Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 60447-60448 [2019-24401]
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Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: October 4, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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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 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 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 should submit
a written request to the TVA. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the TVA at the address in
this notice by December 9, 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 under the control of
the Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN. The human remains
were removed from the Cox site,
1JA176, in Jackson County, AL.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
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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. 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 AbsenteeShawnee Tribe Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations));
Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred
to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
The site listed in this notice 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 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. Human
remains and other associated funerary
objects from this site were previously
listed in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register on March 31, 2014 (79 FR
18056, March 31, 2014), and were
transferred to The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation. Additional human remains were
found during a recent improvement in
the curation of the TVA archeological
collections at AMNH.
From April 27, 1938, to November 10,
1939, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the Cox site, 1JA176, in Jackson
County, AL. Excavation of the site
commenced after TVA had acquired this
land on July 19, 1937 for the
Guntersville project. The site was
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composed of both a conical mound
believed to have originally been a
truncated pyramid with multiple
stratigraphic zones, and a village
containing most of the burial units. This
site was occupied during the Woodland
period (300 B.C.–A.D.1000) and the
Crow Creek phase of the Mississippian
period (ca. A.D. 1400–1600). No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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
are Native American based on their
presence in a prehistoric archeological
site and osteological analysis.
• 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.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
• The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; and the 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)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to The Muscogee (Creek) 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 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 December 9, 2019.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 217 / Friday, November 8, 2019 / Notices
Dated: October 8, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019–24401 Filed 11–7–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0029121;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Arkansas Archeological Survey,
Fayetteville, AR; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Arkansas Archeological
Survey has corrected an inventory of
human remains published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register on December 22, 2014. This
notice corrects the minimum number of
individuals. 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 Arkansas Archeological
Survey. 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 Arkansas
Archeological Survey at the address in
this notice by December 9, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Dr. George Sabo, Arkansas
Archeological Survey, 2475 N Hatch
Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704,
telephone (479) 575–3556, email gsabo@
uark.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 correction of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
the Arkansas Archeological Survey,
Fayetteville, AR. The human remains
were removed from Arkansas County,
AR.
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
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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.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals published in a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (79 FR 76351–76361,
December 22, 2014). Private individuals
removed the human remains from
Arkansas County in the 1930s and
1940s. These collections were acquired
by the Joint Educational Consortium of
Henderson State University and
Ouachita Baptist University in 1977 and
were transferred to the Arkansas
Archeological Survey in 2017 to
undergo the NAGPRA process. Transfer
of control of the items in this correction
notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351,
December 22, 2014), column 3,
paragraph 7, sentence 1 is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
In the 1930s to 1940s and in 1979, human
remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were recovered from the MenardHodges site (3AR4) in Arkansas County,
Arkansas.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 76351,
December 22, 2014), column 3, paragraph 7,
sentence 4 is corrected by substituting the
following sentence:
Diagnostic artifacts found at the MenardHodges site (3AR4) indicate that these human
remains were probably buried during the
Menard Complex (late A.D. 1500) or the
Protohistoric Period (A.D. 1500–1700)
In the Federal Register (79 FR 76361,
December 22, 2014), column 3, paragraph 1,
sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the
following sentence:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human
remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 441 individuals of Native
American Ancestry.
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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. George
Sabo, Arkansas Archeological Survey,
2475 N Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR
72704, telephone (479) 575–3556, email
gsabo@uark.edu, by December 9, 2019.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to The
Quapaw Tribe of Indians may proceed.
The Arkansas Archeological Survey is
responsible for notifying The Quapaw
Tribe of Indians that this notice has
been published.
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Dated: October 15, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019–24396 Filed 11–7–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0029125;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Arkansas Archeological Survey,
Fayetteville, AR; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Arkansas Archeological
Survey has corrected an inventory of
human remains published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register on February 24, 2017. This
notice corrects the minimum number of
individuals. 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 Arkansas Archeological
Survey. 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 Arkansas
Archeological Survey at the address in
this notice by December 9, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Dr. George Sabo, Arkansas
Archeological Survey, 2475 N Hatch
Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704,
telephone (479) 575–3556, email gsabo@
uark.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 correction of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
the Arkansas Archeological Survey,
Fayetteville, AR. The human remains
were removed from Clark County, AR.
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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029094; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
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 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 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
should submit a written request to the TVA. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of the request to the TVA at the
address in this notice by December 9, 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 under
the control of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN. The human
remains were removed from the Cox site, 1JA176, in Jackson 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. 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 Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal
Town; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed
as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
The site listed in this notice 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 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. Human remains and other
associated funerary objects from this site were previously listed in a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
March 31, 2014 (79 FR 18056, March 31, 2014), and were transferred to
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Additional human remains were found during
a recent improvement in the curation of the TVA archeological
collections at AMNH.
From April 27, 1938, to November 10, 1939, human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Cox
site, 1JA176, in Jackson County, AL. Excavation of the site commenced
after TVA had acquired this land on July 19, 1937 for the Guntersville
project. The site was composed of both a conical mound believed to have
originally been a truncated pyramid with multiple stratigraphic zones,
and a village containing most of the burial units. This site was
occupied during the Woodland period (300 B.C.-A.D.1000) and the Crow
Creek phase of the Mississippian period (ca. A.D. 1400-1600). No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
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 are Native American based on their presence in a
prehistoric archeological site and osteological analysis.
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.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and
the 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)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The Muscogee (Creek) 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 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 December 9, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
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Dated: October 8, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-24401 Filed 11-7-19; 8:45 am]
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