Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX, 42742-42743 [2023-14074]
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Anthropology Laboratories and Indiana
Department of Transportation.
Description
In 1987, human remains representing,
at minimum, 12 individuals were
removed from Site 12–Hn–298 in Henry
County, IN. When this site was
disturbed during earth-moving activities
by Indiana Department of Highways, a
salvage excavation was initiated by Ball
State University to document the
features exposed. The salvage
excavations uncovered 12 human
burials and 26 other precontact-era
cultural features. Radiocarbon dates
from the site fall generally in the Late
Woodland period (1,000 ± 50, 1430 ± 60,
and 1,050 ± 80 RCYBP), with one Late
Archaic projectile recovered in back dirt
also indicating possibly multiple
temporal components. Investigator
(Donald Cochran) determined the
burials and features represent an Albee
phase occupation (ca. 800 to 1200 CE).
The human remains have since been
curated at Ball State University, Applied
Anthropology Laboratories under
accession number 87.27. The human
remains belong to four juveniles, three
female adults, four male adults, and one
adult of indeterminate sex. The age of
these individuals range from less than 6
months to over 60 years. The 5,600
associated funerary objects are 3,922
faunal elements, 16 animal bone beads,
98 shell beads, 31 animal bone tools,
1,064 floral remains or charcoal
samples, 134 ceramics, 27 bifaces or
biface fragments, 154 pieces of lithic
debitage, 24 unifacial tools, eight cores,
one ocher, three celts, 90 fire-cracked
rocks, 20 miscellaneous stones, one
piece of quartz, one piece of glass, two
pieces of metal, one piece of cinder, one
plastic button, and two soil samples.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice were
removed from known geographic
locations. These locations are the
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian
Tribes. The following information was
used to identify the aboriginal land: a
final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission or the United States Court
of Claims, and the 1818 Treaty of St.
Mary’s.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, the Indiana Department
of Transportation has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
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remains of 12 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 5,600 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.
• No relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
Indian Tribe.
• The human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice
were removed from the aboriginal land
of the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes 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, or who
shows that the requestor is an aboriginal
land Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after August 2, 2023. If competing
requests for disposition are received, the
Indiana Department of Transportation
must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Ball State
University, Applied Anthropology
Laboratories, on behalf of the Indiana
Department of Transportation, 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 and 10.11.
Dated: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036100;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas
Department of Transportation, Austin,
TX
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
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 Anderson County,
TX.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
August 2, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Scott Pletka, TxDOT, 6230
East Stassney Lane, Austin, TX 78701,
telephone (512) 865–8694, email
scott.pletka@txdot.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 TxDOT. 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 TxDOT.
DATES:
Description
In August and September of 2021,
human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were
removed from site 41AN162 in
Anderson County, TX, by archeologists
working on behalf of TxDOT. A nonfunerary pit feature yielded a lower
right canine tooth belonging to an adult
and a deciduous upper left central
incisor tooth belonging to a juvenile. No
associated funerary objects are present.
An individual burial yielded one lower
premolar, three lower molars, and four
upper molars belonging to a juvenile.
The 47 associated funerary objects are
one possible Kiam Incised vessel, three
unidentified plainware vessels, 41
incised and grog-tempered ceramic
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sherds, one piece of lithic debitage, and
one liter of soil fill.
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: anthropological,
archeological, biological, geographical,
historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, TxDOT has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 47 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 Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
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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 August 2, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
TxDOT 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. TxDOT is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe 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: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: California Department of
Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
SUMMARY:
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation has amended a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register on September 28, 2012. This
notice amends the number of associated
funerary objects in a collection removed
from Shannon County, SD.
Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
August 2, 2023.
DATES:
Dr. Leslie L. Hartzell,
NAGPRA Coordinator, California
Department of Parks and Recreation,
P.O. Box 942896, Sacramento, CA
94296–0001, telephone (916) 425–8016,
email Leslie.Hartzell@parks.ca.gov.
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 California
Department of Parks and Recreation.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice. Additional information on
the amendments and determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Amendment
This notice amends the
determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (77 FR 59647–59648,
September 28, 2012). Disposition of the
items in the original Notice of Inventory
Completion has not occurred. During
consultation regarding the original
notice, Department of Parks and
Recreation staff located and
subsequently identified additional
associated funerary objects from the
Wounded Knee Massacre Site.
Site
Original No.
Amended No.
Amended description
Wounded Knee Massacre Site in
Shannon County, SD.
2
12
four photographs, two armlets, two bandanas, one arm band, one lot of
beads, one periodical, and one spur.
Determinations (As Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, the California Department
of Parks and Recreation has determined
that:
• The human remains represent the
physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry.
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• The 12 objects 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 and the
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
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Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe; and the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas Department of
Transportation, Austin, TX
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 Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) 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
Anderson County, TX.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 2, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Scott Pletka, TxDOT, 6230 East Stassney Lane, Austin, TX
78701, telephone (512) 865-8694, 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 TxDOT.
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 TxDOT.
Description
In August and September of 2021, human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were removed from site 41AN162 in Anderson
County, TX, by archeologists working on behalf of TxDOT. A non-funerary
pit feature yielded a lower right canine tooth belonging to an adult
and a deciduous upper left central incisor tooth belonging to a
juvenile. No associated funerary objects are present. An individual
burial yielded one lower premolar, three lower molars, and four upper
molars belonging to a juvenile. The 47 associated funerary objects are
one possible Kiam Incised vessel, three unidentified plainware vessels,
41 incised and grog-tempered ceramic
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sherds, one piece of lithic debitage, and one liter of soil fill.
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: anthropological, archeological, biological, geographical,
historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, TxDOT has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 47 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 Caddo Nation of 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 August 2, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, TxDOT 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. TxDOT is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe
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: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14074 Filed 6-30-23; 8:45 am]
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