Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN, 15074-15075 [2023-04899]
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Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
April 10, 2023.
DATES:
Amber Sky Heller,
Registrar, Hudson Museum, University
of Maine, 5746 Collins Center for the
Arts, Orono, ME 04469, telephone (207)
581–1902, email amber.sky.heller@
maine.edu.
ADDRESSES:
This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the Hudson
Museum. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice. Additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related
records held by the Hudson Museum.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The cultural item was removed from
the Haines Borough, AK. A drum was
likely collected by Charlie Goldstein
(1869–1961), who transferred it to his
sister, Belle Simpson (nee Goldstein,
1885–1985), proprietor of The Nugget
Shop in Juneau, Alaska. Around 1967,
Morton D. May acquired the drum
(along with other items in the Belle
Simpson collection), and in 1970,
William P. Palmer, III acquired it from
May through Stendahl Galleries of
Hollywood, CA. In 1982, Palmer
bequeathed the drum to the University
of Maine and it became part of the
Hudson Museum’s holdings. The one
object of cultural patrimony is a
Bentwood Box Drum (HM5523).
In June of 2018, a delegation from the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes came to the Hudson
Museum for consultation. Subsequently,
the Hudson Museum determined that
this drum is affiliated with both the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes and the Ghaanaxhteidı´
clan of the Chilkat Indian Village
(Klukwan).
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Cultural Affiliation
The cultural item in this notice is
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
geographical, historical, oral traditional,
and other relevant information.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Hudson Museum has
determined that:
• 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Central Council of the Tlingit &
Haida Indian Tribes and the Chilkat
Indian Village (Klukwan).
National Park Service
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after April 10, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Hudson Museum must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural item are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Hudson
Museum is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
Dated: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, Nashville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology (TDEC–DOA) has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Hardin, Lincoln,
Madison, Obion, Perry, Tipton, and
Williamson Counties, TN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
April 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Phillip R. Hodge, Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
1216 Foster Avenue, Cole Building #3,
Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615)
626–2025, email Phil.Hodge@tn.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the TDEC–DOA.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice. Additional information on
the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related
records held by the TDEC–DOA.
SUMMARY:
Description
In 1969, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from site 40HR35 in Hardin
County, TN, by archeologists associated
with then Memphis State University
(now the University of Memphis). In
1995, the human remains of this
individual were accessioned into the
TDEC–DOA’s repository and transferred
into its possession. No additional
information is available regarding the
curation history at the University of
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Memphis nor the subsequent transfer to
the TDEC–DOA. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1975, human remains representing,
at minimum, 24 individuals were
removed from site 40LN16 in Lincoln
County, TN, by archeologists with the
TDEC–DOA prior to construction of the
Lincoln County High School. The
TDEC–DOA’s 1975 excavations at this
site were conducted under the
permission of the landowner, the
Lincoln County Board of Education. No
known individuals were identified. The
five associated funerary objects are one
lot of shale fragments, one lot of
fragments of a limestone-tempered
ceramic vessel, one rectangular stone,
one galena cube, and one lot of mica
fragments.
In 1963, 1981, and 1983, human
remains representing, at minimum, 24
individuals were removed from site
40MD1 in Madison County, TN, by
archeologists with the TDEC–DOA. No
known individuals were identified. The
1,524 associated funerary objects are
986 freshwater pearl beads, 529 marine
columella beads, two bone rattles
containing quartzite pebbles, two lithic
fragments, one bone awl, one bone pin,
one green schist pendant, one sheet of
mica, and one green schist ‘‘boatstone’’
vessel.
In 1985, human remains representing,
at minimum, 95 individuals were
removed from site 40OB6 in Obion
County, TN, by archeologists with
Arrow Enterprises of Bowling Green,
KY, under contract to the U.S. Soil
Conservation Service. The human
remains were accessioned into TDEC–
DOA’s repository the same year. No
known individuals were identified. The
56 associated funerary objects are 25
marine shell beads, 11 pieces of lithic
debitage, shatter, and fire-cracked rock,
nine ceramic vessels, four ceramic
sherds, one projectile point/knife, one
piece of marine shell whelk, two lithic
flakes, one stone effigy pipe, one carbon
sample, and one stone discoidal.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 35 individuals were removed
from Perry County, TN. Human remains
belonging to 15 of these individuals
were recovered from 40PY207 in
secondary contexts along the Tennessee
River by park rangers with Tennessee
State Parks. These human remains were
transferred to TDEC–DOA in 1991 and
1997. Human remains belonging to 17 of
these individuals were excavated by
Memphis State University between 1972
and 1976. No documentation is
available to explain why these human
remains were accessioned into TDEC–
DOA’s repository. No information exists
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regarding the provenance of the human
remains belonging to three of these
individuals or the circumstances under
which they were accessioned into
TDEC–DOA’s repository. No known
individuals were identified. The 24
associated funerary objects include 21
unidentified faunal long bones, two
turkey tarsometatarsi, and one projectile
point/knife.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual was removed
from Tipton County, TN. The human
remains had eroded from the bank of the
Hatchie River at site 40TP1. They were
found by rangers with the Hatchie
National Wildlife Refuge on January 1,
1979, and were transferred the TDEC–
DOA the same day. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1979, human remains representing,
at minimum, six individuals were
removed from site 40WM33 in
Williamson County, TN. These remains
were excavated by volunteer avocational
archeologists working under the
auspices of the TDEC–DOA prior to road
construction. The TDEC–DOA
accessioned the human remains and an
associated funerary object on December
11, 1979. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary
object is a partially reconstructed
ceramic jar.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: geographical and
historical.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice who shows,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that
the requestor is a lineal descendant or
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after April 10, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the TDEC–DOA must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The TDEC–DOA is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the TDEC–DOA has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 186 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 1,610 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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• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Hudson Museum, University of
Maine, Orono, ME
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
SUMMARY:
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Hardin, Lincoln, Madison, Obion,
Perry, Tipton, and Williamson Counties, TN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Phillip R. Hodge, Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology, 1216 Foster Avenue, Cole
Building #3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615) 626-2025, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
TDEC-DOA. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the TDEC-DOA.
Description
In 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site 40HR35 in Hardin County, TN, by archeologists
associated with then Memphis State University (now the University of
Memphis). In 1995, the human remains of this individual were
accessioned into the TDEC-DOA's repository and transferred into its
possession. No additional information is available regarding the
curation history at the University of
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Memphis nor the subsequent transfer to the TDEC-DOA. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1975, human remains representing, at minimum, 24 individuals
were removed from site 40LN16 in Lincoln County, TN, by archeologists
with the TDEC-DOA prior to construction of the Lincoln County High
School. The TDEC-DOA's 1975 excavations at this site were conducted
under the permission of the landowner, the Lincoln County Board of
Education. No known individuals were identified. The five associated
funerary objects are one lot of shale fragments, one lot of fragments
of a limestone-tempered ceramic vessel, one rectangular stone, one
galena cube, and one lot of mica fragments.
In 1963, 1981, and 1983, human remains representing, at minimum, 24
individuals were removed from site 40MD1 in Madison County, TN, by
archeologists with the TDEC-DOA. No known individuals were identified.
The 1,524 associated funerary objects are 986 freshwater pearl beads,
529 marine columella beads, two bone rattles containing quartzite
pebbles, two lithic fragments, one bone awl, one bone pin, one green
schist pendant, one sheet of mica, and one green schist ``boatstone''
vessel.
In 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, 95 individuals
were removed from site 40OB6 in Obion County, TN, by archeologists with
Arrow Enterprises of Bowling Green, KY, under contract to the U.S. Soil
Conservation Service. The human remains were accessioned into TDEC-
DOA's repository the same year. No known individuals were identified.
The 56 associated funerary objects are 25 marine shell beads, 11 pieces
of lithic debitage, shatter, and fire-cracked rock, nine ceramic
vessels, four ceramic sherds, one projectile point/knife, one piece of
marine shell whelk, two lithic flakes, one stone effigy pipe, one
carbon sample, and one stone discoidal.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 35 individuals were removed
from Perry County, TN. Human remains belonging to 15 of these
individuals were recovered from 40PY207 in secondary contexts along the
Tennessee River by park rangers with Tennessee State Parks. These human
remains were transferred to TDEC-DOA in 1991 and 1997. Human remains
belonging to 17 of these individuals were excavated by Memphis State
University between 1972 and 1976. No documentation is available to
explain why these human remains were accessioned into TDEC-DOA's
repository. No information exists regarding the provenance of the human
remains belonging to three of these individuals or the circumstances
under which they were accessioned into TDEC-DOA's repository. No known
individuals were identified. The 24 associated funerary objects include
21 unidentified faunal long bones, two turkey tarsometatarsi, and one
projectile point/knife.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual was removed
from Tipton County, TN. The human remains had eroded from the bank of
the Hatchie River at site 40TP1. They were found by rangers with the
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge on January 1, 1979, and were
transferred the TDEC-DOA the same day. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals
were removed from site 40WM33 in Williamson County, TN. These remains
were excavated by volunteer avocational archeologists working under the
auspices of the TDEC-DOA prior to road construction. The TDEC-DOA
accessioned the human remains and an associated funerary object on
December 11, 1979. No known individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is a partially reconstructed ceramic jar.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the TDEC-DOA has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 186 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 1,610 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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 10, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the TDEC-DOA must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The TDEC-DOA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice
to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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