Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL, 25422-25423 [2023-08807]
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Secunda, NAGPRA Project Manager,
University of Michigan, Office of
Research, 3003 South State St., First
Floor, Wolverine Tower, Ann Arbor, MI
48109–1274, telephone (734) 615–8936,
email bsecunda@umich.edu, by May 26,
2023. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to The
Tribes may proceed.
The University of Michigan is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: April 19, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District, Mobile, AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from
Itawamba and Tishomingo Counties,
MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after May
26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Alexandria Smith, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box
2288, Mobile, AL 36628–0001,
telephone (251) 690–2728, email
Alexandria.N.Smith@usace.army.mil.
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 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. 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
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SUMMARY:
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by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District.
Description
Nineteen cultural items were removed
from Itawamba County, MS. The White
Springs site (22IT537) was originally
recorded by Joseph Caldwell and S.D.
Lewis in 1971, during a survey of the
Canal Section of the TennesseeTombigbee Waterway. The site was
identified as a 15-to-20-acre village site
located in a field on the east side.
Archeological phases identified at the
site include Early Archaic, Gulf
Formational, Middle and Late
Woodland, and Mississippian. Testing
excavations were conducted in April of
1971, and full-scale excavation was
conducted between July and August of
the same year by the University of
Southern Mississippi. The 19
unassociated funerary objects consist of
four lots of ceramics, six lots of lithics,
three lots of faunal remains, one lot of
shells, one lot of soil samples, one lot
of projectile points, one lot of
sandstone, one lot of petrified wood,
and one lot of charcoal.
Fifteen cultural items were removed
from Itawamba County, MS. Joseph
Caldwell and S.D. Lewis identified the
Walnut site (22IT539) in November of
1971 in a floodplain near the confluence
of Mackeys and Big Brown Creeks. The
site is located within the operational
boundaries of the Canal Section of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. It was
described as a village site measuring 100
feet by 150 feet located on a rise in
swamp and low forest. According to the
site form, the site had been looted and
partly cleared for a powerline.
Archeological phases associated with
the site include Middle Archaic, Late
Archaic, Middle Gulf Formational, and
Woodland. The 15 unassociated
funerary objects consist of nine lots of
perpetuity samples, one lot of
macrobotanicals, one preform, one anvil
stone, one lot of hammerstones, one lot
of projectile points, and one lot of
chipped stone fragments.
Seven cultural items were removed
from Itawamba County, MS. The Poplar
site (22IT576) was recorded in 1975 by
J.R. Atkinson in the Canal Section of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
Atkinson described the site as a circular
Woodland midden mound with black
soil approximately one half acre in size.
The University of Alabama conducted
archeological testing at the site in 1979
and full-scale excavations in 1980.
Poplar is a multi-component site with
Paleoindian, Archaic, and Woodland
components. The seven unassociated
funerary objects consist of two lots of
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debris, two lots of faunal remains, one
lot of hematite, and two lots of flakes.
Fourteen cultural items were removed
from Tishomingo County, MS. The F.L.
Brinkley Midden site (22TS729) is
located in the Divide Cut Section of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The
site was documented as a stratified
accretional midden dating from the
Early Archaic through the Middle
Woodland periods. The site was
excavated by the Office of
Archaeological Research, University of
Alabama, between December 5, 1977,
and July 7, 1978. The cultural items
from this site presently reside at the
Cobb Institute, Mississippi State
University. Due to preservation
concerns, most likely, no human
remains were ever removed from the
site. The 14 unassociated funerary
objects consist of one lot of ceramics,
four lots of lithics, one lot of sandstone,
one lot of clay, five lots of float samples,
and two lots of soil samples.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: archeological,
geographical, historical, other
information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Mobile District, has
determined that:
• The 55 cultural items described
above 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The
Chickasaw Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
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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 May 26, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District, must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, 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: April 19, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–08807 Filed 4–25–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035711;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District, Mobile, AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from Clay
and Lowndes Counties, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after May
26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Alexandria Smith, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
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SUMMARY:
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District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box
2288, Mobile, AL 36628–0001,
telephone (251) 690–2728, email
Alexandria.N.Smith@usace.army.mil.
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 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District.
Description
One cultural item was removed from
Clay County, MS. The Kellogg Village
site (22CL527), located in the Divide Cut
Section of the Tennessee Tombigbee
Waterway, contained Middle Archaic,
Woodland, and Mississippian
components. The site was excavated by
the Department of Anthropology,
Mississippi State University under
principal investigator James R. Atkinson
and field director G. Gerald Berry,
between June 29 and September 16,
1978. The one unassociated funerary
object is a square stone gorget.
Forty-eight cultural items were
removed from Lowndes County, MS.
The Shell Bluff site (22LO530) is a shell
midden and base camp with Late
Woodland and Miller III components.
Excavation of the site by the University
of Southern Mississippi under principal
investigators Drs. David Heisler and
Robert Gilbert and field directors
Thomas Padgett and Don Crusoe began
in July and August of 1979 and resumed
during mid-October through late
November 1979. The 48 lots of
unassociated funerary objects consist of
11 lots of ceramics, five lots of lithics,
six lots of shells, two lots of ground
sandstone, six lots of faunal remains,
four lots of miscellaneous fill, three lots
of daub, three lots of sandstone
fragments, four lots of soil samples, two
lots of burial fill, one lot of firecracked
rock, and one lot of fired clay.
Eleven cultural items were removed
from Lowndes County, MS. The Vaughn
Mound site (22LO538) has Middle
Archaic, Woodland, Miller III, and
Miller IV components. The site was
identified by Marc D. Rucker as part of
a field survey, and it was excavated by
the Mississippi State University’s
Department of Anthropology under
Rucker’s direction, with the assistance
of James R. Atkinson and Michael D.
Walls, over a ten-week period during
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the summer of 1973. The 11 lots of
unassociated funerary objects consist of
five lots of faunal remains, four lots of
shell, one lot of clay, and one lot of shell
ornaments.
One cultural item was removed from
Lowndes County, MS. The Tibbee Creek
site (22LO600) has components from the
early Gulf Formational through the
Mississippian, with the most
concentrated occupation occurring
during the late Woodland Miller III
phase. The site was excavated by the
Department of Anthropology,
Mississippi State University under the
direction of Crawford Blakeman,
Principal Investigator, and John O’Hear,
Project Director (and later Principal
Investigator), beginning in November
1976. Excavation was completed in
August of 1977. The one unassociated
funerary object is one lot of ceramics.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: archeological,
geographical, historical, other
information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Mobile District has
determined that:
• The 61 cultural items described
above 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
The Chickasaw Nation and The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035714; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL
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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The cultural items were removed from Itawamba and
Tishomingo Counties, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after May 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Alexandria Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001,
telephone (251) 690-2728, 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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Description
Nineteen cultural items were removed from Itawamba County, MS. The
White Springs site (22IT537) was originally recorded by Joseph Caldwell
and S.D. Lewis in 1971, during a survey of the Canal Section of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The site was identified as a 15-to-20-
acre village site located in a field on the east side. Archeological
phases identified at the site include Early Archaic, Gulf Formational,
Middle and Late Woodland, and Mississippian. Testing excavations were
conducted in April of 1971, and full-scale excavation was conducted
between July and August of the same year by the University of Southern
Mississippi. The 19 unassociated funerary objects consist of four lots
of ceramics, six lots of lithics, three lots of faunal remains, one lot
of shells, one lot of soil samples, one lot of projectile points, one
lot of sandstone, one lot of petrified wood, and one lot of charcoal.
Fifteen cultural items were removed from Itawamba County, MS.
Joseph Caldwell and S.D. Lewis identified the Walnut site (22IT539) in
November of 1971 in a floodplain near the confluence of Mackeys and Big
Brown Creeks. The site is located within the operational boundaries of
the Canal Section of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. It was described
as a village site measuring 100 feet by 150 feet located on a rise in
swamp and low forest. According to the site form, the site had been
looted and partly cleared for a powerline. Archeological phases
associated with the site include Middle Archaic, Late Archaic, Middle
Gulf Formational, and Woodland. The 15 unassociated funerary objects
consist of nine lots of perpetuity samples, one lot of macrobotanicals,
one preform, one anvil stone, one lot of hammerstones, one lot of
projectile points, and one lot of chipped stone fragments.
Seven cultural items were removed from Itawamba County, MS. The
Poplar site (22IT576) was recorded in 1975 by J.R. Atkinson in the
Canal Section of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Atkinson described
the site as a circular Woodland midden mound with black soil
approximately one half acre in size. The University of Alabama
conducted archeological testing at the site in 1979 and full-scale
excavations in 1980. Poplar is a multi-component site with Paleoindian,
Archaic, and Woodland components. The seven unassociated funerary
objects consist of two lots of debris, two lots of faunal remains, one
lot of hematite, and two lots of flakes.
Fourteen cultural items were removed from Tishomingo County, MS.
The F.L. Brinkley Midden site (22TS729) is located in the Divide Cut
Section of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The site was documented as
a stratified accretional midden dating from the Early Archaic through
the Middle Woodland periods. The site was excavated by the Office of
Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, between December 5,
1977, and July 7, 1978. The cultural items from this site presently
reside at the Cobb Institute, Mississippi State University. Due to
preservation concerns, most likely, no human remains were ever removed
from the site. The 14 unassociated funerary objects consist of one lot
of ceramics, four lots of lithics, one lot of sandstone, one lot of
clay, five lots of float samples, and two lots of soil samples.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: archeological, geographical,
historical, other information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, has
determined that:
The 55 cultural items described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana; and The Chickasaw Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this
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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 May 26, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: April 19, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08807 Filed 4-25-23; 8:45 am]
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