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funerary objects under the control of the
Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Andover, MA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from four sites in FL.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the number of
individuals and associated funerary
objects published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (84 FR 38045–38047, August 5,
2019). During preparation for
repatriation, one additional set of
human remains and additional
associated funerary objects from Macey
Mound, FL, were identified. These
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed by Fred Alanson
Luce and his son Stanley Eldridge Luce
around 1940. Transfer of control of the
items in this correction notice has not
occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (84 FR 38045,
August 5, 2019), column 3, paragraph 4,
sentence 1, under the heading ‘‘History
and Description of the Remains,’’ is
corrected by substituting the following
sentence:
In January 1920, human remains
representing, at minimum, ten individuals
were removed by Fred Alanson Luce and his
son Stanley Eldridge Luce from the Macey
Mound (8OR10313) in Orange County, FL.
In the Federal Register (84 FR 38045,
August 5, 2019), column 3, paragraph 4,
sentence 6 is corrected by substituting
the following sentence:
sentence 1, under the heading
‘‘Determinations Made by the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology,’’ 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 13 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
In the Federal Register (84 FR 38046,
August 5, 2019), column 3, paragraph 2,
sentence 2 is corrected by substituting
the following sentence:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 1,737
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.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Ryan Wheeler, Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 180
Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749–4490, email
rwheeler@andover.edu, by January 4,
2021. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); and The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma may proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
The Consulted and Invited Tribes
identified in the August 5, 2019 notice
that this notice has been published.
Examination by physical anthropologists
Michael Gibbon and Harley Erickson, and
Peabody staff members found that the human
remains represent two adults of
indeterminate sex; four adult males; one
adult, possibly female; two juveniles of
indeterminate sex; and one cremated
individual.
Dated: November 24, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
In the Federal Register (84 FR 38045,
August 5, 2019), column 3, paragraph 4,
sentence 8 is corrected by substituting
the following sentence:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The 1,727 associated funerary objects are
one charcoal sample; one whelk shell
columella; one shell bead; one stone
plummet; nine quartz pebbles; three chert
bifaces; one sand sample; and 1,710 pottery
sherds.
In the Federal Register (84 FR 38046,
August 5, 2019), column 3, paragraph 2,
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Department of the Navy, Navy Region
Southeast, Jacksonville, FL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The Department of the Navy,
Navy Region Southeast, 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 Department of
the Navy, Navy Region Southeast. 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 Department of the
Navy, Navy Region Southeast, at the
address in this notice by January 4,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Dr. John Calabrese, Navy
Region Southeast, Naval Air Station
Jacksonville, Building 135N,
Jacksonville, FL 32212, telephone (904)
542–6985, email john.calabrese@
navy.mil.
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 United States Navy, Navy Region
Southeast, Jacksonville, FL. The human
remains were removed from Naval
Submarine Base Kings Bay, Camden
County, GA.
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.
SUMMARY:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Department of
the Navy, Navy Region Southeast
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch
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Band of Creeks (previously listed as
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as Seminole Tribe of
Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); 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
Between 1979 and 1986, human
remains representing, at minimum, 10
individuals were removed from the
following seven sites in Camden
County, GA: Kings Bay Site (9CM171);
Kings Bay Site (9CM171B); Kings Bay
Site, Poisonberry Area (9CM171A);
Devils Walking Stick, South Bunker
Area (9CM177B); Kings Bay Planation
Site, Area 1 (9CM172); Kings Bay
Planation Site, South Trunk Line Area
(9CM172); and Kings Bay Site, Wharf
Area (9CM171J). All archeological
materials from these investigations,
including the human remains, were
initially curated at the University of
Florida, Florida Museum of Natural
History, in Gainesville, FL. In May 2000,
they were transferred to the United
States Army Corps of Engineers,
Mandatory Center of Expertise for the
Curation and Management of
Archaeological Collections in St. Louis,
MO. In September 2002, the human
remains were transferred to Naval
Submarine Base Kings Bay, and the
other materials were sent to the
University of Georgia, Athens
Laboratory of Archaeology for
permanent curation. In March 2017, the
human remains were transferred to
Navy Region Southeast in Jacksonville,
FL.
Kings Bay Site (9CM171)
In 1979, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual, were
recovered under the direction of the
Department of Anthropology, University
of Florida through a contract with the
United States Navy. The human remains
belong to an adult of undetermined sex.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were removed from
trenched spoil. Late Archaic (3,000 to
1,000 B.C.) St. Simons fiber-tempered
ceramics and Swift Creek Complicated
Stamp pottery (A.D. 300 to 900) were
recovered from the site.
Kings Bay Site (9CM171B)
Between November 1979 and
February 1980, human remains
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representing, at minimum, one
individual, were excavated under the
direction of the Department of
Anthropology, University of Florida
through a contract with the United
States Navy. The human remains belong
to a female. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The human remains
were removed from an articulated
burial. A single radiocarbon assay from
the surrounding soil dates between A.D.
625 and 1020, and the fragmentary
ceramic assemblage from the
surrounding soil indicates a generalized
St. Johns period component.
Kings Bay Site, Poisonberry Area
(9CM171A)
In 1981, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual, were
excavated under the direction of the
Department of Anthropology, University
of Florida through a contract with the
United States Navy. The human remains
comprise two tooth fragments (an
incisor crown and a molar crown). No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were found in a
shell midden with a predominantly
Swift Creek (Late Woodland, A.D. 300 to
900) component.
Devils Walking Stick, South Bunker
Area (9CM177B)
In 1981, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual, were
excavated under the direction of the
Department of Anthropology, University
of Florida through a contract with the
United States Navy. The human remains
comprise a single tooth crown. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were recovered
from a midden deposit. While the
excavation records are too imprecise to
place the human remains in a specific
prehistoric component, the site itself
dates to the Savannah (A.D. 900–1550)
and Protohistoric (A.D. 1550+) Periods.
Kings Bay Planation Site, Area 1
(9CM172)
In 1984, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
recovered by a professional archeologist
under contract to the United States
Navy. The human remains belong to two
adults and one adolescent. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were removed from
the ground surface of a highly disturbed
former shell midden during
archeological monitoring for a building
foundation and a utility trench. The
midden contained a combination of
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Woodland (Deptford and Swift Creek,
800 B.C.–A.D. 900) and Mississippian
(Savannah and Irene/San Marcos, A.D.
900–1540) components.
Kings Bay Planation Site, South Trunk
Line Area (9CM172)
In 1984, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
recovered by a professional archeologist
under contract to the United States
Navy. The human remains belong to two
adult males. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The human remains
were removed from measured test unit
excavations undertaken after suspected
human remains were inadvertently
discovered during a waterline trench
excavation. While no cultural
components were directly associated
with the human remains, the site itself
produced both Woodland (Weeden
Island Deptford, Weeden Island and
Swift Creek, 800 B.C.–A.D. 900) and
Mississippian (Savannah, A.D. 900 to
1350) components.
Kings Bay Site, Wharf Area (9CM171J)
In 1986, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
excavated by a professional archeologist
under contract to the United States
Navy, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.
The incomplete skeletal remains belong
to an adult of undetermined sex. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were recovered
from a shell midden during the
expansion of the wharf. When found,
the human remains were in a flexed
position, and in conjunction with a
single diagnostic ceramic fragment from
the larger Weeden Island Period (A.D.
300 to 900).
Determinations Made by the
Department of the Navy, Navy Region
Southeast
Officials of the Department of the
Navy, Navy Region Southeast have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on their
recovery from prehistoric archeological
sites.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 10
individuals 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.
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• At the time of the early colonial
period, the area encompassing Naval
Submarine Base Kings Bay was
occupied by the Timucua, a Muskogean
(or, alternatively, a Siouan or Arawakanspeaking) group (Milanich 2004). After
1595, with the expansion of the Spanish
mission system in La Florida, the
Timucua became actively subject to the
Spanish Crown. By the early 18th
century a combination of disease, forced
relocation by the Spanish, and
enslavement had reduced the Timucua
population to a few hundred. The
reduction of Timucua numbers between
the 16th and 18th centuries allowed for
the expansion of other Muskogean
peoples into the region. The terms of the
Treaty of Augusta, signed in 1763 (a
corollary to the Treaty of Paris ending
the Seven Years War), ceded the Georgia
coast, including what is currently St.
Marys, GA, from the Creek Indians to
the British Crown. Subsequently, the
Treaty of 1790 and the Treaty of
Colerain (1796) ceded additional lands
by the Creek in Georgia and elsewhere
to the United States. Consequently, the
land from which the Native American
human remains were removed is the
aboriginal land of Creek peoples,
including the Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to The Tribes.
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. John Calabrese, United
States Navy, Navy Region Southeast,
Naval Air Station Jacksonville,
Jacksonville, FL 32212, telephone (904)
542–6985, email john.calabrese@
navy.mil, by January 4, 2021. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The Department of the Navy, Navy
Region Southeast is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: November 24, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As authorized by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2018, the National Park Service
announces that the Secretary of the
Interior has established, in the State of
Missouri, Ste. Genevieve National
Historical Park, as a unit of the National
Park System.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tokey Boswell, Midwest Regional
Office, at (402) 661–1534.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
101 of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2018 incorporated by reference
Section 7134 of S.1460 Energy and
Natural Resources Act of 2017. This act
includes specific provisions relating to
establishment of Ste. Genevieve
National Historical Park as a unit of the
National Park System. To establish the
historical park, the Secretary must
determine that sufficient land has been
acquired to constitute a manageable
park unit; and enter into a written
agreement providing that land owned by
the State, the City of Ste. Genevieve, or
other entity within the Historic District
shall be managed consistent with the
purposes of the establishing legislation.
The Federal Government now owns,
in fee simple title, two historic
buildings and their associated property.
The first property was donated by the
State of Missouri on March 14, 2019. On
January 30, 2020, the Society of Colonial
Dames in America, Missouri Chapter
donated the Jean Baptiste-Valle home to
add to the site. In July of 2020, the State
of Missouri signed transfer agreements
for multiple parcels of land and two
buildings within the boundary of the
park that total an additional 10.54 acres.
The National Park Service is currently
performing the due diligence to acquire
these properties. There are also four
other individual properties totaling
approximately 1.09 acres with signed
letters of intent to sell or donate. In
total, these parcels constitute sufficient
lands to constitute a manageable unit of
the National Park System.
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The Secretary, through the National
Park Service, has also entered into
written agreements on August 31, 2018,
with the City of Ste. Genevieve, the
State of Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, Ste. Genevieve County, the
Foundation for the Restoration of Ste.
Genevieve, the Society of Colonial
Dames in America, Missouri Chapter,
and Chaumette, Inc., providing that land
and properties owned by those entities
shall be managed consistent with the
purposes of the establishing legislation.
On August 26, 2020, the National Park
Service entered into a second agreement
with the City of Ste. Genevieve to
operate out of the City’s existing
welcome center.
On October 30, 2020, the Secretary of
the Interior signed a Decision
Memorandum determining that
sufficient lands and agreements have
been acquired to constitute a
manageable park unit. With the signing
of this Decision Memorandum by the
Secretary, the site to be known as the
‘‘Ste. Genevieve National Historical
Park’’ was established as a unit of the
National Park System, effective October
30, 2020, and is subject to all laws,
regulations, and policies pertaining to
such units.
Margaret Everson,
Counselor to the Secretary, Exercising the
Delegated Authority of the Director, National
Park Service.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
University of California Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of California
Berkeley has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
SUMMARY:
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of the Navy, Navy
Region Southeast, Jacksonville, FL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy, Navy Region Southeast, 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 Department of the Navy, Navy Region Southeast. 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 Department of
the Navy, Navy Region Southeast, at the address in this notice by
January 4, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Dr. John Calabrese, Navy Region Southeast, Naval Air Station
Jacksonville, Building 135N, Jacksonville, FL 32212, telephone (904)
542-6985, 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 United States Navy, Navy Region Southeast,
Jacksonville, FL. The human remains were removed from Naval Submarine
Base Kings Bay, Camden County, GA.
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 the
Department of the Navy, Navy Region Southeast professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch
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Band of Creeks (previously listed as Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as Seminole
Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); 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
Between 1979 and 1986, human remains representing, at minimum, 10
individuals were removed from the following seven sites in Camden
County, GA: Kings Bay Site (9CM171); Kings Bay Site (9CM171B); Kings
Bay Site, Poisonberry Area (9CM171A); Devils Walking Stick, South
Bunker Area (9CM177B); Kings Bay Planation Site, Area 1 (9CM172); Kings
Bay Planation Site, South Trunk Line Area (9CM172); and Kings Bay Site,
Wharf Area (9CM171J). All archeological materials from these
investigations, including the human remains, were initially curated at
the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, in
Gainesville, FL. In May 2000, they were transferred to the United
States Army Corps of Engineers, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the
Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections in St. Louis, MO.
In September 2002, the human remains were transferred to Naval
Submarine Base Kings Bay, and the other materials were sent to the
University of Georgia, Athens Laboratory of Archaeology for permanent
curation. In March 2017, the human remains were transferred to Navy
Region Southeast in Jacksonville, FL.
Kings Bay Site (9CM171)
In 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual,
were recovered under the direction of the Department of Anthropology,
University of Florida through a contract with the United States Navy.
The human remains belong to an adult of undetermined sex. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were removed from trenched spoil. Late Archaic (3,000
to 1,000 B.C.) St. Simons fiber-tempered ceramics and Swift Creek
Complicated Stamp pottery (A.D. 300 to 900) were recovered from the
site.
Kings Bay Site (9CM171B)
Between November 1979 and February 1980, human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual, were excavated under the
direction of the Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
through a contract with the United States Navy. The human remains
belong to a female. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The human remains were removed from an
articulated burial. A single radiocarbon assay from the surrounding
soil dates between A.D. 625 and 1020, and the fragmentary ceramic
assemblage from the surrounding soil indicates a generalized St. Johns
period component.
Kings Bay Site, Poisonberry Area (9CM171A)
In 1981, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual,
were excavated under the direction of the Department of Anthropology,
University of Florida through a contract with the United States Navy.
The human remains comprise two tooth fragments (an incisor crown and a
molar crown). No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The human remains were found in a shell
midden with a predominantly Swift Creek (Late Woodland, A.D. 300 to
900) component.
Devils Walking Stick, South Bunker Area (9CM177B)
In 1981, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual,
were excavated under the direction of the Department of Anthropology,
University of Florida through a contract with the United States Navy.
The human remains comprise a single tooth crown. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human
remains were recovered from a midden deposit. While the excavation
records are too imprecise to place the human remains in a specific
prehistoric component, the site itself dates to the Savannah (A.D. 900-
1550) and Protohistoric (A.D. 1550+) Periods.
Kings Bay Planation Site, Area 1 (9CM172)
In 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were recovered by a professional archeologist under contract to the
United States Navy. The human remains belong to two adults and one
adolescent. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The human remains were removed from the
ground surface of a highly disturbed former shell midden during
archeological monitoring for a building foundation and a utility
trench. The midden contained a combination of Woodland (Deptford and
Swift Creek, 800 B.C.-A.D. 900) and Mississippian (Savannah and Irene/
San Marcos, A.D. 900-1540) components.
Kings Bay Planation Site, South Trunk Line Area (9CM172)
In 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were recovered by a professional archeologist under contract to the
United States Navy. The human remains belong to two adult males. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present. The human remains were removed from measured test unit
excavations undertaken after suspected human remains were inadvertently
discovered during a waterline trench excavation. While no cultural
components were directly associated with the human remains, the site
itself produced both Woodland (Weeden Island Deptford, Weeden Island
and Swift Creek, 800 B.C.-A.D. 900) and Mississippian (Savannah, A.D.
900 to 1350) components.
Kings Bay Site, Wharf Area (9CM171J)
In 1986, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were excavated by a professional archeologist under contract to the
United States Navy, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. The incomplete
skeletal remains belong to an adult of undetermined sex. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were recovered from a shell midden during the
expansion of the wharf. When found, the human remains were in a flexed
position, and in conjunction with a single diagnostic ceramic fragment
from the larger Weeden Island Period (A.D. 300 to 900).
Determinations Made by the Department of the Navy, Navy Region
Southeast
Officials of the Department of the Navy, Navy Region Southeast have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on their recovery from
prehistoric archeological sites.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 10 individuals 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.
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At the time of the early colonial period, the area
encompassing Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay was occupied by the
Timucua, a Muskogean (or, alternatively, a Siouan or Arawakan-speaking)
group (Milanich 2004). After 1595, with the expansion of the Spanish
mission system in La Florida, the Timucua became actively subject to
the Spanish Crown. By the early 18th century a combination of disease,
forced relocation by the Spanish, and enslavement had reduced the
Timucua population to a few hundred. The reduction of Timucua numbers
between the 16th and 18th centuries allowed for the expansion of other
Muskogean peoples into the region. The terms of the Treaty of Augusta,
signed in 1763 (a corollary to the Treaty of Paris ending the Seven
Years War), ceded the Georgia coast, including what is currently St.
Marys, GA, from the Creek Indians to the British Crown. Subsequently,
the Treaty of 1790 and the Treaty of Colerain (1796) ceded additional
lands by the Creek in Georgia and elsewhere to the United States.
Consequently, the land from which the Native American human remains
were removed is the aboriginal land of Creek peoples, including the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress,
Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The Tribes.
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. John Calabrese, United States Navy,
Navy Region Southeast, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
32212, telephone (904) 542-6985, email [email protected], by
January 4, 2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The Department of the Navy, Navy Region Southeast is responsible
for notifying The Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 24, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-26758 Filed 12-3-20; 8:45 am]
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