Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 18082-18084 [2019-08590]
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MI. The human remains were removed
from the ‘‘western plains.’’
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the City of
Traverse City professional staff in
consultation with representatives of
tribes with aboriginal territory in North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and
Kansas; eastern portions of Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico;
portions of Oklahoma; and northwestern
portions of Texas. The consultant tribes
with aboriginal territory in the ‘‘western
plains’’ include: Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan;
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
In addition to the Tribes listed above,
all other Tribes with aboriginal territory
in the ‘‘western plains’’ were also
invited to participate but were not
involved in consultations. A full list of
these Tribes is available upon request.
Hereafter, these Tribes are referred to
as ‘‘The Consulted and Notified Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unknown location. In 1935, Traverse
City Park Commissioner Con Foster
sought to create a park that would
include a historical museum. Foster
traveled throughout the Midwest in
search of Native American items to
display in the museum. Over the course
of 70 years the collection grew to
include over 3,000 Native American
items. In 2002, the collection was
moved to the Grand Traverse Heritage
Center. After the management contract
between the City of Traverse City and
the Grand Traverse Heritage Center was
not renewed in 2014, the Con Foster
Museum collection was placed in
storage, where it remains today. No
known individuals were identified. No
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associated funerary objects are present.
According to museum records, a rifle
(catalog number 1939.0001.0029b) was
found with the human remains.
Currently, the rifle cannot be located.
In museum records, the human
remains are identified as being from the
‘‘western plains,’’ which can be
interpreted to mean the Great Plains.
The Great Plains encompasses all of
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,
and Kansas; eastern portions of
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New
Mexico; western portions of Oklahoma;
and northwestern portions of Texas. In
addition, the focus of the Con Foster
Museum collection was on Native
American items. Together, this
information makes it more likely than
not that the human remains described in
this notice are Native American.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the Secretary
of the Interior may make a
recommendation for a transfer of control
of culturally unidentifiable human
remains. In September 2017, the City of
Traverse City requested that the
Secretary, through the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee, recommend the
proposed transfer of control of the
culturally unidentifiable Native
American human remains in this notice
to the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band
of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan. The
Review Committee, acting pursuant to
its responsibility under 25 U.S.C.
3006(c)(5), considered the request at its
October 2018 meeting, and
recommended to the Secretary that the
proposed transfer of control proceed. A
November 7, 2018 letter on behalf of the
Secretary of Interior from the Designated
Federal Official transmitted the
Secretary’s independent review and
concurrence with the Review
Committee that:
• The City of Traverse City consulted
with every appropriate Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization,
• none of The Consulted and Notified
Tribes objected to the proposed transfer
of control, and
• the City of Traverse City may
proceed with the agreed upon transfer of
control of the culturally unidentifiable
human remains to the Match-e-be-nashshe-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians
of Michigan; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
Transfer of control is contingent on
the publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
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Determinations Made by the City of
Traverse City
Officials of the City of Traverse City
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American, based on museum
records and collection practices.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian Tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i),
the disposition of the human remains
will be to the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians,
Michigan.
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Penny Hill, Assistant City
Manager, City of Traverse City, 400
Boardman Avenue, Traverse City, MI
49684, telephone (231) 922–4440, email
phill@traversecitymi.gov, by May 29,
2019. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians, Michigan may
proceed.
The City of Traverse City is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
and Notified Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: April 2, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019–08589 Filed 4–26–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0027607,
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
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 a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 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 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 TVA at the address in this
notice by May 29, 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
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from an
archeological site in Marshall 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). 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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SUMMARY:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by TVA professional
staff in consultation with
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representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee 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
This site was 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 the excavations and sites may
be found in ‘‘An Archaeological Survey
of Guntersville Basin on the Tennessee
River in Northern Alabama,’’ a report 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 they were
excavated.
From May to August, 1937, human
remains representing, at minimum, 31
individuals were removed from the
McKee Island site, 1MS32, in Marshall
County, AL. TVA acquired the site on
November 12, 1936, as part of the
Guntersville Reservoir project. This
midden-rich village extended 800 feet
along a ridge of the now-inundated
McKee Island. These 31 individuals
were removed from historic Native
American burials. The human remains
represent adults, juveniles, and infants
of both sexes. The 3,629 associated
funerary objects include: One antler
tool, one bear tooth pendant, 269 brass
beads, 12 brass bells, five brass
bracelets, seven brass bracelet
fragments, three brass collar fragments,
seven brass cones, four brass disks, one
brass gorget, 15 brass ornament
fragments, two brass sheet metal, 14
chert bifaces, 10 chert cores, one chert
hammerstone, seven chert flakes, four
chert preforms, 16 chert scrapers, four
chert unifaces, one conch shell cup, one
copper band, 110 copper beads, six
copper discs, eight perforated copper
discs, one copper gorget, one ceramic
elbow pipe, three pieces of fabric, one
piece of fabric with copper beads, 2,776
glass beads, one ground limonite
nodule, two Guntersville PP/K, five iron
axes, one iron band, five iron bracelets,
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two iron hoes, one iron knife blade, 11
iron ornament fragments, two pieces of
unidentified iron, one McKee Island
Plain bowl, two PP/K, one red ocher,
298 shell beads, one shell gorget, one
shell pin, three tested cobbles, and one
tested pebble.
Although there are no radiocarbon
dates from this site, Jon Marcoux’s study
of glass beads from 1MS32 indicates a
historic occupation in the range of A.D.
1650–1750. Similarly, analysis of the
brass bells recovered from this site
suggests an occupation range from the
late 1600s through the 1700s. During
this period, multiple tribes were using
the Guntersville Reservoir area. Spanish
explorers of the 16th century and
French explorers of the 17th and 18th
century chronicle the presence of
chiefdom-level tribal entities in the
southeastern United States that
resemble the historic Native American
chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of the
place names noted by multiple Spanish
explorers indicates that Koasatispeaking groups inhabited northeastern
Alabama. Early maps and research into
the historic Native American occupation
of northeastern Alabama further
indicate 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 each of their Tribes, and
that by the middle 1700s, the Koasati/
Kaskinampo were leaving the Tennessee
River valley and moving south.
Both British and American historians
indicate that some of the Cherokee were
leaving their traditional Tribal lands in
the Appalachian Mountains and the
Little Tennessee River watershed in the
1700s. In the 1770s, a group of Cherokee
(often designated the Chickamauga in
historical documents) had relocated to
areas northeast of the current city of
Chattanooga. Reprisals by American
militia for Cherokee support of the
British during the American Revolution
forced these Cherokee farther down the
Tennessee River; by 1785, there were
named Cherokee villages in the
Guntersville Reservoir area. Cherokee
oral traditions indicate that by 1755, the
Cherokee were displacing groups often
called ‘‘Creeks’’ in the historical
documents in Georgia and Alabama.
The timing of this transition is not clear.
Although conflict is reported in
historical documents, there were also
periods when these groups peacefully
occupied Marshall County together.
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A relationship of shared group
identity can reasonably be traced
between these modern Tribes and the
human remains and associated funerary
objects of the early historic period. The
evidence indicates that the cultural
items from historic burials at 1MS32 are
culturally affiliated with Native
Americans descendants of the Koasati/
Kaskinampo or the Cherokee. These
descendants include the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes
of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
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Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of the Tennessee Valley
Authority have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 31
individuals of Native American ancestry
based on their presence in an early
historic archeological site and
osteological analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 3,629 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), TVA
has determined by a reasonable belief,
given the totality of circumstances, that
these remains and objects are culturally
affiliated with the Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
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 Dr. Thomas O. Maher,
TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902–1401,
telephone (865) 632–7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov, by May 29, 2019.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of these human remains and
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associated funerary objects to the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 2, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019–08590 Filed 4–26–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–607 and 731–
TA–1417 and 1419 (Final)]
Steel Propane Cylinders From China
and Thailand Revised Scheduling of
the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty
and Anti-Dumping Duty Investigations
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
DATES:
April 19, 2019.
Abu
B. Kanu (202–205–2597), Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 30, 2019, the Commission
established a schedule to conduct of the
final phase of these investigations (84
FR 9135, March 13, 2019). The
Commission is revising its schedule.
The Commission’s revised dates in
the schedule are as follows: The
prehearing conference will be held at
the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building on June 3, 2019,
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if deemed necessary; the prehearing
staff report will be placed in the
nonpublic record on May 22, 2019; the
deadline for filing prehearing briefs is
May 30, 2019; the hearing will be held
at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building at 9:30 a.m. on
June 5, 2019.
For further information concerning
this proceeding see the Commission’s
notice cited above and the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, part 201, subparts A through
E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part
207).
Authority: These reviews are being
conducted under authority of title VII of the
Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to section 207.62 of the
Commission’s rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 23, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019–08527 Filed 4–26–19; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–622 and 731–
TA–1448 (Preliminary)]
Dried Tart Cherries From Turkey;
Institution of Anti-Dumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations and
Scheduling of Preliminary Phase
Investigations
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commission hereby gives
notice of the institution of investigations
and commencement of preliminary
phase antidumping and countervailing
duty investigation Nos. 701–TA–622
and 731–TA–1448 (Preliminary)
pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the
Act’’) to determine whether there is a
reasonable indication that an industry
in the United States is materially
injured or threatened with material
injury, or the establishment of an
industry in the United States is
materially retarded, by reason of
imports of dried tart cherries from
Turkey, provided for in subheadings
0813.40.30, 0813.40.90, 0813.50.00,
2006.00.20, and 2008.60.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States, that are alleged to be sold
in the United States at less than fair
value and alleged to be subsidized by
the Government of Turkey. Unless the
Department of Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’)
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027607, PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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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 a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 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 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 TVA at the address in this notice by May 29,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11C,
Knoxville TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email
[email protected].
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 Tennessee Valley
Authority, Knoxville, TN. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from an archeological site in Marshall 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). 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 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
This site was 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 the excavations and sites
may be found in ``An Archaeological Survey of Guntersville Basin on the
Tennessee River in Northern Alabama,'' a report 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 they
were excavated.
From May to August, 1937, human remains representing, at minimum,
31 individuals were removed from the McKee Island site, 1MS32, in
Marshall County, AL. TVA acquired the site on November 12, 1936, as
part of the Guntersville Reservoir project. This midden-rich village
extended 800 feet along a ridge of the now-inundated McKee Island.
These 31 individuals were removed from historic Native American
burials. The human remains represent adults, juveniles, and infants of
both sexes. The 3,629 associated funerary objects include: One antler
tool, one bear tooth pendant, 269 brass beads, 12 brass bells, five
brass bracelets, seven brass bracelet fragments, three brass collar
fragments, seven brass cones, four brass disks, one brass gorget, 15
brass ornament fragments, two brass sheet metal, 14 chert bifaces, 10
chert cores, one chert hammerstone, seven chert flakes, four chert
preforms, 16 chert scrapers, four chert unifaces, one conch shell cup,
one copper band, 110 copper beads, six copper discs, eight perforated
copper discs, one copper gorget, one ceramic elbow pipe, three pieces
of fabric, one piece of fabric with copper beads, 2,776 glass beads,
one ground limonite nodule, two Guntersville PP/K, five iron axes, one
iron band, five iron bracelets, two iron hoes, one iron knife blade, 11
iron ornament fragments, two pieces of unidentified iron, one McKee
Island Plain bowl, two PP/K, one red ocher, 298 shell beads, one shell
gorget, one shell pin, three tested cobbles, and one tested pebble.
Although there are no radiocarbon dates from this site, Jon
Marcoux's study of glass beads from 1MS32 indicates a historic
occupation in the range of A.D. 1650-1750. Similarly, analysis of the
brass bells recovered from this site suggests an occupation range from
the late 1600s through the 1700s. During this period, multiple tribes
were using the Guntersville Reservoir area. Spanish explorers of the
16th century and French explorers of the 17th and 18th century
chronicle the presence of chiefdom-level tribal entities in the
southeastern United States that resemble the historic Native American
chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of the 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 further indicate 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 each of their
Tribes, and that by the middle 1700s, the Koasati/Kaskinampo were
leaving the Tennessee River valley and moving south.
Both British and American historians indicate that some of the
Cherokee were leaving their traditional Tribal lands in the Appalachian
Mountains and the Little Tennessee River watershed in the 1700s. In the
1770s, a group of Cherokee (often designated the Chickamauga in
historical documents) had relocated to areas northeast of the current
city of Chattanooga. Reprisals by American militia for Cherokee support
of the British during the American Revolution forced these Cherokee
farther down the Tennessee River; by 1785, there were named Cherokee
villages in the Guntersville Reservoir area. Cherokee oral traditions
indicate that by 1755, the Cherokee were displacing groups often called
``Creeks'' in the historical documents in Georgia and Alabama. The
timing of this transition is not clear. Although conflict is reported
in historical documents, there were also periods when these groups
peacefully occupied Marshall County together.
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A relationship of shared group identity can reasonably be traced
between these modern Tribes and the human remains and associated
funerary objects of the early historic period. The evidence indicates
that the cultural items from historic burials at 1MS32 are culturally
affiliated with Native Americans descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo
or the Cherokee. These descendants include the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 31 individuals of
Native American ancestry based on their presence in an early historic
archeological site and osteological analysis.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 3,629 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), TVA has determined by a
reasonable belief, given the totality of circumstances, that these
remains and objects are culturally affiliated with the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta
Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
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 Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit
Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458,
email [email protected], by May 29, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of these
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; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 2, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-08590 Filed 4-26-19; 8:45 am]
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