81_FR_60550 81 FR 60380 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN

81 FR 60380 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 170 (September 1, 2016)

Page Range60380-60381
FR Document2016-21003

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in consultation with the appropriate federally recognized Indian tribes, and has determined that a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day federally recognized Indian tribes cannot be reasonably traced. Representatives of any federally recognized Indian tribe 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 TVA. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the federally recognized Indian tribe stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-21731; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, 
Knoxville, TN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in 
consultation with the appropriate federally recognized Indian tribes, 
and has determined that a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day federally 
recognized Indian tribes cannot be reasonably traced. Representatives 
of any federally recognized Indian tribe 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 TVA. If 
no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the federally recognized 
Indian tribe stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any federally recognized Indian tribe 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 TVA at 
the address in this notice by October 3, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, 
Knoxville TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, 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 TVA. The human remains 
and associated funerary objects were removed from archeological sites 
in Madison and Lawrence Counties, AL.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 and associated funerary 
objects was made by TVA professional staff in consultation with the 
University of Alabama and representatives of the Alabama-Coushatta 
Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of 
Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe 
of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Choctaw Nation of 
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creeks 
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); The 
Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal 
Town; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    The sites listed in this notice were excavated as part of TVA's 
Wheeler Reservoir project by the Alabama Museum of Natural History 
(AMNH) at the University of Alabama, using labor and funds provided by 
the Works Progress Administration. Details regarding the excavations 
and sites may be found in reports, The Flint River Site, MA48, by 
William S. Webb and David L. DeJarnette, and An Archaeological Survey 
of Wheeler Basin on the Tennessee River in Northern Alabama, by William 
S. Webb. The human remains and associated funerary objects listed in 
this notice have been in the physical custody of the AMNH at the 
University of Alabama since excavation but are under the control of 
TVA.
    From June to December 1938, human remains representing, at minimum, 
242 individuals were removed from the Flint River site, 1MA48, in 
Madison County, AL. Excavation commenced after TVA acquired the two 
parcels of land encompassing 1MA48 on November 11, 1935, and July 3, 
1936. Excavations revealed multiple occupations including during the 
Late Archaic (4000-1000 B.C.); Woodland Colbert (300 B.C. to A.D. 100), 
and Flint River (A.D. 500-1000) phases and the early Mississippian 
Langston phase (A.D. 900-1200). The human remains include adults, 
juveniles, children, and infants of both sexes. No known individuals 
were identified. The 2,572 associated funerary objects include 27 
antler tools; 4 bone awls; 4 chert bifaces; 29 bone beads; 8 bone pins; 
5 polished bone; 2 bone gorgets; 2 Hillabee Greenstone celts; 1 disk 
bead; 5 engraved turtle carapace fragments; 1 fired daub; 1 bone 
fishhook; 2 Flint Creek projectile points/knives; 2 freshwater pearl 
beads; 1 chert graver; 2 grooved stone abraders; 12 gastropod shell 
beads; 703 ground sandstone bowl sherds; 3 ground soapstone bowls; 5 
ground soapstone bowl sherds; 1 hammerstone; 2 limestone hoes; 1 
Ledbetter projectile point; 1 Mississippi Plain jar; 7 rodent mandible 
fragments; 4 McIntire projectile points; 2 Pickwick projectile points; 
7 projectile points/knives; 1 shell-tempered ceramic pipe; 1,660 shell 
beads; 3 shell gorgets/pendants; 2 chert side scrappers; 1 Smithsonia 
projectile point; 3 bone spoon fragments; 1 Sykes projectile point; 1 
steatite stone bead; 19 textile (cane) and bone fragments; 3 limestone 
tubular cones/pipes; 1 tubular sandstone cone/pipe; 31 turtle carapace 
fragments; 1 worked bone; and 1 worked shell.

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    From May to June 1934, human remains representing, at minimum, 49 
individuals were removed from site 1LA13 in Lawrence County, AL. 
Excavation commenced after TVA purchased this land February 14, 1934. 
Site 1LA13 was one of the first sites excavated on TVA land in north 
Alabama. Information about the excavations is not abundant. Excavations 
revealed this site to be a burial mound. All the burials were 
considered inclusive to the mound, not intruded into it at a later 
date. An examination of the funerary objects excavated at this site 
indicates that this mound was created during the Hobbs Island phase 
(A.D. 1200-1500) of the Mississippian period. The human remains include 
adults, juveniles, and children of both sexes. No known individuals 
were identified. The 65 associated funerary objects include 2 Baytown 
Plain sherds; 2 Bell Plain bottles; 1 Bell Plain bowl; 7 Bell Plain 
sherds; 1 Crow Creek Noded jar; 5 Henry Island Plain sherds; 4 McKee 
Island Brushed sherds; 3 Mississippi Plain jars; 1 Mississippi Plain 
bowl; 38 Mississippi Plain sherds; and 1 Wheeler Check Stamped sherd.
    On January 15, 1986, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from site 1MA141, near the Whitesburg bridge in 
Madison County, AL. During phase 2 testing of a potential wastewater 
pipeline corridor in the Huntsville area, human remains representing 
one 40-50 year old Native American were encountered. This phase 2 test 
took place on land TVA had purchased on July 6, 1936. Artifacts 
recovered from site 1MA141 indicate occupations during the Early and 
Late Archaic periods. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    TVA determined that cultural affiliation between human remains and 
associated funerary objects excavated from sites 1MA48, 1MA141, and 
1LA13 and any present-day federally recognized tribes cannot be 
reasonably traced. Accordingly, these items are culturally 
unidentifiable, and TVA intends to transfer control of these items 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c).
    At the time of the excavation and removal of these human remains 
and associated funerary objects, the land from which the human remains 
and objects were removed was not the tribal land of any federally 
recognized Indian tribe. On March 10, 2016, TVA consulted with all 
federally recognized Indian tribes who are recognized as aboriginal to 
the area from which these Native American human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed. These tribes are the Cherokee Nation, 
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of 
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. None of these Indian tribes agreed to 
accept control of the human remains and associated funerary objects. 
After further consultation with the parties that were a part of this 
overall consultation, TVA has decided to transfer control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to The Chickasaw Nation.

Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority

    Officials of TVA have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 292 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2,637 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian tribe.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(i), at the time of 
excavation of the human remains and associated funerary objects, the 
land from which the cultural items were removed was not the tribal land 
of any federally recognized Indian tribe.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), the following tribes 
are aboriginal to the area from which the cultural items were 
excavated: Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the 
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. None of these 
tribes agreed to accept control of the human remains or associated 
funerary objects.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), TVA has decided to 
transfer control of the culturally unidentifiable human remains to The 
Chickasaw Nation.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), TVA has decided to 
transfer control of the culturally unidentifiable associated funerary 
objects to The Chickasaw Nation.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any federally recognized Indian tribe 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 Dr. 
Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville, TN 
37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email [email protected], by October 
3, 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.
    TVA is responsible for notifying the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of 
Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); 
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of 
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band 
of Creek Indians of Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and 
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: August 10, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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                                                    Additional Requestors and Disposition                   of control of these human remains and                 History and Description of the Remains
                                                      Representatives of any federally                      associated funerary objects should
                                                                                                            submit a written request to TVA. If no                   The sites listed in this notice were
                                                    recognized Indian tribe not identified in                                                                     excavated as part of TVA’s Wheeler
                                                    this notice that wish to request transfer               additional requestors come forward,
                                                                                                            transfer of control of the human remains              Reservoir project by the Alabama
                                                    of control of these human remains and                                                                         Museum of Natural History (AMNH) at
                                                    associated funerary objects should                      and associated funerary objects to the
                                                                                                            federally recognized Indian tribe stated              the University of Alabama, using labor
                                                    submit a written request with                                                                                 and funds provided by the Works
                                                    information in support of the request to                in this notice may proceed.
                                                                                                                                                                  Progress Administration. Details
                                                    Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West                      DATES: Representatives of any federally               regarding the excavations and sites may
                                                    Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville,                    recognized Indian tribe not identified in             be found in reports, The Flint River Site,
                                                    TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632–                     this notice that wish to request transfer             MA48, by William S. Webb and David
                                                    7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by                         of control of these human remains and                 L. DeJarnette, and An Archaeological
                                                    October 3, 2016. After that date, if no                 associated funerary objects should                    Survey of Wheeler Basin on the
                                                    additional requestors have come                         submit a written request with                         Tennessee River in Northern Alabama,
                                                    forward, transfer of control of the                     information in support of the request to              by William S. Webb. The human
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                   TVA at the address in this notice by                  remains and associated funerary objects
                                                    objects to The Chickasaw Nation may
                                                                                                            October 3, 2016.                                      listed in this notice have been in the
                                                    proceed.
                                                                                                                                                                  physical custody of the AMNH at the
                                                      TVA is responsible for notifying the                  ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA,
                                                                                                                                                                  University of Alabama since excavation
                                                    Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas                        400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D,
                                                                                                                                                                  but are under the control of TVA.
                                                    (previously listed as the Alabama-                      Knoxville TN 37902–1401, telephone
                                                    Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-                    (865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov.                   From June to December 1938, human
                                                    Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee                                                                               remains representing, at minimum, 242
                                                    Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     Notice is              individuals were removed from the
                                                    Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;                       here given in accordance with the                     Flint River site, 1MA48, in Madison
                                                    Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;                      Native American Graves Protection and                 County, AL. Excavation commenced
                                                    Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed                Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                  after TVA acquired the two parcels of
                                                    as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of                  3003, of the completion of an inventory               land encompassing 1MA48 on
                                                    Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The                     of human remains and associated                       November 11, 1935, and July 3, 1936.
                                                    Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The                         funerary objects under the control of                 Excavations revealed multiple
                                                    Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco                   TVA. The human remains and                            occupations including during the Late
                                                    Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah                   associated funerary objects were                      Archaic (4000–1000 B.C.); Woodland
                                                    Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma                    removed from archeological sites in                   Colbert (300 B.C. to A.D. 100), and Flint
                                                    that this notice has been published.                    Madison and Lawrence Counties, AL.                    River (A.D. 500–1000) phases and the
                                                     Dated: August 10, 2016.                                  This notice is published as part of the             early Mississippian Langston phase
                                                                                                            National Park Service’s administrative                (A.D. 900–1200). The human remains
                                                    Melanie O’Brien,
                                                                                                            responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                     include adults, juveniles, children, and
                                                    Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                                                                             infants of both sexes. No known
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–21002 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
                                                                                                            The determinations in this notice are                 individuals were identified. The 2,572
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                                                                                                            the sole responsibility of the museum,                associated funerary objects include 27
                                                                                                            institution, or Federal agency that has               antler tools; 4 bone awls; 4 chert bifaces;
                                                                                                            control of the Native American human                  29 bone beads; 8 bone pins; 5 polished
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                                                                    bone; 2 bone gorgets; 2 Hillabee
                                                                                                            remains and associated funerary objects.
                                                                                                            The National Park Service is not                      Greenstone celts; 1 disk bead; 5
                                                    National Park Service
                                                                                                            responsible for the determinations in                 engraved turtle carapace fragments; 1
                                                    [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–21731;                                                                                       fired daub; 1 bone fishhook; 2 Flint
                                                    PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                            this notice.
                                                                                                                                                                  Creek projectile points/knives; 2
                                                                                                            Consultation                                          freshwater pearl beads; 1 chert graver; 2
                                                    Notice of Inventory Completion:                                                                               grooved stone abraders; 12 gastropod
                                                    Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,                    A detailed assessment of the human                  shell beads; 703 ground sandstone bowl
                                                    TN                                                      remains and associated funerary objects               sherds; 3 ground soapstone bowls; 5
                                                    AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.              was made by TVA professional staff in                 ground soapstone bowl sherds; 1
                                                                                                            consultation with the University of                   hammerstone; 2 limestone hoes; 1
                                                    ACTION:   Notice.
                                                                                                            Alabama and representatives of the                    Ledbetter projectile point; 1 Mississippi
                                                    SUMMARY:   The Tennessee Valley                         Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas                      Plain jar; 7 rodent mandible fragments;
                                                    Authority (TVA) has completed an                        (previously listed as the Alabama-                    4 McIntire projectile points; 2 Pickwick
                                                    inventory of human remains and                          Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-                  projectile points; 7 projectile points/
                                                    associated funerary objects in                          Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee                       knives; 1 shell-tempered ceramic pipe;
                                                    consultation with the appropriate                       Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;                 1,660 shell beads; 3 shell gorgets/
                                                    federally recognized Indian tribes, and                 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;                     pendants; 2 chert side scrappers; 1
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                                                    has determined that a cultural affiliation              Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern                   Smithsonia projectile point; 3 bone
                                                    between the human remains and                           Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Poarch                     spoon fragments; 1 Sykes projectile
                                                    associated funerary objects and any                     Band of Creeks (previously listed as the              point; 1 steatite stone bead; 19 textile
                                                    present-day federally recognized Indian                 Poarch Band of Creek Indians of                       (cane) and bone fragments; 3 limestone
                                                    tribes cannot be reasonably traced.                     Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The                   tubular cones/pipes; 1 tubular
                                                    Representatives of any federally                        Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco                 sandstone cone/pipe; 31 turtle carapace
                                                    recognized Indian tribe not identified in               Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah                 fragments; 1 worked bone; and 1 worked
                                                    this notice that wish to request transfer               Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.                 shell.


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                                                       From May to June 1934, human                         associated funerary objects were                      submit a written request with
                                                    remains representing, at minimum, 49                    removed. These tribes are the Cherokee                information in support of the request to
                                                    individuals were removed from site                      Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee                      Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West
                                                    1LA13 in Lawrence County, AL.                           Indians, and the United Keetoowah                     Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville,
                                                    Excavation commenced after TVA                          Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.                 TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632–
                                                    purchased this land February 14, 1934.                  None of these Indian tribes agreed to                 7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by
                                                    Site 1LA13 was one of the first sites                   accept control of the human remains                   October 3, 2016. After that date, if no
                                                    excavated on TVA land in north                          and associated funerary objects. After                additional requestors have come
                                                    Alabama. Information about the                          further consultation with the parties                 forward, transfer of control of the
                                                    excavations is not abundant.                            that were a part of this overall                      human remains and associated funerary
                                                    Excavations revealed this site to be a                  consultation, TVA has decided to                      objects to The Chickasaw Nation may
                                                    burial mound. All the burials were                      transfer control of the human remains                 proceed.
                                                    considered inclusive to the mound, not                  and associated funerary objects to The                  TVA is responsible for notifying the
                                                    intruded into it at a later date. An                    Chickasaw Nation.                                     Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
                                                    examination of the funerary objects                                                                           (previously listed as the Alabama-
                                                    excavated at this site indicates that this              Determinations Made by the Tennessee                  Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
                                                    mound was created during the Hobbs                      Valley Authority                                      Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
                                                    Island phase (A.D. 1200–1500) of the                       Officials of TVA have determined                   Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
                                                    Mississippian period. The human                         that:                                                 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
                                                    remains include adults, juveniles, and                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the               Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
                                                    children of both sexes. No known                        human remains described in this notice                Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
                                                    individuals were identified. The 65                     represent the physical remains of 292                 as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
                                                    associated funerary objects include 2                   individuals of Native American                        Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The
                                                    Baytown Plain sherds; 2 Bell Plain                      ancestry.                                             Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
                                                    bottles; 1 Bell Plain bowl; 7 Bell Plain                   • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco
                                                    sherds; 1 Crow Creek Noded jar; 5                       the 2,637 objects described in this                   Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah
                                                    Henry Island Plain sherds; 4 McKee                      notice are reasonably believed to have                Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
                                                    Island Brushed sherds; 3 Mississippi                    been placed with or near individual                   that this notice has been published.
                                                    Plain jars; 1 Mississippi Plain bowl; 38                human remains at the time of death or                  Dated: August 10, 2016.
                                                    Mississippi Plain sherds; and 1 Wheeler                 later as part of the death rite or                    Melanie O’Brien,
                                                    Check Stamped sherd.                                    ceremony.                                             Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                       On January 15, 1986, human remains                      • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
                                                                                                                                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–21003 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    representing, at minimum, one                           relationship of shared group identity
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                                                    individual were removed from site                       cannot be reasonably traced between the
                                                    1MA141, near the Whitesburg bridge in                   Native American human remains and
                                                    Madison County, AL. During phase 2                      associated funerary objects and any
                                                                                                                                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    testing of a potential wastewater                       present-day Indian tribe.
                                                    pipeline corridor in the Huntsville area,                  • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(i), at            National Park Service
                                                    human remains representing one 40–50                    the time of excavation of the human
                                                    year old Native American were                           remains and associated funerary objects,              [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–21734;
                                                    encountered. This phase 2 test took                     the land from which the cultural items                PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                    place on land TVA had purchased on                      were removed was not the tribal land of               Notice of Inventory Completion:
                                                    July 6, 1936. Artifacts recovered from                  any federally recognized Indian tribe.                Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
                                                    site 1MA141 indicate occupations                           • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
                                                                                                                                                                  TN
                                                    during the Early and Late Archaic                       the following tribes are aboriginal to the
                                                    periods. No known individuals were                      area from which the cultural items were               AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                    identified. No associated funerary                      excavated: Cherokee Nation, Eastern                   ACTION:   Notice.
                                                    objects are present.                                    Band of Cherokee Indians, and the
                                                       TVA determined that cultural                         United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee                     SUMMARY:   The Tennessee Valley
                                                    affiliation between human remains and                   Indians in Oklahoma. None of these                    Authority (TVA) has completed an
                                                    associated funerary objects excavated                   tribes agreed to accept control of the                inventory of human remains and
                                                    from sites 1MA48, 1MA141, and 1LA13                     human remains or associated funerary                  associated funerary objects, in
                                                    and any present-day federally                           objects.                                              consultation with the appropriate
                                                    recognized tribes cannot be reasonably                     • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i),               federally recognized Indian tribes, and
                                                    traced. Accordingly, these items are                    TVA has decided to transfer control of                has determined that a cultural affiliation
                                                    culturally unidentifiable, and TVA                      the culturally unidentifiable human                   between the human remains and
                                                    intends to transfer control of these items              remains to The Chickasaw Nation.                      associated funerary objects and present-
                                                    pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c).                               • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4),                  day federally recognized Indian tribes
                                                       At the time of the excavation and                    TVA has decided to transfer control of                can reasonably be traced. Lineal
                                                    removal of these human remains and                      the culturally unidentifiable associated              descendants or representatives of any
                                                    associated funerary objects, the land                                                                         federally recognized Indian tribe not
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                                                                                                            funerary objects to The Chickasaw
                                                    from which the human remains and                        Nation.                                               identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    objects were removed was not the tribal                                                                       request transfer of control of these
                                                    land of any federally recognized Indian                 Additional Requestors and Disposition                 human remains and associated funerary
                                                    tribe. On March 10, 2016, TVA                             Representatives of any federally                    objects should submit a written request
                                                    consulted with all federally recognized                 recognized Indian tribe not identified in             to TVA. If no additional requestors
                                                    Indian tribes who are recognized as                     this notice that wish to request transfer             come forward, transfer of control of the
                                                    aboriginal to the area from which these                 of control of these human remains and                 human remains and associated funerary
                                                    Native American human remains and                       associated funerary objects should                    objects to the federally recognized


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ActionNotice.
DatesRepresentatives of any federally recognized Indian tribe 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 TVA at
FR Citation81 FR 60380 

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