82 FR 25626 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 105 (June 2, 2017)

Page Range		25626-25627
FR Document		2017-11453

The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to Ocmulgee National Monument. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23208; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, 
GA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Ocmulgee National Monument, in consultation with the appropriate Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the 
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of 
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written 
request to Ocmulgee National Monument. If no additional claimants come 
forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA, that meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    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.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    Between 1933 and 1934, 99 cultural items were removed from Funeral 
Mound C in Bibb County, GA, during legally authorized projects 
sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. The human remains were 
repatriated to culturally affiliated tribes in 2015 by the Smithsonian 
Institution, National Museum of Natural History. The 99 unassociated 
funerary objects are 3 spoons, 61 beads, 1 bottle, 1 bowl, 4 vessel 
fragments, 1 metal fragment, 1 animal bone, 1 nail, 4 pendants, 2 
projectile points, 1 scraper, 17 worked shells, 1 folding knife, and 
1unmodified basalt stone.
    While Mound C is a burial mound dating to the Macon Plateau phase 
of the Early Mississippian period (A.D. 900 to A.D. 1100), several 
historic burials were placed in the upper levels of the mound and in 
the adjacent village area. Burials excavated at this site were 
identified as historic Creek on the basis of European

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trade goods found in association with the remains. The historic Creek 
town associated with the trading post near Mound C has long been 
thought to be Ocmulgee. Residents of Ocmulgee moved to the 
Chattahoochee River after 1717.
    Historical documentation reflects a great deal of movement and 
reorganization among the Creeks and the Creek Confederacy during the 
18th and 19th centuries. Ten present-day Indian tribes include Creek 
descendants--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.

Determinations Made by Ocmulgee National Monument

    Officials of Ocmulgee National Monument have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 99 cultural items 
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects and 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.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim 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 claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
unassociated funerary objects to 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)), Shawnee Tribe, The Chickasaw Nation, The Choctaw Nation 
of Oklahoma, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Nation of 
Oklahoma, 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. 2017-11453 Filed 6-1-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4312-52-P

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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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trade goods found in association with that wish to claim these cultural items INTERNATIONAL TRADE
the remains. The historic Creek town should submit a written request with COMMISSION
associated with the trading post near information in support of the claim to
[USITC SE–17–025]
Mound C has long been thought to be Jim David, Superintendent, Ocmulgee
Ocmulgee. Residents of Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207 Emery Government In The Sunshine Act
moved to the Chattahoochee River after Highway, Macon, GA 31217, telephone Meeting Notice
1717. (478) 752–8257, email
Historical documentation reflects a jim_david@nps.gov, by July 3, 2017. AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United
great deal of movement and States International Trade Commission.
After that date, if no additional
reorganization among the Creeks and TIME AND DATE: June 9, 2017 at 11:00
claimants have come forward, transfer
the Creek Confederacy during the 18th a.m.
and 19th centuries. Ten present-day of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,
Indian tribes include Creek
descendants—the Alabama-Coushatta Texas (previously listed as the Alabama- Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- (202) 205–2000.
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Quassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe STATUS: Open to the public.
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, of Louisiana, Kialegee Tribal Town, MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Kialegee Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Poarch 1. Agendas for future meetings: none.
Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of Band of Creeks (previously listed as the 2. Minutes.
Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 3. Ratification List.
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida 4. Vote in Inv. Nos. 701–TA–578 and
Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe 731–TA–1368 (Preliminary)(100- to 150-
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Seat Large Civil Aircraft from Canada).
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), The The Commission is currently scheduled
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole to complete and file its determinations
Reservations)), The Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco on June 12, 2017; views of the
Nation, The Seminole Nation of Tribal Town may proceed. Commission are currently scheduled to
Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco Tribal be complete and filed on June 19, 2017.
Town. Ocmulgee National Monument is
5. Outstanding action jackets: none.
responsible for notifying the Absentee-
Determinations Made by Ocmulgee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, In accordance with Commission
National Monument policy, subject matter listed above, not
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
Officials of Ocmulgee National (previously listed as the Alabama-
may be carried over to the agenda of the
Monument have determined that: Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama-
following meeting.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), Quassarte Tribal Town, Catawba Indian
the 99 cultural items described above Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South By order of the Commission.
are reasonably believed to have been Carolina), Cherokee Nation, Coushatta Issued: May 30, 2017.
placed with or near individual human Tribe of Louisiana, Eastern Band of William R. Bishop,
remains at the time of death or later as Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee Supervisory Hearings and Information
part of the death rite or ceremony and Tribe of Oklahoma, Jena Band of Officer.
are believed, by a preponderance of the Choctaw Indians, Kialegee Tribal Town, [FR Doc. 2017–11568 Filed 5–31–17; 4:15 pm]
evidence, to have been removed from a Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
specific burial site of a Native American Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
individual.
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there INTERNATIONAL TRADE
is a relationship of shared group as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
COMMISSION
identity that can be reasonably traced Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida
between the unassociated funerary (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe [Investigation No. 337–TA–1059]
objects and the Alabama-Coushatta of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), Certain Digital Cameras, Software, and
Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Components Thereof; Institution of
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Shawnee Tribe, The Chickasaw Nation,
Investigation
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Kialegee Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole AGENCY: U.S. International Trade
Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of Nation of Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco Commission.
Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks Tribal Town, and United Keetowah ACTION: Notice.
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole that this notice has been published. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the complaint was filed with the U.S.
Dated: April 3, 2017.
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big International Trade Commission on
Melanie O’Brien, April 28, 2017, under section 337 of the
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)), The Muscogee (Creek) Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on
Nation, The Seminole Nation of [FR Doc. 2017–11453 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] behalf of Carl Zeiss AG of Germany and
nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with NOTICES

Oklahoma, and Thlopthlocco Tribal BILLING CODE 4312–52–P ASML Netherlands B.V. of the
Town. Netherlands. A supplement to the
complaint was filed on May 17, 2017.
Additional Requestors and Disposition The complaint alleges violations of
Lineal descendants or representatives section 337 based upon the importation
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian into the United States, the sale for
organization not identified in this notice importation, and the sale within the

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FR Citation		82 FR 25626

82 FR 25626 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA

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