81 FR 802 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 4 (January 7, 2016)

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The Tennessee Valley Authority has completed an inventory of human remains in consultation with the appropriate federally recognized Indian tribes and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day federally recognized Indian tribes. Representatives of any federally recognized Indian tribe not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to TVA. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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-19860; 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 has completed an inventory of 
human remains in consultation with the appropriate federally recognized 
Indian tribes and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and any present-day federally recognized 
Indian tribes. Representatives of any federally recognized Indian tribe 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains should submit a written request to TVA. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains 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 should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Tennessee Valley Authority at the address in 
this notice by February 8, 2016.

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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 hereby given in accordance with 
Section 5 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human 
remains under the control and possession of TVA. The human remains were 
removed from sites 1LI14 and 1LI37, in Limestone County, Alabama.
    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. The National Park Service 
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Tennessee 
Valley Authority professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town; 
Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee 
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town; 
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; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 
Oklahoma; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe.

History and Description of the Remains

    In the 1950s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were collected by James Cambron, a resident of Decatur, 
Alabama from site 1LI14, in Limestone County, AL. The human remains 
were identified as a female between the ages of 20-24. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from site 1L114, in Limestone County, AL. These 
human remains were located during a recent validation of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority NAGPRA cultural items stored at the University of 
Alabama. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Archaeological site 1LI14 is located on the Tennessee River across 
from the mouth of Flint creek in Limestone County, Alabama. It is 
located on the pre-inundation right descending bank of the Tennessee 
River within the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge. The Alabama state site form 
describes this site as a truncated pyramidal mound and associated shell 
mound or village near Decatur, Alabama. The mound is 100 ft. from the 
river and is 135 ft. long by 80 ft. wide at the base and 90 ft. long by 
60 ft. wide at the plateau. The long axis of the mound is parallel to 
the river. Tennessee Valley Authority purchased the land encompassing 
this site on June 4, 1935. Although not subject to excavation during 
the construction of the Wheeler Reservoir, this site is generally 
believed to have Middle Woodland through Mississippian occupations.
    In the 1950s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were collected by James Cambron from site 1L137 in Limestone 
County, AL. The human remains were identified as a 15-year-old of 
indeterminate gender. Lack of funerary objects makes chronology of 
these human remains uncertain. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Archaeological site 1LI37 is 6.8 miles northeast of 1LI14 on 
Beaverdam Creek near Interstate 565. It is also within the Wheeler 
Wildlife Refuge. It was recorded in the Alabama site file in 1978. The 
University of Alabama recovered one reworked Early Archaic projectile 
point/knife during shovel testing of the site. An anvil-stone was also 
recovered. Available evidence suggests this site was occupied sometime 
during the Archaic period. Tennessee Valley Authority purchased the 
land intersecting this site on November 6, 1934.

Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority

    Officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on their presence in 
prehistoric archeological contexts.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 3 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 any present-day Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United 
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Furthermore, Limestone 
County was recognized as the aboriginal lands of the Chickasaw Nation 
in a ratified treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw dated 
September 20, 1816.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), TVA has decided to 
transfer control of the culturally unidentifiable human remains to the 
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the United Keetoowah 
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma and 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 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 February 8, 2016. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, 
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma and the 
Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
    Tennessee Valley Authority is responsible for notifying the 
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 
of Texas; Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta 
Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town; 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; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Seminole 
Nation of Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: November 24, 2015.
Amberleigh Malone,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-00072 Filed 1-6-16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Forest, Albuquerque, NM. The human the request to: Dr. Frank E. Wozniak,
remains and associated funerary objects NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwestern
National Park Service were removed from Cibola County, NM. Region, USDA Forest Service, 333
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19932;
This notice is published as part of the Broadway Boulevard Southeast,
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] National Park Service’s administrative Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 (505) 842–3238, email fwozniak@
Notice of Inventory Completion for U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in fs.fed.us, by February 8, 2016. After that
Native American Human Remains and this notice are the sole responsibility of date, if no additional requestors have
Associated Funerary Objects From the museum, institution, or Federal come forward, transfer of control of the
Bernalillo, Cibola, and Socorro agency that has control of the Native human remains and associated funerary
Counties, NM in the Control of the American human remains and objects to the Pueblo of Acoma, New
Cibola National Forest, United States associated funerary objects. The Mexico; the Hopi Tribe, Arizona; and
Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM; National Park Service is not responsible the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico may
Correction for the determinations in this notice. proceed.
This notice corrects the minimum The Cibola National Forest is
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. number of individuals and the number responsible for notifying the Pueblo of
ACTION: Notice; correction. of associated funerary objects published Acoma, New Mexico; the Hopi Tribe,
in a Notice of Inventory Completion in Arizona; and the Pueblo of Zuni, New
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Federal Register (63 FR 65218–
Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Mexico that this notice has been
65219). A re-inventory of archeological published.
Cibola National Forest has corrected an collections from NA 21566, NA 23177,
inventory of human remains and Dated: December 8, 2015.
and NA 23178 by the professional staff
associated funerary objects, published of the Department of Anthropology at Amberleigh Malone,
in a Notice of Inventory Completion in Northern Arizona University discovered Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
the Federal Register on November 25, additional human remains and [FR Doc. 2016–00053 Filed 1–6–16; 8:45 am]
1998. This notice corrects the minimum associated funerary objects in the BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
number of individuals and the number collections from NA 23177 and NA
of associated funerary objects. Lineal 23178. Transfer of control of the items
descendants or representatives of any in this correction notice has not DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian occurred.
organization not identified in this notice National Park Service
that wish to request transfer of control Correction
of these human remains and associated In the Federal Register (63 FR, [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19860;
funerary objects should submit a written 65218), paragraph 3 is corrected by PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
request to the USDA Forest Service, substituting the following paragraph:
Southwestern Region. If no additional Notice of Inventory Completion:
Between 1977 and 1979, human remains Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
requestors come forward, transfer of representing 32 individuals were recovered
control of the human remains and from sites NA 21566, NA 23177 and NA
TN
associated funerary objects to the lineal 23178 during legally authorized excavations AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native conducted by J. Richard Ambler of Northern
Hawaiian organizations stated in this Arizona University. No known individuals ACTION: Notice.
notice may proceed. were identified. The 68 associated funerary
objects include ceramic vessels, pottery SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley
DATES: Lineal descendants or Authority has completed an inventory
sherds and chipped stone.
representatives of any Indian tribe or of human remains in consultation with
Native Hawaiian organization not In the Federal Register (63 FR, 65219)
paragraph 2, sentences 1 and 2 are the appropriate federally recognized
identified in this notice that wish to Indian tribes and has determined that
request transfer of control of these corrected by substituting the following
sentences: there is no cultural affiliation between
human remains and associated funerary the human remains and any present-day
objects should submit a written request Based on the above mentioned federally recognized Indian tribes.
with information in support of the information, officials of the USDA Forest Representatives of any federally
request to the USDA Forest Service, Service have determined that, pursuant to 43
CFR 10.2(d)(1), the human remains listed recognized Indian tribe not identified in
Southwestern Region at the address in this notice that wish to request transfer
above represent the physical remains of 32
this notice by February 8, 2016. of control of these human remains
individuals of Native American ancestry.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, Officials of the USDA Forest Service have should submit a written request to TVA.
NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwestern also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR If no additional requestors come
Region, USDA Forest Service, 333 10.2(d)(2), the 68 objects listed above are forward, transfer of control of the
Broadway Boulevard Southeast, reasonably believed to have been placed with human remains to the federally
Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone or near individual human remains at the time recognized Indian tribe stated in this
(505) 842–3238, email fwozniak@ of death or later as part of a death rite or
ritual.
notice may proceed.
fs.fed.us. DATES: Representatives of any federally
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Additional Requestors and Disposition recognized Indian tribe not identified in
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here given in accordance with the Lineal descendants or representatives this notice that wish to request transfer
Native American Graves Protection and of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian of control of these human remains
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. organization not identified in this notice should submit a written request with
3003, of the correction of an inventory that wish to request transfer of control information in support of the request to
of human remains and associated of these human remains and associated Tennessee Valley Authority at the
funerary objects under the control of the funerary objects should submit a written address in this notice by February 8,
USDA Forest Service, Cibola National request with information in support of 2016.

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ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, Archaeological site 1LI14 is located • According to final judgments of the
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, on the Tennessee River across from the Indian Claims Commission or the Court
Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone mouth of Flint creek in Limestone of Federal Claims, the land from which
(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov. County, Alabama. It is located on the the Native American human remains
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is pre-inundation right descending bank of were removed is the aboriginal land of
hereby given in accordance with Section the Tennessee River within the Wheeler the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of
5 of the Native American Graves Wildlife Refuge. The Alabama state site Cherokee Indians, and the United
Protection and Repatriation Act form describes this site as a truncated Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the pyramidal mound and associated shell Oklahoma. Furthermore, Limestone
completion of an inventory of human mound or village near Decatur, County was recognized as the aboriginal
remains under the control and Alabama. The mound is 100 ft. from the
lands of the Chickasaw Nation in a
possession of TVA. The human remains river and is 135 ft. long by 80 ft. wide
at the base and 90 ft. long by 60 ft. wide ratified treaty between the United States
were removed from sites 1LI14 and
at the plateau. The long axis of the and the Chickasaw dated September 20,
1LI37, in Limestone County, Alabama.
This notice is published as part of the mound is parallel to the river. 1816.
National Park Service’s administrative Tennessee Valley Authority purchased • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 the land encompassing this site on June TVA has decided to transfer control of
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 4, 1935. Although not subject to the culturally unidentifiable human
The determinations in this notice are excavation during the construction of remains to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern
the sole responsibility of the museum, the Wheeler Reservoir, this site is Band of Cherokee Indians, the United
institution, or Federal agency that has generally believed to have Middle Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
control of the Native American human Woodland through Mississippian Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation.
remains. The National Park Service is occupations.
not responsible for the determinations In the 1950s, human remains Additional Requestors and Disposition
in this notice. representing, at minimum, one
individual were collected by James Representatives of any federally
Consultation Cambron from site 1L137 in Limestone recognized Indian tribe not identified in
A detailed assessment of the human County, AL. The human remains were this notice that wish to request transfer
remains was made by Tennessee Valley identified as a 15-year-old of of control of these human remains
Authority professional staff in indeterminate gender. Lack of funerary should submit a written request with
consultation with representatives of the objects makes chronology of these information in support of the request to
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of human remains uncertain. No known Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West
Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of individuals were identified. No Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville,
Texas; Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town; associated funerary objects are present. TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632–
Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Archaeological site 1LI37 is 6.8 miles 7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee northeast of 1LI14 on Beaverdam Creek February 8, 2016. After that date, if no
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of near Interstate 565. It is also within the additional requestors have come
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town; Wheeler Wildlife Refuge. It was forward, transfer of control of the
Poarch Band of Creeks (Previously listed recorded in the Alabama site file in human remains to the Cherokee Nation,
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 1978. The University of Alabama Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the
Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The recovered one reworked Early Archaic United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco projectile point/knife during shovel Indians in Oklahoma and the Chickasaw
Tribal Town; United Keetoowah Band of testing of the site. An anvil-stone was
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Nation may proceed.
also recovered. Available evidence
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the suggests this site was occupied Tennessee Valley Authority is
Shawnee Tribe. sometime during the Archaic period. responsible for notifying the Absentee-
Tennessee Valley Authority purchased Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
History and Description of the Remains
the land intersecting this site on Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas;
In the 1950s, human remains November 6, 1934. Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town;
representing, at minimum, one Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
individual were collected by James Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Cambron, a resident of Decatur, Valley Authority
Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Alabama from site 1LI14, in Limestone Officials of the Tennessee Valley Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town;
County, AL. The human remains were Authority have determined that: Poarch Band of Creeks (Previously listed
identified as a female between the ages • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
of 20–24. No known individuals were human remains described in this notice
identified. No associated funerary Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The
are Native American based on their
objects are present. Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco
presence in prehistoric archeological
On an unknown date, human remains contexts. Tribal Town; United Keetoowah Band of
representing, at minimum, one • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma;
individual were removed from site human remains described in this notice Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the
1L114, in Limestone County, AL. These represent the physical remains of 3 Shawnee Tribe that this notice has been
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human remains were located during a individuals of Native American published.
recent validation of the Tennessee ancestry. Dated: November 24, 2015.
Valley Authority NAGPRA cultural • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Amberleigh Malone,
items stored at the University of relationship of shared group identity
Alabama. No known individuals were cannot be reasonably traced between the Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
identified. No associated funerary Native American human remains and [FR Doc. 2016–00072 Filed 1–6–16; 8:45 am]
objects are present. any present-day Indian tribe. BILLING CODE 4312–50–P

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81 FR 802 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN

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