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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Society of Bent County also have with representatives of the Absentee- determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; National Park Service 3001 (2), there is a relationship of Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; shared group identity that can be Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Notice of Inventory Completion: reasonably traced between the Native Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka Pioneer Historical Society of Bent American human remains and the Catawba Tribe of ); County, Las Animas, CO Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado. Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of Representatives of any other Indian Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of ACTION: Notice. tribe that believes itself to be culturally Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Notice is here given in accordance affiliated with the human remains Indians of North Carolina; Eastern with the Native American Graves should contact Kathy Finau, Project Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band Protection and Repatriation Act Coordinator, Pioneer Historical Society of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the of Bent County, PO Box 68, Las Animas, Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee completion of an inventory of human CO 81045, telephone (719) 469–8818, Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi remains in the possession of the Pioneer before March 26, 2008. Repatriation of Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; Historical Society of Bent County, Las the human remains to the Southern Ute (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Animas, CO. The human remains were Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Poarch Band of Creek Indians of removed from La Plata County, CO. Reservation, Colorado may proceed after Alabama; Seminole Nation of This notice is published as part of the that date if no additional claimants Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida National Park Service’s administrative come forward. (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Pioneer Historical Society of Bent Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations County is responsible for notifying the Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; in this notice are the sole responsibility Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; of the museum, institution, or Federal Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado that and United Keetoowah Band of agency that has control of the Native this notice has been published. Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. The American human remains. The National Dated: December 20, 2007 Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma — a non- Park Service is not responsible for the Sherry Hutt. federally recognized Native American determinations in this notice. Manager, National NAGPRA Program. group at the time that they were consulted, as guests of the federally A detailed assessment of the human [FR Doc. E8–3454 Filed 2–22–08; 8:45 am] recognized Eastern Shawnee Tribe of remains was made by Pioneer Historical BILLING CODE 4312–50–S Society of Bent County professional staff Oklahoma and the Absentee-Shawnee in consultation with representatives of Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma — has the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR since been recognized as eligible for the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado. special programs and Service’s provided On an unknown date, human remains National Park Service by the to Indians because representing a minimum of one of their status as Indians under individual were removed from ‘‘an old Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. provisions of P.L. 106–568. grave’’ found in the vicinity of the Department of the Interior, National Between 1937 and 1940, human Southern Ute Indian Reservation at Park Service, Southeast Archeological remains representing a minimum of 265 Ignacio, La Plata County, CO. The Center, Tallahassee, FL individuals were removed from the human remains were donated to the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Irene site in Chatham County, GA, museum by Mrs. Will Cooper on an under the joint sponsorship of the ACTION: Notice. unknown date. No known individual Works Progress Administration and the was identified. No associated funerary Notice is here given in accordance Chatham County Commission. After objects are present. with the Native American Graves several years of negotiation, the Irene The general description of the Protection and Repatriation Act collection was donated to the National location from which the human remains (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the Park Service by the Chatham County were removed, as well as the collecting completion of an inventory of human Commission on January 29, 1942. practices of people in the area, suggests remains and associated funerary objects According to SEAC records, most of the this individual is Native American. The in the possession of the U.S. Department human remains from the Irene site were Southern Ute Reservation is a of the Interior, National Park Service, transferred to the Smithsonian checkerboard with many private in- Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC), Institution in February, 1964. When the holdings from which the human Tallahassee, FL. The human remains SEAC inventory of human remains was remains are believed to have been and associated funerary objects were conducted in the early 1990s, it was removed. The U.S. Department of the removed from the Irene Mound site in discovered that five sets of human Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs does Chatham County, GA. remains representing a minimum of five not exert control over the human This notice is published as part of the individuals were overlooked in this remains in this notice. The Southern National Park Service’s administrative transfer. No known individuals were Ute Indian Tribe lives on the Southern responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 identified. The 119 associated funerary Ute Indian Reservation. U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations objects are 56 beads, 13 ceramic jars, 13 Officials of the Pioneer Historical in this notice are the sole responsibility animal bones, 8 ceramic bowls, 6 Society of Bent County have determined of the Director, Southeast Archeological projectile points, 5 sherds, 3 burial urns, that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), Center. 3 shell earplugs, 1 chipped stone flake, the human remains described above A detailed assessment of the human 2 shell fragments, 2 shell gorgets, 1 represent the physical remains of one remains and associated funerary objects beaker, 1 pin, 1 ceramic bottle, 1 bone individual of Native American ancestry. was made by Southeast Archeological artifact, 1 piece of hematite, 1 Officials of the Pioneer Historical Center professional staff in consultation groundstone, and 1 bannerstone.

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The Irene site consists of a mound, indicates a close affinity with various Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and village, and mortuary complex located Muskhogean-speaking and proto-Creek Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma near Savannah, GA. Two mounds were Confederacy tribes in Georgia. may proceed after that date if no constructed at the site: a large, seven- Additionally, the Irene site is located additional claimants come forward. stage ceremonial flat-topped mound less than 50 miles from the Newberry The Southeast Archeological Center is used during the Savannah phase (A.D. site, or Cofitachique as it was referred to responsible for notifying the Absentee- 1200–1325) and Irene phase (A.D. 1325– by the chroniclers of Hernando de Soto Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 1700), and a conical shell burial mound in 1540. The modern Catawba tribe is Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; used during the Irene phase. The derived, at least in part, from ‘‘the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, mortuary structure consisted of a people of the province of Cofitachique Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka circular building in which residents as well as lesser societies.’’ Ancestors of Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); placed urn burials. The human remains modern Catawba tribal members may Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw and associated funerary objects date to have included residents of the Irene site. Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of the Irene Phase (A.D. 1325–1700) on the Officials of the Southeast Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of basis of archeological context and Archeological Center have determined Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee mortuary practices. that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), Indians of North Carolina; Eastern the human remains described above The first recorded European contact Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band represent the physical remains of five in the Savannah area occurred in the of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee individuals of Native American summer of A.D. 1526 when settlers Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee ancestry. Officials of the Southeast under Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon briefly Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi Archeological Center also have established a colony along the Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; ‘‘Gualdape’’ river (believed to be the 3001 (3)(A), the 119 objects described present-day ). Ayllon’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians of above are reasonably believed to have Alabama; Seminole Nation of settlement is thought to have been in or been placed with or near individual near the territory of the Cusabo. Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida human remains at the time of death or (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Sometime in the late 1600s, a portion of later as part of the death rite or the Cusabo joined the emergent Creek Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Confederacy. Ayllon’s name for the river Southeast Archeological Center have also may refer to residents of the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. and United Keetoowah Band of area. By 1700, many of the Guale had 3001 (2), there is a relationship of relocated south to Florida. However, Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this shared group identity that can be notice has been published. some of the remaining Guale population reasonably traced between the Native joined with the Tama to form the American human remains and Dated: January 22, 2008. Yamassee Tribe. Other Guale fled inland associated funerary objects and the Sherry Hutt, to settle with the emergent Lower Creek Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. towns on the Ocmulgee and Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka [FR Doc. E8–3446 Filed 2–22–08; 8:45 am] Chattahoochee Rivers. When he landed Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); BILLING CODE 4312–50–S at Savannah in 1733, Governor Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Oglethorpe encountered members of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; Yamacraw band, thought to be a Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Yamassee tribal town that had joined Poarch Band of Creek Indians of the Creek Confederacy. In 1736, Alabama; Seminole Nation of National Park Service Moravian missionaries established a Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. mission on the Irene site itself, which (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Department of the Interior, Bureau of was, by then, unoccupied by native Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, peoples, although a small unidentified Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma. American Indian village was located Representatives of any other Indian Salt Lake City, UT; Utah Department of nearby. The Irene site is located within tribe that believes itself to be culturally Natural Resources, Division of Parks the historically-recognized territories of affiliated with the human remains and and Recreation, Salt Lake City and the Cusabo, Guale, and Yamassee tribes- associated funerary objects should Vernal, UT; and Utah Museum of in the time range when individuals were contact Bennie Keel, Ph.D., Director, Natural History, University of Utah, Salt buried at Irene. Subsequent to the Southeast Archeological Center, Lake City, UT burials, subsets of the Cusabo, Guale National Park Service, 2035 E. Paul AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. and were incorporated into the Dirac Drive, Johnson Building, Suite ACTION: Notice. Creek Confederacy. Descendents of the 120, Tallahassee, FL 32310, telephone Creek Confederacy are members of the (850) 580–3011, before March 26, 2008. Notice is here given in accordance federally-recognized tribes of the Repatriation of the human remains and with the Native American Graves Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, associated funerary objects to the Protection and Repatriation Act Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka completion of an inventory of human of Florida; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); remains and associated funerary objects Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; in the control of the U.S. Department of Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Poarch Band of Creek Indians of UT and Utah Department of Natural Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and Alabama; Seminole Nation of Resources, Division of Parks and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma. Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida Recreation, Salt Lake City and Vernal, Analysis of the Irene ceramic complex (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, UT, and in the possession of the Utah

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