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Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR institution, or Federal agency that has Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, control of the Native American human Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake National Park Service remains and associated funerary objects. Superior Chippewa Indians of [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031088; The National Park Service is not Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] responsible for the determinations in Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa this notice. Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Notice of Inventory Completion: Consultation Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN A detailed assessment of the human Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians remains and associated funerary objects (previously listed as Seneca Nation of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. was made by TVA professional staff in New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation ACTION: Notice. consultation with representatives of the (previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe; SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley (previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Authority (TVA) has completed an Tribes of Texas); Cherokee Nation; Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians inventory of human remains and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee associated funerary objects in Chickasaw Nation; and The Muscogee Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda consultation with the appropriate (Creek) Nation (hereafter referred to as Band of Seneca (previously listed as Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’). organizations, and has determined that Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of History and Description of the Remains New York); Turtle Mountain Band of there is no cultural affiliation between Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the human remains and associated From February 2 to May 12, 1937, the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred funerary objects and any present-day human remains representing, at minimum, 26 individuals were removed to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any from the Colbert Creek Mound, 1LU54, • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian in Lauderdale County, AL, by the Executive Orders, indicate that the land organization not identified in this notice Alabama Museum of Natural History from which the Native American human that wish to request transfer of control (AMNH) at the University of Alabama. remains were removed is the aboriginal of these human remains and associated Details regarding the excavation of this land of The Tribes. funerary objects should submit a written mound may be found in a report by • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the request to the TVA. If no additional William Webb and David DeJarnette, An disposition of the human remains may requestors come forward, transfer of archeological Survey of Pickwick Basin be to The Tribes. control of the human remains and in the Adjacent Portions of the States of associated funerary objects to the Indian Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. Additional Requestors and Disposition Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations TVA acquired this site on November 10, stated in this notice may proceed. 1936, for the Pickwick Reservoir project. Representatives of any Indian Tribe or DATES: This site was located near the Native Hawaiian organization not Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization confluence of Colbert Creek and the identified in this notice that wish to not identified in this notice that wish to Tennessee River. While there are no request transfer of control of these request transfer of control of these radiocarbon dates from this site, the human remains should submit a written human remains and associated funerary excavated artifacts indicate that the request with information in support of objects should submit a written request mound was created during the Copena the request to Hanna Friedlander, with information in support of the phase (A.D. 100–500). This burial mound was placed on a Human Remains Analyst, Michigan request to the TVA at the address in this natural rise in the second terrace State Police, Intelligence Operations notice by December 7, 2020. Division—Missing Persons Coordinator adjacent to the Tennessee River. In the ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Unit, 7150 Harris Drive, Lansing, MI historic period, the site became part of Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West an African American cemetery. This 48821, telephone (517) 242–5731, email Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, [email protected], by resulted in disturbance of the TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632– prehistoric occupation. As the soil was December 7, 2020. After that date, if no 7458, email [email protected]. additional requestors have come comprised of acidic clay and was SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is relatively rock-filled, identifying burial forward, transfer of control of the here given in accordance with the units was difficult. Preservation of bone Monroe County human remains to The Native American Graves Protection and and other organic remains was restricted Tribes may proceed. Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. to teeth, skull fragments and The Michigan State Police is 3003, of the completion of an inventory impressions of long bones. Both responsible for notifying The Tribes that of human remains and associated extended and bundled burials were this notice has been published. funerary objects under the control of the encountered. The fragmentary nature of Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Dated: October 22, 2020. the human remains made it difficult to TN. The human remains and associated identify sex. One set of remains is Melanie O’Brien, funerary objects were removed from the identified as female and the rest are of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Colbert Creek Mound, 1LU54, in indeterminate sex. Twenty individuals [FR Doc. 2020–24686 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] Lauderdale County, AL. are adults and six are sub-adults. No BILLING CODE 4312–52–P This notice is published as part of the known individuals were identified. The National Park Service’s administrative 13 associated funerary objects include responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 seven pieces of galena, one Hillabee U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). schist spade, one chert biface, one chert The determinations in this notice are uniface, and three soil and charcoal the sole responsibility of the museum, samples.

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Determinations Made by the Tennessee human remains and associated funerary 596–2747, email laura-bryant@ Valley Authority objects should submit a written request utulsa.edu. Officials of Tennessee Valley with information in support of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Authority have determined that: request to Dr. Thomas O. Maher, here given in accordance with the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Native American Graves Protection and human remains described in this notice Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. are Native American, based on their TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632– 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural presence in prehistoric archeological 7458, email [email protected], by items under the control of the Gilcrease sites and osteological analysis. December 7, 2020. After that date, if no Museum, Tulsa, OK, that meet the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the additional requestors have come definition of unassociated funerary human remains described in this notice forward, transfer of control of the objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. represent the physical remains of 26 human remains and associated funerary This notice is published as part of the individuals of Native American objects to The Chickasaw Nation may National Park Service’s administrative ancestry. proceed. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), The Tennessee Valley Authority is U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in the 13 objects described in this notice responsible for notifying The Consulted this notice are the sole responsibility of are reasonably believed to have been Tribes that this notice has been the museum, institution, or Federal placed with or near individual human published. agency that has control of the Native remains at the time of death or later as Dated: October 22, 2020. American cultural items. The National part of the death rite or ceremony. Melanie O’Brien, Park Service is not responsible for the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Manager, National NAGPRA Program. determinations in this notice. relationship of shared group identity [FR Doc. 2020–24681 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] History and Description of the Cultural cannot be reasonably traced between the BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Item(s) Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and any Likely in the late 19th or early 20th present-day Indian Tribe. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR century, two cultural items were • According to final judgments of the removed from an unknown location. Indian Claims Commission or the Court National Park Service Thomas Gilcrease likely acquired these of Federal Claims, the land from which items as part of a larger collection in the the Native American human remains [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031086; mid-1900s, though the exact details are and associated funerary objects were PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] unknown. Thomas Gilcrease transferred removed is the aboriginal land of the his collection to the City of Tulsa in Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 1955 and 1964. The two unassociated Cherokee Indians; and the United Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK funerary objects are pipe bags (accession Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in numbers 84.507 and 84.521). AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Oklahoma. Both pipe bags were identified as • The Treaty of September 20, 1816, ACTION: Notice. Cheyenne in the Gilcrease Museum’s indicates that the land from which the records, and that affiliation was SUMMARY: The Gilcrease Museum, in Native American human remains and confirmed during consultation with the consultation with the appropriate associated funerary objects were Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian removed is the aboriginal land of The Oklahoma. Both pipe bags are covered organizations, has determined that the Chickasaw Nation. in dirt and show signs of having been cultural items listed in this notice meet • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), buried. Pipe bags are known to have the definition of unassociated funerary TVA must offer to transfer control of the been buried with individuals. objects. Lineal descendants or human remains to the Cherokee Nation; In the late 19th or early 20th century, representatives of any Indian Tribe or Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The one cultural item was removed from an Native Hawaiian organization not Chickasaw Nation; and the United unknown location and acquired by identified in this notice that wish to Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Joseph H. Sharp, an American artist. In claim these cultural items should Oklahoma. The Cherokee Nation and the mid-20th century, the Thomas submit a written request to the Gilcrease the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Gilcrease Foundation purchased part of Museum. If no additional claimants have declined to accept transfer of Sharp’s collection. Thomas Gilcrease come forward, transfer of control of the control of the human remains. The transferred his collection to the City of cultural items to the lineal descendants, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Tulsa in 1955 and 1964. The one Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian Indians in Oklahoma has not responded. unassociated funerary object is a pipe organizations stated in this notice may Accordingly, TVA has decided to bag (accession number 84.524). proceed. transfer control of the human remains to The pipe bag was identified as The Chickasaw Nation. DATES: Lineal descendants or Cheyenne in the Gilcrease Museum’s • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), representatives of any Indian Tribe or records, and that affiliation was TVA has decided to transfer control of Native Hawaiian organization not confirmed during consultation with the the funerary objects associated with the identified in this notice that wish to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, culturally unidentifiable human claim these cultural items should Oklahoma. The pipe bag is covered in remains to The Chickasaw Nation. submit a written request with dirt and shows signs of having been information in support of the claim to buried. Pipe bags are known to have Additional Requestors and Disposition the Gilcrease Museum at the address in been buried with individuals. Representatives of any Indian Tribe or this notice by December 7, 2020. In the late 19th or early 20th century, Native Hawaiian organization not ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease two cultural items were removed from identified in this notice that wish to Museum, 1400 North Gilcrease Museum an unknown location. Likely in the request transfer of control of these Road, Tulsa, OK 74127, telephone (918) early 20th century, Emil Lenders, a

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