82 FR 25625 - Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA; Correction
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)
| Page Range | 25625-25626 | |
| FR Document | 2017-11450 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 105 (Friday, June 2, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 25625-25626] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-11450] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23209; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA; Correction AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; correction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on June 18, 2001. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated 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 Ocmulgee 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 Ocmulgee National Monument at the address in this notice by July 3, 2017. ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent, Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207 Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217, telephone (478) 752-8257, 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, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Trading Post, Bibb County, GA. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Superintendent, Ocmulgee National Monument. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (66 FR 32842-32843, June 18, 2001). Additional individuals and associated funerary objects were identified during review of collections. [[Page 25626]] Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice has not occurred. Correction In the Federal Register (66 FR 32842, June 18, 2001), column 2, paragraph 1, sentences 1-3 are corrected by substituting the following sentences: Between 1957 and 1958, human remains representing 17 individuals were recovered from the Trading Post area of the Macon Plateau unit of Ocmulgee National Monument. No known individuals were identified. The 17,037 associated funerary objects are 2 axes, 4 balls, 1 musket ball, 16,147 beads, 1 biface, 2 blades, 217 animal remains, 1 piece of charcoal, 6 pieces of fired clay, 1 concretion, 2 cores, 3 pieces of daub, 46 flakes, 7 flake tools, 2 glass fragments, 1 gorget, 5 gunflints, 1 stone knife, 38 jars, 2 iron knives, 4 metal fragments, 2 shells, 1 ornament, 4 tobacco pipes, 2 flintlock pistols, 2 plant fragments, 1 projectile point, 3 preforms, 1 rifle, 3 scrapers, 4 seeds, 3 pieces of shatter, 13 gun shots, 1 shotgun shell, 2 spiral springs, 6 unmodified stones, 1 uniface, 1 bag of unmodified stone, and 494 vessel fragments. In the Federal Register (66 FR 32842, June 18, 2001), column 3 paragraph 2, sentences 1-2 are corrected by substituting the following sentences: Based on the above-mentioned information, the superintendent of Ocmulgee National Monument has determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of 21 individuals of Native American ancestry. The superintendent of Ocmulgee National Monument also has determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2), the 32,022 objects listed above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or late as part of the death rite or ceremony. 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 Jim David, Superintendent, Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207 Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217, telephone (478) 752- 8257, 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 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Kialegee Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town may proceed. Ocmulgee National Monument is responsible for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina), Cherokee Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Kialegee Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), The Chickasaw Nation, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Shawnee Tribe, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has been published. Dated: April 3, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-11450 Filed 6-1-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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In May of 1933, 10 cultural items Determinations Made by the Allen SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the
were removed from a grave on Prospect County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Interior, National Park Service,
Avenue in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Officials of the Allen County-Fort Ocmulgee National Monument has
IN. In 1935, the funerary objects were Wayne Historical Society have corrected an inventory of human
purchased from Mr. Orville Smith by determined that: remains and associated funerary objects,
the Allen County Fort Wayne-Historical • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), published in a Notice of Inventory
Society. No other provenience the 30 cultural items described above Completion in the Federal Register on
information is available. The 10 are reasonably believed to have been June 18, 2001. This notice corrects the
unassociated funerary objects are 1 set placed with or near individual human minimum number of individuals and
of musket fragments, 1 clay pipe, 1 remains at the time of death or later as number of associated funerary objects.
metal tack hammer, 2 metal files, 2 part of the death rite or ceremony and Lineal descendants or representatives of
metal harpoon tips, 1 copper tube bead, are believed, by a preponderance of the any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
evidence, to have been removed from organization not identified in this notice
1 pair of scissors fragments, and 1
specific burial sites of Native American that wish to request transfer of control
whetstone.
individuals. of these human remains and associated
In about 1910, one cultural item was funerary objects should submit a written
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
removed from Lawton Place in Fort request to Ocmulgee National
is a relationship of shared group
Wayne, Allen County, IN, by Vernon Monument. If no additional requestors
identity that can be reasonably traced
Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson removed the between the unassociated funerary come forward, transfer of control of the
funerary object from a grave exposed objects and the Miami Tribe of human remains and associated funerary
during excavation for a house basement. Oklahoma. objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
In 1984, the funerary object was tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
acquired from Mr. Ferguson by the Additional Requestors and Disposition stated in this notice may proceed.
Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Lineal descendants or representatives DATES: Lineal descendants or
Society. The 1 unassociated funerary of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian representatives of any Indian tribe or
object is a copper pot with iron bail. organization not identified in this notice Native Hawaiian organization not
In 1907, one cultural item was that wish to claim these cultural items identified in this notice that wish to
removed from the grave of Miami Indian should submit a written request with request transfer of control of these
Chief Coesse in Huntington County, IN. information in support of the claim to human remains and associated funerary
At some time prior to 1947, the funerary Walter Font, Curator, Allen County-Fort objects should submit a written request
object was acquired from Mr. Charles Wayne Historical Society, 302 East with information in support of the
Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, request to Ocmulgee National
More by the Allen County Fort Wayne-
telephone (260) 426–2882, email wfont@ Monument at the address in this notice
Historical Society. No other provenience
comcast.net, by July 3, 2017. After that by July 3, 2017.
information is known. Chief Coesse was
date, if no additional claimants have ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent,
a Miami Indian who resided in come forward, transfer of control of the
northeast Indiana. He died in about Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207
unassociated funerary objects to the Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217,
1853, and was buried near Roanoke, IN, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
and has no known descendants. telephone (478) 752–8257, email jim_
The Allen County-Fort Wayne david@nps.gov.
Evidence from Society records and Historical Society is responsible for
secondary sources indicate that the notifying the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
unassociated funerary object is affiliated and Pokagon Band of Potawatomi here given in accordance with the
with a Miami Tribal chief. The 1 Indians, Michigan and Indiana, that this Native American Graves Protection and
unassociated funerary object is a small notice has been published. Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
glass vial containing beads. 3003, of the correction of an inventory
Dated: April 21, 2017. of human remains and associated
The above listed sites are estimated to Melanie O’Brien, funerary objects under the control of the
date from the late 1700s to the early Manager, National NAGPRA Program. U.S. Department of the Interior,
1800s. The evidence available indicates [FR Doc. 2017–11447 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] National Park Service, Ocmulgee
that the sites are related to the Miami BILLING CODE 4312–52–P National Monument, Macon, GA. The
Tribe of Oklahoma, whose tribal lands human remains and associated funerary
were located in northeast Indiana from objects were removed from Trading
about 1710 to the early 1800s. Their DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Post, Bibb County, GA.
villages were at or near the present This notice is published as part of the
location of Fort Wayne, IN, primarily National Park Service National Park Service’s administrative
north of the confluence of the St. Joseph [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23209; responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
and St. Mary’s Rivers which, together, PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
form the Maumee River. These areas this notice are the sole responsibility of
include the Spy Run District, including Notice of Inventory Completion for the Superintendent, Ocmulgee National
Prospect Avenue and Lawton Place, and Native American Human Remains and Monument.
the Lakeside area of Fort Wayne. The Associated Funerary Objects in the This notice corrects the minimum
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assessment that these unassociated Control of the U.S. Department of the number of individuals and number of
funerary objects should be attributed to Interior, National Park Service, associated funerary objects published in
the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma was Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
confirmed by the Miami Tribe of GA; Correction Federal Register (66 FR 32842–32843,
Oklahoma and Pokagon Band of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. June 18, 2001). Additional individuals
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and and associated funerary objects were
ACTION: Notice; correction.
Indiana, during consultation. identified during review of collections.
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Transfer of control of the items in this Poarch Band of Creek Indians of identified in this notice that wish to
correction notice has not occurred. Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida claim these cultural items should
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe submit a written request to Ocmulgee
Correction
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, National Monument. If no additional
In the Federal Register (66 FR 32842, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), The claimants come forward, transfer of
June 18, 2001), column 2, paragraph 1, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole control of the cultural items to the lineal
sentences 1–3 are corrected by Nation of Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
substituting the following sentences: Tribal Town may proceed. Hawaiian organizations stated in this
Between 1957 and 1958, human remains Ocmulgee National Monument is notice may proceed.
representing 17 individuals were recovered responsible for notifying the Absentee- DATES: Lineal descendants or
from the Trading Post area of the Macon Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, representatives of any Indian tribe or
Plateau unit of Ocmulgee National Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Native Hawaiian organization not
Monument. No known individuals were (previously listed as the Alabama-
identified. The 17,037 associated funerary identified in this notice that wish to
Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- claim these cultural items should
objects are 2 axes, 4 balls, 1 musket ball,
Quassarte Tribal Town, Catawba Indian submit a written request with
16,147 beads, 1 biface, 2 blades, 217 animal
remains, 1 piece of charcoal, 6 pieces of fired Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South information in support of the claim to
clay, 1 concretion, 2 cores, 3 pieces of daub, Carolina), Cherokee Nation, Coushatta Ocmulgee National Monument at the
46 flakes, 7 flake tools, 2 glass fragments, 1 Tribe of Louisiana, Eastern Band of address in this notice by July 3, 2017.
gorget, 5 gunflints, 1 stone knife, 38 jars, 2 Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee
ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent,
iron knives, 4 metal fragments, 2 shells, 1 Tribe of Oklahoma, Jena Band of
ornament, 4 tobacco pipes, 2 flintlock pistols, Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207
Choctaw Indians, Kialegee Tribal Town,
2 plant fragments, 1 projectile point, 3 Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217,
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians,
preforms, 1 rifle, 3 scrapers, 4 seeds, 3 pieces telephone (478) 752–8257, email
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
of shatter, 13 gun shots, 1 shotgun shell, 2 jim_david@nps.gov.
spiral springs, 6 unmodified stones, 1 Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
uniface, 1 bag of unmodified stone, and 494 as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
vessel fragments. Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida here given in accordance with the
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe Native American Graves Protection and
In the Federal Register (66 FR 32842, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
June 18, 2001), column 3 paragraph 2, 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), The
sentences 1–2 are corrected by items under the control of the U.S.
Chickasaw Nation, The Choctaw Nation
substituting the following sentences: Department of the Interior, National
of Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek)
Based on the above-mentioned Nation, The Seminole Nation of Park Service, Ocmulgee National
information, the superintendent of Ocmulgee Oklahoma, Shawnee Tribe, Monument, Macon, GA, that meet the
National Monument has determined that, definition of unassociated funerary
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, and United
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the human
remains listed above represent the physical Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
remains of 21 individuals of Native American Oklahoma that this notice has been This notice is published as part of the
ancestry. The superintendent of Ocmulgee published. National Park Service’s administrative
National Monument also has determined Dated: April 3, 2017.
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2), the U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
Melanie O’Brien,
32,022 objects listed above are reasonably this notice are the sole responsibility of
believed to have been placed with or near Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
the Superintendent, Ocmulgee National
individual human remains at the time of [FR Doc. 2017–11450 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] Monument.
death or late as part of the death rite or BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
ceremony. History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Additional Requestors and Disposition DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Between 1933 and 1934, 99 cultural
Lineal descendants or representatives items were removed from Funeral
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian National Park Service Mound C in Bibb County, GA, during
organization not identified in this notice [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23208; legally authorized projects sponsored by
that wish to request transfer of control PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] the Works Progress Administration. The
of these human remains and associated human remains were repatriated to
funerary objects should submit a written Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural culturally affiliated tribes in 2015 by the
request with information in support of Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Smithsonian Institution, National
the request to Jim David, National Park Service, Ocmulgee Museum of Natural History. The 99
Superintendent, Ocmulgee National National Monument, Macon, GA unassociated funerary objects are 3
Monument, 1207 Emery Highway, AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. spoons, 61 beads, 1 bottle, 1 bowl, 4
Macon, GA 31217, telephone (478) 752– ACTION: Notice. vessel fragments, 1 metal fragment, 1
8257, email jim_david@nps.gov, by July animal bone, 1 nail, 4 pendants, 2
3, 2017. After that date, if no additional SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the projectile points, 1 scraper, 17 worked
requestors have come forward, transfer Interior, National Park Service, shells, 1 folding knife, and 1unmodified
of control of the human remains and Ocmulgee National Monument, in basalt stone.
associated funerary objects to the consultation with the appropriate While Mound C is a burial mound
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Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian dating to the Macon Plateau phase of the
(previously listed as the Alabama- organizations, has determined that the Early Mississippian period (A.D. 900 to
Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- cultural items listed in this notice meet A.D. 1100), several historic burials were
Quassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe the definition of unassociated funerary placed in the upper levels of the mound
of Louisiana, Kialegee Tribal Town, objects. Lineal descendants or and in the adjacent village area. Burials
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Poarch representatives of any Indian tribe or excavated at this site were identified as
Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Native Hawaiian organization not historic Creek on the basis of European
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