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25622 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 105 / Friday, June 2, 2017 / Notices

objects to - Tribe of Ocmulgee National Monument has Correction (previously listed as the Alabama- corrected an inventory of human In the Federal Register (66 FR 32838, Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- remains and associated funerary objects, June 18, 2001), column 3, paragraph 4, Quassarte Tribal Town, Coushatta Tribe published in a Notice of Inventory sentence 3 is corrected by substituting of , , Completion in the Federal Register on the following sentence: Tribe of Indians, Poarch June 18, 2001. This notice corrects the Band of Creeks (previously listed as the number of associated funerary objects. The 65 associated funerary objects are 1 Poarch Band of Creek Indians of bead, 1 biface, 21 animal bones, 1 celt, 1 core, Lineal descendants or representatives of 1 ear plug, 1 shell, 12 pins, 1 tobacco pipe, Alabama), Tribe of Florida any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 1 projectile point, 1 paint pot, 8 unmodified (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe organization not identified in this notice stones, 1 flake tool, and 14 vessel fragments. of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, that wish to request transfer of control In the Federal Register (66 FR 32839, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), The of these human remains and associated June 18, 2001), column 2, paragraph 2, (Creek) Nation, The Seminole funerary objects should submit a written Nation of , and Thlopthlocco sentence 2 is corrected by substituting request to Ocmulgee National the following sentence: Tribal Town may proceed. Monument. If no additional requestors Ocmulgee National Monument is come forward, transfer of control of the The superintendent of Ocmulgee National responsible for notifying the Absentee- human remains and associated funerary Monument also has determined that, Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2), the 121 objects objects to the lineal descendants, Indian listed above are reasonably believed to have Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations (previously listed as the Alabama- been placed with or near individual human stated in this notice may proceed. remains at the time of death or later as part Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- of the death rite or ceremony. Quassarte Tribal Town, Catawba Indian DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South Additional Requestors and Disposition Carolina), Nation, Coushatta Native Hawaiian organization not Tribe of Louisiana, Eastern Band of identified in this notice that wish to Lineal descendants or representatives Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee request transfer of control of these of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Tribe of Oklahoma, Jena Band of human remains and associated funerary organization not identified in this notice Choctaw Indians, Kialegee Tribal Town, objects should submit a written request that wish to request transfer of control Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, with information in support of the of these human remains and associated Band of Choctaw Indians, request to Ocmulgee National funerary objects should submit a written Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed Monument at the address in this notice request with information in support of as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of by July 3, 2017. the request to Jim David, Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent, Superintendent, Ocmulgee National (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207 Monument, 1207 Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217, telephone (478) 752– of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217, _ Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), telephone (478) 752–8257, email jim_ 8257, email jim [email protected], by July , The Nation, [email protected]. 3, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole of control of the human remains and here given in accordance with the associated funerary objects to the Nation of Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco Native American Graves Protection and Tribal Town, and United Keetowah Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. (previously listed as the Alabama- Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma 3003, of the correction of an inventory that this notice has been published. Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- of human remains and associated Quassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee Dated: April 3, 2017. funerary objects under the control of the Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Melanie O’Brien, U.S. Department of the Interior, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. National Park Service, Ocmulgee Kialegee Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe [FR Doc. 2017–11451 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] National Monument, Macon, GA. The of Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks BILLING CODE 4312–52–P human remains and associated funerary (previously listed as the Poarch Band of objects were removed from Lamar Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole Mounds and Village, Bibb County, GA. Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR This notice is published as part of the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big National Park Service’s administrative Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa National Park Service responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Reservations)), The Muscogee (Creek) [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23204; U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Nation, The Seminole Nation of PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] this notice are the sole responsibility of Oklahoma, , the Superintendent, Ocmulgee National and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Notice of Inventory Completion for Monument. Indians in Oklahoma may proceed. Native American Human Remains and This notice corrects the number of Ocmulgee National Monument is Associated Funerary Objects in the associated funerary objects published in responsible for notifying the Absentee- Control of the U.S. Department of the a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Interior, National Park Service, Federal Register (66 FR 32838–32840, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, June 18, 2001). During review of (previously listed as the Alabama- GA; Correction collections additional associated Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. funerary objects were identified and Quassarte Tribal Town, Catawba Indian ACTION: Notice; correction. some objects were determined to be Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South unassociated funerary objects. Transfer Carolina), , Coushatta SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the of control of the items in this correction Tribe of Louisiana, Eastern Band of Interior, National Park Service, notice has not occurred. Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee

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Tribe of Oklahoma, Jena Band of ADDRESSES: Jim David, Superintendent, to the river later called the Ocmulgee Choctaw Indians, Kialegee Tribal Town, Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207 River. The towns and people living Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217, along Ochese Creek during that period Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, telephone (478) 752–8257, email jim_ were referred to as the Ochese (various Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed [email protected]. spellings) Creek Nation, the Ochese as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Creek people, and, finally, simply the Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida here given in accordance with the Creeks. The word Ochese and its (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe Native American Graves Protection and variations has been traced from middle of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. to the Chattahoochee River, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural then to Florida, and finally to Shawnee Tribe, The , items under the control of the U.S. Oklahoma. A squareground of this name The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The Department of the Interior, National existed in Oklahoma until the 1950s. Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Park Service, Ocmulgee National There is an Ochese Street in Okmulgee, Nation of Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco Monument, Macon, GA, that meet the Oklahoma. Ethnohistorical information Tribal Town, and United Keetowah definition of unassociated funerary indicates that the Ichisi-Ochese were Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. probably speakers, which that this notice has been published. This notice is published as part of the would link them directly to Hitchiti speakers among the later Seminole and Dated: April 3, 2017. National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Miccosukee tribes. The Ichisi-Ochese Melanie O’Brien, U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in may also be linked less directly to Manager, National NAGPRA Program. this notice are the sole responsibility of speakers of closely related Alabama and [FR Doc. 2017–11449 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] the Superintendent, Ocmulgee National Koasati languages among the latter-day BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Monument. Alabama and Coushatta tribes. History and Description of the Cultural Determinations Made by Ocmulgee DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Items National Monument Between 1933 and 1938, 436 cultural Officials of Ocmulgee National National Park Service items were removed from Lamar Monument have determined that: Mounds and Village in Bibb County, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23207; GA, during legally authorized projects the 436 cultural items described above PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] sponsored by the Works Progress are reasonably believed to have been Administration. The human remains placed with or near individual human Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural were repatriated to culturally affiliated remains at the time of death or later as Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, tribes in 2015 by the Smithsonian part of the death rite or ceremony and National Park Service, Ocmulgee Institution, National Museum of Natural are believed, by a preponderance of the National Monument, GA History. The 436 unassociated funerary evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. objects are 3 awls, 25 beads, 1 bag of beads, 1 blade, 1 burin, 3 celts, 1 piece individual. ACTION: Notice. of fired clay, 1 piece of daub, 4 • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there discoidals, 2 earplugs, 24 flakes, 2 is a relationship of shared group SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the animal bones, 5 shells, 1 gorget, 1 jar, identity that can be reasonably traced Interior, National Park Service, 1 projectile point, 3 scrapers, 1 worked between the unassociated funerary Ocmulgee National Monument, in shell, 7 soil samples, 1 flake tool, and objects and Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of consultation with the appropriate 348 vessel fragments. Texas (previously listed as the Alabama- Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian The Lamar Mounds and Village site Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- organizations, has determined that the consists of two mounds, A and B, and Quassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee cultural items listed in this notice meet a palisaded village area. Archeological Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the definition of unassociated funerary evidence indicates that the Lamar Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, objects. Lineal descendants or Mounds and Village site was occupied Kialegee Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe representatives of any Indian tribe or during the entire Middle and Late of Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks Native Hawaiian organization not Mississippian periods (A.D. 1200–1650). (previously listed as the Poarch Band of identified in this notice that wish to The regional manifestation of Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole claim these cultural items should archeological resources from the Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the submit a written request to Ocmulgee Mississippian period has been Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big National Monument. If no additional identified as the Lamar Culture. Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa claimants come forward, transfer of Archeological evidence indicates that Reservations)), The Muscogee (Creek) control of the cultural items to the lineal the Lamar Culture ceramic types found Nation, The Seminole Nation of descendants, Indian tribes, or Native at Lamar Mounds and Village are Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Hawaiian organizations stated in this closely related to historic Creek and and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee notice may proceed. Cherokee ceramic traditions. Indians in Oklahoma. DATES: Lineal descendants or The Lamar site is also believed to be representatives of any Indian tribe or the town of Ichisi (Spanish) or Ochisi Additional Requestors and Disposition Native Hawaiian organization not (Portuguese) encountered by the Lineal descendants or representatives identified in this notice that wish to expedition in 1540. of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian claim these cultural items should Occupation of the site may have organization not identified in this notice submit a written request with continued into the early 18th century. that wish to claim these cultural items information in support of the claim to Between A.D. 1685 and 1717, the should submit a written request with Ocmulgee National Monument at the English used variations of the name information in support of the claim to address in this notice by July 3, 2017. Ochesehatchee or Ochese Creek to refer Jim David, Superintendent, Ocmulgee

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