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History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date in the 19th 

century, human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Rock Island Arsenal, located on 

Arsenal Island (originally known as 

Rock Island) in Rock Island County, 

Illinois. The human remains were 

donated to the Mu ̈tter Museum 

sometime in the 19th century. The 

donor is unknown. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Tribal affiliation was determined from 

writing on the squamous portion of the 

temporal bone stating ‘‘Sioux Indian 

prisoner . . . Died at Rock Island.’’ Rock 

Island Arsenal was originally 

established as a government site in 

1816, with the building of Fort 

Armstrong. From approximately 1863 

to1865, it was a prison for Confederate 

prisoners of war. How this individual 

came to be present at the Arsenal is 

unclear. 

Determinations Made by the Mu ̈tter 

Museum of the College of Physicians of 

Philadelphia 

Officials of the Mu ̈tter Museum of the 

College of Physicians of Philadelphia 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• 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 The Tribes. 

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 should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Lowell 

Flanders, Collections Manager, College 

of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S 22nd 

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 

telephone (215) 560–8004, email 

lflanders@collegeofphysicians.org, by 

March 11, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to The Tribes may 

proceed. 

The Mu ̈tter Museum of the College of 

Physicians of Philadelphia is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: January 21, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02608 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031412; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Boston University, Boston, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Boston University has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 to Boston University. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 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 

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 Boston University at the 

address in this notice by March 11, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: 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. 

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 

Boston University, Boston, MA. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from the St. Johns 

River, which runs from Duval County 

down to Brevard County, FL. 

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 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 was made by Boston University 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (previously listed as Seminole 

Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, 

Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa 

Reservations)). 

An invitation to consult was extended 

to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Sometime prior to 1936, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the St. 

Johns River, which runs from Duval 

County down to Brevard County, FL. 

The human remains (inventory numbers 

2067, 2068, and 129) were collected or 

acquired by Charles Herbert Mitchell. In 

1936, Mr. Mitchell’s family donated a 

portion of his collection to Boston 

University. In December 2018, a longterm volunteer curator of the 

University’s archeology program 

collections and two undergraduate 

students found the human remains and 

wrote a description of them. A year 

later, when one of the students heard 

that the program was reviewing all its 

collections, the student recovered the 

description and sent it to university 

faculty on January 27, 2020. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a lot of 

ceramic sherds (inventory numbers 

2016, 2017, 2018, and 2030). 

Determinations Made by Boston 

University 

Officials of Boston University have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry, 

based on biological evidence. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

is reasonably believed to have been 

placed with or near individual human 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02610 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031400; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

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 

occupations in the mid-continent. The 


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