Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 51486-51488 [2020-18232]
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B.C.—A.D. 1300, based on radiocarbon
dates and pottery types.
In the 1980s, and possibly earlier,
human remains representing, at
minimum, seven individuals were
removed from ‘‘Snead Island Mound’’ or
‘‘Snead’s Island’’ in Manatee County,
FL. On September 14,1989, Mrs. A.W.
Pervis, Jr. donated one fragmented,
complete skull belonging to an adult
male and tibia and femur remains from
‘‘Snead’s Island’’ to the Museum. The
sites Snead Island 1 (8MA18), Snead
Island III (8MA20), Snead Island Burial
Mound (8MA85), and possibly Emerson
Point (8MA1137) have been reported to
contain human remains. Walter
Montague Tallant is reported to have
excavated at 8MA18 and 8MA85. Based
on artifact types, the earliest occupation
of 8MA18 predated A.D. 700 and
continued into the Historic Period.
Stokes Brushed pottery associated with
the Seminoles was found at 8MA18, and
a fish camp that employed Cubans and
Seminoles reportedly operated there in
the 1840s. The 8MA85 site is described
as a sand burial mound with plain, nondiagnostic pottery.
At an unknown date, but probably
1937, human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were
removed from ‘‘Tidy Island’’ in Manatee
County, FL. Walter Montague Tallant is
believed to have excavated five or six
human remains from two burial mounds
on Tidy Island in 1937. The human
remains include one incomplete
cranium belonging to an adult of
unknown sex, one radius, and two
incomplete crania belonging to adults of
unknown sex. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The Cow Point
Midden (8MA12) on Tidy Island is the
likely source of these human remains.
The site contains a shell midden and
two burial mounds. It is dated to
approximately 500 B.C.—A.D. 800 or
later, based on the ceramics.
In 1938, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from ‘‘Treasure Island’’ in
Sarasota County, FL. One incomplete
cranium belonging to an adult of
unknown sex and inscribed ‘‘1938,
W.C.C’’ was given to the Museum by an
unknown person at an unknown date.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The ‘‘Treasure Island’’ site in Sarasota
County might actually be the John’s Pass
Mound (8PI4) on Treasure Island in
Pinellas County, a burial mound dated
to the Safety Harbor Period (A.D. 900—
1700).
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from
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‘‘Phillippi Creek.’’ One complete
cranium belonging to an adult of
unknown sex was given to the Museum
by an unknown person at an unknown
date. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. According to the
FMSF, two archeological sites are
reported along the Phillippi Creek in
Sarasota County. However, neither the
Phillippi Flake Scatter (8SO616) nor the
Prodie Midden Site (8SO617) is known
to contain human remains.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from
‘‘Riverview Landing.’’ One frontal
belonging to an adult, probably male, as
well as other teeth and human remains
were given to the Museum by an
unknown person at an unknown date.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Riverview Pointe in Manatee County
may be the general location where the
human remains were removed. The
Riverview Pointe Midden (8MA981)
contains no human remains, unlike the
nearby Shaw’s Point (8MA7) site. The
latter site reportedly contains early
Deptford, Weeden Island, Safety Harbor,
and Leon-Jefferson pottery from the
Early Woodland to early Historic Period
(ca. 500 B.C.–A.D. 1700).
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, three
individuals were removed from
‘‘Midway Island’’ in Collier County, FL.
On January 15, 2013, one complete skull
belonging to an adult male and marked
‘‘Coll Co 1961’’ and three mandibles
were placed under the control of the
Museum by Mrs. Patty Tallant Hare,
Walter Montague Tallant’s daughter. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The ‘‘Midway Island’’ site could not be
found in the FMSF.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, 46
individuals were removed by unknown
persons from unknown counties in the
State of Florida. The Museum does not
possess any accession information for
these remains. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Determinations Made by the Bishop
Museum of Science and Nature Inc.
Officials of the Bishop Museum of
Science and Nature Inc. have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 68
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
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• 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 Tribes.
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 Matthew D.
Woodside, Chief Curator, Bishop
Museum of Science and Nature Inc.,
P.O. Box 9265, Bradenton, FL 34205,
telephone (941) 216–3477, email
mwoodside@bishopscience.org, by
September 21, 2020. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The Bishop Museum of Science and
Nature Inc. is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 21, 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:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, and
has determined that a cultural affiliation
between the associated funerary objects
and present-day Federally-recognized
Indian Tribes can reasonably be traced.
Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Federally-recognized Indian Tribe
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of the
associated funerary objects should
submit a written request to the TVA. If
no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the associated
funerary objects to the Federallyrecognized Indian Tribes stated in this
notice may proceed.
SUMMARY:
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Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe not identified
in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of the associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the TVA at the address in
this notice by September 21, 2020.
DATES:
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.
ADDRESSES:
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 associated funerary objects under the
control of Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN. Transfer of control of the
human remains with which these
funerary objects are associated, as well
as additional associated funerary
objects, has already occurred. The
associated funerary objects listed in this
notice were discovered during a recent
review of the TVA archeological
collection housed at the Alabama
Museum of Natural History. The
associated funerary objects were
removed from archeological sites in
Jackson and Marshall Counties, 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 cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the funerary
objects 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 Alabama-Coushatta
Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
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(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the
Associated Funerary Objects
The four sites listed in this notice—
1JA27, 1JA102, 1MS55, and 1MS91—
were 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 1JA27 were listed
in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on
September 5, 2017 (82 FR 41985–
41987). Human remains and other
associated funerary objects from 1JA102
and 1MS91 were listed in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on September 1, 2016
(81 FR 60381–60383). Human remains
and other associated funerary objects
from 1MS55 were listed in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on April 29, 2019 (84
FR 18080–18081). Transfer of control of
the cultural items listed in those notices
to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation has already
occurred. The associated funerary
objects listed in this notice were
discovered during a recent review of the
TVA archeological collection housed at
AMNH.
From March to April of 1938, a Furrs
Cordmarked rim and a Bell Plain Effigy
Bottle were removed from burial units 2
and 3, respectively, at the Hardin site
(1JA27) in Jackson County, AL, after
TVA acquired the site on October 16,
1936. Excavations revealed two primary
occupations during the Late Woodland
Flint River phase (A.D. 500–1000) and
the Mississippian Henry Island phase
(A.D. 1200–1450). The associated
funerary objects listed in this notice
were originally found with the human
remains that were from the Henry Island
phase.
From September 1938 to January
1939, one Bell Plain effigy bowl was
removed from burial unit 10 at 1JA102,
Sublet Ferry site, in Jackson County, AL.
Excavations commenced after TVA
acquired a permit for archeological
exploration on June 11, 1938.
Excavations revealed this site to be a
shell midden overlying a dark midden
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soil. Both Woodland and Mississippian
occupations were identified. The
associated funerary object listed in this
notice was from the Henry Island phase
of the Mississippian period.
From September 1937 to May 1938,
one Bell Plain jar was removed from
burial unit 39 at the Henry Island site,
1MS55, in Marshall County, AL. TVA
purchased the site on November 2,
1936. This site was composed of two
earthen mounds and an associated
village midden. Although there are no
radiocarbon dates from this site,
artifacts from the excavation suggest
occupations during the Copena (A.D.
100–500), Flint River (A.D. 500–1000),
Henry Island (A.D. 1200–1500), and
Crow Creek (A.D. 1500–1650) phases.
The associated funerary object listed in
this notice was removed from a Henry
Island phase burial.
From June 1938 to May 1939, one
brass bell was removed from burial unit
25 (Unit I), and 17 glass beads, one
carbonized textile sample and one
carbonized basketry sample were
removed from burial unit 5 (Unit II) at
the Columbus City Landing site, 1MS91.
This site is northeast of the city of
Guntersville in Marshall County, AL.
Excavation commenced after TVA
purchased the land on March 8, 1937.
There were excavations in both the
village (Unit I) and adjacent mounds
(Unit II). Artifacts recovered from this
excavation revealed that the primary
occupations were during the Middle
Woodland (A.D. 100–500),
Mississippian (A.D. 1200–1500), and
historic periods. The associated
funerary objects listed in this notice
were removed from historic Native
American burials.
A relationship of shared group
identity can reasonably be traced
between present-day Indian Tribes and
the cultural items of the earlier culture
identified as Mississippian. The
preponderance of the evidence indicates
that the cultural items from the Henry
Island phase at 1JA27, 1JA102, and
1MS55 and the historic period at 1MS91
are culturally affiliated with Native
Americans descendants of the Koasati/
Kaskinampo. These descendants
include the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as 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 century indicate
the presence of chiefdom level tribal
entities in the southeastern United
States which resemble the Mississippian
chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of place
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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
Indian Tribes.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of the Tennessee Valley
Authority have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 24 associated funerary objects
described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or
near individual human remains at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the associated funerary objects
listed in this notice and the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of
Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Federally-recognized Indian
Tribe not identified in this notice that
wish to request transfer of control of the
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 September 21,
2020. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: July 13, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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.
National Park Service
Consultation
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0030663;
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From 2015 to 2020, consultation on
these human remains was carried out
between representatives of Mount
Holyoke College (Sonya Stephens,
President of Mount Holyoke College,
Lenore Reilly, Senior Advisor to the
President, and Aaron Miller, Associate
Curator of Visual and Material Culture
and NAGPRA Coordinator at the Mount
Holyoke College Art Museum) and
representatives of the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin;
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah); and the following nonfederally recognized Indian groups: the
Abenaki Nation of New Hampshire;
Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook–
Abenaki People; Elnu Abenaki Tribe;
and the Webster/Dudley Band of the
Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes and Groups’’).
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Mount
Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Mount Holyoke College 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
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to Mount Holyoke
College. 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 Mount Holyoke College at
the address in this notice by September
21, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Aaron F. Miller, Mount
Holyoke College, 50 College Street,
South Hadley, MA 01075–1499,
telephone (413) 538–3394, email
afmiller@mtholyoke.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley,
MA. The human remains were removed
from an unidentified location in the
vicinity of Holyoke, Hampden County,
MA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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History and Description of the Remains
Sometime prior to 1918, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unidentified location in the vicinity of
Holyoke, Hampden County, MA. On
January 10, 1918, Alice E. Hunt and
George E. Hunt of Holyoke, MA,
donated the human remains to Mount
Holyoke College. A letter from the
Hunts to Professor Turner mentions the
skeleton ‘‘of a squaw aged 35 years.’’ A
1948 article in the Mount Holyoke News
referenced the human remains as being
‘‘an Indian Squaw about 150 years old’’
and given by ‘‘a family of doctors in
Holyoke who had had her in the family
for generations.’’ In 2006, an osteologist
examined the human remains and
concluded that they belong to a female
20–23 years old, and are of probable
Native American ancestry. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In Holyoke and the surrounding area,
a great deal of archeological excavation
took place in the late 19th and early
20th centuries, during which multiple
graves were exhumed. Based on
historical and oral traditional
information, the area of Holyoke was
occupied by the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030623; 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 associated funerary objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, and has determined that
a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and
present-day Federally-recognized Indian Tribes can reasonably be
traced. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Federally-
recognized Indian Tribe not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of the associated funerary objects should
submit a written request to the TVA. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to the
Federally-recognized Indian Tribes stated in this notice may proceed.
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DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Federally-
recognized Indian Tribe not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of the associated funerary objects should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
the TVA at the address in this notice by September 21, 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 associated funerary
objects under the control of Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN.
Transfer of control of the human remains with which these funerary
objects are associated, as well as additional associated funerary
objects, has already occurred. The associated funerary objects listed
in this notice were discovered during a recent review of the TVA
archeological collection housed at the Alabama Museum of Natural
History. The associated funerary objects were removed from
archeological sites in Jackson and Marshall Counties, 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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the funerary objects was made by TVA
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas (previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; 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 Associated Funerary Objects
The four sites listed in this notice--1JA27, 1JA102, 1MS55, and
1MS91--were 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 1JA27 were
listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal
Register on September 5, 2017 (82 FR 41985-41987). Human remains and
other associated funerary objects from 1JA102 and 1MS91 were listed in
a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
September 1, 2016 (81 FR 60381-60383). Human remains and other
associated funerary objects from 1MS55 were listed in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on April 29,
2019 (84 FR 18080-18081). Transfer of control of the cultural items
listed in those notices to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation has already occurred. The associated funerary
objects listed in this notice were discovered during a recent review of
the TVA archeological collection housed at AMNH.
From March to April of 1938, a Furrs Cordmarked rim and a Bell
Plain Effigy Bottle were removed from burial units 2 and 3,
respectively, at the Hardin site (1JA27) in Jackson County, AL, after
TVA acquired the site on October 16, 1936. Excavations revealed two
primary occupations during the Late Woodland Flint River phase (A.D.
500-1000) and the Mississippian Henry Island phase (A.D. 1200-1450).
The associated funerary objects listed in this notice were originally
found with the human remains that were from the Henry Island phase.
From September 1938 to January 1939, one Bell Plain effigy bowl was
removed from burial unit 10 at 1JA102, Sublet Ferry site, in Jackson
County, AL. Excavations commenced after TVA acquired a permit for
archeological exploration on June 11, 1938. Excavations revealed this
site to be a shell midden overlying a dark midden soil. Both Woodland
and Mississippian occupations were identified. The associated funerary
object listed in this notice was from the Henry Island phase of the
Mississippian period.
From September 1937 to May 1938, one Bell Plain jar was removed
from burial unit 39 at the Henry Island site, 1MS55, in Marshall
County, AL. TVA purchased the site on November 2, 1936. This site was
composed of two earthen mounds and an associated village midden.
Although there are no radiocarbon dates from this site, artifacts from
the excavation suggest occupations during the Copena (A.D. 100-500),
Flint River (A.D. 500-1000), Henry Island (A.D. 1200-1500), and Crow
Creek (A.D. 1500-1650) phases. The associated funerary object listed in
this notice was removed from a Henry Island phase burial.
From June 1938 to May 1939, one brass bell was removed from burial
unit 25 (Unit I), and 17 glass beads, one carbonized textile sample and
one carbonized basketry sample were removed from burial unit 5 (Unit
II) at the Columbus City Landing site, 1MS91. This site is northeast of
the city of Guntersville in Marshall County, AL. Excavation commenced
after TVA purchased the land on March 8, 1937. There were excavations
in both the village (Unit I) and adjacent mounds (Unit II). Artifacts
recovered from this excavation revealed that the primary occupations
were during the Middle Woodland (A.D. 100-500), Mississippian (A.D.
1200-1500), and historic periods. The associated funerary objects
listed in this notice were removed from historic Native American
burials.
A relationship of shared group identity can reasonably be traced
between present-day Indian Tribes and the cultural items of the earlier
culture identified as Mississippian. The preponderance of the evidence
indicates that the cultural items from the Henry Island phase at 1JA27,
1JA102, and 1MS55 and the historic period at 1MS91 are culturally
affiliated with Native Americans descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo.
These descendants include the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as 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 century indicate the presence of
chiefdom level tribal entities in the southeastern United States which
resemble the Mississippian chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of place
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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 Indian Tribes.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 24 associated
funerary objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to
have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
associated funerary objects listed in this notice and the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes
of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The
Tribes'').
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Federally-recognized
Indian Tribe not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of the 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 September 21, 2020. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
associated funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 13, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-18232 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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