Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites Corporation, Indianapolis, IN, 54347-54348 [2023-17134]
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Determinations
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Oberlin College has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains
described in this notice and the Hui Iwi
Kuamo’o.
National Park Service
Requests for Repatriation
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Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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 in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after September 11, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, Oberlin College must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. Oberlin
College is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Native
Hawaiian organization 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: August 2, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Indiana State Museum and Historic
Sites Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Indiana
State Museum and Historic Sites
Corporation (ISMHS) has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and any
Indian Tribe. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Floyd County, IN.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Michele Greenan, Indiana
State Museum and Historic Sites
Corporation, 650 West Washington
Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204,
telephone (317) 473–0836, email
mgreenan@indianamuseum.org.
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 ISMHS. 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 ISMHS.
SUMMARY:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 99 individuals were removed
from Floyd County, IN. The site,
identified as archeological site
12FL0073, is also referred to as the State
Road 111 Slide Correction Project (the
Indiana Department of Transportation
(INDOT) project (DES #1592476) that
resulted in the 2021–2022 removal of
human remains from the site). Site
12FL0073 is a Middle–Late Archaic
period site located along the Ohio River
in Southern Indiana. Diagnostic artifacts
associated with the site indicate a date
range of approximately 4200 BCE
through 1000 BCE, with limited
evidence that it may extend earlier to
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6000 BCE. Two radiocarbon dates taken
from the site, 5350+/- 130 BP (3350
BCE) and 4950 +/-40 BP (2950 BCE),
further validates a Middle-Late Archaic
period association.
Site 12FL0073 was first recorded in
1998, when human remains were found
eroding out of the riverbank. In 1998
and 1999, burial remains were removed
under Indiana Division of Historic
Preservation and Archaeology (DHPA)
accidental discovery number AD 980013
(March 1998) and accidental discovery
AD 990032 (July 1999). Between 2001
and 2002, an archeological project was
carried out through the University of
Kentucky (UK) at the site. Researchers
from the University of Indianapolis
(UINDY) were asked to assist with
burial features and human remains
found during these projects. Following
these projects, the human remains and
associated funerary objects were housed
at UINDY and UK. In 2015, the Indiana
Department of Transportation (INDOT)
began assessing site 12FL0073 as they
addressed erosion occurring along the
bank of the Ohio River. This erosion
was undermining State Road 111.
During these assessments, the severity
of the erosion was understood, and it
was clear that other human remains at
site 12FL0073 were in immediate
danger. In November 2020, INDOT
contacted the ISMHS to help facilitate
NAGPRA compliance as they (working
through outside contractors) removed
these burials. INDOT also requested that
the ISMHS include the human remains
and associated funerary objects from the
site that were housed at the UK and
UINDY for inclusion in the inventory.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects housed at UK were
transferred to the ISMHS in May 2021.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects housed at UINDY,
which included the human remains
removed under the 1998 and 1999
accidental discovery numbers, were
transferred to ISMHS in September
2022. The human remains from the
INDOT project were transferred to
ISMHS in two groups, one in May of
2021 and the second in late January
2023.
The human remains consist of
individual burials and single skeletal
elements. The 211 associated funerary
objects are 21 hafted bifaces, 21 bifaces,
four scrapers, four flake tools, 16 cores,
two hematite pestles, two granitic axes,
one sandstone bannerstone, six cannel
coal beads, two crinoid stem column
beads, three sandstone pitted stones,
one hematite pitted stone, two granitic
or quartzite hammerstones, three
granitic hammerstones, one core/tested
cobble, one hematite chopper, one bone
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atlatl hook/spur, one bone atlatl tubular
weight, one incised bone drill, two bone
pin fragments, one bone awl fragment,
one polished bone fragment, one
granitic cobble tool, one lot consisting of
unmodified chert blocks, three lots
consisting of red ochre particles, eight
lots consisting of hematite fragments,
five lots consisting of slate fragments, 32
lots consisting of flakes/shatter, one lot
consisting of siltstone fragments, four
hematite manuports, four granite
manuports, one fire-cracked quartzite
manuport, two rounded cobble
manuports, one limestone manuport,
one slate manuport, one sandstone
manuport, one siltstone manuport, 25
lots consisting of non-human unburned
bone fragments, nine lots consisting of
non-human burned bone fragments, one
lot consisting of indeterminant seeds,
two lots consisting of burned nutshell,
four lots consisting of unmodified shell
fragments, one lot consisting of
charcoal, three lots consisting of firecracked rocks, and three lots consisting
of unmodified pebbles.
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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, a treaty, an Act of Congress,
or an Executive Order.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, the ISMHS has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 99 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 211 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
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Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe;
and The Osage Nation.
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 September 11, 2023. If
competing requests for disposition are
received, the ISMHS 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 ISMHS 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: August 3, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Georgia Laboratory of
Archaeology, Athens, GA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Georgia Laboratory of
Archaeology has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural
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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 Dade County, GA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Amanda Roberts
Thompson, University of Georgia
Laboratory of Archaeology, 1125 E.
Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605,
telephone (706) 542–8373, email
arobthom@uga.edu.
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 University of
Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology. 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 University of Georgia Laboratory
of Archaeology.
Description
Ancestral remains representing, at
minimum, 13 individuals were removed
from 9DD25, the Tunacunnhee site, in
Dade County, GA. This site is located
near Trenton, GA, a few hundred yards
east of Lookout Creek and several miles
south of the junction of Lookout Creek
and the Tennessee River. In 1973, these
human remains were excavated during
a University of Georgia (UGA) field
school led by Joseph R. Caldwell and
Richard W. Jefferies. All eight of the
mounds at the Tunacunnhee site were
tested during the 1973 field season, with
a total surface area of 8,000 feet was
excavated. Since being removed, the
collection has been housed at the
University of Georgia Laboratory of
Archaeology. The 304 associated
funerary objects consist of indigenous
ceramics, lithics, copper plates, mica,
copper and silver pan pipes, copper
earspools, copper pin, copper and silver
fragments, woven materials, burnt clay,
faunal remains, drilled bear canines,
drilled shark teeth, raptor talons, and
bone beads.
Ancestral remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were
removed from site 9DD57, Dyar
Rockshelter, in Dade County, GA,
during a survey conducted by Bruce
Smith in 1975. At the time the site was
surveyed, a collection was made from
the surface of the cave as well as from
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana State Museum and Historic
Sites Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
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 Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Corporation (ISMHS) has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Floyd County, IN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Michele Greenan, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Corporation, 650 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204,
telephone (317) 473-0836, 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
ISMHS. 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 ISMHS.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 99 individuals were removed
from Floyd County, IN. The site, identified as archeological site
12FL0073, is also referred to as the State Road 111 Slide Correction
Project (the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) project (DES
#1592476) that resulted in the 2021-2022 removal of human remains from
the site). Site 12FL0073 is a Middle-Late Archaic period site located
along the Ohio River in Southern Indiana. Diagnostic artifacts
associated with the site indicate a date range of approximately 4200
BCE through 1000 BCE, with limited evidence that it may extend earlier
to 6000 BCE. Two radiocarbon dates taken from the site, 5350+/- 130 BP
(3350 BCE) and 4950 +/-40 BP (2950 BCE), further validates a Middle-
Late Archaic period association.
Site 12FL0073 was first recorded in 1998, when human remains were
found eroding out of the riverbank. In 1998 and 1999, burial remains
were removed under Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and
Archaeology (DHPA) accidental discovery number AD 980013 (March 1998)
and accidental discovery AD 990032 (July 1999). Between 2001 and 2002,
an archeological project was carried out through the University of
Kentucky (UK) at the site. Researchers from the University of
Indianapolis (UINDY) were asked to assist with burial features and
human remains found during these projects. Following these projects,
the human remains and associated funerary objects were housed at UINDY
and UK. In 2015, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) began
assessing site 12FL0073 as they addressed erosion occurring along the
bank of the Ohio River. This erosion was undermining State Road 111.
During these assessments, the severity of the erosion was understood,
and it was clear that other human remains at site 12FL0073 were in
immediate danger. In November 2020, INDOT contacted the ISMHS to help
facilitate NAGPRA compliance as they (working through outside
contractors) removed these burials. INDOT also requested that the ISMHS
include the human remains and associated funerary objects from the site
that were housed at the UK and UINDY for inclusion in the inventory.
The human remains and associated funerary objects housed at UK were
transferred to the ISMHS in May 2021. The human remains and associated
funerary objects housed at UINDY, which included the human remains
removed under the 1998 and 1999 accidental discovery numbers, were
transferred to ISMHS in September 2022. The human remains from the
INDOT project were transferred to ISMHS in two groups, one in May of
2021 and the second in late January 2023.
The human remains consist of individual burials and single skeletal
elements. The 211 associated funerary objects are 21 hafted bifaces, 21
bifaces, four scrapers, four flake tools, 16 cores, two hematite
pestles, two granitic axes, one sandstone bannerstone, six cannel coal
beads, two crinoid stem column beads, three sandstone pitted stones,
one hematite pitted stone, two granitic or quartzite hammerstones,
three granitic hammerstones, one core/tested cobble, one hematite
chopper, one bone
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atlatl hook/spur, one bone atlatl tubular weight, one incised bone
drill, two bone pin fragments, one bone awl fragment, one polished bone
fragment, one granitic cobble tool, one lot consisting of unmodified
chert blocks, three lots consisting of red ochre particles, eight lots
consisting of hematite fragments, five lots consisting of slate
fragments, 32 lots consisting of flakes/shatter, one lot consisting of
siltstone fragments, four hematite manuports, four granite manuports,
one fire-cracked quartzite manuport, two rounded cobble manuports, one
limestone manuport, one slate manuport, one sandstone manuport, one
siltstone manuport, 25 lots consisting of non-human unburned bone
fragments, nine lots consisting of non-human burned bone fragments, one
lot consisting of indeterminant seeds, two lots consisting of burned
nutshell, four lots consisting of unmodified shell fragments, one lot
consisting of charcoal, three lots consisting of fire-cracked rocks,
and three lots consisting of unmodified pebbles.
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, a
treaty, an Act of Congress, or an Executive Order.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the ISMHS has
determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 99 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 211 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
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Shawnee
Tribe; and The Osage Nation.
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 September
11, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the ISMHS
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 ISMHS 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: August 3, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-17134 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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