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remains at the time of death or later as 

part of the death rite or ceremony. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; 

Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously 

listed as Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); and 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’), 

based on oral tradition, archeological, 

geographic, and linguistic evidence. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Kathryn M. Mellouk, 

Associate Vice President for Research 

Compliance, Boston University, One 

Silber Way, 9th floor, Boston, MA 

02215, telephone (617) 358–4730, email 

kateski@bu.edu, by March 11, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

Boston University is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: January 21, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, 

TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects and any present-day 

Indian Tribes. Representatives of any 

Indian Tribe not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the TVA. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Indian 

Tribe stated in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe not identified in this notice that 

wish to request transfer of control of 

these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the TVA at the address in 

this notice by March 11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, 

Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville 

TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632– 

7458, email tomaher@tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, 

TN, and stored at the McClung Museum 

at the University of Tennessee, 

Knoxville, TN (UTK). The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were excavated from sites 40BN12, 

40DR1, 40DR43, and 40HY13 in Benton, 

Decatur, and Henry Counties, TN. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

The determinations in this notice are 

the sole responsibility of the museum, 

institution, or Federal agency that has 

control of the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by TVA professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of 

Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage 

Nation (previously listed as Osage 

Tribe); The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; 

and the United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted 

Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

From September 12 to November 22, 

1940, human remains representing, at 

minimum, 186 individuals were 

removed from site 40BN12, the Eva site 

in Benton County, TN. This site was 

excavated as part of TVA’s Kentucky 

Reservoir project by the University of 

Tennessee, using labor and funds 

provided by the Works Progress 

Administration (WPA). Details 

regarding these excavations are in ‘‘Eva 

An Archaic Site,’’ authored by Thomas 

Lewis and Madeline Kneberg Lewis. 

The human remains represent 68 

females, 50 males, and 68 individuals of 

undeterminable sex. No known 

individuals were identified. The 257 

associated funerary objects include one 

animal bone, one animal incisor, three 

antler flakers, three antler tines, one 

antler tool, three atlatl hooks, two 

bannerstones, one beaver molar, five 

blades, 14 bone awls, 10 bone beads, 

two bone objects, one bone pendant, one 

bone spatula, five coprolites, one daub, 

four dog burials, one dog canine tooth, 

one dog femur, one drill, two fish hooks, 

one gallstone, one bag of green mineral, 

two greenstone gorget fragments, one 

hair pin, one hammerstone, two knife 

bases, 25 lignite fragments, 24 fragments 

of ochre, 21 pebbles/drum teeth, 27 

projectile points, 77 snake vertebrae 

(necklace), one stone, one stone bead, 

one turkey bone, seven pieces of turtle 

shell, one whetstone, and one worked 

bone. 

As was common at this time, two 

perpendicular 3-foot wide trenches were 

placed across the site. Block excavation 

proceeded based on the stratigraphic 

information derived from the trenches. 

Below 5–8 inches of plow-zone, the 

excavators identified five strata. The 

field supervisor, David Osborne, 

described the first stratum as black 

humic soil that lacked shell. Stratum II 

was comprised of a similar black 

midden soil, but in addition, it 

contained mussel shell and was nearly 

a meter thick near the center of the site. 

Stratum III, described as a sandy loam 

of variable thickness, was not found 

throughout the site. Stratum IV was not 

found in all parts of the site, but was 

nearly half a meter thick in some areas. 

Shell was present near the base of this 

stratum. Stratum V was found in the 

southern portion of the site. It was 

sandy and lacked mussel shell. It also 

had the fewest artifacts. NAGPRA 

cultural items were found in each 

stratum. The chipped stone typology 

developed by Lewis and Lewis from 

40BN12 has served as the basis for 

defining early hunter-gatherer 

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site also produced abundant bone and 

antler tools such as awls, needles and 

fishhooks. In his 2014 dissertation, 

Thaddeus Bissett presented 18 

radiocarbon dates from this site. The 

calibrated calendar dates range from 

8991 ± 151 to 6338 ± 61 B.P. Bissett’s 

dissertation also indicated that 

occupation at the site mostly dates to 

the Middle Archaic. 

From August 8 to October 17, 1941, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 97 individuals were 

excavated from the Oak View Landing 

site, 40DR1, in Decatur County, TN. 

Using WPA labor and funds, 

archeologists from the University of 

Tennessee sought to recover information 

from this site prior to the construction 

of TVA’s Kentucky Reservoir. The 

results of these excavations were never 

published. A short field report by Carrol 

Burroughs indicates that the site had 

been disturbed by an early 20th century 

residence and warehouses associated 

with the river landing. In his 2014 

dissertation, Bissett estimated that a 

4,000 square-foot area of the site was 

dug and 78 features were identified, 

including 44 pits, 23 postmolds, three 

caches of river cobbles, two large 

depressions, and six burned areas. The 

site plan does not reveal any patterning 

of the postmolds that would suggest a 

structure or wall segment. The plan 

does indicate a concentration of burials 

in the southwest quadrant of the 

excavation units. Based on his analysis 

of hafted bifaces and two radiocarbon 

dates, Bissett concluded that the 

primary occupation of the site ranged 

from 5000 to 4000 B.P. 

The fragmentary nature of the human 

remains made it difficult to determine 

the age and sex of the individuals. Of 

those that could be evaluated, 24 were 

female and 23 were male. They ranged 

in age from the one month to 50 years. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The 244 associated funerary objects 

include one abrader, 45 animal bones, 

three animal bone flakers, one animal 

tooth, one antler, nine antler flakers, 

four beaver teeth, one blade tip, 10 bone 

awls, eight bone beads, two bone 

scrapers, one burned clay object, one 

piece of chalk, one chipped stone biface, 

73 copper beads, one deer astragalus, 

one deer scapula, one dog tooth, two 

drilled dog teeth, four drills, two stone 

flakes, four gorgets, one hammerstone, 

one hematite, five stone knives, one 

limestone, two needles, one paint rock, 

46 projectile points, four rodent teeth, 

one sandstone celt sharpener, two stone 

scrapers, one ceramic sherd, one turtle 

shell, and two worked bones. 

Between August 4–25, 1941, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were excavated from the 

West Britt’s Landing site, 40DR43, in 

Decatur County, TN. Charles Nash led a 

WPA crew in anticipation of the 

construction of the Kentucky Reservoir. 

Information on 40DR43 has never been 

published. For some years prior to the 

excavation, this area had been used as 

a landing and loading dock. This 

disturbance, as well as active erosion by 

the river, led to the destruction of most 

of the site. Four strata were defined 

during excavation. While ceramics were 

found only in the top-most stratum, 

stratum three contained most of the 

cultural deposits. Of the 21 numbered 

features identified, most were 

designated as hearths or shallow pits. 

Two burial units were identified during 

the excavation, but only one retained 

recoverable human remains. There are 

no radiocarbon dates from this site. The 

human remains belong to an adult male. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

From July through September 1940, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 78 individuals were 

excavated from the Kays Landing site, 

40HY13, in Henry County, TN. George 

Lidberg and a WPA crew excavated 

40HY13 in anticipation of the 

construction of the Kentucky Reservoir. 

The results of these excavations have 

never been published. Three trenches 

were excavated to identify the 

stratigraphy at the site. Five strata were 

identified. Stratum I, a black clay loam 

4 inches to 3 feet thick, covered the 

entire excavation area and was also the 

only stratum with prehistoric ceramics. 

The upper portion was disturbed by 

cultivation. Stratum II, composed of 30– 

50% mussel shell mixed with humus 

and sand, was designated a shell mound 

by Lidberg. While the full extent of this 

stratum was not determined, in his 2014 

dissertation, Bissett indicated that it was 

elliptical and extended roughly 23.5 

meters north to south and 22.8 meters 

east to west. The shell content 

decreased with depth and graded into 

Stratum III, a thick layer of sand with 

shell fragments. Stratum III ranged from 

2 to 3 feet in thickness. Stratum IV 

extended over all the excavation units 

and was 1–2 feet thick. Lidberg 

described it as bands of carbon-stained 

sand interspersed with ‘‘clean’’ water 

lain sands. 

Eighteen numbered pits were 

excavated. Most of them were 

cylindrical and had flat bottoms. Many 

displayed evidence of burning along the 

sides, but not on the bottoms. The eight 

numbered features included four areas 

of burned clay or soil that may have 

represented light structures. Also, two 

accumulations of charcoal and burned 

bone and one cache of three nutting 

stones and three lithic raw material 

stones were discovered. The post molds 

do not form a pattern representing 

structures. Based on radiocarbon dates 

and diagnostic bifaces, Bissett identified 

three occupations of this site. The 

earliest one, represented by strata V and 

IV, dates to the late Middle Archaic, ca. 

5500–5100 calibrated years B.P. Based 

on the number of burial units (46) and 

the quantity of artefacts recovered, this 

was a substantial occupation. The 

second occupation, represented by 

strata III and II, dates to the Late 

Archaic, roughly 4800–3800 years B.P. 

Although it does include the shell 

midden, this was a less extensive 

occupation. The most recent 

occupation, represented by stratum I, 

dates sometime after 3800 B.P. It was 

truncated by modern cultivation. 

Of the 78 individuals recovered, 32 

were female, 13 were male, and 33 were 

of indeterminate sex. Their ages ranged 

from fetus to 60 years. No known 

individuals were identified. The 955 

associated funerary objects include nine 

animal bones, one antler, two beaver 

teeth, 48 bone awls (whole and 

fragments), one bone object, one bone 

tool, seven chert blades, one chert 

chisel, 10 chert tools, one gorget, 104 

perforated canine teeth, three projectile 

points, one red ochre, 438 shell beads, 

two stone beads, and 326 turtle shell 

fragments. 

Determinations Made by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority 

Officials of the Tennessee Valley 

Authority have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on their 

presence in a prehistoric archeological 

site and osteological analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 362 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 1,456 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• The Treaty of October 19, 1818, 

indicates that the land from which the 

cultural items were removed is the 


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aboriginal land of The Chickasaw 

Nation. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), 

the disposition of the human remains 

may be to The Chickasaw Nation. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), the 

Tennessee Valley Authority has agreed 

to transfer control of the associated 

funerary objects to The Chickasaw 

Nation. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Dr. Thomas O. Maher, 

Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, 

TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632– 

7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by March 

11, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to The Chickasaw Nation may 

proceed. 

The Tennessee Valley Authority is 

responsible for notifying The Consulted 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 15, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031402; 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Buffalo History Museum, 

Buffalo, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Buffalo History Museum 

(previously known as the Buffalo 

Historical Society), in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural item listed in this 

notice meets the definition of cultural 

patrimony. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim this cultural item should submit 

a written request to the Buffalo History 

Museum. If no additional claimants 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

cultural item to the lineal descendants, 

Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim this cultural item should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the claim to the Buffalo 

History Museum at the address in this 

notice by March 11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Walter Mayer, Sr. Director 

of Collections, Buffalo History Museum, 

1 Museum Court, Buffalo, NY 14216, 

telephone (716) 873–9644 Ext. 402, 

email wmayer@buffalohistory.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate a 

cultural item under the control of the 

Buffalo History Museum, Buffalo, NY, 

that meets the definition of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural item. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Item 

In 1898, the Buffalo Historical Society 

(now known as The Buffalo History 

Museum), purchased a peace medal 

(commonly known as the Red Jacket 

Peace Medal) that was once owned by 

the Seneca chief and orator Red Jacket, 

a member of the Wolf Clan. The peace 

medal was presented to Red Jacket by 

President Washington in Philadelphia, 

in 1792, when representatives of the Six 

Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy had 

gathered, at President Washington’s 

request, to discuss future relationships 

between the United States and the Six 

Nations. Upon Red Jacket’s death, the 

medal passed to his nephew, James 

Johnson. When Johnson died, the medal 

passed to Ely S. Parker. Parker was the 

last Seneca to have possession of the 

medal. In 1898, the Society purchased 

the medal from Ely S. Parker’s widow, 

Minnie Parker. 

Based on consultation with the 

Seneca Nation of Indians, the Buffalo 

Historical Society has determined that, 

as the Red Jacket Peace Medal was 

gifted as a symbol of peace, friendship, 

and enduring relationship between the 

United States and the Seneca Nation, it 

is an object of cultural patrimony. 

Determinations Made by the Buffalo 

History Museum 

Officials of the Buffalo History 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the one cultural item described above 

has ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the object of cultural patrimony 

and the Seneca Nation of Indians 

(previously listed as Seneca Nation of 

New York). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim this cultural item 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Walter Mayer, Sr. Director of Museum 

Collections, Buffalo History Museum, 1 

Museum Court, Buffalo, NY 14216, 

telephone (716) 873–9644 Ext. 402, 

email wmayer@buffalohistory.org, by 

March 11, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the object 

of cultural patrimony to the Seneca 

Nation of Indians (previously listed as 

Seneca Nation of New York) may 

proceed. 

The Buffalo History Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Seneca 

Nation of Indians (previously listed as 

Seneca Nation of New York) that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 15, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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