including a pre-ceramic period with steatite
vessels; a village using limestone-tempered pottery during the Flint
River phase (A.D. 500-1000); a late Mississippian occupation using
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 human remains include adults, juveniles
and infants of both sexes. No known individuals were identified. The
249 associated funerary objects include 1 bone awl; 1 canine bone; 2
pieces of fired clay; 1 graphite nodule; 1 modified bone; 241 shell
beads; 1 shell ear plug; and 1 shell pendant.
From October to November of 1937, human remains representing, at
minimum, 11 individuals were removed from site 1MS121 on Pine Island in
Marshall County, AL, after TVA purchased the site 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 human
remains include adults, juveniles and infants of both sexes. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
At the time of the excavation and removal of these human remains
and associated funerary objects, the land from which the human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed was not the tribal land of
any federally recognized Indian tribe. On May 2, 2017, TVA consulted
with all federally recognized Indian tribes who are recognized as
aboriginal to the area from which these Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed. These tribes are the
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. None of these Indian
tribes agreed to accept control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects. After further consultation, TVA has decided to
transfer control of the human remains and associated 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.
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 sites and osteological analysis.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 290 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 4,960 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.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(i), at the time of
excavation of the human remains and associated funerary objects, the
land from which the cultural items were removed was not the tribal land
of any federally recognized Indian tribe.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), the following tribes
are aboriginal to the area from which the cultural items were
excavated: The Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. None of these
tribes agreed to accept control of the human remains or associated
funerary objects.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), TVA has decided to
transfer control of the culturally unidentifiable human remains 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.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), TVA has decided to
transfer control of the culturally unidentifiable associated 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.
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, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville, TN
37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by October
5, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
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.
TVA is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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