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Consultation that has endured among the present-day Dated: December 4, 2013. A detailed assessment of the human Shinnecock. Melanie O’Brien, Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. remains was made by the American Determinations Made by the American Museum of Natural History professional Museum of Natural History [FR Doc. 2014–00777 Filed 1–15–14; 8:45 am] staff in consultation with BILLING CODE 4312–50–P representatives of Cayuga Nation; Officials of the American Museum of Delaware Tribe of Indians; Natural History have determined that: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (previously • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the listed as the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe human remains described in this notice National Park Service of Connecticut); Mohegan Indian Tribe represent the physical remains of 15 [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–14596; of Connecticut; Narragansett Indian individuals of Native American Tribe; Oneida Nation of New York; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] ancestry. Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; Notice of Inventory Completion: Onondaga Nation; Seneca Nation of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Indians (previously listed as the Seneca the 76 objects described in this notice TN Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga are reasonably believed to have been Tribe of ; Shinnecock Indian placed with or near individual human AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe remains at the time of death or later as ACTION: Notice. (previously listed as the St. Regis Band part of the death rite or ceremony. SUMMARY: of Mohawk Indians of New York); • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an Stockbridge-Munsee Community, is a relationship of shared group inventory of human remains and Wisconsin; Tuscarora Nation; and the identity that can be reasonably traced associated funerary objects, in Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head between the Native American human (Aquinnah). consultation with the appropriate remains and associated funerary objects Federally recognized Indian tribes, and History and Description of the Remains and the Shinnecock Indian Nation. has determined that there is a cultural In 1902, human remains representing, Additional Requestors and Disposition affiliation between the human remains at minimum, 15 individuals, including and associated funerary objects and a 1 adult female, 1 adult of unknown sex, Lineal descendants or representatives present-day Federally recognized Indian and 13 subadults of unknown sex, were of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian tribe. Lineal descendants or removed from the Sebonac site, organization not identified in this notice representatives of any Federally Shinnecock Hills, Suffolk County, NY, that wish to request transfer of control recognized Indian tribe not identified in during Raymond M. Harrington’s of these human remains and associated this notice that wish to request transfer excavations, sponsored by Frederick funerary objects should submit a written of control of these human remains and Ward Putnam and the American request with information in support of associated funerary objects should Museum of Natural History. No known the request to Nell Murphy, Director of submit a written request to TVA. If no individuals were identified. The 76 Cultural Resources, American Museum additional requestors come forward, associated funerary objects are 46 of Natural History, Central Park West at transfer of control of the human remains ceramic sherds, 6 pieces of chipped 79th Street, New York, NY 10024–5192, and associated funerary objects to the stone, 22 pieces of non-human bone, 1 telephone (212) 769–5837, email Federally recognized Indian tribe stated ground stone vessel fragment, and 1 [email protected]., by February 18, in this notice may proceed. turtle shell cup. 2014. After that date, if no additional DATES: Lineal descendants or These remains have not been directly requestors have come forward, transfer representatives of any Federally dated. Thermoluminescence dating of a of control of the human remains and recognized Indian tribe not identified in cord-marked sherd associated with a associated funerary objects to the this notice that wish to request transfer wigwam floor at Sebonac yielded a date Shinnecock Indian Nation may proceed. of control of these human remains and of A.D. 1405±101, but it is not clear that associated funerary objects should this sherd was associated with the The American Museum of Natural submit a written request with human remains included in this History is responsible for notifying the information in support of the request to inventory. The site falls within the Late Cayuga Nation; Delaware Tribe of TVA at the address in this notice by Woodland Sebonac phase, and we thus Indians; Mashantucket Pequot Tribe February 18, 2014. infer that the human remains are Late (previously listed as the Mashantucket ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, Woodland in age. The Sebonac culture Pequot Tribe of Connecticut); Mohegan 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, persisted into protohistoric and possibly Indian Tribe of Connecticut; Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone post-contact period. Sebonac was Narragansett Indian Tribe; Oneida (865) 632–7458, email [email protected]. located in the contact period territory of Nation of New York; Oneida Tribe of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is the Shinnecock Indians and the Indians of Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation; here given in accordance with the archeology and oral tradition indicates Seneca Nation of Indians (previously Native American Graves Protection and considerable continuity for the listed as the Seneca Nation of New Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Shinnecock in this area. During York); Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 3003, of the completion of an inventory consultation, Shinnecock informants Oklahoma; Shinnecock Indian Nation; of human remains and associated pointed to oral traditions that reflect Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously funerary objects under the control of continuity in Shinnecock house listed as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk TVA. The human remains and structures as recently as the mid-19th Indians of New York); Stockbridge- associated funerary objects were century as well as similarities in Munsee Community, Wisconsin; removed from the Rudder site in subsistence practices evidenced at the Tuscarora Nation; and the Wampanoag Jackson County, AL. Sebonac site, such as cooking shellfish Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) that this This notice is published as part of the in subterranean baking pits, a practice notice has been published. National Park Service’s administrative

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responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 sexes. No known individuals were objects should submit a written request U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in identified. The 6,122 associated with information in support of the this notice are the sole responsibility of funerary objects are 3 ceramic bowls, 1 request to Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, the museum, institution, or Federal duck effigy bowl, 1 ceramic cup, 10 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, agency that has control of the Native ceramic jars, 3 ceramic water bottles, 1 Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone American human remains and ceramic ear spool, 1,258 pottery sherds, (865) 632–7458, email [email protected], associated funerary objects. The 20 stone celts, 3 projectile points, 310 by February 18, 2014. After that date, if National Park Service is not responsible chert flakes, 1 ground sandstone object, no additional requestors have come for the determinations in this notice. 1 limestone discoidal, 1 stone pipe, 74 forward, transfer of control of the pebbles, 1 piece of galena, 4 pieces of human remains and associated funerary Consultation graphite, 2 pieces of an unknown green objects to The (Creek) Nation A detailed assessment of the human mineral, 2 pieces of talc, 4 pieces of may proceed. remains was made by TVA professional hematite, 23 pieces of mica, 1 limonite, TVA is responsible for notifying the staff in consultation with 4,361 shell beads, 8 carved shell gorgets, University of and the representatives of the University of 13 pieces of mussel shell, 4 pieces of Absentee- Tribe of Oklahoma; Alabama and the Absentee-Shawnee animal bone awl, 1 copper disk, 2 Alabama- Tribe of Texas Tribe of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta wooden ear spools (one with copper (previously listed as the Alabama- Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the layer), and 9 wood fragments. Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama- Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Although there is no scientific Quassarte Tribal Town; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; certainty that Native Americans of the Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee ; Eastern Band of Henry Island phase are directly related Indians; Eastern of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee to modern Federally recognized tribes, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town; Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Spanish and French explorers of the Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed Town; Poarch Band of Creeks 16th and 17th centuries do indicate the as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of (previously listed as the Poarch Band of presence chiefdom level tribal entities Alabama); Tribe of Florida Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole in the southeastern . The (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Coosa paramount chiefdom noted in of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big historical chronicles is the most likely Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa entity related to Henry Island phase Shawnee Tribe; The Nation; Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The sites in this part of the Guntersville The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The ; The Muscogee Reservoir. Tribal groups or towns now Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of part of The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ; and the Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; claim descent from the Coosa chiefdom. United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee and the United Keetoowah Band of The preponderance of the evidence Indians in Oklahoma, that this notice Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. indicates that in this part of the has been published. History and Description of the Remains Guntersville Reservoir area, Henry Dated: December 2, 2013. Island phase sites are most likely From March 13 to November 14, 1939, Melanie O’Brien, human remains representing, at culturally associated with groups now Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. part of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. minimum, 67 individuals were removed [FR Doc. 2014–00763 Filed 1–15–14; 8:45 am] from the Rudder site (1JA180), in Determinations Made by the Tennessee BILLING CODE 4312–50–P Jackson County, AL. The Rudder site Valley Authority was excavated as part of TVA’s Officials of TVA have determined DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Guntersville reservoir project by the that: Alabama Museum of Natural History • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the National Park Service (AMNH) at the University of Alabama, human remains described in this notice using labor and funds provided by the represent the physical remains of 67 [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–14570; Works Progress Administration. individuals of Native American PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Excavation of the land commenced after ancestry. TVA had acquired this land for the • Notice of Inventory Completion: Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Thomas Burke Memorial Washington Guntersville project. The excavation site the 6,122 objects described in this was composed of a truncated State Museum, University of notice are reasonably believed to have Washington, Seattle, WA trapezoidal mound with multiple been placed with or near individual construction periods and a smaller human remains at the time of death or AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. mound containing most of the burial later as part of the death rite or ACTION: Notice. units. This site was occupied during the ceremony. Henry Island phase of the Mississippian • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial culture (ca. A.D. 1200–1400). Details is a relationship of shared group Washington State Museum, University regarding this site may be found in An identity that can be reasonably traced of Washington (Burke Museum), has Archaeological Survey of Guntersville between the Native American human completed an inventory of human Basin on the Tennessee River in remains and associated funerary objects remains and associated funerary objects, Northern Alabama by William S. Webb and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. in consultation with the appropriate and Charles G. Wilder. The human Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian remains and associated funerary objects Additional Requestors and Disposition organizations, and has determined that excavated from the Rudder site have Lineal descendants or representatives there is a cultural affiliation between the always been in the physical custody of of any Federally recognized Indian tribe human remains and associated funerary the AMNH at the University of not identified in this notice that wish to objects and present-day Indian tribes or Alabama. The human remains include request transfer of control of these Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal adults, juveniles, and infants of both human remains and associated funerary descendants or representatives of any

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