81 FR 19628 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 65 (April 5, 2016)
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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 65 (April 5, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 19628-19629] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07765] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20509; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Mobile District. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Mobile District at the address in this notice by May 5, 2016. ADDRESSES: Mr. Michael Fedoroff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001, telephone (251) 694-4114, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of the Mobile District. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Burnt Village Site, 9TP9, Troup County, GA. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Mobile District in consultation with representatives of the following Indian tribes: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); Cherokee Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); Shawnee Tribe; Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tunica- Biloxi Indian Tribe; and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, hereafter ``The Consulted Tribes.'' History and Description of the Remains Between 1966 and 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, 21 individuals were removed from the Burnt Village Site in Troup County, GA. The excavations were conducted by the University of Georgia, on behalf of the Mobile District's response to the construction of the West Point Lake reservoir. The human remains have been housed at the University of Georgia since their removal from the site, but are under the control of Mobile District. The human remains were determined to be Native American based on skeletal morphology, burial and site context, and artifact associations. No known individuals were identified during the excavations. The 5,281 associated funerary objects are 6 metal armbands, 37 metal bells, 5 copper bracelets, 64 metal buckles and fasteners, 34 metal buttons, 14 metal rings, 3 metal neckbands, 33 metal cone ornaments, 31 metal ornaments, 33 metal tinklers, 5 metal fragments with beads, 4,067 beads (glass, shell, clay, seed), 11 lots of beads, 3 shell ornaments, 3 brass thimbles, 3 metal nails, 2 fragments iron knife blade, 2 pieces horse bridle, 3 metal tools, 28 pieces of metal/metal fragments, 2 ceramic balls/knobs, 2 ceramic bowls, 441 prehistoric ceramic sherds, 6 clay fragments, 27 pieces of daub, 14 lithic flakes or shatter, 2 lithic projectile points, 1 stone gaming piece, 4 pipe stems, 19 fragments of fabric, 2 fragments of fabric with beads, 10 pieces of cord, thread, or string, 1 mirror fragment, 3 glass fragments, 1 glass bottle, 1 cork, 7 musket balls, 9 gun flints, 6 pieces unmodified shell,1 lot modified mica, 1 piece mica, 172 pieces unmodified fauna, 1 piece modified fauna, 24 fire cracked rock, 89 rocks, 4 samples of botanical remains, 1 piece sandstone, 29 pieces of organic material (e.g., botanicals and wood), 6 pieces of charcoal, 2 pieces red ochre, and 6 samples of charcoal and soil. Eight lines of evidence support a cultural affiliation finding for the Burnt Village Site including geographical, archeological, anthropological, linguistic, folklore, oral tradition, historical, and expert opinion. Geographically, the Burnt Village site is the location of the historically known Creek Town of Okfuskeneena. The site is located within established Creek Indian territory on the western bank of the central Chattahoochee River in Troup County, Georgia. This area is both within treaty designated Creek lands, and land known through historic and ethnographic accounts as being home to the Creek Indians. Archeological investigations of the site confirmed historical accounts of the village location, which was recorded as being attacked on September 27, 1793, by white settlers. Evidence includes diagnostic artifacts that correspond to those expected and described in [[Page 19629]] historical accounts. Anthropological examination of the physical human remains also reflects expected physical characteristics, trauma, and injuries as described in the historical accounts. Linguistic and folkloric evidence for settlements in the area reflect a Creek occupation of the central Chattahoochee River Valley, including the area of the Burnt Village site. Historic accounts indicate that the survivors of Creek Town of Okfuskeneena fled and were welcomed into neighboring Creek polities, which eventually became part of the Creek Confederations. Oral tradition provided by tribal members further clarify that the descendents of the Town of Okfuskeneena currently reside within, and are part of, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Determinations Made by the Mobile District Officials of the Mobile District have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 21 individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 5,281 associated funerary objects 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. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Additional Requestors and Disposition Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Mr. Michael Fedoroff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001, telephone (251) 694- 4114, email [email protected], by May 5, 2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed. The Mobile District is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes that this notice has published. Dated: March 3, 2016. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2016-07765 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
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Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) ADDRESSES: Mr. Michael Fedoroff, U.S. University of Georgia, on behalf of the
995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@ Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile Mobile District’s response to the
usace.army.mil, by May 5, 2016. After District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box construction of the West Point Lake
that date, if no additional requestors 2288, Mobile, AL 36628–0001, reservoir. The human remains have
have come forward, transfer of control telephone (251) 694–4114, email been housed at the University of Georgia
of the human remains and associated Michael.P.Fedoroff@usace.army.mil. since their removal from the site, but are
funerary objects to the Three Affiliated SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is under the control of Mobile District. The
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, here given in accordance with the human remains were determined to be
North Dakota, may proceed. Native American Graves Protection and Native American based on skeletal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. morphology, burial and site context, and
Omaha District is responsible for 3003, of the completion of an inventory artifact associations. No known
notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of of human remains and associated individuals were identified during the
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North funerary objects under the control of the excavations. The 5,281 associated
Dakota, that this notice has been Mobile District. The human remains and funerary objects are 6 metal armbands,
published. associated funerary objects were 37 metal bells, 5 copper bracelets, 64
Dated: March 10, 2016. removed from the Burnt Village Site, metal buckles and fasteners, 34 metal
Melanie O’Brien,
9TP9, Troup County, GA. buttons, 14 metal rings, 3 metal
This notice is published as part of the neckbands, 33 metal cone ornaments, 31
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. National Park Service’s administrative metal ornaments, 33 metal tinklers, 5
[FR Doc. 2016–07766 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 metal fragments with beads, 4,067 beads
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in (glass, shell, clay, seed), 11 lots of beads,
this notice are the sole responsibility of 3 shell ornaments, 3 brass thimbles, 3
the museum, institution, or Federal metal nails, 2 fragments iron knife
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR agency that has control of the Native blade, 2 pieces horse bridle, 3 metal
American human remains and tools, 28 pieces of metal/metal
National Park Service
associated funerary objects. The fragments, 2 ceramic balls/knobs, 2
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20509; National Park Service is not responsible ceramic bowls, 441 prehistoric ceramic
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] for the determinations in this notice. sherds, 6 clay fragments, 27 pieces of
Consultation daub, 14 lithic flakes or shatter, 2 lithic
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
projectile points, 1 stone gaming piece,
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile A detailed assessment of the human 4 pipe stems, 19 fragments of fabric, 2
District, Mobile, AL remains was made by the Mobile fragments of fabric with beads, 10 pieces
District in consultation with of cord, thread, or string, 1 mirror
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
representatives of the following Indian fragment, 3 glass fragments, 1 glass
ACTION: Notice. tribes: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe Indians bottle, 1 cork, 7 musket balls, 9 gun
of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of flints, 6 pieces unmodified shell,1 lot
of Texas (previously listed as the
Engineers, Mobile District has modified mica, 1 piece mica, 172 pieces
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;
completed an inventory of human unmodified fauna, 1 piece modified
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
remains and associated funerary objects, fauna, 24 fire cracked rock, 89 rocks, 4
Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba
in consultation with the appropriate samples of botanical remains, 1 piece
Tribe of South Carolina); Cherokee
Indian tribes, and has determined that sandstone, 29 pieces of organic material
Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana;
there is a cultural affiliation between the (e.g., botanicals and wood), 6 pieces of
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern
human remains and associated funerary charcoal, 2 pieces red ochre, and 6
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
objects and present-day Indian tribes or samples of charcoal and soil.
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Eight lines of evidence support a
descendants or representatives of any Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; cultural affiliation finding for the Burnt
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Village Site including geographical,
organization not identified in this notice Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed archeological, anthropological,
that wish to request transfer of control as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of linguistic, folklore, oral tradition,
of these human remains and associated Alabama); Shawnee Tribe; Seminole historical, and expert opinion.
funerary objects should submit a written Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Geographically, the Burnt Village site is
request to the Mobile District. If no Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big the location of the historically known
additional requestors come forward, Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Creek Town of Okfuskeneena. The site
transfer of control of the human remains Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation; is located within established Creek
and associated funerary objects to the The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Indian territory on the western bank of
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole the central Chattahoochee River in
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Troup County, Georgia. This area is both
this notice may proceed. Town; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and within treaty designated Creek lands,
DATES: Lineal descendants or United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee and land known through historic and
representatives of any Indian tribe or ethnographic accounts as being home to
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Indians in Oklahoma, hereafter ‘‘The
Native Hawaiian organization not Consulted Tribes.’’ the Creek Indians. Archeological
identified in this notice that wish to investigations of the site confirmed
request transfer of control of these History and Description of the Remains historical accounts of the village
human remains and associated funerary Between 1966 and 1968, human location, which was recorded as being
objects should submit a written request remains representing, at minimum, 21 attacked on September 27, 1793, by
with information in support of the individuals were removed from the white settlers. Evidence includes
request to the Mobile District at the Burnt Village Site in Troup County, GA. diagnostic artifacts that correspond to
address in this notice by May 5, 2016. The excavations were conducted by the those expected and described in
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historical accounts. Anthropological Dated: March 3, 2016. of human remains and associated
examination of the physical human Melanie O’Brien, funerary objects under the control of the
remains also reflects expected physical Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Omaha District. The human remains
characteristics, trauma, and injuries as [FR Doc. 2016–07765 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] and associated funerary objects were
described in the historical accounts. BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
removed from four sites in South
Linguistic and folkloric evidence for Dakota—site 39SL45 (Ft. Sully II) in
settlements in the area reflect a Creek Sully County; site 39ST15 in Stanley
occupation of the central Chattahoochee DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR County; site 39WW89, Walworth
River Valley, including the area of the County; and an unidentified site in
Burnt Village site. National Park Service Potter County.
Historic accounts indicate that the This notice is published as part of the
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20581;
survivors of Creek Town of National Park Service’s administrative
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Okfuskeneena fled and were welcomed responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
into neighboring Creek polities, which Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
eventually became part of the Creek Department of Defense, Army Corps of this notice are the sole responsibility of
Confederations. Oral tradition provided Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, the museum, institution, or Federal
by tribal members further clarify that NE., and State Archaeological agency that has control of the Native
the descendents of the Town of Research Center, Rapid City, SD American human remains and
Okfuskeneena currently reside within, associated funerary objects. The
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. National Park Service is not responsible
and are part of, The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation. ACTION: Notice. for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Consultation
Determinations Made by the Mobile
District Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha A detailed assessment of the human
District), has completed an inventory of remains and associated funerary objects
Officials of the Mobile District have human remains and associated funerary was made by State Archaeological
determined that: objects, in consultation with the Research Center and Omaha District
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the appropriate Indian tribes or Native professional staff in consultation with
human remains described in this notice Hawaiian organizations, and has representatives of the Three Affiliated
represent the physical remains of 21 determined that there is a cultural Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
individuals of Native American affiliation between the human remains North Dakota.
ancestry. and associated funerary objects and
History and Description of the Remains
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), present-day Indian tribes or Native
the 5,281 associated funerary objects Hawaiian organizations. Lineal In 1971 or 1972, human remains
described above are reasonably believed descendants or representatives of any representing, at minimum, one
to have been placed with or near Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian individual were removed from site
individual human remains at the time of organization not identified in this notice 39SL45, Fort Sully II in Sully County,
death or later as part of the death rite that wish to request transfer of control SD. They are presently located at the
or ceremony. of these human remains and associated South Dakota State Archaeological
funerary objects should submit a written Research Center (SARC) and are under
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
request to the Omaha District. If no the control of the Omaha District.
is a relationship of shared group A human cranium and mammal bones
identity that can be reasonably traced additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains were discovered in a storage unit in
between the Native American human Hughes County, SD, in September 2001,
remains and associated funerary objects and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or and turned over to the County Sheriff’s
and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. office. The human remains were
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Additional Requestors and Disposition this notice may proceed. determined to be of archeological origin
DATES: Lineal descendants or
and transported to SARC. It was
Representatives of any Indian tribe or established that the human remains
Native Hawaiian organization not representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not were removed by a private citizen while
identified in this notice that wish to diving in the Missouri River near Old
request transfer of control of these identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these Fort Sully (39SL45) in 1971 or 1972.
human remains and funerary objects Fort Sully II was an active U.S. Army
should submit a written request with human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request post between 1866 and 1894, and just
information in support of the request to south of the post were two
Mr. Michael Fedoroff, U.S. Army Corps with information in support of the
request to the Omaha District at the multicomponent village sites, Fort Sully
of Engineers, Mobile District, 109 St. Village (36SL4) and the Glasshoff site
Joseph Street, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, address in this notice by May 5, 2016.
(39SL42). It is possible the skull
Alabama 36628–0001, telephone (251) ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
originated from one of the two village
694–4114, email Michael.P.Fedoroff@ Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: sites. Based on morphological
usace.army.mil, by May 5, 2016. After CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, characteristics consistent with a Plain
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
that date, if no additional requestors Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) Village population, the human remains
have come forward, transfer of control 995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@ are determined to be Native American.
of the human remains and associated usace.army.mil. No known individual was identified.
funerary objects to The Muscogee SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is The 6 associated funerary objects are
(Creek) Nation may proceed. hereby given in accordance with the mammal bone fragments.
The Mobile District is responsible for Native American Graves Protection and Site 39SL4 was occupied during the
notifying The Consulted Tribes that this Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Extended (A.D. 1500–1675) and Post
notice has published. 3003, of the completion of an inventory Contact (A.D. 1675–1780) Coalescent
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