[Federal Register: April 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 62)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natchez Trace
Parkway, Tupelo, MS; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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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 in the possession of the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS. The human
remains and cultural items were removed from archeological sites near
Tupelo, MS.
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 of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
This notice corrects the number and types of associated funerary
objects that were recovered from three of the five archeological sites
reported in a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal
Register on January 8, 2002, as well as the total number of associated
funerary objects for the five sites. A review of Natchez Trace Parkway
collections resulted in the identification of 27 additional associated
funerary objects from the Alton's Chickasaw Village site, 1 incorrectly
identified associated funerary object from the Ackia Village site, and
614 additional associated funerary objects from the Bynum Mounds site,
all culturally affiliated with the same tribe as described in the
original notice.
In the Federal Register of January 8, 2002, FR Doc. 02[macr]385,
pages 909 to 910, paragraph numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, and 12 are corrected by
substituting the following paragraphs:
Paragraph 4 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
The 50 human remains and 5,894 associated funerary objects
described below were recovered from 5 different sites.
Paragraph 5 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
In 1939, human remains representing 13 individuals were recovered
from Alton's Chickasaw Village during a legally authorized National
Park Service excavation to gather information on historic Chickasaw
sites. No known individuals were identified. The 2,201 associated
funerary objects are 2,132 glass beads and 1 bag of beads, 55 kettle
fragments, 2 brass buckles, 2 ear plugs, 2 boxes of wood, 2 boxes of
cloth fragments, 1 animal bone fragment, 1 bell, 1 iron hoe, 1 metal
spring, and 1 box of cane fragments.
Paragraph 6 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
In 1940, human remains representing 26 individuals were recovered
from the Ackia Village site during a legally authorized National Park
Service excavation to gather information on historic Chickasaw sites.
No known individuals were identified. The 88 associated funerary
objects are 28 musket balls, 16 metal spring fragments and 1 whole
metal spring, 12 buttons, 7 pieces of worked bone, 5 gunflints, 4 flake
tools, 2 projectile points, 2 knife fragments, 2 bracelets, 1 glass
bead, 1 shell bead, 1 brass bell, 1 nail, 1 box of metal fragments, 1
stone biface, 1 scraper, 1 cup, and 1 tobacco pipe.
Paragraph 8 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
In 1947 and 1948, human remains representing seven individuals were
recovered from the Bynum Mounds site during a legally authorized
project. No known individuals were identified. The 2,628 associated
funerary objects are 2,522 glass beads, 27 metal fragments, 9 silver
spoons, 9 flintlock fragments, 4 cloth fragments and 2 boxes of cloth
fragments, 5 metal files, 4 metal knives, 5 wire fragments, 4 copper
earrings, 4 ornaments, 4 bells, 3 metal cups, 2 shell gorgets, 2 musket
balls, 2 rivets, 2 blades, 2 utensils, 1 tobacco pipe, 1 gunflint, 1
whetstone, 1 silver brooch, 1 silver crown, 1 metal spike, 1 metal
spring, 1 button, 1 snuffbox, 1 powder flask, 1 ground stone, 1
polishing stone, 1 basket fragment, 1 worked antler, 1 metal screw, and
1 bag of unidentified objects.
Paragraph 12 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:
Based on the above[macr]mentioned information, the superintendent
of Natchez Trace Parkway has determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains
of 50 individuals of Native American ancestry. The superintendent of
Natchez Trace Parkway also has determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(2), the 5,894 objects listed above are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death
or later as part of a death rite or ceremony. Lastly, the
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superintendent of Natchez Trace Parkway has determined that, pursuant
to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects recovered from Ackia Village, Alton's
Chickasaw Village, Beldin's Ridge, the historic component of the Bynum
Mounds site, and the Futorian Furniture Company site, and the Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the associated funerary objects should
contact Wendell Simpson, Superintendent, Natchez Trace Parkway, 2680
Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS 38804, telephone (662) 680[macr]4005,
before May 2, 2005. Repatriation of the associated funerary objects to
the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Natchez Trace Parkway is responsible for notifying the
Absentee[macr]Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama[macr]Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama[macr]Quassarte Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma;
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Tunica[macr]Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana;
and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-6462 Filed 3-31-05; 8:45 am]
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