910 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 5 / Tuesday, January 8, 2002 / Notices
superintendent of Natchez Trace DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR United States to Indians because of their Parkway also has determined that, status as Indians under provisions of pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 5,257 National Park Service P.L. 106-568. objects listed above are reasonably In 1951 and 1963, human remains believed to have been placed with or Notice of Inventory Completion for representing 124 individuals were near individual human remains at the Native American Human Remains and recovered from the Mangum site during time of death or later as part of a death Associated Funerary Objects in the authorized National Park Service survey rite or ceremony. Lastly, the Possession of the U.S. Department of and excavation projects. No known superintendent of Natchez Trace the Interior, National Park Service, individuals were identified. There are Parkway has determined that, pursuant Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS no funerary objects associated with the one individual recovered in 1951. The to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. relationship of shared group identity 123 individuals recovered in 1963 are ACTION: Notice. that can be reasonably traced between associated with 34 funerary objects: 12 the Native American human remains Notice is hereby given in accordance ceramic vessel fragments, 7 projectile and associated funerary objects with provisions of the Native American points, 3 shell ornaments, 3 stone tools, recovered from Ackia Village, Alton’s Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 2 stone artifacts, 1 ceramic frog effigy, Chickasaw Village, Beldin’s Ridge, the (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the 1 celt, 1 polished stone, 1 tobacco pipe, historic component the Bynum Mounds, completion of an inventory of human 1 dipper, 1 ceramic jar, and 1 cupreous metal fragment. and the Futorian Furniture Company remains and associated funerary objects The Mangum site is a large hilltop sites, and the Chickasaw Nation, in the possession of the U.S. Department Oklahoma. cemetery located in Claiborne County, of the Interior, National Park Service, MS. Objects recovered from the burials This notice has been sent to officials Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS. indicate that the site was in use during of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of This notice is published as part of the the Mississippian period (A.D. 1000- Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama and National Park Service’s administrative 1650). The principal investigator of the Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama- responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 1963 excavation states that the burials Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; 10.2 (c). The determinations within this date to approximately A.D. 1500, or Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw notice are the sole responsibility of the possibly even more recently. In 1540, Nation, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of National Park Service unit that has the De Soto expedition likely Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of control or possession of these Native encountered the Tae¨nsa people in the Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee American human remains. The vicinity of the Mangum site. In 1682, the Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Assistant Director, Cultural Resources de La Salle expedition documented the Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band Stewardship and Partnerships is not Tae¨nsa and Tunica in the same area. In of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee responsible for the determinations 1706, the Tae¨nsa were driven from the Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee within this notice. area, migrating first to Bayogula, and Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi A detailed assessment of the human then to Mobile, where they may have Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; remains was made by National Park settled with the Choctaw. In 1764, the Muskogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Service professional staff in Tae¨nsa again moved, first to the Red Poarch Band of Creek Indians of consultation with representatives of the River in south Louisiana, and finally to Alabama; Seminole Nation of Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of the Bayou Boeuf area where they lived Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida, Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of with the Chitimacha. Representatives of Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana have Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; identified similarities between the Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; burial practices observed at the Mangum Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw site and those of the Chitimacha. Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana; Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Historical documentation also indicates and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; that the Tunica buried individuals in Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; hilltop cemeteries in open country, Representatives of any other Indian tribe Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, matching the burial practice observed that believes itself to be culturally Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal Town, on the Mangum site. Historical affiliated with these human remains and Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians documentation indicates that some associated funerary objects should of Florida; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Tae¨nsa may have married into the contact Wendell Simpson, Indians, Mississippi; Muskogee (Creek) Alabama tribe, the descendants of Superintendent, Natchez Trace Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of whom now constitute the Alabama- Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole Coushatta Tribes of Texas and the Tupelo, MS 38803, telephone (662) 680- Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, 4005, before February 7, 2002. Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Oklahoma. Repatriation of the human remains and Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; Based on the above mentioned associated funerary objects to the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; information, the superintendent of Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma may begin Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana; Natchez Trace Parkway has determined after that date if no additional claimants and United Keetoowah Band of that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the come forward. Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma. The human remains listed above represent Shawnee Tribe, also known also as the the physical remains of 124 individuals Dated: October 19, 2001. ‘‘Loyal Shawnee’’ or ‘‘Cherokee of Native American ancestry. The John Robbins, Shawnee,’’ a nonfederally recognized superintendent of Natchez Trace Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Native American group at the time that Parkway also has determined that, Stewardship and Partnerships. they were consulted, has since been pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 34 [FR Doc. 02–385 Filed 1–7–02; 8:45 am] recognized as eligible for the special objects listed above are reasonably BILLING CODE 4310–70–S programs and services provided by the believed to have been placed with or
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near individual human remains at the Dated: October 19, 2001. Shawnee Tribe, also known also as the time of death or later as part of a death John Robbins, ‘‘Loyal Shawnee’’ or ‘‘Cherokee rite or ceremony. Lastly, the Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Shawnee,’’ a nonfederally recognized superintendent of Natchez Trace Stewardship and Partnerships. Native American group at the time that Parkway has determined that, pursuant [FR Doc. 02–386 Filed 1–7–02; 8:45 am] they were consulted, has since been to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a BILLING CODE 4310–70–S recognized as eligible for the special relationship of shared group identity programs and services provided by the that can be reasonably traced between United States to Indians because of their these Native American human remains DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR status as Indians under provisions of P.L. 106-568. and associated funerary objects National Park Service In 1984 and 1985, human remains recovered and the Alabama-Coushatta representing eight individuals were Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Notice of Inventory Completion for recovered from the Mayberry site during Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Native American Human Remains and an authorized National Park Service Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of Associated Funerary Objects in the contract with the University of Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Possession of the U.S. Department of Tennessee. No known individuals were Indians; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, the Interior, National Park Service, identified. The eight associated funerary Louisiana; and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS objects are four archeological field bags Tribe of Louisiana. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. of limestone slab fragments believed to This notice has been sent to officials ACTION: Notice. have been intentionally placed with the of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of human remains to line the grave, three Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama- Notice is hereby given in accordance ceramic trowels, and one celt. The Mayberry site is located in Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama- with provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Hickman County, TN, on the southern Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the river terrace of the Duck River. The Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw completion of an inventory of human human remains and associated funerary Nation, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of remains and associated funerary objects objects were excavated from five ‘‘box Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of in the possession of the U.S. Department burials’’ and one bell-shaped burial Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee of the Interior, National Park Service, discovered at the site. Box burials are Indians of North Carolina; Eastern Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS. characterized by placement of the flexed Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band This notice is published as part of the body into a limestone-, sandstone-, or of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee National Park Service’s administrative pottery-lined pit. Artifacts associated Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR with the human remains indicate that Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi 10.2 (c). The determinations within this these individuals were buried during Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; notice are the sole responsibility of the the Mississippian cultural period (A.D. Muskogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; National Park Service unit that has 900-1650). The box burial practice was Poarch Band of Creek Indians of control or possession of these Native common in an area generally bounded Alabama; Seminole Nation of American human remains. The by the Tennessee, Missouri, and Ohio Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida, Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Rivers. It appears to be most commonly Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Stewardship and Partnerships is not practiced on the Cumberland Plateau, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; responsible for the determinations around Nashville, TN, during the Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; within this notice. Mississippian period. Box graves in this A detailed assessment of the human Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; region are attributed to the Middle remains was made by National Park Cumberland Culture. Descendants of Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana; Service professional staff in this prehistoric group have never been and United Keetoowah Band of consultation with representatives of the firmly established. One account of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma. Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Delaware burial practice from the 18th Representatives of any other Indian tribe Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of century does closely match one burial that believes itself to be culturally Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, from the Mayberry site. However, at the affiliated with these human remains and Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; time of first sustained European contact associated funerary objects should Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; in the 17th century, the tribes of the contact Wendell Simpson, Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw Delaware confederacy were located Superintendent, Natchez Trace Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern Band of along the Atlantic slope in the present- Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; day States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Tupelo, MS 38803, telephone (662) 680- Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; New York, and Delaware. Another early 4005, before February 7, 2002. Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, historic account links box burials with Repatriation of the human remains and Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal Town, burial practices of the widespread associated funerary objects to Alabama- Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians Shawnee bands whose aboriginal range Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama- of Florida; Mississippi Band of Choctaw did extend into the area of the Mayberry Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Indians, Mississippi; Muskogee (Creek) site. The area is considered part of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of traditional hunting lands of Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma; Mississippi Band Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole and Chickasaw tribes, and -- according of Choctaw Indians; Jena Band of Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of to Chickasaw representatives consulted Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, on June 28, 2001 -- may have been part Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; and Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; of the Chickasaw’s traditional Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; homelands during the Mississippian may begin after that date if no Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana; cultural period. The first documented additional claimants come forward. and United Keetoowah Band of long-term contact between Europeans Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma. The and Native Americans in the area
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