32838 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 117 / Monday, June 18, 2001 / Notices

NEBRASKA

Cedar County

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and

Rectory,

102 and 108 E 9th St.,

St. Helena, 01000711

Dawson County

Midway Ranch House,

Address Restricted,

Gothenburg, 01000715

Garden County

Rackett Grange Hall #318,

9250 NE 193,

Lewellen, 01000713

Red Willow County

Keystone Hotel,

402 Norris Ave.,

McCook, 01000710

Washington County

Old McDonald Farm,

Address Restricted,

Blair, 01000714

NEW YORK

Monroe County

Dayton’s Corners School,

1363 Creek St.,

Penfield, 01000716

Ulster County

Oaterhoudt Stone House,

1880 NY 32,

Saugerties, 01000717

VIRGINIA

Albemarle County

Anchorage, The,

1864 Anchorage Farm,

Charlottesville, 01000688

Bedford County

Twin Oaks Farm,

VA 2,

Bedford County, 01000704

Fairfax County

Manassas Gap Railroad Independent Line,

7504 Royce St.,

Annandale, 01000700

Fluvanna County

Oaks, The,

5025 Tabscott Rd.,

Kents Store, 01000696

Frederick County

Frederick County Courthouse,

20 N. Loudoun St.,

Winchester, 01000690

Old Stone Church,

Approx. 1 mi. W of jct. of VA 671 and VA

739,

Whitehall, 01000689

Madison County

James City Historic District,

US 29,

Madison, 01000691

Norfolk Independent city

North Ghent,

Bounded by Princess Anne Rd., Olney Rd.,

Colonia Ave., and Colley Ave.,

Norfolk (Independent City), 01000693

Saint Mary’s Catholic Cemetery,

3000 Church St.,

Norfolk (Independent City), 01000694

Winona,

Roughly bounded by Ashland Circle,

Ashland Ave., Elmere Place, Huntington

Crescent, Holland Ave., and the Lafayette,

Norfolk (Independent City), 01000702

Northumberland County

Cobbs Hall,

582 Cobbs Hall Ln.,

Kilmamock, 01000699

Orange County

Orange High School,

224 Belleview Ave.,

Orange, 01000692

Rockwood,

12225 Chicken Mountain Rd.,

Montpelier Station, 01000695

Pittsylvania County

Chatham Historic District,

Main, Payne, Pruden, Reid, Whittle Sts.;

Lanier Ave., Court Place; Gilmer Dr.,

Chatham, 01000698

Richmond Independent city

Cary Street Park and Shop Center,

3120–3158 West Cary St.,

Richmond (Independent City), 01000701

Smyth County

Beatie, A.C., House,

249 W. Lee Hwy.,

Chilhowie, 01000697

Washington County

Solar Hill Historic District,

Roughly along Johnson, Solar, West, King,

Cumberland, and Sycamore Sts.,

Bristol, 01000703

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Control of the U.S. Department of the

Interior, National Park Service,

Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon,

GA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the control of the U.S. Department of

the Interior, National Park Service,

Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon,

GA.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

National Park Service unit that has

control or possession of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

A detailed assessment and inventory

of the human remains and associated

funerary objects has been made by

National Park Service professional staff

in consultation with representatives of

the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians

of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribes

of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal

Town, Oklahoma; Catawba Indian

Nation; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;

Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw

Nation of Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of

Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Eastern

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band

of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation,

Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians

of Florida; Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Indians, Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek)

Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of

Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole

Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of

Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations;

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek

Nation, Oklahoma; and United

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of

Oklahoma. The Shawnee Tribe, also

known also as the ‘‘Loyal Shawnee’’ or

‘‘Cherokee Shawnee,’’ a non-Federally

recognized Native American group at

the time that they were consulted, have

since been recognized as eligible for the

special programs and services provided

by the United States to Indians because

of their status as Indians under

provisions of P.L. 106-568.

The human remains and associated

funerary objects described in this notice

were originally recovered from the

Lamar Mounds site, located within the

boundary of Ocmulgee National

Monument, and from the Stubbs Mound

site and Cowart’s Landing site, located

outside the monument boundary.

The human remains and associated

funerary objects described in this notice

are currently curated at the National

Park Service’s Southeast Archeological

Center, in Tallahassee, FL. Other human

remains and associated funerary objects

from these sites are currently curated at

the Smithsonian Institution, National

Museum of Natural History,

Washington, DC.

Between 1933 and 1938, human

remains representing nine individuals

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were recovered from the Lamar Mounds

and Village site during legally

authorized projects sponsored by the

Works Progress Administration. No

known individuals were identified. The

37 associated funerary objects are 25

shell beads, 1 bag of beads, 1 worked

shell, 3 bone awls, 2 stone discoidals, 2

shell earplugs, 2 stone celts, and 1

tobacco pipe.

The Lamar Mounds and Village site

consists of two mounds, A and B, and

a palisaded village area. Archeological

evidence indicates that the Lamar

Mounds and Village site was occupied

during the entire Middle and Late

Mississippian periods (A.D. 1200-1650).

The site is believed to be the town of

Ichisi (Spanish) or Ochisi (Portugese)

encountered by the Hernando de Soto

expedition in 1540. Occupation of the

site may have continued into the early

18th century.

Between 1936 and 1937, human

remains representing 34 individuals

were recovered from the Stubbs Mound

site during a Works Progress

Administration excavation. No known

individuals were identified. The 55

associated funerary objects are 46 shell

beads, 5 shell pins, 1 projectile point, 2

stone celts, and 1 plant specimen.

The Stubbs Mound site consists of a

mound and associated village area. On

the basis of the objects recovered during

excavation, the site and the human

remains have been dated to the Middle

Mississippian period (A.D. 1200-1350).

In 1937, human remains representing

12 individuals were recovered from the

Cowart’s Landing site during legally

authorized Works Progress

Administration stratigraphic survey

excavations. No known individuals

were identified. The one associated

funerary object is an iron chisel.

Cowart’s Landing is a large midden site

located on a terrace approximately 1/4

mile from the Ocmulgee River. On the

basis of the artifacts recovered from the

site, its major occupation has been dated

to the Late Mississipian period (A.D.

1350 to 1650). The iron chisel indicates

that at least one of the burials may date

from A.D. 1540-1821 period.

The regional manifestation of

archeological resources from the

Mississippian period have been

identified as the Lamar Culture. The

Lamar Culture has been divided into

two time periods, corresponding with

the distinction between the Middle and

Late Mississippian periods. The Stubbs

Mound site is the type site for the

Stubbs Phase of the Lamar Culture (A.D.

1200-1350). The Cowart’s Landing site

is the type site for the Cowart Phase of

the Lamar Culture (A.D. 1350-1650+).

The Lamar Mounds site, Stubbs Mound

site, and Cowart’s Landing site are

located in close proximity, with

occupation of the Stubbs site

overlapping the early occupation of the

Lamar Mounds and Village site, and

occupation of the Cowarts Landing site

overlapping the late occupation of the

Lamar Mounds and Village site.

Archeological evidence indicates that

the Lamar Culture ceramic types found

at all three sites are closely related to

historic Creek and Cherokee ceramic

traditions.

Between A.D. 1685-1717, the English

used variations of the name Ochesehatchee or Ochese Creek to refer to the

river later called the Ocmulgee River.

The towns and people living along

Ochese Creek during that period were

referred to as the Ochese (various

spellings) Creek Nation, the Ochese

Creek people, and, finally, simply the

Creeks. The word Ochese and its

variations has been traced from middle

Georgia to the Chattahooche River, then

to Florida, and finally to Oklahoma. A

squareground of this name existed in

Oklahoma until the 1950s. There is an

Ochese Street in Okmulgee, OK.

Ethnohistorical information indicates

that the Ichisi-Ochese were probably

Hitchiti speakers, which would link

them directly to Hitchiti speakers

among the later Seminole and

Miccosukee tribes. The Ichisi-Ochese

may also be linked less directly to

speakers of closely related Alabama and

Koasati languages among the latter-day

Alabama and Coushatta tribes.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, the superintendent of

Ocmulgee National Monument has

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

55 individuals of Native American

ancestry. The superintendent of

Ocmulgee National Monument also has

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(2), the 93 objects listed above

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.

Lastly, the superintendent of Ocmulgee

National Monument has determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there

is a relationship of shared group

identity that can be reasonably traced

between the Native American human

remains and funerary objects and the

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern

Band of Cherokee Indians of North

Carolina; Kialegee Tribal Town of the

Creek Indian Nation, Oklahoma;

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Seminole Nation of

Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida,

Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations;

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek

Nation, Oklahoma; and United

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of

Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of

Indians of Oklahoma; AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Catawba Indian Nation; Cherokee

Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,

Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of

Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Eastern

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band

of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation,

Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians

of Florida; Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Indians, Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek)

Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of

Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole

Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of

Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations;

Shawnee Tribe; Thlopthlocco Tribal

Town of the Creek Nation, Oklahoma;

and United Keetoowah Band of

Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Jim David, Superintendent,

Ocmulgee National Monument, 1207

Emery Highway, Macon, GA 31217,

telephone (478) 752-8257, before July

18, 2001. Repatriation of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of

Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern

Band of Cherokee Indians of North

Carolina; Kialegee Tribal Town of the

Creek Indian Nation, Oklahoma;

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Seminole Nation of

Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida,

Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations;

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek

Nation, Oklahoma; and United

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of

Oklahoma.

32840 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 117 / Monday, June 18, 2001 / Notices

Dated: May 7, 2001.

Frank P. Mc Manamon,

Acting Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Control of the U.S. Department of the

Interior, National Park Service, Gulf

Islands National Seashore, Gulf

Breeze, FL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the control of the U.S. Department of

the Interior, National Park Service, Gulf

Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze,

FL.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

National Park Service unit that has

control or possession of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships, is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by National Park Service

professional staff in consultation with

the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians

of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribes

of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal

Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation,

Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,

Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of

Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Eastern

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band

of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation,

Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians

of Florida; Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Indians, Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek)

Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of

Creek Indians of Alabama; Seminole

Nation of Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of

Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations;

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek

Nation, Oklahoma; Tunica-Biloxi Indian

Tribe of Louisiana; and United

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of

Oklahoma. The Shawnee Tribe, also

known also as the ‘‘Loyal Shawnee’’ or

‘‘Cherokee Shawnee,’’ a non-Federally

recognized Native American group at

the time that they were consulted, has

since been recognized as eligible for the

special programs and services provided

by the United States to Indians because

of their status as Indians under

provisions of P.L. 106–568.

In 1960, human remains representing

one individual were recovered during

legally-authorized excavations by

Charles Fairbanks at the Fort Walton

Temple Mound site. Mr. Fairbanks

reported the results of his excavation in

The Florida Anthropologist in 1965. The

Fort Walton Temple Mound site is

located on land acquired by the city of

Fort Walton Beach, FL, in 1959. In 1981,

the human remains were donated to the

National Park Service by Yulee Lazarus,

curator of the Fort Walton Temple

Mound Museum. No known individual

was identified. No funerary objects are

identified. The human remains are

currently curated at the National Park

Service’s Southeast Archeological

Center in Tallahassee, FL.

The Fort Walton Temple Mound site

consists of a large platform mound and

associated settlement area.

Archeological evidence indicates that

the Fort Walton Mound site was

occupied during the Mississipian period

(A.D. 900–1550), and may have served

as the capital town of the Pensacola

polity during the late Mississippian

period (A.D. 1200 to 1550) and the early

European contact period (A.D. 1550 to

1700). The first European (Spanish)

contact in this area occurred in the

middle to late 16th century with

members of the Chatot tribe. Historical

evidence indicates that between A.D.

1695 and 1707 the Creek Indians

overran the Chatot tribe and took over

the area around Fort Walton. Remnants

of the Chatot tribe are believed to have

joined the Choctaw tribe, although some

Chatot probably remained with the

Creeks.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, the superintendent of Gulf

Islands National Seashore has

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

one individual of Native American

ancestry. The superintendent of Gulf

Islands National Seashore also has

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity that can be reasonably

traced between the Native American

human remains and the AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Jena

Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana;

Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida;

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,

Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,

Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek

Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of

Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida,

Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; and

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of

Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama and

Coushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma;

Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma;

Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw

Nation of Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of

Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Eastern

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band

of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee

Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Seminole Nation of

Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida,

Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations;

Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana;

and United Keetoowah Band of

Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma. This

notice also was sent to the Independent

Traditional Seminole Nation of Florida,

a non-Federally recognized Indian

group. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains should contact Jerry A.

Eubanks, Superintendent, Gulf Islands

National Seashore, 1801 Gulf Breeze

Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561,

telephone (850) 934–2604, before July

18, 2001. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Alabama-Quassarte

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Choctaw

Nation of Oklahoma; Jena Band of

Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Miccosukee

Tribe of Indians of Florida; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Seminole Nation of

Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida,

Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; and

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma

may begin after the date if no additional

claimants come forward.