82 FR 25618 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake, CA
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 105 (June 2, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 105 (June 2, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-11454 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 105 (Friday, June 2, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 25618-25619] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-11454] [[Page 25618]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23210; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake, CA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Lava Beds National Monument has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to Lava Beds National Monument. 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 Lava Beds National Monument at the address in this notice by July 3, 2017. ADDRESSES: Lawrence J. Whalon Jr., Superintendent, Lava Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 1240, Tulelake, CA 96134, telephone (530) 677-8101, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake, CA, and in the physical custody of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from within the boundaries of Lava Beds National Monument, Modoc and Siskiyou Counties, CA. 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, Lava Beds National Monument. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Lava Beds National Monument professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma. History and Description of the Remains In 1952, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from site CA-SIS-0142 in Siskiyou County, CA, during legally authorized excavations by Robert J. Squier and Gordon L. Grosscup under the auspices of the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1952, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from site CA-MOD-0048 in Modoc County, CA, during legally authorized excavations by Robert J. Squier and Gordon L. Grosscup under the auspices of the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1952, human remains representing, at minimum, 14 individuals were removed from site CA-MOD-0049 in Modoc County, CA, during legally authorized excavations by Robert J. Squier and Gordon L. Grosscup under the auspices of the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. No known individuals were identified. The 15 associated funerary objects are 3 cordage fragments, 1 projectile point fragment, 2 scrapers, 3 basketry fragments, 1 charcoal fragment, and 5 matting fragments. Based on burial type and location, as well as available archeological and historical information, it is likely that the remains are Native American. Artifacts found near the burial locations suggest a late prehistoric age and are characteristic of prehistoric Modoc funerary practices in this region. In addition, ethnographic and archeological evidence, including archeological site context and types of funerary objects, indicates that all three sites were occupied by ancestral Modoc peoples. During consultation, representatives from associated tribes stated that their oral traditions indicate affiliation with the Modoc. The Modoc have been identified as aboriginal to the area where the three sites are located by the U.S. Indian Claims Commission. Geographical, archeological, linguistic, folklore, oral tradition, and historical evidence support that association. Today, contemporary descendants of the Modoc are members of both the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma. Determinations Made by Lava Beds National Monument Officials of Lava Beds National Monument have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 15 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), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma. 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 Lawrence J. Whalon Jr., Superintendent, Lava Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 1240, Tulelake, CA 96134, telephone (530) 677-8101, email [email protected], by July 3, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed. Lava Beds National Monument is responsible for notifying the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma that this notice has been published. [[Page 25619]] Dated: April 3, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-11454 Filed 6-1-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The human remains and associated archeological site context and types of
funerary objects were removed from funerary objects, indicates that all three
National Park Service within the boundaries of Lava Beds sites were occupied by ancestral Modoc
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23210;
National Monument, Modoc and peoples.
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Siskiyou Counties, CA. During consultation, representatives
This notice is published as part of the from associated tribes stated that their
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. National Park Service’s administrative oral traditions indicate affiliation with
Department of the Interior, National responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
the Modoc. The Modoc have been
Park Service, Lava Beds National U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
identified as aboriginal to the area
Monument, Tulelake, CA this notice are the sole responsibility of
where the three sites are located by the
the Superintendent, Lava Beds National
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. U.S. Indian Claims Commission.
Monument.
Geographical, archeological, linguistic,
ACTION: Notice. Consultation folklore, oral tradition, and historical
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the A detailed assessment of the human evidence support that association.
Interior, National Park Service, Lava remains was made by Lava Beds Today, contemporary descendants of the
Beds National Monument has National Monument professional staff in Modoc are members of both the Klamath
completed an inventory of human consultation with representatives of the Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of
remains and associated funerary objects, Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma.
in consultation with the appropriate Oklahoma. Determinations Made by Lava Beds
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian National Monument
History and Description of the Remains
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the In 1952, human remains representing, Officials of Lava Beds National
human remains and associated funerary at minimum, two individuals were Monument have determined that:
objects and present-day Indian tribes or removed from site CA–SIS–0142 in
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Siskiyou County, CA, during legally
human remains described in this notice
descendants or representatives of any authorized excavations by Robert J.
represent the physical remains of 18
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Squier and Gordon L. Grosscup under
individuals of Native American
organization not identified in this notice the auspices of the Department of
ancestry.
that wish to request transfer of control Anthropology, University of California,
of these human remains and associated Berkeley, CA. No known individuals • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
funerary objects should submit a written were identified. No associated funerary the 15 objects described in this notice
request to Lava Beds National objects are present. are reasonably believed to have been
Monument. If no additional requestors In 1952, human remains representing, placed with or near individual human
come forward, transfer of control of the at minimum, two individuals were remains at the time of death or later as
human remains and associated funerary removed from site CA–MOD–0048 in part of the death rite or ceremony.
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Modoc County, CA, during legally • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations authorized excavations by Robert J. is a relationship of shared group
stated in this notice may proceed. Squier and Gordon L. Grosscup under identity that can be reasonably traced
DATES: Lineal descendants or
the auspices of the Department of between the Native American human
representatives of any Indian tribe or Anthropology, University of California, remains and associated funerary objects
Native Hawaiian organization not Berkeley, CA. No known individuals and the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc
identified in this notice that wish to were identified. No associated funerary Tribe of Oklahoma.
request transfer of control of these objects are present.
In 1952, human remains representing, Additional Requestors and Disposition
human remains and associated funerary
at minimum, 14 individuals were
objects should submit a written request Lineal descendants or representatives
removed from site CA–MOD–0049 in
with information in support of the of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Modoc County, CA, during legally
request to Lava Beds National organization not identified in this notice
authorized excavations by Robert J.
Monument at the address in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
Squier and Gordon L. Grosscup under
by July 3, 2017. of these human remains and associated
the auspices of the Department of
ADDRESSES: Lawrence J. Whalon Jr., Anthropology, University of California, funerary objects should submit a written
Superintendent, Lava Beds National Berkeley, CA. No known individuals request with information in support of
Monument, P.O. Box 1240, Tulelake, CA were identified. The 15 associated the request to Lawrence J. Whalon Jr.,
96134, telephone (530) 677–8101, email funerary objects are 3 cordage Superintendent, Lava Beds National
larry_whalon@nps.gov. fragments, 1 projectile point fragment, 2 Monument, P.O. Box 1240, Tulelake, CA
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is scrapers, 3 basketry fragments, 1 96134, telephone (530) 677–8101, email
here given in accordance with the charcoal fragment, and 5 matting larry_whalon@nps.gov, by July 3, 2017.
Native American Graves Protection and fragments. After that date, if no additional
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Based on burial type and location, as requestors have come forward, transfer
3003, of the completion of an inventory well as available archeological and of control of the human remains and
of human remains and associated historical information, it is likely that associated funerary objects to the
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funerary objects under the control of the the remains are Native American. Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of
U.S. Department of the Interior, Artifacts found near the burial locations Oklahoma may proceed.
National Park Service, Lava Beds suggest a late prehistoric age and are Lava Beds National Monument is
National Monument, Tulelake, CA, and characteristic of prehistoric Modoc responsible for notifying the Klamath
in the physical custody of the Phoebe A. funerary practices in this region. In Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, addition, ethnographic and Oklahoma that this notice has been
University of California, Berkeley, CA. archeological evidence, including published.
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Dated: April 3, 2017. funerary objects under the control of the the remains. The historic Creek town
Melanie O’Brien, U.S. Department of the Interior, associated with the trading post near
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. National Park Service, Ocmulgee Mound C has long been thought to be
[FR Doc. 2017–11454 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] National Monument, Macon, GA. The Ocmulgee. Residents of Ocmulgee
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
human remains and associated funerary moved to the Chattahoochee River after
objects were removed from Funeral 1717.
Mound, Bibb County, GA. Historical documentation reflects a
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR This notice is published as part of the great deal of movement and
National Park Service’s administrative reorganization among the Creeks and
National Park Service responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 the Creek Confederacy during the 18th
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in and 19th centuries. Ten present-day
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23203;
this notice are the sole responsibility of Indian tribes include Creek
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
the Superintendent, Ocmulgee National descendants—the Alabama-Coushatta
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Monument. Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the
Department of the Interior, National Consultation Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas),
Park Service, Ocmulgee National Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
A detailed assessment of the human Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Kialegee
Monument, Macon, GA
remains was made by Ocmulgee Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. National Monument professional staff in Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks
ACTION: Notice. consultation with representatives of the (previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Oklahoma, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Interior, National Park Service, Texas (previously listed as the Alabama- Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Ocmulgee National Monument has Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
completed an inventory of human Quassarte Tribal Town, Catawba Indian Reservations)), The Muscogee (Creek)
remains and associated funerary objects, Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South Nation, The Seminole Nation of
in consultation with the appropriate Carolina), Cherokee Nation, Coushatta Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco Tribal
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Tribe of Louisiana, Eastern Band of Town.
organizations, and has determined that Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee
there is a cultural affiliation between the Tribe of Oklahoma, Jena Band of Determinations Made by Ocmulgee
human remains and associated funerary Choctaw Indians, Kialegee Tribal Town, National Monument
objects and present-day Indian tribes or Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Officials of Ocmulgee National
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Monument have determined that:
descendants or representatives of any Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of human remains described in this notice
organization not identified in this notice Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida represent the physical remains of four
that wish to request transfer of control (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe individuals of Native American
of these human remains and associated of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, ancestry.
funerary objects should submit a written Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
request to Ocmulgee National Shawnee Tribe, The Chickasaw Nation, the 42 objects described in this notice
Monument. If no additional requestors The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The are reasonably believed to have been
come forward, transfer of control of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole placed with or near individual human
human remains and associated funerary Nation of Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco remains at the time of death or later as
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribal Town, and United Keetowah part of the death rite or ceremony.
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
stated in this notice may proceed. is a relationship of shared group
History and Description of the Remains identity that can be reasonably traced
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or Between 1933 and 1934, human between the Native American human
Native Hawaiian organization not remains representing, at minimum, four remains and associated funerary objects
identified in this notice that wish to individuals were removed from Funeral and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
request transfer of control of these Mound C in Bibb County, GA, during Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-
human remains and associated funerary legally authorized projects sponsored by Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama-
objects should submit a written request the Works Progress Administration. No Quassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe
with information in support of the known individuals were identified. The of Louisiana, Kialegee Tribal Town,
request to Ocmulgee National 42 associated funerary objects are 1 adz, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Poarch
Monument at the address in this notice 1 biface, 1 bowl, 1 animal bone, 2 Band of Creeks (previously listed as the
by July 3, 2017. gorgets, 1 jar, 1 elbow pipe, 2 projectile Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
points, 4 scrapers, 1 piece of shatter, 2 Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida
ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent,
worked shells, 5 spoons, and 20 vessel (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe
Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207 fragments.
Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217, of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
While Mound C is a burial mound Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), The
telephone (478) 752–8257, email dating to the Macon Plateau phase of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole
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jim_david@nps.gov. Early Mississippian period (A.D. 900 to Nation of Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is A.D. 1100), several historic burials were Tribal Town.
here given in accordance with the placed in the upper levels of the mound
Native American Graves Protection and and in the adjacent village area. Burials Additional Requestors and Disposition
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. excavated at this site were identified as Lineal descendants or representatives
3003, of the completion of an inventory historic Creek on the basis of European of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
of human remains and associated trade goods found in association with organization not identified in this notice
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