Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 17355-17357 [2020-06431]
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regarding which institution controls the
cultural items has not been found. TVA
and MM have, therefore, decided to
jointly repatriate these items.
On October 6–16, 1941, human
remains representing, at minimum, 18
individuals were removed from site
40DR62, in Decatur County, TN. Charles
Nash and a WPA crew excavated two
stone mounds at this site. One, unit 69,
was two feet high and twenty feet in
diameter. It had been disturbed by
looting. The second, unit 70, was found
along a rock ledge on the bluff terrace.
Excavations were difficult, human
remains were collected by excavation
squares rather than specific burial
features. There are no radiocarbon dates
from this site, but stone mounds in this
area commonly date to the Woodland
period. The human remains represent
two infants, four children and 12 adults.
Most of the human remains were too
fragmentary to identify sex. No known
individuals were identified. The six
associated funerary objects include one
bison tooth, one bone artifact, two
pieces of red ochre, and two shell beads.
From May 10 to July 7, 1939, human
remains representing, at minimum, 58
individuals were removed from site
40HY1, in Henry County, TN. A field
report by George Lidberg concludes that
this site comprises an extensive
Mississippian village, although natural
erosion might have destroyed half the
site. As many as 41 wall trench
structures were defined at the site. The
structures ranged in size from 11 x 11
feet to 20 x 25 feet. Seventeen hearths
were also found in or near these
structures. A section of a palisade wall
195 feet long was identified running
parallel to the river. There are no known
radiocarbon dates from this site. Shelltempered and limestone/grit-tempered
ceramics at the site suggest a Late
Woodland through Mississippian
occupation. All of the human remains
from this site were either infants up to
18 months old, newborns, or fetuses.
Sex could not be determined. No known
individuals were identified. The 20
associated funerary objects include four
animal bones, two turtle shell or bone,
and 14 shell-tempered pottery sherds.
In mid-July, 1939, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site
40HY4, in Henry County, TN. The site
extended 500—600 feet along the
Tennessee River and up to 250 feet from
the river bank. Apparently, permission
for excavations was restricted to a small
area on the southern end of the site. No
structures or pits were encountered.
There are few details regarding the
excavations at this site. The field report
by George Lidberg indicates that
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fragments of infant remains were
encountered, but only adult remains
were recorded and collected. There are
no known radiocarbon dates for this
site. Ceramics from the site suggest a
Late Woodland to early Mississippian
occupation. The human remains
represent a single adult female. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In August 1939, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from site
40HY10, in Henry County, TN. This site
was located near West Sandy Creek,
seven miles from its confluence with the
Tennessee River. A mound eight feet in
height and 50 feet in diameter had been
disturbed by multiple looter pits. Two
individuals were placed upon the
original ground surface on a prepared
bed of soil. Multiple soils were placed
on these burials, including a distinctive
white clay derived from a nearby
swamp; atop them was a layer of
vegetable matter. Traces of a third burial
were found two feet above the base and
on top of the first phase of mound
building. There are no radiocarbon dates
from this site. The ceramics and the
nature of the burial mound suggest that
it was created during the Middle
Woodland period. Both individuals
from this site were adult males. No
known individuals were identified. The
18 associated funerary objects include
two beaver incisors, one lot of black
paint, one piece of galena, two lots of
metallic paint, one mica mirror, one lot
of orange paint, two paint stones, one
ceramic sherd, one projectile point, one
piece of red ochre, one scraper, one
whetstone, and three pieces of yellow
ochre.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority and the McClung
Museum of Natural History and Culture
Officials of the Tennessee Valley
Authority and the McClung Museum of
Natural History and Culture 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 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 79
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 44 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.
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• 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.
• The Treaty of October 19, 1818,
indicates that the land from which the
cultural items were removed is the
aboriginal land of The Chickasaw
Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
the disposition of the human remains
may be to The Chickasaw Nation. The
Tennessee Valley Authority and the
McClung Museum of Natural History
and Culture have agreed to transfer
control of the human remains to The
Chickasaw Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), the
Tennessee Valley Authority and the
McClung Museum of Natural History
and Culture have agreed to transfer
control of the associated funerary
objects to The Chickasaw Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe not identified
in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human
remains and associated funerary objects
should submit a written request with
information in support of the request to
Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902–1401,
telephone (865) 632–7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov, by April 27, 2020.
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: February 19, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary object in
consultation with the appropriate
Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, and
has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary object and any
present-day Federally-recognized Indian
Tribes. Representatives of any
Federally-recognized Indian Tribe not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
object should submit a written request
to the TVA. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
object to the Federally-recognized
Indian Tribe stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe not identified
in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human
remains and associated funerary object
should submit a written request with
information in support of the request to
the TVA at the address in this notice by
April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher,
Tennessee Valley Authority, 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 object under the control of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN. The human remains and associated
funerary object were removed from
archeological site 40HS12 in
Humphreys 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 object.
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 and associated funerary object
was made by the TVA in consultation
with representatives of the Cherokee
Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
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Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation
(previously listed as the Osage Tribe);
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
40HS12, the Patterson site, was
excavated as part of TVA’s Kentucky
reservoir project by the University of
Tennessee, using labor and funds
provided by the Works Progress
Administration. Details regarding these
excavations have never been published.
Field reports regarding this site can be
found at the McClung Museum of
Natural History and Culture (MM) and
the TVA. The human remains and
associated funerary object listed in this
notice have been in the physical
custody of the University of Tennessee
since they were excavated. This
Mississippian mound complex was
divided into multiple special units by
the excavators (Charles Nash and J. Joe
Finkelstein). Units 71 and 74 were
burial mounds located on land
purchased by TVA on May 13, 1941.
The pyramidal mound (unit 70), village
(unit 75), and small mounds (units 72
and 73) were not on land purchased by
the TVA. According to Nash,
excavations on unit 70 were ‘‘by private
permission of the owners thru contract
with the University of Tennessee.’’
Consequently, only items from units 71
and 74 are under the control of the TVA.
The first documented excavation at
this site was conducted by Clarence B.
Moore during his 1914 tour of the
Tennessee River Valley. Moore, who
referred to this site as ‘‘Dixie Landing,’’
dug numerous pits in the large
pyramidal mound and adjacent smaller
mounds. Moore does not indicate
whether he recovered any funerary
objects.
The field report for the mound in unit
74 lacks detail. It is described as a small,
ovoid mound measuring 50 x 25 feet at
its base. Finkelstein reports that, ‘‘The
mound, some three feet in height at
present, was built upon an old land
surface. It contained the remains of four
burial[s], all in the south half of the
mound; the north half was pretty
thoroughly disturbed by a large looter’s
pit.’’ At present, no human remains
from unit 74 have been found at the
MM.
Unit 71 is a mound measuring 170 x
60 x ca.10 feet. It was heavily impacted
by Moore and more recent looter pits
prior to the Kentucky Reservation
project. Nash indicates that the mound
was made up of two phases of
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construction. Phase B, the lowest level
of mound, ‘‘was composed of a very dry
brittle white clay . . .’’ In phase B Nash
identified ‘‘four flesh burials, 1 skull, 2
open fire cremations and 1 pit
cremation . . .’’ Phase A, the top-most
layer, was made up of sandy humic
clay. Within phase A Nash identified six
in-flesh burials, one pit, five skulls,
three stone box burials, one stone cist
cremation, two clay basin cremations,
and three open fire cremations.
Evidence of stone box graves was only
found in this upper phase of mound
construction. From January 10 to April
3, 1942, human remains representing, at
minimum, 25 individuals were removed
from unit 71. Adults, one adolescent
and one child are distinguished. No
known individuals were identified. The
one associated funerary object is a flint
blade.
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 25
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described in this notice
is 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
the associated funerary object and any
present-day Indian Tribe.
• According to final judgements of
the Indian Claims Commission or the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the land
from which the cultural items 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 Treaty of September 20, 1816,
indicates that the land from which the
cultural items were removed is the
aboriginal land of The Chickasaw
Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
the disposition of the human remains
may be to the Cherokee Nation; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; and the United
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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. The Tennessee Valley
Authority has agreed to transfer control
of the human remains to The Chickasaw
Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), the
Tennessee Valley Authority has agreed
to transfer control of the associated
funerary object to The Chickasaw
Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe not identified
in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human
remains and associated funerary objects
should submit a written request with
information in support of the request to
Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902–1401,
telephone (865) 632–7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov, by April 27, 2020.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary object to The
Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 19, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020–06431 Filed 3–26–20; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Pueblo Grande Museum
has completed an inventory of human
remains, 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 present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
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organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to the Pueblo Grande
Museum. 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 Pueblo Grande
Museum at the address in this notice by
April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter,
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E.
Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034,
telephone (602) 534–1572, email
lindsey.vogel-teeter@phoenix.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 Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix,
AZ. The human remains were removed
from Maricopa, Pinal, or Gila County,
AZ.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Pueblo Grande
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and the YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona. The AkChin Indian Community (previously
listed as Ak Chin Indian Community of
the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona); Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the
Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
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San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San
Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O’Odham Nation of Arizona; Tonto
Apache Tribe of Arizona; and the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona were
invited to consult but did not
participate. Hereafter, all Indian Tribes
listed in this section are referred to as
‘‘The Consulted and Notified Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime prior to 1959, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unidentified cave site in the
Superstition Mountains in Maricopa,
Pinal or Gila County, AZ.
Accompanying information states that
this individual was found exposed in a
cave lying in a flexed position, and was
likely an Apache. In March 1959, the
individual was transferred to Pueblo
Grande Museum by Roy Johnson. The
human remains were partially on
display in an exhibit case until at least
1973. They comprise a complete
skeleton, and include preserved soft
tissue. The human remains belong to an
adult male 30–35 years old. No known
individuals were identified. No funerary
objects are present.
Based on the original collecting
history, this individual may be
culturally affiliated with the Apache
Tribes. Bioarcheological markers
documented in 2018 further suggest that
this individual had a hunter-gatherer
lifestyle consistent with Archaic or
Apache affiliation. The Superstition
Mountains are within the traditional
lands and historic migration paths of the
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Apache
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and the YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde
Reservation, Arizona. Additionally,
during consultation, a representative
from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona stated that
ancestral O’Odham were interred in a
flexed position in caves, and identified
this individual as culturally affiliated
with the Four Southern Tribes, also
known as the O’Odham. They are the
Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously
listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community
of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029875; 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 and associated funerary object in
consultation with the appropriate Federally-recognized Indian Tribes,
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary object and any present-day
Federally-recognized Indian Tribes. Representatives of any Federally-
recognized Indian Tribe not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary object should submit a written request to the TVA. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary object to the Federally-recognized
Indian Tribe stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Federally-recognized Indian Tribe not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains and associated funerary object should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the TVA
at the address in this notice by April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley Authority, 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 object under the control of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, Knoxville, TN. The human remains and associated funerary
object were removed from archeological site 40HS12 in Humphreys 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
object. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
object was made by the TVA in consultation with representatives of the
Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage
Nation (previously listed as the Osage Tribe); 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
40HS12, the Patterson site, was excavated as part of TVA's Kentucky
reservoir project by the University of Tennessee, using labor and funds
provided by the Works Progress Administration. Details regarding these
excavations have never been published. Field reports regarding this
site can be found at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
(MM) and the TVA. The human remains and associated funerary object
listed in this notice have been in the physical custody of the
University of Tennessee since they were excavated. This Mississippian
mound complex was divided into multiple special units by the excavators
(Charles Nash and J. Joe Finkelstein). Units 71 and 74 were burial
mounds located on land purchased by TVA on May 13, 1941. The pyramidal
mound (unit 70), village (unit 75), and small mounds (units 72 and 73)
were not on land purchased by the TVA. According to Nash, excavations
on unit 70 were ``by private permission of the owners thru contract
with the University of Tennessee.'' Consequently, only items from units
71 and 74 are under the control of the TVA.
The first documented excavation at this site was conducted by
Clarence B. Moore during his 1914 tour of the Tennessee River Valley.
Moore, who referred to this site as ``Dixie Landing,'' dug numerous
pits in the large pyramidal mound and adjacent smaller mounds. Moore
does not indicate whether he recovered any funerary objects.
The field report for the mound in unit 74 lacks detail. It is
described as a small, ovoid mound measuring 50 x 25 feet at its base.
Finkelstein reports that, ``The mound, some three feet in height at
present, was built upon an old land surface. It contained the remains
of four burial[s], all in the south half of the mound; the north half
was pretty thoroughly disturbed by a large looter's pit.'' At present,
no human remains from unit 74 have been found at the MM.
Unit 71 is a mound measuring 170 x 60 x ca.10 feet. It was heavily
impacted by Moore and more recent looter pits prior to the Kentucky
Reservation project. Nash indicates that the mound was made up of two
phases of construction. Phase B, the lowest level of mound, ``was
composed of a very dry brittle white clay . . .'' In phase B Nash
identified ``four flesh burials, 1 skull, 2 open fire cremations and 1
pit cremation . . .'' Phase A, the top-most layer, was made up of sandy
humic clay. Within phase A Nash identified six in-flesh burials, one
pit, five skulls, three stone box burials, one stone cist cremation,
two clay basin cremations, and three open fire cremations. Evidence of
stone box graves was only found in this upper phase of mound
construction. From January 10 to April 3, 1942, human remains
representing, at minimum, 25 individuals were removed from unit 71.
Adults, one adolescent and one child are distinguished. No known
individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is a
flint blade.
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 25 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described
in this notice is 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 the associated funerary object and any present-day
Indian Tribe.
According to final judgements of the Indian Claims
Commission or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the
cultural items 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 Treaty of September 20, 1816, indicates that the land
from which the cultural items were removed is the aboriginal land of
The Chickasaw Nation.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), the disposition of the
human remains may be to the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the United
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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. The Tennessee
Valley Authority has agreed to transfer control of the human remains to
The Chickasaw Nation.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), the Tennessee Valley
Authority has agreed to transfer control of the associated funerary
object to The Chickasaw Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Federally-recognized Indian Tribe not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Dr.
Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email
[email protected], by April 27, 2020. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary object to The Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 19, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-06431 Filed 3-26-20; 8:45 am]
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