Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices 39907 

• 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] 

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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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39908 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices 

Dated: July 5, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17650 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23668; 

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 

Federally recognized Indian Tribes, and 

has determined that a cultural affiliation 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Federally recognized Indian 

Tribes cannot be reasonably traced. 

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 to TVA. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Federally recognized 

Indian Tribe 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 and associated funerary objects 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

TVA at the address in this notice by 

September 21, 2017. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of 

TVA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from archeological sites in 

Franklin 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) 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 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of 

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

Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; 

Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed 

as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole 

Nation of Oklahoma; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

From 1978 to 1979, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 31 

individuals were removed from the 

Ricker site (1FR310) in Franklin County, 

AL, by the Alabama Museum of Natural 

History at the University of Alabama 

(AMNH). TVA acquired this site on 

August 18, 1977, for the Cedar Creek 

Reservoir project. Material culture 

recovered from this site indicates 

occupations during the Late Archaic 

(4000–1000 B.C.), Middle Woodland 

Lick Creek phase (A.D. 1–300), and 

Mississippian period (A.D. 1200–1500). 

The human remains are in the physical 

custody of AMNH and include children, 

juveniles, and adults. There are three 

individuals identified as male and 28 

individuals of indeterminate sex. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Between September 3 and 18, 1973, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 12 individuals were removed 

from site 1FR528, in Franklin County, 

AL, by AMNH. TVA acquired this site 

on January 31, 1972, for the Little Bear 

Creek Reservoir project. Field notes 

indicate that the site was a stone mound 

that had been disturbed by looters, and 

no individual burial units were isolated 

during excavation. Sherds of limestonetempered, fabric-marked pottery were 

found during the excavation and suggest 

the mound may have been constructed 

during the Middle Woodland Lick Creek 

phase (A.D. 1–300). The human remains 

are in the physical custody of AMNH 

and include infants, juveniles, and 

adults of indeterminate sex. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

From May 26 to August 4, 1977, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 629 individuals were 

removed from the Johnson Mound site 

(1FR571) in Franklin County, AL by 

AMNH. TVA acquired this site on 

March 16, 1976, for the Cedar Creek 

Reservoir project. This site was a small 

stone mound on the edge of a high bluff 

in an area of limestone outcrop 

overlooking the Middle Cedar Creek 

Valley and had been extensively 

damaged. Two uncalibrated radiocarbon 

dates were derived from this site, A.D. 

850 ±50 and A.D. 1070 ±70. Studies 

have suggested that both dates are too 

late and that this mound is from the 

Lick Creek phase (A.D. 1–300) during 

the Middle Woodland period. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects are in the physical custody of 

AMNH and include adults, juveniles, 

children, and infants of both sexes. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

12 associated funerary objects are 1 

crinoid stem; 9 shell beads; 1 shell 

gorget; and 1 soil sample. 

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 

sites and osteological analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 672 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 12 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 


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