Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL, 25423-25424 [2023-08809]
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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]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035711;
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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 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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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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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. 2023–08809 Filed 4–25–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the National Park Service (NPS) are
proposing to renew an information
collection with revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 26,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
suggestions on the information
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do/PRAMain. Find this particular
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3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
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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
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 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
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
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 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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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. 2023-08809 Filed 4-25-23; 8:45 am]
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