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51486 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 162 / Thursday, August 20, 2020 / Notices

B.C.—A.D. 1300, based on radiocarbon ‘‘Phillippi Creek.’’ One complete • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there dates and pottery types. cranium belonging to an adult of is a relationship of shared group In the 1980s, and possibly earlier, unknown sex was given to the Museum identity that can be reasonably traced human remains representing, at by an unknown person at an unknown between the Native American human minimum, seven individuals were date. No known individual was remains and The Tribes. removed from ‘‘Snead Island Mound’’ or identified. No associated funerary Additional Requestors and Disposition ‘‘Snead’s Island’’ in Manatee County, objects are present. According to the FL. On September 14,1989, Mrs. A.W. FMSF, two archeological sites are Lineal descendants or representatives Pervis, Jr. donated one fragmented, reported along the Phillippi Creek in of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian complete skull belonging to an adult Sarasota County. However, neither the organization not identified in this notice male and tibia and femur remains from Phillippi Flake Scatter (8SO616) nor the that wish to request transfer of control ‘‘Snead’s Island’’ to the Museum. The Prodie Midden Site (8SO617) is known of these human remains should submit sites Snead Island 1 (8MA18), Snead to contain human remains. a written request with information in Island III (8MA20), Snead Island Burial At an unknown date, human remains support of the request to Matthew D. Mound (8MA85), and possibly Emerson representing, at minimum, one Woodside, Chief Curator, Bishop Point (8MA1137) have been reported to individual were removed from Museum of Science and Nature Inc., contain human remains. Walter ‘‘Riverview Landing.’’ One frontal P.O. Box 9265, Bradenton, FL 34205, Montague Tallant is reported to have belonging to an adult, probably male, as telephone (941) 216–3477, email excavated at 8MA18 and 8MA85. Based well as other teeth and human remains [email protected], by on artifact types, the earliest occupation were given to the Museum by an September 21, 2020. After that date, if of 8MA18 predated A.D. 700 and unknown person at an unknown date. no additional requestors have come continued into the Historic Period. No known individual was identified. No forward, transfer of control of the Stokes Brushed pottery associated with associated funerary objects are present. human remains to The Tribes may the was found at 8MA18, and Riverview Pointe in Manatee County proceed. a fish camp that employed Cubans and may be the general location where the The Bishop Museum of Science and Seminoles reportedly operated there in human remains were removed. The Nature Inc. is responsible for notifying the 1840s. The 8MA85 site is described Riverview Pointe Midden (8MA981) The Tribes that this notice has been as a sand burial mound with plain, non- contains no human remains, unlike the published. diagnostic pottery. nearby Shaw’s Point (8MA7) site. The At an unknown date, but probably Dated: July 21, 2020. latter site reportedly contains early 1937, human remains representing, at Melanie O’Brien, Deptford, Weeden Island, Safety Harbor, minimum, three individuals were Manager, National NAGPRA Program. and Leon-Jefferson pottery from the removed from ‘‘Tidy Island’’ in Manatee [FR Doc. 2020–18235 Filed 8–19–20; 8:45 am] Early Woodland to early Historic Period County, FL. Walter Montague Tallant is BILLING CODE 4312–52–P (ca. 500 B.C.–A.D. 1700). believed to have excavated five or six human remains from two burial mounds At an unknown date, human remains on Tidy Island in 1937. The human representing, at minimum, three DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR remains include one incomplete individuals were removed from cranium belonging to an adult of ‘‘Midway Island’’ in Collier County, FL. National Park Service unknown sex, one radius, and two On January 15, 2013, one complete skull belonging to an adult male and marked [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0030623; incomplete crania belonging to adults of PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] unknown sex. No known individuals ‘‘Coll Co 1961’’ and three mandibles were placed under the control of the were identified. No associated funerary Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum by Mrs. Patty Tallant Hare, objects are present. The Cow Point Valley Authority, Knoxville, Walter Montague Tallant’s daughter. No Midden (8MA12) on Tidy Island is the TN likely source of these human remains. known individuals were identified. No The site contains a shell midden and associated funerary objects are present. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. two burial mounds. It is dated to The ‘‘Midway Island’’ site could not be ACTION: Notice. approximately 500 B.C.—A.D. 800 or found in the FMSF. later, based on the ceramics. At an unknown date, human remains SUMMARY: The In 1938, human remains representing, representing, at minimum, 46 Authority (TVA) has completed an at minimum, one individual were individuals were removed by unknown inventory of associated funerary objects, removed from ‘‘Treasure Island’’ in persons from unknown counties in the in consultation with the appropriate Sarasota County, FL. One incomplete State of . The Museum does not Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, and cranium belonging to an adult of possess any accession information for has determined that a cultural affiliation unknown sex and inscribed ‘‘1938, these remains. No known individuals between the associated funerary objects W.C.C’’ was given to the Museum by an were identified. No associated funerary and present-day Federally-recognized unknown person at an unknown date. objects are present. Indian Tribes can reasonably be traced. Lineal descendants or representatives of No known individual was identified. No Determinations Made by the Bishop any Federally-recognized Indian Tribe associated funerary objects are present. Museum of Science and Nature Inc. The ‘‘Treasure Island’’ site in Sarasota not identified in this notice that wish to County might actually be the John’s Pass Officials of the Bishop Museum of request transfer of control of the Mound (8PI4) on Treasure Island in Science and Nature Inc. have associated funerary objects should Pinellas County, a burial mound dated determined that: submit a written request to the TVA. If to the Safety Harbor Period (A.D. 900— • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the no additional requestors come forward, 1700). human remains described in this notice transfer of control of the associated At an unknown date, human remains represent the physical remains of 68 funerary objects to the Federally- representing, at minimum, one individuals of Native American recognized Indian Tribes stated in this individual were removed from ancestry. notice may proceed.

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DATES: Lineal descendants or (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted soil. Both Woodland and Mississippian representatives of any Federally- Tribes’’). occupations were identified. The recognized Indian Tribe not identified associated funerary object listed in this History and Description of the in this notice that wish to request notice was from the Henry Island phase Associated Funerary Objects transfer of control of the associated of the Mississippian period. funerary objects should submit a written The four sites listed in this notice— From September 1937 to May 1938, request with information in support of 1JA27, 1JA102, 1MS55, and 1MS91— one Bell Plain jar was removed from the request to the TVA at the address in were excavated as part of TVA’s burial unit 39 at the Henry Island site, this notice by September 21, 2020. Guntersville Reservoir project by the 1MS55, in Marshall County, AL. TVA Museum of Natural History purchased the site on November 2, ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, (AMNH) at the University of Alabama, 1936. This site was composed of two Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West using labor and funds provided by the earthen mounds and an associated Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, Works Progress Administration. Details village midden. Although there are no TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632– regarding these excavations and sites radiocarbon dates from this site, 7458, email [email protected]. may be found in a report, ‘‘An artifacts from the excavation suggest SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Archaeological Survey of Guntersville occupations during the Copena (A.D. here given in accordance with the Basin on the in 100–500), (A.D. 500–1000), Native American Graves Protection and Northern Alabama,’’ by William S. Henry Island (A.D. 1200–1500), and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Webb and Charles G. Wilder. Crow Creek (A.D. 1500–1650) phases. 3003, of the completion of an inventory Human remains and other associated The associated funerary object listed in of associated funerary objects under the funerary objects from 1JA27 were listed this notice was removed from a Henry control of Tennessee Valley Authority, in a Notice of Inventory Completion Island phase burial. Knoxville, TN. Transfer of control of the published in the Federal Register on From June 1938 to May 1939, one human remains with which these September 5, 2017 (82 FR 41985– brass bell was removed from burial unit funerary objects are associated, as well 41987). Human remains and other 25 (Unit I), and 17 glass beads, one as additional associated funerary associated funerary objects from 1JA102 carbonized textile sample and one objects, has already occurred. The and 1MS91 were listed in a Notice of carbonized basketry sample were associated funerary objects listed in this Inventory Completion published in the removed from burial unit 5 (Unit II) at notice were discovered during a recent Federal Register on September 1, 2016 the Columbus City Landing site, 1MS91. review of the TVA archeological (81 FR 60381–60383). Human remains This site is northeast of the city of collection housed at the Alabama and other associated funerary objects Guntersville in Marshall County, AL. Museum of Natural History. The from 1MS55 were listed in a Notice of Excavation commenced after TVA associated funerary objects were Inventory Completion published in the purchased the land on March 8, 1937. removed from archeological sites in Federal Register on April 29, 2019 (84 There were excavations in both the Jackson and Marshall Counties, AL. FR 18080–18081). Transfer of control of village (Unit I) and adjacent mounds the cultural items listed in those notices (Unit II). Artifacts recovered from this This notice is published as part of the to the Alabama- Tribe of excavation revealed that the primary National Park Service’s administrative ; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; occupations were during the Middle responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Coushatta Tribe of ; and The Woodland (A.D. 100–500), U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in (Creek) Nation has already Mississippian (A.D. 1200–1500), and this notice are the sole responsibility of occurred. The associated funerary historic periods. The associated the museum, institution, or Federal objects listed in this notice were funerary objects listed in this notice agency that has control of the Native discovered during a recent review of the were removed from historic Native American cultural items. The National TVA archeological collection housed at American burials. Park Service is not responsible for the AMNH. A relationship of shared group determinations in this notice. From March to April of 1938, a Furrs identity can reasonably be traced Consultation Cordmarked rim and a Bell Plain Effigy between present-day Indian Tribes and Bottle were removed from burial units 2 the cultural items of the earlier culture A detailed assessment of the funerary and 3, respectively, at the Hardin site identified as Mississippian. The objects was made by TVA professional (1JA27) in Jackson County, AL, after preponderance of the evidence indicates staff in consultation with TVA acquired the site on October 16, that the cultural items from the Henry representatives of the Absentee- 1936. Excavations revealed two primary Island phase at 1JA27, 1JA102, and Tribe of Indians of ; occupations during the Late Woodland 1MS55 and the historic period at 1MS91 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Flint River phase (A.D. 500–1000) and are culturally affiliated with Native (previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta the Mississippian Henry Island phase descendants of the Koasati/ Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte (A.D. 1200–1450). The associated Kaskinampo. These descendants Tribal Town; Nation; funerary objects listed in this notice include the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern were originally found with the human Texas (previously listed as Alabama- Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern remains that were from the Henry Island Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama- of Oklahoma; phase. Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe Band of Indians; From September 1938 to January of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek) Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed 1939, one Bell Plain effigy bowl was Nation. as Poarch Band of Creek Indians of removed from burial unit 10 at 1JA102, Chronicles from Spanish explorers of Alabama); The Nation; The Sublet Ferry site, in Jackson County, AL. the 16th century and French explorers Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Excavations commenced after TVA of the 17th and 18th century indicate Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The acquired a permit for archeological the presence of chiefdom level tribal Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco exploration on June 11, 1938. entities in the southeastern United Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Excavations revealed this site to be a States which resemble the Mississippian Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma shell midden overlying a dark midden chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of place

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names noted by multiple Spanish Dated: July 13, 2020. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 explorers indicates that Koasati Melanie O’Brien, U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in speaking groups inhabited northeastern Manager, National NAGPRA Program. this notice are the sole responsibility of Alabama. Early maps and research into [FR Doc. 2020–18232 Filed 8–19–20; 8:45 am] the museum, institution, or Federal the historic Native American occupation BILLING CODE 4312–52–P agency that has control of the Native of northeastern Alabama indicates that American human remains. The National the Koasati (as called by the English) or Park Service is not responsible for the the Kaskinampo (as called by the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR determinations in this notice. French) were found at multiple sites in Consultation Jackson and Marshall Counties in the National Park Service 17th and 18th centuries. Oral history, [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0030663; From 2015 to 2020, consultation on traditions, and expert opinions of the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] these human remains was carried out descendants of Koasati/Kaskinampo between representatives of Mount indicate that this portion of the Notice of Inventory Completion: Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Holyoke College (Sonya Stephens, Tennessee River valley was a homeland President of Mount Holyoke College, of their Tribe. The subsequent AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Lenore Reilly, Senior Advisor to the involuntary diaspora of these peoples ACTION: Notice. President, and Aaron Miller, Associate resulted in descendants of the Koasati/ Curator of Visual and Material Culture Kaskinampo living among multiple SUMMARY: Mount Holyoke College has and NAGPRA Coordinator at the Mount Indian Tribes. completed an inventory of human Holyoke College Art Museum) and remains in consultation with the Determinations Made by the Tennessee representatives of the Stockbridge appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Valley Authority Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Hawaiian organizations, and has Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Officials of the Tennessee Valley determined that there is a cultural (Aquinnah); and the following non- Authority have determined that: affiliation between the human remains federally recognized Indian groups: the • and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Abenaki Nation of New Hampshire; Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Hawaiian organizations. Lineal the 24 associated funerary objects Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook– descendants or representatives of any Abenaki People; Elnu Abenaki Tribe; described in this notice are reasonably Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian believed to have been placed with or and the Webster/Dudley Band of the organization not identified in this notice Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians near individual human remains at the that wish to request transfer of control time of death or later as part of the death (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted of these human remains should submit Tribes and Groups’’). rite or ceremony. a written request to Mount Holyoke • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there College. If no additional requestors History and Description of the Remains is a relationship of shared group come forward, transfer of control of the Sometime prior to 1918, human identity that can be reasonably traced human remains to the lineal remains representing, at minimum, one between the associated funerary objects descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native individual were removed from an listed in this notice and the Alabama- Hawaiian organizations stated in this unidentified location in the vicinity of Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously notice may proceed. Holyoke, Hampden County, MA. On listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or January 10, 1918, Alice E. Hunt and Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal George E. Hunt of Holyoke, MA, Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to donated the human remains to Mount and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Holyoke College. A letter from the (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written Hunts to Professor Turner mentions the Additional Requestors and Disposition request with information in support of skeleton ‘‘of a squaw aged 35 years.’’ A the request to Mount Holyoke College at 1948 article in the Mount Holyoke News Lineal descendants or representatives the address in this notice by September referenced the human remains as being of any Federally-recognized Indian 21, 2020. ‘‘an Indian Squaw about 150 years old’’ Tribe not identified in this notice that and given by ‘‘a family of doctors in ADDRESSES: wish to request transfer of control of the Aaron F. Miller, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College Street, Holyoke who had had her in the family associated funerary objects should South Hadley, MA 01075–1499, for generations.’’ In 2006, an osteologist submit a written request with telephone (413) 538–3394, email examined the human remains and information in support of the request to [email protected]. concluded that they belong to a female Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley 20–23 years old, and are of probable SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Native . No known here given in accordance with the WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, individual was identified. No associated Native American Graves Protection and telephone (865) 632–7458, email funerary objects are present. Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. [email protected], by September 21, 3003, of the completion of an inventory In Holyoke and the surrounding area, 2020. After that date, if no additional of human remains under the control of a great deal of archeological excavation requestors have come forward, transfer Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, took place in the late 19th and early of control of the associated funerary MA. The human remains were removed 20th centuries, during which multiple objects to The Tribes may proceed. from an unidentified location in the graves were exhumed. Based on The Tennessee Valley Authority is vicinity of Holyoke, Hampden County, historical and oral traditional responsible for notifying The Consulted MA. information, the area of Holyoke was Tribes that this notice has been This notice is published as part of the occupied by the Stockbridge Munsee published. National Park Service’s administrative Community, Wisconsin.

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