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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 4 / Thursday, January 6, 2011 / Notices 795 responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 reasonably traced between the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in unassociated funerary objects and the this notice are the sole responsibility of Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; National Park Service the Superintendent, Natchez Trace Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, [2253–65] Parkway, Tupelo, MS. Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of In 1951, unassociated funerary objects Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of Notice of Inventory Completion for were removed from the Mangum site, Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Native American Human Remains and Claiborne County, MS, during Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi Band of Associated Funerary Objects in the authorized National Park Service survey Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; and Possession of the U.S. Department of and excavation projects. The Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. the Interior, National Park Service, whereabouts of the human remains is Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS; unknown. The 34 unassociated funerary Representatives of any other Indian Correction objects are 6 ceramic vessel fragments, tribe that believes itself to be culturally 1 ceramic jar, 4 projectile points, 6 shell affiliated with the unassociated funerary AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ornaments, 2 shells, 1 stone tool, 1 stone objects should contact Cameron H. ACTION: Notice; correction. artifact, 1 polished stone, 2 pieces of Sholly, Superintendent, Natchez Trace petrified wood, 2 bone artifacts, 1 Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Notice is here given in accordance worked antler, 2 discoidals, 3 cupreous Tupelo, MS 38803, telephone (662) 680– with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act metal fragments and 2 soil/shell 4005, before February 7, 2011. (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the samples. The Mangum site is a large Repatriation of the unassociated completion of an inventory of human hilltop cemetery located in Claiborne funerary objects to the Alabama- County, MS. Objects recovered from the remains and associated funerary objects Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama- in the possession of the U.S. Department burials indicate that the site was in use Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; during the Mississippian period (A.D. of the Interior, National Park Service, Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw 1000–1650). In 1540, the De Soto Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS. Nation of Oklahoma; Jena Band of expedition likely encountered the The human remains and cultural items Taensa people in the vicinity of the Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi were removed from Claiborne County, Mangum site. In 1682, the de La Salle Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; MS. expedition documented the Taensa and and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of This notice is published as part of the Tunica in the same area. In 1706, the Louisiana, may proceed after that date if National Park Service’s administrative Taensa were driven from the area, no additional claimants come forward. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 migrating first to Bayogula, and then to Natchez Trace Parkway is responsible U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Mobile, where they may have settled for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee this notice are the sole responsibility of with the Choctaw. In 1764, the Taensa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama- the Superintendent, Natchez Trace again moved, first to the Red River in Coushatta Tribes of Texas; Alabama- Parkway, Tupelo, MS. This notice corrects the total number south Louisiana, and finally to the Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Bayou Boeuf area where they lived with and types of associated funerary objects Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw for a Notice of Inventory Completion the Chitimacha. Representatives of the Nation, Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana have published in the Federal Register (67 Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of identified similarities between the FR 910–911, January 8, 2002). Since Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee burial practices observed at the Mangum publication an additional 148 associated site and those of the Chitimacha. Indians of North Carolina; Eastern funerary objects have been discovered. Historical documentation also indicates Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band Therefore, in the Federal Register, page that the Tunica buried individuals in of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee 910, paragraph number 4 is corrected by hilltop cemeteries in open country, Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee substituting the following paragraph: matching the burial practice observed Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi In 1951 and 1963, human remains on the Mangum site. Historical Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; representing 124 individuals were documentation indicates that some Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; recovered from the Mangum site during Taensa may have married into the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of authorized National Park Service survey Alabama tribe, the descendants of Alabama; Seminole Nation of and excavation projects. No known whom now constitute the Alabama- Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida individuals were identified. There are Coushatta Tribes of Texas and the (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, no funerary objects associated with the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); one individual recovered in 1951. The Oklahoma. Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; 123 individuals recovered in 1963 are Officials of Natchez Trace Parkway Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; associated with 182 funerary objects: 86 have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana; ceramic vessel fragments, 1 ceramic jar, 3001(3)(B), that the 34 cultural items and United Keetoowah Band of 1 tobacco pipe, 1 frog effigy, 9 projectile described above are reasonably believed Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, that this points, 4 shell ornaments, 2 shells, 37 to have been placed with or near shell beads, 1 shell pendant, 1 shell notice has been published. individual human remains at the time of dipper, 4 stone tools, 2 stone artifacts, death or later as part of the death rite Dated: December 28, 2010. 6 flakes, 2 pieces of shatter, 2 chisels, or ceremony and are believed, by a Sangita Chari, 3 polished stones, 8 celts, 2 faunal preponderance of the evidence, to have Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. bones, 9 cupreous metal fragments and been removed from a specific burial site [FR Doc. 2011–4 Filed 1–5–11; 8:45 am] 1 cupreous metal plate. of a Native American individual. In the Federal Register, page 910, Officials of Natchez Trace Parkway also BILLING CODE 4312–50–P paragraph number 6 is corrected by have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. substituting the following paragraph: 3001(2), that there is a relationship of Officials of the Natchez Trace shared group identity that can be Parkway have determined, pursuant to VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:07 Jan 05, 2011 Jkt 223001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM 06JAN1 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES 796 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 4 / Thursday, January 6, 2011 / Notices 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the human Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Diller, Adam, House, 8702 N 7th Ave, remains described above represent the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana; Phoenix, 10001163 physical remains of 124 individuals of and United Keetoowah Band of England, Abner Elliot, House, (North Central Native American ancestry. Officials of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, that this Phoenix Farmhouses and Rural Estate the Natchez Trace Parkway also have notice has been published. Homes, 1895–1959) 6234 N Central Ave, Phoenix, 10001162 determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Dated: December 28, 2010. 3001(3)(A), the 182 cultural items Halm, George M. and Howard, Mary Alverda, Sangita Chari, House, (North Central Phoenix Farmhouses described above are reasonably believed and Rural Estate Homes, 1895–1959) 6850 to have been placed with or near Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2011–5 Filed 1–5–11; 8:45 am] North Central Ave, Phoenix, 10001161 individual human remains at the time of Jacobs, Judge Fred C., House, (North Central BILLING CODE 4312–50–P death or later as part of the death rite Phoenix Farmhouses and Rural Estate or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Homes, 1895–1959) 6224 N Central Ave, Natchez Trace Parkway have Phoenix, 10001169 determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Morgan, David, House, (North Central Phoenix Farmhouses and Rural Estate 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared National Park Service group identity that can be reasonably Homes, 1895–1959) 8030 N Central Ave, traced between the Native American [2280–665] Phoenix, 10001168 human remains and associated funerary Smith, Walter Lee, House, (North Central objects and the Alabama-Coushatta National Register of Historic Places; Phoenix Farmhouses and Rural Estate Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Notification of Pending Nominations Homes, 1895–1959) 7202 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, 10001167 Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Chitimacha and Related Actions Stubbs, Courtney and Hilda, House, (North Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of Central Phoenix Farmhouses and Rural Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Nominations for the following properties being considered for listing Estate Homes, 1895–1959) 1245 E Ocotillo Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi Band of Rd, Phoenix, 10001166 Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; and or related actions in the