32842 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 117 / Monday, June 18, 2001 / Notices

Gulf Breeze, FL 32561, telephone (850)

934–2604, before July 18, 2001.

Repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects 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;

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of

Louisiana may begin after the date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: May 21, 2001.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 01–15309 Filed 6–15–01; 8:45 am]

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,

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 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.

Between 1957 and 1958, human

remains representing eight individuals

were recovered from the Trading Post

area of the Macon Plateau unit of

Ocmulgee National Monument. No

known individuals were identified. The

16,168 associated funerary objects are

16,147 glass beads, 1 tobacco pipe, 1

axe, 2 knives, 5 gunflints, 2 gun shot, 4

balls, 1 musket ball, 1 glass fragment, 1

shell artifact, 2 spiral springs, and 1

gorget. The trading post at Macon was

operated by the British from 1685–1717.

The historic Creek town associated with

the trading post has long been thought

to have been Ocmulgee. Burials

excavated at this site were identified as

historic Creek on the basis of European

trade goods found in association with

the remains.

In 1961 and 1962, human remains

representing four individuals were

recovered from the Ocmulgee Bottoms

Salvage site. The Ocmulgee Bottoms

Salvage site is located approximately

one mile from the trading post site,

within the boundary of Ocmulgee

National Monument. No known

individuals were identified. The 14,985

associated funerary objects are 14,691

glass beads, 16 copper collar bands, 77

pieces of cloth, 91 leather fragments, 71

iron bands, 2 copper gorgets, 1 iron hoe,

1 bag of wood, 23 plant seeds, 4 pieces

of charcoal, 2 vessel fragments, and 6

metal fragments. The four burials were

identified as historic Creek on the basis

of European trade goods and glass beads

found in association with the remains,

which date the burials to the years

between 1600 and 1890. Due to its

proximity to the trading post and the

similarity of the types of objects found

with the burials at the two sites, it is

reasonable to conclude that the burials

from the Ocmulgee Bottoms Salvage site

date to the 1685–1717 period.

Residents of the Creek town of

Ocmulgee moved to the Chatahoochee

River after 1717. Historical

documentation reflects a great deal of

movement and reorganization among

the Creeks and the Creek Confederacy

during the 18th and 19th centuries. Ten

present-day Indian tribes are thought to

include Creek descendants, including

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of

Louisiana; 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; and

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek

Nation, Oklahoma.

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

12 individuals of Native American

ancestry. The superintendent of

Ocmulgee National Monument also has

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(d)(2), the 31,153 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; Coushatta Tribe of

Louisiana; 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,

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Hollywood & Tampa Reservations; and

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek

Nation, Oklahoma. This notice has been

sent to officials of the AbsenteeShawnee 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;

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; Coushatta Tribe of

Louisiana; 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; and

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek

Nation, Oklahoma may begin after that

date if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: May 7, 2001.

Frank P. McManamon,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Correction—Notice of Inventory

Completion for Native American

Human Remains and Associated

Funerary Objects in the Possession of

the Putnam Museum of History and

Natural Science, Davenport, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Correction.

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 possession of the Putnam

Museum of History and Natural Science,

Davenport, IA.

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

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

This notice corrects the list of tribes

to which the human remains and

associated funerary objects may be

repatriated in the Notice of Inventory

Completion published March 26, 1997

(Federal Register Document 97-7602,

pages 14441-14442).

In the sixth paragraph, the final

sentence which reads ‘‘Repatriation of

the human remains and associated

funerary objects to the Iowa Tribe of

Oklahoma may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come forward,’’

is corrected to read ‘‘Repatriation of the

human remains and associated

funerary objects to the Iowa Tribe of

Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the

Mississippi in Iowa; the Sac and Fox

Nation of Missouri in Kansas and

Nebraska; and the Sac and Fox Nation,

Oklahoma may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come

forward.’’

Dated: April 20, 2001.

John Robbins,

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

Possession of the U.S. Department of

the Interior, National Park Service,

Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes

Park, CO

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 possession of the U.S. Department

of the Interior, National Park Service,

Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes

Park, CO.

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 inventory and assessment

of the human remains has been made by

professional staff of the National Park

Service in consultation with

representatives of the Ute Indian Tribe

of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation,

Utah; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Wyoming; CheyenneArapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; and

Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla

Apache Indian Reservation, New

Mexico.

In 1935, human remains representing

one individual were discovered near the

Thompson River entrance to the park.

No known individual was identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Soils at Rocky Mountain National

Park are highly acidic and not

conducive to the prolonged preservation

of organic materials. Most bone left in

this type of soil tends to disintegrate

within approximately 100 years. The

human remains discovered near the

Thompson River entrance to the park

are in fairly good condition, suggesting

that they were most likely deposited

during the historic period. The Uintah

or Ouray Ute, Arapaho, and Jicarilla

Apache are known to have occupied the

park in historic times.