Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 65721-65722 [2018-27708]
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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 January 22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11C,
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, Knoxville, TN. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Franklin County,
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains 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 Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
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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;
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
From June–August, 1976, human
remains representing, at minimum, 122
individuals were removed from the
Hester site, 1FR311, in Franklin County,
AL. This site was excavated as part of
TVA’s Cedar Creek Reservoir project by
the Alabama Museum of Natural History
(AMNH) at the University of Alabama.
Excavation commenced after TVA
acquired the land encompassing 1FR311
on May 5, 1976, for the Cedar Creek
project. Material culture recovered from
this site indicates it was primarily
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occupied during the Middle Woodland
Copena phase (AD 100—500). The
human remains are of children,
juveniles and adults. Most of the human
remains were too fragmentary to
determine sex. The 105 associated
funerary objects are 59 copper beads, 17
pieces of galena, 23 conch shell vessel
fragments, three greenstone celts/
spades, and three Hillabee schist
spades.
From July–August, 1973, human
remains representing, at minimum, 81
individuals were removed from the
Massey Mound, 1FR520, in Franklin
County, AL. This site was excavated as
part of TVA’s Little Bear Creek reservoir
project by the AMNH at the University
of Alabama. TVA purchased the land
encompassing this site on October 28,
1968.
Site 1FR520 is a mortuary stone
mound approximately 30 feet in
diameter and two to three feet high
situated on a ridge overlooking the
confluence of Little Bear Creek and
Trace Branch. It was used primarily
during the Middle Woodland Lick Creek
phase (AD 1—300). The human remains
represent infants, juveniles and adults.
Most of the human remains were too
fragmentary to determine sex. The 26
associated funerary objects are one chert
biface, 24 fragments of turtle shell, and
one bag of mussel shell fragments.
From August–September, 1977,
human remains representing, at
minimum, 26 individuals were
excavated from the Hendrix site,
1FR562, in Franklin County, AL. This
site was excavated as part of TVA’s
Cedar Creek reservoir project by the
AMNH at the University of Alabama.
TVA purchased the land encompassing
this site on July 28, 1976.
Site 1FR562 is a village site that was
occupied primarily during the Late
Archaic (4000–1000 B.C.) and Middle
Woodland Lost Creek phase (A.D. 500–
700). The human remains represent
adults, juveniles, children and infants.
Most of the human remains were too
fragmentary to determine sex. The 45
associated funerary objects are two chert
cores, one soil sample, 20 red ochre
fragments, 10 bone fragments, two bone
billets, four antler tine tools, one bone
fid, one bone awl, one piece of ground
sandstone, two sandstone bowls and
one turtle shell fragment.
From November–December, 1972,
human remains representing, at
minimum, 178 individuals were
removed from the Carpenter Mound,
1FR594, in Franklin County, AL. This
site was excavated as part of TVA’s
Little Bear Creek reservoir project by the
AMNH at the University of Alabama.
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TVA purchased the land encompassing
this site on June 12, 1968.
Site 1FR594 is a mortuary stone
mound that was primarily used during
the Middle Woodland Lick Creek phase
(A.D. 1–300). Its ‘‘donut shape’’ is the
result of looting. When excavators
systematically disassembled this stone
mound, they found human remains
interspersed among the stone slabs.
Some burials appear to have been
primary inhumations topped by stone,
while others appeared to contain human
remains that had been cremated or
defleshed elsewhere and then placed
among the stones. The excavators did
not note any prehistoric habitation
adjacent to this stone mound. The
human remains represent infants,
juveniles and adults. Most of the
remains were too fragmentary to
determine sex. There are no associated
funerary objects.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
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Officials of Tennessee Valley
Authority have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent 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 407
individuals of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 176
funerary 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.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court of
Federal Claims, the land from which the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed is
the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma.
• The Treaty of September 20, 1816,
indicates that the land from which the Native
American human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed is the
aboriginal land of The Chickasaw Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to the
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma. The Cherokee Nation; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
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Oklahoma have declined to accept transfer of
control of the human remains.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), TVA has
decided to transfer control of the funerary
objects associated with the culturally
unidentifiable human remains to The
Chickasaw Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11C,
Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov,
by January 22, 2019. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Chickasaw Nation may
proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 28, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
University of Tennessee, Department
of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The University of Tennessee,
Department of Anthropology (UTK), has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to UTK. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
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control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to UTK at the address in this
notice by January 22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert Hinde,
University of Tennessee, Office of the
Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower,
Knoxville, TN 37996–0152, telephone
(865) 974–2445, email rhinde@utk.edu
and vpaa@utk.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
University of Tennessee, Department of
Anthropology, Knoxville, TN. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Bedford
County, Lincoln County, and Stewart
County TN.
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 was made by UTK professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
Circa 1969, human remains
representing, at minimum, nine
individuals were removed from 40BD1,
the Garrett site in Bedford County, TN,
under the auspices of the Tennessee
Archaeological Society and the Middle
Tennessee State University Archaeology
Club. At an unknown date, likely
between 1969 and 1976, the human
remains were transferred to UTK. The
project was described as a salvage
excavation by avocational archaeologists
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027075]
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 Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains 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 Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains 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 January 22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11C,
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, Knoxville, TN.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Franklin County, 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; 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
From June-August, 1976, human remains representing, at minimum, 122
individuals were removed from the Hester site, 1FR311, in Franklin
County, AL. This site was excavated as part of TVA's Cedar Creek
Reservoir project by the Alabama Museum of Natural History (AMNH) at
the University of Alabama. Excavation commenced after TVA acquired the
land encompassing 1FR311 on May 5, 1976, for the Cedar Creek project.
Material culture recovered from this site indicates it was primarily
occupied during the Middle Woodland Copena phase (AD 100--500). The
human remains are of children, juveniles and adults. Most of the human
remains were too fragmentary to determine sex. The 105 associated
funerary objects are 59 copper beads, 17 pieces of galena, 23 conch
shell vessel fragments, three greenstone celts/spades, and three
Hillabee schist spades.
From July-August, 1973, human remains representing, at minimum, 81
individuals were removed from the Massey Mound, 1FR520, in Franklin
County, AL. This site was excavated as part of TVA's Little Bear Creek
reservoir project by the AMNH at the University of Alabama. TVA
purchased the land encompassing this site on October 28, 1968.
Site 1FR520 is a mortuary stone mound approximately 30 feet in
diameter and two to three feet high situated on a ridge overlooking the
confluence of Little Bear Creek and Trace Branch. It was used primarily
during the Middle Woodland Lick Creek phase (AD 1--300). The human
remains represent infants, juveniles and adults. Most of the human
remains were too fragmentary to determine sex. The 26 associated
funerary objects are one chert biface, 24 fragments of turtle shell,
and one bag of mussel shell fragments.
From August-September, 1977, human remains representing, at
minimum, 26 individuals were excavated from the Hendrix site, 1FR562,
in Franklin County, AL. This site was excavated as part of TVA's Cedar
Creek reservoir project by the AMNH at the University of Alabama. TVA
purchased the land encompassing this site on July 28, 1976.
Site 1FR562 is a village site that was occupied primarily during
the Late Archaic (4000-1000 B.C.) and Middle Woodland Lost Creek phase
(A.D. 500-700). The human remains represent adults, juveniles, children
and infants. Most of the human remains were too fragmentary to
determine sex. The 45 associated funerary objects are two chert cores,
one soil sample, 20 red ochre fragments, 10 bone fragments, two bone
billets, four antler tine tools, one bone fid, one bone awl, one piece
of ground sandstone, two sandstone bowls and one turtle shell fragment.
From November-December, 1972, human remains representing, at
minimum, 178 individuals were removed from the Carpenter Mound, 1FR594,
in Franklin County, AL. This site was excavated as part of TVA's Little
Bear Creek reservoir project by the AMNH at the University of Alabama.
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TVA purchased the land encompassing this site on June 12, 1968.
Site 1FR594 is a mortuary stone mound that was primarily used
during the Middle Woodland Lick Creek phase (A.D. 1-300). Its ``donut
shape'' is the result of looting. When excavators systematically
disassembled this stone mound, they found human remains interspersed
among the stone slabs. Some burials appear to have been primary
inhumations topped by stone, while others appeared to contain human
remains that had been cremated or defleshed elsewhere and then placed
among the stones. The excavators did not note any prehistoric
habitation adjacent to this stone mound. The human remains represent
infants, juveniles and adults. Most of the remains were too fragmentary
to determine sex. There are no associated funerary objects.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Officials of Tennessee Valley Authority have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains
described in this notice represent 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 407
individuals of Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 176 funerary
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.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma.
The Treaty of September 20, 1816, indicates that the
land from which the Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of The
Chickasaw Nation.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. The
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma have declined to
accept transfer of control of the human remains.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), TVA has decided to
transfer control of the funerary objects associated with the
culturally unidentifiable human remains to The Chickasaw Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Dr.
Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, TN
37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by January
22, 2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to The Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 28, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-27708 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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