Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 65404-65405 [2019-25731]
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and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
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Dated: November 19, 2019.
John L. Garvin,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0029093]
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
federally recognized Indian Tribes, and
has 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 TVA. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to 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 TVA at the address in
this notice by December 27, 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
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of human remains under the control of
the Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN. The human remains
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. 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 of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); Cherokee
Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
The 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 September 5, 2017 (82 FR
41986–41987, September 5, 2017), and
were transferred to the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas, AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana, and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation. Additional human remains were
found during a recent improvement in
the curation of the TVA archeological
collections at AMNH.
Between September 1938 and January
1939, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
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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
Mississippian or historic Native
American occupation. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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
of the earlier culture identified as
Mississippian. The preponderance of
the evidence indicates that the cultural
items from Mississippian and early
historic occupations at site 1MS100 are
culturally affiliated with Native
Americans descendants of the Koasati/
Kaskinampo. These descendants
include the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
Chronicles from Spanish explorers of
the 16th century and French explorers
of the 17th and 18th centuries 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/
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Kaskinampo living among multiple
federally recognized Tribes.
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 one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• 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 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 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 27,
2019. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 8, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0029194;
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum), in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
Burke Museum. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Burke Museum at the address in this
notice by December 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Peter Lape, Burke Museum,
University of Washington, Box 353010,
Seattle, WA 98195, telephone (206)
685–3849 x2, email plape@uw.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the Thomas
Burke Memorial Washington State
Museum, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Between 1953 and 1954, two cultural
items were removed from site 45–KL–27
in Klickitat County, WA, as part of a
University of Washington Field Project
led by Warren Caldwell. The cultural
items were formally accessioned by the
Burke Museum in 1966 (Burke Accn.
#1966–86). The two unassociated
funerary objects are two lots of
unmodified wood.
Site 45–KL–27 borders the Columbia
River in Washington. Museum
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029093]
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
federally recognized Indian Tribes, and has 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 TVA. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains to 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 TVA
at the address in this notice by December 27, 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 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. 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; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The
Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
The 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
September 5, 2017 (82 FR 41986-41987, September 5, 2017), and were
transferred to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation. Additional human remains were found during a recent improvement
in the curation of the TVA archeological collections at AMNH.
Between September 1938 and January 1939, human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
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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 Mississippian or
historic Native American occupation. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
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
of the earlier culture identified as Mississippian. The preponderance
of the evidence indicates that the cultural items from Mississippian
and early historic occupations at site 1MS100 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-Coushatta 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 centuries 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 living among
multiple federally recognized Tribes.
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 one individual of
Native American ancestry.
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 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 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 27, 2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta
Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 8, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-25731 Filed 11-26-19; 8:45 am]
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