Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 60910-60911 [2021-24052]
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Determinations Made by the McClure
Archives and University Museum,
University of Central Missouri
Officials of the McClure Archives and
University Museum, University of
Central Missouri have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the six cultural items described above
have ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the objects of cultural
patrimony and the Native Village of Fort
Yukon.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Olivia Thomsen, NAGPRA Preparator,
McClure Archives and University
Museum of JCKL 1470, 601 Missouri
Street, Warrensburg, MO 64093,
telephone (660) 543–4649, email
thomsen@ucmo.edu, by December 6,
2021. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the objects of cultural
patrimony to the Native Village of Fort
Yukon may proceed.
The McClure Archives and University
Museum, University of Central Missouri
is responsible for notifying the Native
Village of Fort Yukon that this notice
has been published.
Dated: October 23, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: McClure Archives and
University Museum, University of
Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The McClure Archives and
University Museum, University of
Central Missouri, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
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Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural item listed in this
notice meets the definition of object of
cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants
or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim this cultural item should submit
a written request to the McClure
Archives and University Museum. If no
additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural item to
the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim this cultural item should submit
a written request with information in
support of the claim to the McClure
Archives and University Museum at the
address in this notice by December 6,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Olivia Thomsen, NAGPRA Preparator,
McClure Archives and University
Museum of JCKL 1470, 601 Missouri
Street, Warrensburg, MO 64093,
telephone (660) 543–4649, email
thomsen@ucmo.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the McClure
Archives and University Museum,
University of Central Missouri,
Warrensburg, MO, that meet the
definition of object of cultural
patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item
Sometime in the 20th century, one
cultural item was separated from the
Tejon Indian Tribe in California. It was
collected or bought by Robert Spier
while doing fieldwork. Spier died in
2014, and in 2016, his widow, Carolyn
Spier, donated the item to the McClure
Archives and University Museum, along
with many other items in her husband’s
personal anthropological collection. The
one object of cultural patrimony is a
woven bag.
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The bag was originally documented to
come from the Tejon Indian Tribe.
Through consultation with the Tejon
Indian Tribe, this cultural affiliation
was confirmed.
Determinations Made by the McClure
Archives and University Museum,
University of Central Missouri
Officials of the McClure Archives and
University Museum, University of
Central Missouri have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the one cultural item described above
has ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the object of cultural patrimony
and the Tejon Indian Tribe.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim this cultural item
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Olivia Thomsen, NAGPRA Preparator,
McClure Archives and University
Museum of JCKL 1470, 601 Missouri
Street, Warrensburg, MO 64093,
telephone (660) 543–4649, email
thomsen@ucmo.edu, by December 6,
2021. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the object of cultural
patrimony to the Tejon Indian Tribe
may proceed.
The McClure Archives and University
Museum, University of Central Missouri
is responsible for notifying the Tejon
Indian Tribe that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 21, 2021.
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 associated funerary objects
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the associated funerary objects 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 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 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
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
December 6, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 associated funerary objects under the
control of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, Knoxville, TN. The
associated funerary objects were
removed from site 1MA4 in Madison
County, AL.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
The determinations in this notice are
the sole responsibility of the museum,
institution, or Federal agency that has
control of the Native American
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
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SUMMARY:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the
associated 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]; Cherokee Nation;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern
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Band of Cherokee Indians; Poarch Band
of Creek Indians [previously known as
the Poarch Band of Creeks, and as the
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama]; The Chickasaw Nation; The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Site 1MA4 was excavated as part of
TVA’s Wheeler Reservoir Project by the
Alabama Museum of Natural History
(AMNH) at the University of Alabama
using labor provided by the Civil Works
Administration, a precursor to the
Works Progress Administration. Details
regarding the excavation of this site may
be found in ‘‘An Archaeological Survey
of Wheeler Basin on the Tennessee River
in Northern Alabama,’’ by William S.
Webb. The associated funerary objects
excavated from the site listed in this
notice have been in the physical
custody of the AMNH at the University
of Alabama since they were excavated.
Human remains from site 1MA4 were
listed in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register on December 21, 2018 (83 FR
65729–65734, December 21, 2018), and
they were subsequently transferred to
the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Recently, associated funerary objects
from site 1MA4 were discovered during
the improvement of the curation of
TVA’s archeological collection at
AMNH.
From February through March 1934,
associated funerary objects were
removed from site 1MA4, in Madison
County, AL, by AMNH. TVA acquired a
strip of land around the periphery of
Hobbs Island encompassing this site on
May 23, 1939, as part of the Wheeler
Reservoir project, but the excavation
was conducted with Federal funds in
anticipation of the inundation of this
site. The site was a shell midden 300 x
125 feet located adjacent to the island’s
shoreline. There are no radiocarbon
dates available for this site, but artifacts
from a non-mortuary context suggest
Langston (A.D. 900–1200) and Hobbs
Island (A.D. 1200–1450) phase
occupations. The 351 associated
funerary objects include one conch shell
cup, 23 Mississippi Plain body sherds,
one limestone-tempered sherd, one
Mulberry Creek cordmarked sherd, one
Mulberry Creek Plain sherd, one Bluff
Creek Simple Stamped rim, and 323
shell beads.
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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 351 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian Tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the associated funerary objects 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
Native American human remains were
removed is the aboriginal land of The
Chickasaw Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), the
Tennessee Valley Authority has agreed
to transfer control of the associated
funerary objects to the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘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
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 December 6, 2021.
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: October 23, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021–24052 Filed 11–3–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032946; 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 Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects 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 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 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 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 December 6, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 the Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN. The associated funerary objects were removed from site 1MA4 in
Madison County, AL.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has
control of the Native American associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the associated 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];
Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians [previously known as the Poarch
Band of Creeks, and as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama];
The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred to
as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Site 1MA4 was excavated as part of TVA's Wheeler Reservoir Project
by the Alabama Museum of Natural History (AMNH) at the University of
Alabama using labor provided by the Civil Works Administration, a
precursor to the Works Progress Administration. Details regarding the
excavation of this site may be found in ``An Archaeological Survey of
Wheeler Basin on the Tennessee River in Northern Alabama,'' by William
S. Webb. The associated funerary objects excavated from the site listed
in this notice have been in the physical custody of the AMNH at the
University of Alabama since they were excavated. Human remains from
site 1MA4 were listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register on December 21, 2018 (83 FR 65729-65734, December
21, 2018), and they were subsequently transferred to the Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Recently,
associated funerary objects from site 1MA4 were discovered during the
improvement of the curation of TVA's archeological collection at AMNH.
From February through March 1934, associated funerary objects were
removed from site 1MA4, in Madison County, AL, by AMNH. TVA acquired a
strip of land around the periphery of Hobbs Island encompassing this
site on May 23, 1939, as part of the Wheeler Reservoir project, but the
excavation was conducted with Federal funds in anticipation of the
inundation of this site. The site was a shell midden 300 x 125 feet
located adjacent to the island's shoreline. There are no radiocarbon
dates available for this site, but artifacts from a non-mortuary
context suggest Langston (A.D. 900-1200) and Hobbs Island (A.D. 1200-
1450) phase occupations. The 351 associated funerary objects include
one conch shell cup, 23 Mississippi Plain body sherds, one limestone-
tempered sherd, one Mulberry Creek cordmarked sherd, one Mulberry Creek
Plain sherd, one Bluff Creek Simple Stamped rim, and 323 shell beads.
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 351 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), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the associated
funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribe.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the
associated funerary objects 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 Native American human remains were removed is the
aboriginal land of The Chickasaw Nation.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), the Tennessee Valley
Authority has agreed to transfer control of the associated funerary
objects to the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``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 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 December 6, 2021. 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: October 23, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-24052 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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