Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center, Tallahassee, FL, 56900 [2024-15200]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038222;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Southeast Archeological
Center, Tallahassee, FL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Southeast Archeological
Center (SEAC, part of the Southeast
Regional Office’s Cultural Resources,
Partnerships, and Science Division) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Julie H. Ernstein, Division
Manager, Cultural Resource
Partnerships and Science Division,
National Park Service, Interior Region 2:
South Atlantic—Gulf, 100 Alabama
Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303,
telephone (404) 909–2240, email julie_
ernstein@nps.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 SEAC, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records.
SUMMARY:
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Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
five individuals have been reasonably
identified. The 153 associated funerary
objects are three greenstone ceremonial
celts, two quartz hammerstones, one
pitted stone, four whetstones, one piece
of petrified wood, four ceramic discs,
three stone discs, 14 ceramic sherds,
one elbow fragment of a biconical clay
pipe, four bone awls, one antler tip, one
flat faunal bone, 107 shell beads, one
deer bone, three reconstructed ceramic
pots, and three reconstructed ceramic
water bottles.
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On an unknown date prior to 1940,
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Moundville
in Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties, AL.
These individuals and objects were
collected or purchased by James Milton
Mallory over an unknown period of
time. The associated funerary objects
were first inventoried on April 27, 1932,
by the Alabama Museum of Natural
History. Following Mr. Mallory’s demise
in 1940, the individuals and objects
entered Works Projects Administration
(WPA) collections and were later
transferred to National Park Service
collections after the WPA ceased in
1943.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
SEAC has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 153 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole
Tribe of Florida; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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,
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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 12, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
SEAC 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. SEAC is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–15200 Filed 7–10–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038219;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Town
of Germantown, Germantown, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Town
of Germantown has completed an
inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Thomas Shannon, Town
Historian, Germantown Town Hall, 50
Palatine Park Road, Germantown, NY
12526, telephone (518) 822–7908, email
germantownhistory@gmail.com.
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 Town of
Germantown, and additional
information on the determinations in
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038222; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center, Tallahassee, FL
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. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC, part of
the Southeast Regional Office's Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and
Science Division) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Julie H. Ernstein, Division Manager, Cultural Resource
Partnerships and Science Division, National Park Service, Interior
Region 2: South Atlantic--Gulf, 100 Alabama Street SW, Atlanta, GA
30303, telephone (404) 909-2240, 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 SEAC,
and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, five individuals have been reasonably identified. The 153
associated funerary objects are three greenstone ceremonial celts, two
quartz hammerstones, one pitted stone, four whetstones, one piece of
petrified wood, four ceramic discs, three stone discs, 14 ceramic
sherds, one elbow fragment of a biconical clay pipe, four bone awls,
one antler tip, one flat faunal bone, 107 shell beads, one deer bone,
three reconstructed ceramic pots, and three reconstructed ceramic water
bottles.
On an unknown date prior to 1940, human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Moundville in Hale and Tuscaloosa
Counties, AL. These individuals and objects were collected or purchased
by James Milton Mallory over an unknown period of time. The associated
funerary objects were first inventoried on April 27, 1932, by the
Alabama Museum of Natural History. Following Mr. Mallory's demise in
1940, the individuals and objects entered Works Projects Administration
(WPA) collections and were later transferred to National Park Service
collections after the WPA ceased in 1943.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
SEAC has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 153 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee
Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 12, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, SEAC 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. SEAC is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15200 Filed 7-10-24; 8:45 am]
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