81_FR_19697 81 FR 19632 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS; Correction

81 FR 19632 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 65 (April 5, 2016)

Page Range19632-19633
FR Document2016-07772

The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on October 16, 2015. This notice corrects the description of funerary objects. 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 Natchez Trace Parkway. 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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19632-19633]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07772]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20579]; [PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Natchez Trace Parkway has corrected an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register on October 16, 2015. This notice 
corrects the description of funerary objects. 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 Natchez Trace Parkway. 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 Natchez Trace Parkway at the address in this 
notice by May 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Mary Risser, Superintendent, Natchez Trace Parkway, 2680 
Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS 38804-9715, telephone (662) 680-4005, 
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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS. 
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from 
Lee, Prentiss, and Tishomingo Counties, MS.
    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 
Superintendent, Natchez Trace Parkway.
    This notice corrects the description of funerary objects published 
in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (80 FR 
62566-62567, October 16, 2015). Re-evaluation of materials in 
preparation for repatriation revealed that some objects had not been 
appropriately described. Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (80 FR 62566-62567, October 16, 2015), 
column 3, paragraph 3, sentence 4, under the heading ``History and 
Description of Remains'' is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The 22 associated funerary objects are 1 biface, 1 piece of 
shatter, 1 concretion, 3 Baldwin Plain vessel fragments, 1 untyped 
vessel fragment, and 15 fossil fragments.

    In the Federal Register (80 FR 62566-62567, October 16, 2015), 
column 3, paragraph 4, sentence 4, under the heading ``History and 
Description of Remains,'' is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The 39 associated funerary objects are 7 Saltillo Fabric Marked 
vessel fragments, 2 Baldwin Plain vessel fragments, 5 untyped vessel 
fragments, 7 projectile points, 1 Lowe Cluster projectile point, 3 
bifaces, 4 flakes, 1 platform pipe, 1 busycon shell, 1 chert knife, 
1 piece of shatter, 1 unmodified stone, 2 flake tools, 2 Baldwin 
Plain bowls, and 1 Furrs Cord Marked jar.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Mary Risser, Superintendent, Natchez Trace 
Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS 38804-9715, telephone 
(662) 680-4005, 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 
Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
    Natchez Trace Parkway is responsible for notifying the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas, The Chickasaw Nation, and the United 
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: March 10, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-07772 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    Coalescent Variant with the Arikara.                    minimum of 66 individuals were                        Determinations Made by the Omaha
                                                    The Arikara are represented today by                    collected. The RBS collections were                   District
                                                    the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort                 housed at various locations, and in                      Officials of the Omaha District have
                                                    Berthold Reservation.                                   1975, a significant portion of them of                determined that:
                                                       On September 30, 1975, human                         them were transferred to SARC.                           • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                    remains representing, at minimum, one                                                                         human remains described in this notice
                                                                                                               This first collection at SARC contains
                                                    individual were removed from the Helb                                                                         represent the physical remains of 21
                                                                                                            human remains of Individuals 1 through
                                                    Site, 39CA208 in Campbell County, SD.                                                                         individuals of Native American
                                                                                                            15 from the RBS. The human remains
                                                    They are presently located at the SARC                                                                        ancestry.
                                                                                                            were identified as seven adults, five
                                                    and are under the control of the Omaha                                                                           • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
                                                    District. The human remains were                        children, and three infants. Based on
                                                                                                            burial type, archeological context, site              the 41 objects described in this notice
                                                    removed by archeologists from the                                                                             are reasonably believed to have been
                                                    Illinois State Museum, under contract                   artifacts, and physical anthropological
                                                                                                            review, the individuals from the site are             placed with or near individual human
                                                    with the National Park Service Midwest                                                                        remains at the time of death or later as
                                                    Archeological Center, Lincoln (MWAC).                   Native American. No known individuals
                                                                                                            were identified. No associated funerary               part of the death rite or ceremony.
                                                    A looter’s pit was found in the east bank                                                                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
                                                    of the Missouri River, in what was                      objects are present.
                                                                                                                                                                  is a relationship of shared group
                                                    identified as a primary interment pit                      The second collection of human                     identity that can be reasonably traced
                                                    containing human remains identified as                  remains from 39CA4 at SARC was                        between the Native American human
                                                    an adult male. A nearly complete                        removed in October 1978 during a pre-                 remains and associated funerary objects
                                                    postcranial skeleton was recovered. No                  survey reconnaissance of the east bank                and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the
                                                    known individuals were identified. No                   of Lake Oahe by the University of                     Fort Berthold Reservation, North
                                                    associated funerary objects are present.                Nebraska, Lincoln, for the Omaha                      Dakota.
                                                       The collections from the site were                   District. A burial was exposed in the
                                                    housed at MWAC until the fall of 1995,                                                                        Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                                                                            bank and human bone, ceramics, flaking
                                                    when they were transferred to SARC.                     debris, and wood fragments were                         Lineal descendants or representatives
                                                    The human remains were found in the                     recovered. After documentation at the                 of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                    collections in 1996, while documenting                  University of Nebraska, Lincoln, the                  organization not identified in this notice
                                                    the collection transfer.                                collection was transferred to SARC in                 that wish to request transfer of control
                                                       Based on burial type, archeological                  1985. The material was then inventoried               of these human remains and associated
                                                    context, and physical anthropological                   by the University of Tennessee,                       funerary objects should submit a written
                                                    review the individual from the site is                  Knoxville. The human remains were                     request with information in support of
                                                    Native American. The Helb site,                         identified as an adult male and a child               the request to Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
                                                    39CA208, is an earth lodge village dated                of indeterminate gender. Based on                     Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
                                                    to the Extended (A.D. 1000–1500) and                    burial type, associated artifacts,                    CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
                                                    possibly Terminal (A.D. 1500–1675)                      archeological context, and physical                   Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
                                                    Middle Missouri Variants of the Plains                  anthropological review, the individuals               995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
                                                    Village Tradition, based on rectangular                                                                       usace.army.mil, by May 5, 2016. After
                                                                                                            from the site are Native American. No
                                                    house structures, artifact types, and                                                                         that date, if no additional requestors
                                                                                                            known individuals were identified. The
                                                    radiocarbon dating. Archeological and                                                                         have come forward, transfer of control
                                                                                                            26 funerary objects include 1 primary
                                                    physical anthropological evidence                                                                             of the human remains and associated
                                                                                                            flake, 24 ceramic body sherds stained
                                                    suggests that the Extended and Terminal                                                                       funerary objects to the Three Affiliated
                                                                                                            with red ochre, and 1 lot of cottonwood
                                                    Middle Missouri Variants are ancestral                                                                        Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
                                                                                                            bark fragments and cedar.
                                                    to the Mandan. The Mandan are                                                                                 North Dakota, may proceed.
                                                    represented today by the Three                             The Anton Rygh site is a Plains                      The Omaha District is responsible for
                                                    Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold                  Village Tradition multi-component                     notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
                                                    Reservation.                                            earth lodge village. House structures,                the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
                                                       On unknown dates, human remains                      burials, cache pits, fortification features,          Dakota, that this notice has been
                                                    representing, at minimum, 17                            and artifact types suggest at least two               published.
                                                    individuals were removed from site                      levels of occupation. The levels
                                                    39CA4, the Anton Rygh Site, in                          represent an extended Middle Missouri                 Melanie O’Brien,
                                                    Campbell County, SD. They are                           (A.D. 1000–1500) variant while the                    Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                    presently located at the SARC and are                   upper levels represent Extended (A.D.                 [FR Doc. 2016–07769 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    under the control of the Omaha District.                1500–1675) and Post Contact (A.D.                     BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
                                                    The collections were the results of two                 1675–1780) Coalescent variants. The
                                                    different excavations.                                  specific intrasite proveniences of each
                                                       The Anton Rygh site was a large                      individual burial at SARC are not well                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    fortified village on the east bank of the               established and the temporal
                                                    Missouri River and first reported by                    differentiation of the burials is not                 National Park Service
                                                    W.H. Over Museum in the 1920s.                          apparent. Archeological,                              [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20579];
                                                    Excavations at the site began in 1932,                  anthropological, and physical
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                                                                                                                                                                  [PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                    and over the course of the next 50 years,               anthropological evidence indicate the
                                                    over 100 individuals have reportedly                    Extended Middle Missouri are ancestral                Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
                                                    been removed from the site. The first set               Mandan, and the Extended Coalescent                   Department of the Interior, National
                                                    of human remains currently held by                      and Post Contact Coalescent are                       Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway,
                                                    SARC were removed during the 1957 to                    ancestral Arikara. Both the Mandan and                Tupelo, MS; Correction
                                                    1959 excavations sponsored by the                       Arikara are represented today by the                  AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                    Smithsonian Institution River Basin                     Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
                                                                                                                                                                  ACTION:   Notice; correction.
                                                    Surveys (RBS), at which time a                          Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.


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                                                                                    Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 5, 2016 / Notices                                            19633

                                                    SUMMARY:   The U.S. Department of the                   Correction                                            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    Interior, National Park Service, Natchez
                                                    Trace Parkway has corrected an                            In the Federal Register (80 FR 62566–               National Park Service
                                                    inventory of human remains and                          62567, October 16, 2015), column 3,
                                                                                                                                                                  [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20589];
                                                    associated funerary objects, published                  paragraph 3, sentence 4, under the
                                                                                                                                                                  [PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                    in a Notice of Inventory Completion in                  heading ‘‘History and Description of
                                                    the Federal Register on October 16,                     Remains’’ is corrected by substituting                Notice of Inventory Completion:
                                                    2015. This notice corrects the                          the following sentence:                               Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA
                                                    description of funerary objects. Lineal                   The 22 associated funerary objects are 1
                                                    descendants or representatives of any                                                                         AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                                                                            biface, 1 piece of shatter, 1 concretion, 3
                                                    Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                         Baldwin Plain vessel fragments, 1 untyped             ACTION:   Notice.
                                                    organization not identified in this notice              vessel fragment, and 15 fossil fragments.
                                                    that wish to request transfer of control                                                                      SUMMARY:    The Catalina Island Museum
                                                    of these human remains and associated                     In the Federal Register (80 FR 62566–               has completed an inventory of human
                                                    funerary objects should submit a written                62567, October 16, 2015), column 3,                   remains and associated funerary objects,
                                                    request to Natchez Trace Parkway. If no                 paragraph 4, sentence 4, under the                    in consultation with the appropriate
                                                    additional requestors come forward,                                                                           Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
                                                                                                            heading ‘‘History and Description of
                                                    transfer of control of the human remains                                                                      organizations, and has determined that
                                                                                                            Remains,’’ is corrected by substituting
                                                    and associated funerary objects to the                                                                        there is a cultural affiliation between the
                                                                                                            the following sentence:                               human remains and associated funerary
                                                    lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
                                                    Native Hawaiian organizations stated in                   The 39 associated funerary objects are 7            objects and present-day Indian tribes or
                                                    this notice may proceed.                                Saltillo Fabric Marked vessel fragments, 2            Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
                                                                                                            Baldwin Plain vessel fragments, 5 untyped             descendants or representatives of any
                                                    DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                                                                                            vessel fragments, 7 projectile points, 1 Lowe         Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                    representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                                                                            Cluster projectile point, 3 bifaces, 4 flakes, 1      organization not identified in this notice
                                                    Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                                                                            platform pipe, 1 busycon shell, 1 chert knife,        that wish to request transfer of control
                                                    identified in this notice that wish to
                                                                                                            1 piece of shatter, 1 unmodified stone, 2 flake       of these human remains and associated
                                                    request transfer of control of these
                                                                                                            tools, 2 Baldwin Plain bowls, and 1 Furrs             funerary objects should submit a written
                                                    human remains and associated funerary
                                                                                                            Cord Marked jar.                                      request to the Catalina Island Museum.
                                                    objects should submit a written request
                                                    with information in support of the                                                                            If no additional requestors come
                                                                                                            Additional Requestors and Disposition                 forward, transfer of control of the
                                                    request to Natchez Trace Parkway at the
                                                    address in this notice by May 5, 2016.                                                                        human remains and associated funerary
                                                                                                               Lineal descendants or representatives
                                                    ADDRESSES: Mary Risser,
                                                                                                                                                                  objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
                                                                                                            of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                    Superintendent, Natchez Trace                                                                                 tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
                                                                                                            organization not identified in this notice            stated in this notice may proceed.
                                                    Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway,                    that wish to request transfer of control
                                                    Tupelo, MS 38804–9715, telephone                                                                              DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                                                                                            of these human remains and associated
                                                    (662) 680–4005, email mary_risser@                                                                            representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                                                                            funerary objects should submit a written
                                                    nps.gov.                                                                                                      Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                                                                            request with information in support of
                                                                                                                                                                  identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                    the request to Mary Risser,                           request transfer of control of these
                                                    here given in accordance with the                       Superintendent, Natchez Trace                         human remains and associated funerary
                                                    Native American Graves Protection and                   Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway,                  objects should submit a written request
                                                    Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    Tupelo, MS 38804–9715, telephone                      with information in support of the
                                                    3003, of the correction of an inventory                 (662) 680–4005, email mary_risser@                    request to the Catalina Island Museum
                                                    of human remains and associated                         nps.gov, by May 5, 2016. After that date,             at the address in this notice by May 5,
                                                    funerary objects under the control of the               if no additional requestors have come                 2016.
                                                    U.S. Department of the Interior,                        forward, transfer of control of the
                                                    National Park Service, Natchez Trace                                                                          ADDRESSES: Michael DeMarsche, Ph.D.,
                                                                                                            human remains and associated funerary                 Catalina Island Museum, 1 Casino Way,
                                                    Parkway, Tupelo, MS. The human                          objects to The Chickasaw Nation may
                                                    remains and associated funerary objects                                                                       Casino Building, P.O. Box 366, Avalon,
                                                                                                            proceed.                                              CA 90704, telephone (310) 510–2416,
                                                    were removed from Lee, Prentiss, and
                                                    Tishomingo Counties, MS.                                   Natchez Trace Parkway is responsible               email director@catalinamuseum.org.
                                                       This notice is published as part of the              for notifying the Alabama-Coushatta                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                    National Park Service’s administrative                  Tribe of Texas, The Chickasaw Nation,                 here given in accordance with the
                                                    responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                       and the United Keetoowah Band of                      Native American Graves Protection and
                                                    U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in                Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this                Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                    this notice are the sole responsibility of              notice has been published.                            3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                                    the Superintendent, Natchez Trace                                                                             of human remains and associated
                                                                                                             Dated: March 10, 2016.
                                                    Parkway.                                                                                                      funerary objects under the control of the
                                                       This notice corrects the description of              Melanie O’Brien,                                      Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA.
                                                    funerary objects published in a Notice of               Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                     The human remains and associated
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                                                    Inventory Completion in the Federal                     [FR Doc. 2016–07772 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am]            funerary objects were removed from Los
                                                    Register (80 FR 62566–62567, October                    BILLING CODE 4310–70–P                                Angeles County, CA.
                                                    16, 2015). Re-evaluation of materials in                                                                         This notice is published as part of the
                                                    preparation for repatriation revealed                                                                         National Park Service’s administrative
                                                    that some objects had not been                                                                                responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                    appropriately described. Transfer of                                                                          U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
                                                    control of the items in this correction                                                                       this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                                    notice has not occurred.                                                                                      the museum, institution, or Federal


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ActionNotice; correction.
DatesLineal 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
FR Citation81 FR 19632 

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