39906 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 977 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 4,795 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. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed is the aboriginal land of the 

Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

• The Treaty of September 20, 1816, 

indicates that the land from which the 

Native American human remains were 

removed is the 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 Cherokee Nation; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. The Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma have declined to 

accept transfer of control of the human 

remains. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), 

TVA has decided to transfer control of 

the funerary objects associated with the 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to The Chickasaw Nation. 

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 and associated funerary objects 

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, by 

September 21, 2017. 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 TVA is responsible for notifying 

The Consulted Tribes that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: June 28, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17649 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23716; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arkansas State Highway and 

Transportation Department, Little 

Rock, AR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Arkansas State Highway 

and Transportation Department has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

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 to the Arkansas State Highway 

and Transportation Department. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: 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 the Arkansas State 

Highway and Transportation 

Department at the address in this notice 

by September 21, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Kristina Boykin, Arkansas 

State Highway and Transportation 

Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, 

AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079, 

email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.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 of 

the Arkansas State Highway and 

Transportation Department. The human 

remains were removed from a bluff 

shelter in Madison County, AR. 

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 the Department of 

Anthropology at the University of 

Arkansas professional staff for the 

Arkansas State Highway and 

Transportation Department in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, Cherokee 

Nation, The Osage Nation (previously 

listed as the Osage Tribe), and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1991, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

recovered from site 3MA238 in Madison 

County, AR, during an excavation of a 

borrow pit for White River Bridge 

Replacement. The appropriate 

authorities, including Dr. Jerome Rose, 

were notified and determined that the 

human remains were Native American. 

At the request of the Arkansas State 

Highway and Transportation 

Department, the human remains were 

taken to the Osteology Laboratory of the 

University of Arkansas for forensic 

analysis and have remained in storage at 

the lab at the University of Arkansas. 

Currently, the human remains are being 

stored at the Arkansas Archeological 

Survey’s curation facility. 

The human remains were identified 

as two adults (30–45 years). The human 

remains consisted of one male and one 

female. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. No diagnostic 

artifacts were found at site 3MA238 to 

indicate when these human remains 

were buried. The cultural and temporal 

identity of these human remains is 

difficult to discern and they cannot be 

clearly culturally affiliated with an 

Indian tribe. 

Determinations Made by the Arkansas 

State Highway and Transportation 

Department 

Officials of the Arkansas State 

Highway and Transportation 

Department have determined that: 


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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

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 Osage Nation (previously listed as 

the Osage Tribe). 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of the Cherokee Nation, The Osage 

Nation (previously listed as the Osage 

Tribe), and United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

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

disposition of the human remains may 

be to the Cherokee Nation, The Osage 

Nation (previously listed as the Osage 

Tribe), and United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 Kristina Boykin, Arkansas 

State Highway and Transportation 

Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, 

AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079, 

email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov, by 

September 21, 2017. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Cherokee Nation, 

The Osage Nation (previously listed as 

the Osage Tribe), and United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma 

may proceed. 

The Arkansas State Highway and 

Transportation Department is 

responsible for notifying the Cherokee 

Nation, The Osage Nation (previously 

listed as the Osage Tribe), and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 6, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17645 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23705; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Natural History, 

Yale University, New Haven, CT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of 

Natural History has completed an 

inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a written 

request to the Peabody Museum of 

Natural History. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains 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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Peabody Museum of 

Natural History at the address in this 

notice by September 21, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly, 

Director, Yale Peabody Museum of 

Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New 

Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203) 

432–3752. 

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 of 

the Peabody Museum of Natural 

History, Yale University, New Haven, 

CT. The human remains were removed 

from a village near Anvik, YukonKoyukuk Borough, AK. 

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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Peabody 

Museum of Natural History professional 

staff in consultation with a 

representative of Anvik Village. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1937, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a village near Anvik, 

Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, AK, by the 

Yale Peabody Museum Alaska 

Expedition. The human remains 

represent one adult female. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Archeological evidence, historic 

documentation, and tribal knowledge 

suggest the lower Yukon River region, 

including the location of the modern 

site of Anvik Village, was occupied both 

prehistorically and historically by the 

Deg Hit’an. The continuity of culture 

exhibited in the region supports a 

cultural affiliation between the 

individual human remains and the Deg 

Hit’an who are today represented in this 

area by Anvik Village. 

Determinations Made by the Peabody 

Museum of Natural History 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Natural History 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 Anvik Village. 

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 Professor 

David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody 

Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 

208118, New Haven, CT 06520–8118, 

telephone (203) 432–3752, by 

September 21, 2017. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to Anvik Village may 

proceed. 

The Peabody Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying 

Anvik Village that this notice has been 

published. 


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