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that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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
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 Bureau of Indian Affairs
at the address in this notice by October
5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.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 correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
in the physical custody of the Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ (ASM). The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from a location within the
boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation, Navajo County, AZ.
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 minimum
number of individuals and number of
associated funerary objects originally
published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (77
FR 11578–11580, February 27, 2012)
and subsequently published in a
corrected Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (79
FR 68472–68473, November 17, 2014).
The number of human remains and
associated funerary objects increased
due a search through uncatalogued
object collections.
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Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473,
November 17, 2014), column 1,
paragraphs 3 and 4, under the heading
‘‘Correction,’’ are corrected by
substituting the following paragraphs:
In the Federal Register (77 FR 11579,
February 27, 2012), paragraph 7 is corrected
by substituting the following paragraph:
In the years 1963 through 1977, human
remains representing, at minimum, 1,023
individuals were removed from the
Grasshopper Pueblo site AZ P:14:1(ASM), in
Navajo County, AZ, as a result of legally
authorized excavations conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological Field
School. Archeological collections from the
site were brought to the museum at the end
of each field season. No known individuals
were identified. The 10,418 associated
funerary objects are 710 animal bones, 2
animal skeletons, 1 antler wrench, 9 antler
artifacts, 9 lots of beads of unidentified
material, 21 bird bones, 1 bird effigy pendant,
6 bird skeletons, 1 bird skull, 31 bone
artifacts, 53 bone awls, 9 bone awl fragments,
6 lots of bone beads, 2 bone needles, 47 bone
rings, 1 bone spatula, 1 bone tool, 1 bone
wand, 9 lots of botanical material, 2 ceramic
artifacts, 719 ceramic bowls, 8 ceramic bowl
fragments, 2 ceramic canteens, 1 ceramic
figurine fragment, 223 ceramic jars, 7 ceramic
jar fragments, 1 ceramic ladle, 4 ceramic
mugs, 1 ceramic pendant, 9 ceramic pitchers,
2 ceramic plates, 1 ceramic platter, 3 ceramic
scoops, 4,960 ceramic sherds, 7 ceramic
sherd artifacts, 27 ceramic vessels, 7 ceramic
vessel fragments, 21 chipped stone cores, 2
chipped stone drills, 2 chipped stone firecracked rocks, 2,233 chipped stone flakes, 1
chipped stone scraper, 1 clay sample, 14
crystals, 22 flotation samples, 10 fossils, 3
ground stones, 16 hammerstones, 1
handstone, 17 manos, 2 mano fragments, 8
lots of matting, 45 minerals, 3 mortars, 1
mosaic shell, 4 lots of organic material, 96
pebbles, 2 pecking stones, 12 pendants, 18
polishing stones, 6 pollen samples, 57 quartz
crystals, 12 lots of raw material, 5 shaft
straighteners, 111 shells, 3 lots of shell and
stone beads, 7 shell artifacts, 1 shell artifact
fragment, 32 lots of shell beads, 49 shell
bracelets, 6 shell bracelet fragments, 25 shell
pendants, 3 shell pendant fragments, 12 shell
rings, 62 shell tinklers, 9 snail shells, 2 soil
impressions, 58 soil samples, 14 stone
artifacts, 1 stone axe, 8 lots of stone beads,
3 stone blades, 1 stone bowl, 1 stone disk, 6
stone figurines, 9 stone knives, 2 stone
pendants, 257 stone projectile points, 7 stone
scrapers, 2 stone shaft smoothers, 4 stone
slabs, 12 tree ring samples, 5 lots of turquoise
beads, 112 turquoise pendants, 58 turquoise
tesserae, 1 lot of unidentified material, 1 lot
of unidentified organic material, 4 wood
fragments, 9 worked and unworked bones,
and 3 worked stone flakes.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 68473,
November 17, 2014), column 2,
paragraphs 1 through 4, under the
heading ‘‘Correction,’’ are corrected by
substituting the following paragraphs:
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In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580,
February 27, 2012), paragraph 5 is corrected
by substituting the following paragraph:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C 3001(9), the human
remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 1,023 individuals or
Native American ancestry.
In the Federal Register (77 FR 11580,
February 27, 2012), paragraph 6 is corrected
by substituting the following paragraph:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the
10,418 objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed with
or near individual human remains at the time
of death or later as a part of the death rite
or ceremony.
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 Anna Pardo, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico may proceed.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017–18684 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023810]
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 a cultural affiliation
SUMMARY:
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between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and presentday federally recognized Indian Tribes
can reasonably be traced. Lineal
descendants or 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 Tribes 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 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 Marshall 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). 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 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
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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and 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, 10
individuals were removed from the
Hardin site (1JA27) in Jackson County,
AL, after TVA acquired the site on
October 16, 1936. Excavations revealed
two primary occupations during the
Late Woodland Flint River phase (A.D.
500–1000) and the Mississippian Henry
Island phase (A.D. 1200–1450). The
culturally affiliated human remains are
from the Henry Island phase. The
human remains include adults,
juveniles, and infants of female and
indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. The 11
associated funerary objects include 2
Bell Plain sherds; 1 Carthage Incised rim
sherd; 1 conch shell cup; 1 Etowah
Complicated Stamped jar; 1 Mississippi
Plain bowl; 1 Mississippi Plain
composite jar; 1 Mississippi Plain
standard jar; 1 Moundville Engraved
sherd; 1 Mulberry Creek Plain
hemispherical bowl; and 1 Nashville
Negative Painted bottle.
From January to June of 1938, human
remains representing, at minimum, 19
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 occupations
identified. The culturally affiliated
human remains are from the Henry
Island phase (circa A.D. 1200–1450).
The human remains include adults,
juveniles, and children of both sexes.
No known individuals were identified.
The 190 associated funerary objects
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include 4 Bell Plain sherds; 1 Bell Plain
jar; 4 bone awls or Fids; 1 Carthage
Incised bowl; 2 clay earspools; 3 pieces
of cut mica; 1 stone discoidal; 2 mussel
shells; 7 Mississippi Plain jars; 145
Mississippi Plain sherds; 9 Mississippi
Plain bowl sherds; 1 Mississippi Plain
effigy jar; 1 Mississippi Plain bowl; 1
Moundville Incised, var. Snows Bend
jar; 1 Moundville Incised, var. Carrolton
jar; 2 Mulberry Creek Plain, var.
Hamilton sherds; 3 shell gorgets; 1
eroded shell-tempered sherd; and 1
Wright Check Stamped sherd.
From September of 1938 to January of
1939, human remains representing, at
minimum, 48 individuals were removed
from the Laws site (1MS100) on Pine
Island in Marshall County, AL, after
TVA purchased the site 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 the EuroAmerican trade period (circa A.D. 1670–
1715). The human remains are from the
last two occupations and include adults,
juveniles, and children of both sexes.
No known individuals were identified.
The 32,239 associated funerary objects
include 21 bark container fragments; 8
bark pouch fragments; 1 Bell Plain redfilmed bowl, 1 biface fragment; 5 bone
beads; 2 dog canines; 3 botanical
fragments; 14 brass arm band fragments;
2 brass arm cuffs; 55 brass arm cuff
fragments; 352 brass beads; 23 brass
bells; 6 brass disks; 16 brass fragments;
1 brass ring; 9 brass ring fragments; 3
brass sheet fragments; 8 brass spherical
buttons; 1 brass square; 10 brass tinkler
cones; 2 buckskin fragments; 5 buckskin
pouch fragments; 1 burnishing stone; 6
charred cane fragments; 1 chipped stone
drill; 29 drum tooth beads; 1 stone effigy
pipe; 2 pieces of fired clay; 29,965 glass
beads; 1 glass mirror; 1 ground limonite;
145 iron and brass wire bracelets; 718
iron bracelet fragments; 2 iron buckle
fragments; 2 iron ring fragments; 56 iron
wire fragments; 4 modified bones; 1 lead
musket ball; 7 pieces of shell; 1 red
pigment; 735 shell beads; 4 shell ear
pins; 2 shell gorgets; 6 shell ornament
fragments; and 1 split cane fragment.
From October to November of 1937,
human remains representing, at
minimum, 4 individuals were removed
from site 1MS121 on Pine Island, in
Marshall County, AL, after TVA
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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. The
culturally affiliated human remains are
from the Mississippian period (A.D.
1200–1500). The human remains are of
four female adults. No known
individuals were identified. The 16
associated funerary objects include 11
Bell Plain jar sherds; 1 crinoid bead; 2
Langston Fabric Marked sherds; and 2
Mississippi Plain bowls.
Although there is no absolute
certainty that Native Americans of the
Mississippian period are directly related
to modern federally recognized Tribes, a
relationship of shared group identity
can reasonably be traced between these
modern Tribes and the human remains
and associated funerary objects of the
earlier culture identified as
Mississippian. The preponderance of
the evidence indicates that the cultural
items from Mississippian and early
historic occupations at 1JA27, 1JA28,
1MS100, and 1MS121 are culturally
affiliated with Native Americans
descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo.
These descendants include the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushata 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 their Tribe. The subsequent
involuntary diaspora of these peoples
resulted in descendants of the Koasati/
Kaskinampo among multiple federally
recognized Tribes.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 81
individuals of Native American ancestry
due to their presence in a prehistoric
and early historic archeological site and
osteological analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 32,456 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
listed in this notice and 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
Lineal descendants or 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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Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of TVA have determined
that:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23729;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
the Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, have completed an
inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and have determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
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 to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains 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
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs at the address in this notice by
October 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.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 of
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC, and in the physical custody of the
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ (ASM). The
human remains were removed from a
location within the boundaries of the
Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Navajo
County, AZ.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0023810]
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
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between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day federally recognized Indian Tribes can reasonably be traced. Lineal
descendants or 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 Tribes 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
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 Marshall 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). 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 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, 10 individuals were removed from the Hardin site (1JA27) in
Jackson County, AL, after TVA acquired the site on October 16, 1936.
Excavations revealed two primary occupations during the Late Woodland
Flint River phase (A.D. 500-1000) and the Mississippian Henry Island
phase (A.D. 1200-1450). The culturally affiliated human remains are
from the Henry Island phase. The human remains include adults,
juveniles, and infants of female and indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. The 11 associated funerary objects include
2 Bell Plain sherds; 1 Carthage Incised rim sherd; 1 conch shell cup; 1
Etowah Complicated Stamped jar; 1 Mississippi Plain bowl; 1 Mississippi
Plain composite jar; 1 Mississippi Plain standard jar; 1 Moundville
Engraved sherd; 1 Mulberry Creek Plain hemispherical bowl; and 1
Nashville Negative Painted bottle.
From January to June of 1938, human remains representing, at
minimum, 19 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 occupations
identified. The culturally affiliated human remains are from the Henry
Island phase (circa A.D. 1200-1450). The human remains include adults,
juveniles, and children of both sexes. No known individuals were
identified. The 190 associated funerary objects include 4 Bell Plain
sherds; 1 Bell Plain jar; 4 bone awls or Fids; 1 Carthage Incised bowl;
2 clay earspools; 3 pieces of cut mica; 1 stone discoidal; 2 mussel
shells; 7 Mississippi Plain jars; 145 Mississippi Plain sherds; 9
Mississippi Plain bowl sherds; 1 Mississippi Plain effigy jar; 1
Mississippi Plain bowl; 1 Moundville Incised, var. Snows Bend jar; 1
Moundville Incised, var. Carrolton jar; 2 Mulberry Creek Plain, var.
Hamilton sherds; 3 shell gorgets; 1 eroded shell-tempered sherd; and 1
Wright Check Stamped sherd.
From September of 1938 to January of 1939, human remains
representing, at minimum, 48 individuals were removed from the Laws
site (1MS100) on Pine Island in Marshall County, AL, after TVA
purchased the site 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 the Euro-American trade period (circa
A.D. 1670-1715). The human remains are from the last two occupations
and include adults, juveniles, and children of both sexes. No known
individuals were identified. The 32,239 associated funerary objects
include 21 bark container fragments; 8 bark pouch fragments; 1 Bell
Plain red-filmed bowl, 1 biface fragment; 5 bone beads; 2 dog canines;
3 botanical fragments; 14 brass arm band fragments; 2 brass arm cuffs;
55 brass arm cuff fragments; 352 brass beads; 23 brass bells; 6 brass
disks; 16 brass fragments; 1 brass ring; 9 brass ring fragments; 3
brass sheet fragments; 8 brass spherical buttons; 1 brass square; 10
brass tinkler cones; 2 buckskin fragments; 5 buckskin pouch fragments;
1 burnishing stone; 6 charred cane fragments; 1 chipped stone drill; 29
drum tooth beads; 1 stone effigy pipe; 2 pieces of fired clay; 29,965
glass beads; 1 glass mirror; 1 ground limonite; 145 iron and brass wire
bracelets; 718 iron bracelet fragments; 2 iron buckle fragments; 2 iron
ring fragments; 56 iron wire fragments; 4 modified bones; 1 lead musket
ball; 7 pieces of shell; 1 red pigment; 735 shell beads; 4 shell ear
pins; 2 shell gorgets; 6 shell ornament fragments; and 1 split cane
fragment.
From October to November of 1937, human remains representing, at
minimum, 4 individuals were removed from site 1MS121 on Pine Island, in
Marshall County, AL, after TVA
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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. The culturally affiliated human remains are from the
Mississippian period (A.D. 1200-1500). The human remains are of four
female adults. No known individuals were identified. The 16 associated
funerary objects include 11 Bell Plain jar sherds; 1 crinoid bead; 2
Langston Fabric Marked sherds; and 2 Mississippi Plain bowls.
Although there is no absolute certainty that Native Americans of
the Mississippian period are directly related to modern federally
recognized Tribes, a relationship of shared group identity can
reasonably be traced between these modern Tribes and the human remains
and associated funerary objects of the earlier culture identified as
Mississippian. The preponderance of the evidence indicates that the
cultural items from Mississippian and early historic occupations at
1JA27, 1JA28, 1MS100, and 1MS121 are culturally affiliated with Native
Americans descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo. These descendants
include the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushata 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 their Tribe. The subsequent involuntary diaspora of these
peoples resulted in descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo among
multiple federally recognized Tribes.
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 represent the physical remains of 81 individuals of
Native American ancestry due to their presence in a prehistoric and
early historic archeological site and osteological analysis.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 32,456 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 listed in this
notice 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 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.
[FR Doc. 2017-18688 Filed 9-1-17; 8:45 am]
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