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forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma; and the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians (when joined to the request of 

one or more of the foregoing Indian 

tribes) may proceed. 

The Beneski Museum of Natural 

History, Amherst College is responsible 

for notifying the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Program Manager, National NAGPRA 

Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02214 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17480; 

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 in 

consultation with the appropriate 

federally recognized Indian tribes and 

has determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Representatives of any federally 

recognized Indian tribe not identified in 

this notice that wish to request transfer 

of control of these human remains 

should submit a written request to TVA. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the federally 

recognized Indian tribes stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any federally 

recognized Indian tribe 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 

TVA at the address in this notice by 

March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 

400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, 

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 under the control and 

possession of TVA. The human remains 

were likely removed from the Cox site, 

40AN19, in Anderson County, TN, by 

amateur archeologists digging at the site. 

The human remains were anonymously 

delivered to TVA in the 1990’s. 

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. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by TVA’s 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Absentee 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously 

listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes 

of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 

Town; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal 

Town; Poarch Band of Creeks 

(previously listed as the Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama); Shawnee 

Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole 

Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco 

Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

TVA has in its control and possession 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 2 individuals, identified as 

one adult and one sub-adult. The sex of 

both is indeterminate. Composed 

primarily of cranial bones, oral history 

indicates that the human remains were 

sent to TVA after November 16, 1990, 

but excavated before the passage of 

NAGPRA. The human remains were 

anonymously delivered to TVA in the 

1990s. These human remains were the 

likely result of amateur digging that took 

place at the Cox site in 1961. Their 

context within the site and 

chronological placement is unknown. 

The Cox mound site was first 

excavated by William S. Webb using 

labor provided by the Civil Works 

Administration in anticipation of the 

construction of the Norris Reservoir. 

Additional excavations by Charles 

McNutt and the University of Tennessee 

took place in 1960 in anticipation of the 

construction of the Melton Hill 

reservoir. In 1960 and 1961, members of 

the Knoxville chapter of the Tennessee 

Archaeological Society also dug at this 

site. Records from the 1961 excavations, 

which were carried out by amateurs, are 

incomplete and the funerary objects 

were not curated. 

Excavations at 40AN19 revealed two 

dominate occupations: A Mississippian 

Dallas phase occupation (A.D. 1300– 

1550) and an earlier Woodland 

occupation. Since no funerary objects 

accompanied these human remains, it is 

not known if they were derived from the 

Dallas phase or the Woodland 

occupation. The lack of any detailed 

information on these human remains 

leads TVA to designate them as 

culturally unidentifiable. 

Determinations Made by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority 

Officials of TVA 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 prehistoric archeological 

contexts. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 2 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians, and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

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

TVA has decided to transfer control of 

the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians, and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any federally 

recognized Indian tribe 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 

Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville, 

TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632– 

7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, March 6, 

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2015. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians, and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

TVA is responsible for notifying the 

Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 

(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee 

Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town; 

Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed 

as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama); Shawnee Tribe; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; 

and the United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02217 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17464; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion; U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Horseshoe Bend 

National Military Park, Daviston, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, 

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park 

has completed an inventory of an 

associated funerary object, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

associated funerary object and presentday 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 this 

associated funerary object should 

submit a written request to Horseshoe 

Bend National Military Park. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the associated 

funerary object 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 this 

associated funerary object should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park 

at the address in this notice by March 

6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Doyle Sapp, 

Superintendent, Horseshoe Bend 

National Military Park, 11288 Horseshoe 

Bend Road, Daviston, AL 36256, 

telephone (256) 234–7111, x226, email 

doyle_sapp@nps.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 an associated funerary object under 

the control of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, 

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 

Daviston, AL. The associated funerary 

object was removed from the Taskigi 

site, Elmore County, AL. 

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 

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the 

associated funerary object was made by 

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously 

listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes 

of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 

Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Kialegee Tribal Town; Poarch Band of 

Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch 

Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, a ceramic vessel 

was removed from the Taskigi site in 

Elmore County, AL by Dr. Peter A. 

Brannon. In 1963, Dr. Brannon donated 

the vessel to Horseshoe Bend National 

Military Park. Dr. Brannon’s 

documentation indicates the vessel is a 

funerary urn, and it is morphologically 

similar to other funerary vessels from 

the Taskigi site. There are no human 

remains associated with the vessel, but 

the vessel is believed to have been made 

exclusively for burial purposes or to 

contain human remains. The one 

associated funerary object is a funerary 

urn. 

The occupation of the Taskigi site has 

been dated from ca. A.D. 1600–1650. 

Documentary evidence links the site to 

‘‘Tuskegee,’’ the historic Creek Nation 

tribal town. Tuskegee residents were 

removed to Indian Territory with other 

members of the Creek Nation in the 19th 

century. Descendants of this group now 

are members of several Indian tribes 

including Kialegee Tribal Town, Poarch 

Band of Creeks (previously listed as the 

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama), The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation, and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. 

The area was also historically occupied 

by Alabama and Coushatta peoples, who 

were later members of the Creek 

Confederacy and shared many cultural 

traditions with the Creek. Descendants 

of these groups now are members of the 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 

(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas), AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, and Coushatta 

Tribe of Louisiana. 

Determinations Made by Horseshoe 

Bend National Military Park 

Officials of Horseshoe Bend National 

Military Park have determined that: 

• 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 

remains at the time of death or later as 

part of the death rite or ceremony and 

is reasonably believed to have been 

made exclusively for burial purposes or 

to contain human remains. 

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

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the associated funerary object 

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 this associated funerary object should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Doyle Sapp, Superintendent, Horseshoe 

Bend National Military Park, 11288 

Horseshoe Bend Road, Daviston, AL 

36256, telephone (256) 234–7111 x226, 

email doyle_sapp@nps.gov, by March 6, 

2015. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the associated funerary 

object to The Tribes may proceed. 

Horseshoe Bend National Military 

Park is responsible for notifying The 

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