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purchased the site on April 19, 1937. 

There were excavations in both the 

village and adjacent mound. There are 

no radiocarbon dates for this site. The 

culturally affiliated human remains are 

from the Mississippian period (A.D. 

1200–1500). The human remains are of 

four female adults. No known 

individuals were identified. The 16 

associated funerary objects include 11 

Bell Plain jar sherds; 1 crinoid bead; 2 

Langston Fabric Marked sherds; and 2 

Mississippi Plain bowls. 

Although there is no absolute 

certainty that Native Americans of the 

Mississippian period are directly related 

to modern federally recognized Tribes, a 

relationship of shared group identity 

can reasonably be traced between these 

modern Tribes and the human remains 

and associated funerary objects of the 

earlier culture identified as 

Mississippian. The preponderance of 

the evidence indicates that the cultural 

items from Mississippian and early 

historic occupations at 1JA27, 1JA28, 

1MS100, and 1MS121 are culturally 

affiliated with Native Americans 

descendants of the Koasati/Kaskinampo. 

These descendants include the 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 

(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushata Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe 

of Louisiana; and The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation. 

Chronicles from Spanish explorers of 

the 16th century and French explorers 

of the 17th and 18th century indicate 

the presence of chiefdom level tribal 

entities in the southeastern United 

States which resemble the Mississippian 

chiefdoms. Linguistic analysis of place 

names noted by multiple Spanish 

explorers indicates that Koasati 

speaking groups inhabited northeastern 

Alabama. Early maps and research into 

the historic Native American occupation 

of northeastern Alabama indicates that 

the Koasati (as called by the English) or 

the Kaskinampo (as called by the 

French) were found at multiple sites in 

Jackson and Marshall Counties in the 

17th and 18th centuries. Oral history, 

traditions, and expert opinions of the 

descendants of Koasati/Kaskinampo 

indicate that this portion of the 

Tennessee River valley was a homeland 

of their Tribe. The subsequent 

involuntary diaspora of these peoples 

resulted in descendants of the Koasati/ 

Kaskinampo among multiple federally 

recognized Tribes. 

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 

represent the physical remains of 81 

individuals of Native American ancestry 

due to their presence in a prehistoric 

and early historic archeological site and 

osteological analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 32,456 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), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

listed in this notice and the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously 

listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes 

of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 

Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or 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 October 5, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 

of Texas (previously listed as the 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); 

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; and The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation may proceed. 

TVA is responsible for notifying The 

Consulted Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 29, 2017. 

Sarah Glass, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23729; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, have completed an 

inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and have 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 Bureau of Indian 

Affairs. 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 Bureau of Indian 

Affairs at the address in this notice by 

October 5, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, 

Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– 

6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.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 U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC, and in the physical custody of the 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, Tucson, AZ (ASM). The 

human remains were removed from a 

location within the boundaries of the 

Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Navajo 

County, AZ. 

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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 ASM 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe 

of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1978, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 1 individual were removed 

from site AZ P:14:8(ASM) in Navajo 

County, AZ. Legally authorized 

excavations were conducted by the 

University of Arizona Archeological 

Field School under the direction of 

Michael Graves and Michael Faught. No 

human burials were reported at the time 

of the excavations. Following project 

completion, the archeological 

collections were brought to ASM. In 

2017, ASM staff found fragmentary 

human remains in the repository 

collections. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

AZ P:14:8(ASM) is a small village site 

that included three masonry room 

blocks. The human remains discovered 

in 2017 were originally found in roof 

fall debris inside one of the rooms. Tree 

ring dates and ceramic typologies 

suggest that the primary occupation of 

the site was during the late A.D. 1200s. 

These characteristics are consistent with 

the archeologically-described Upland 

Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo 

tradition. 

A detailed discussion of the basis for 

cultural affiliation of archeological sites 

in the region where the above site is 

located may be found in ‘‘Cultural 

Affiliation Assessment of White 

Mountain Apache Tribal Lands (Fort 

Apache Indian Reservation),’’ by John R. 

Welch and T.J. Ferguson (2005). To 

summarize, archeologists have used the 

terms Upland Mogollon or prehistoric 

Western Pueblo to define the 

archeological complex represented by 

the site described above. Material 

culture characteristics of these 

traditions include a temporal 

progression from earlier pit houses to 

later masonry pueblos, villages 

organized in room blocks of contiguous 

dwellings associated with plazas, 

rectangular kivas, polished and paintdecorated ceramics, unpainted 

corrugated ceramics, inhumation 

burials, cradleboard cranial 

deformation, grooved stone axes, and 

bone artifacts. The combination of the 

material culture attributes and a 

subsistence pattern that included 

hunting and gathering augmented by 

maize agriculture helps to identify an 

earlier group. Archeologists have also 

remarked that there are strong 

similarities between this earlier group 

and present-day tribes included in the 

Western Pueblo ethnographic group, 

especially the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 

and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. The 

similarities in ceramic traditions, burial 

practices, architectural forms, and 

settlement patterns have led 

archeologists to believe that the 

prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon 

Rim region migrated north and west to 

the Hopi mesas, and north and east to 

the Zuni River Valley. Certain objects 

found in Upland Mogollon 

archeological sites have been found to 

have strong resemblances with ritual 

paraphernalia that are used in 

continuing religious practices by the 

Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on 

the Fort Apache Reservation have also 

persuaded archeologists of continuities 

between the earlier identified group and 

current-day Western Pueblo people. 

Biological information from AZ 

P:14:1(ASM), a site located close to AZ 

P:14:8(ASM), supports the view that the 

prehistoric occupants of the Upland 

Mogollon region had migrated from 

various locations to the north and west 

of the region. 

Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel 

the archeological evidence for 

migration. Migration figures 

prominently in Hopi oral tradition, 

which refers to the ancient sites, 

pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, and 

other artifacts left behind by the 

ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This 

migration history is complex and 

detailed, and includes traditions 

relating specific clans to the Mogollon 

region. Hopi cultural advisors have also 

identified medicinal and culinary plants 

at archeological sites in the region. 

Their knowledge about these plants was 

passed down to them from the ancestors 

who inhabited these ancient sites. 

Migration is also an important attribute 

of Zuni oral tradition and includes 

accounts of Zuni ancestors passing 

through the Upland Mogollon region. 

The ancient villages mark the routes of 

these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors 

remark that the ancient sites were not 

abandoned. People returned to these 

places from time to time, either to 

reoccupy them or for religious 

pilgrimages—a practice that has 

continued to the present day. 

Archeologists have found ceramic 

evidence at shrines in the Upland 

Mogollon region that confirms these 

reports. Zuni cultural advisors have 

names for plants endemic to the 

Mogollon region that do not grow on the 

Zuni Reservation. They also have 

knowledge about traditional medicinal 

and ceremonial uses for these resources, 

which has been passed down to them 

from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi 

and Zuni cultural advisors have 

recognized that their ancestors may 

have been co-resident at some of the 

sites in this region during their ancestral 

migrations. 

There are differing points of view 

regarding the possible presence of 

Apache people in the Upland Mogollon 

region during the time that AZ 

P:14:8(ASM) was occupied. Some 

Apache traditions describe interactions 

with Ancestral Pueblo people during 

this time, but according to these stories, 

Puebloan people and Apache people 

were regarded as having separate 

identities. The White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona, does not claim cultural 

affiliation with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects from this 

site. As reported by Welch and Ferguson 

(2005), consultations between the 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; and 

White Mountain Apache Tribe of the 

Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, have 

indicated that none of these tribes wish 

to pursue claims of affiliation with sites 

on White Mountain Apache Tribal 

lands. Finally, the White Mountain 

Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache 

Reservation, Arizona, supports the 

repatriation of human remains and 

associated funerary objects from this site 

and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, in their 

reburial. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 

the Arizona State Museum, University 

of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and Arizona State Museum 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. 

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• 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 the Hopi Tribe of Arizona 

and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Anna Pardo, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, 

Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– 

6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by 

October 5, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and 

the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico, may proceed. 

The Arizona State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; White Mountain Apache 

Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, 

Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 29, 2017. 

Sarah Glass, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18685 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23766; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska 

Region, Anchorage, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Alaska Region, (Alaska Region 

USFWS), has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, 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, including Alaska Native 

Tribes, 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 the Alaska Region USFWS. 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: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

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 Alaska Region USFWS 

at the address in this notice by October 

5, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Edward J. DeCleva, Regional 

Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 

1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235, 

Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 

786–3399, email edward_decleva@

fws.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 Alaska Region USFWS. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were recovered from two sites on 

Kodiak Island, 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 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 was made by the Alaska Region 

USFWS professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 

Repository of Kodiak, Alaska, a 

NAGPRA representative on Kodiak 

Island designated by the Kaguyak 

Village, Native Village of Afognak, 

Native Village of Akhiok, Native Village 

of Larsen Bay, Native Village of 

Ouzinkie, Native Village of Port Lions, 

Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously 

listed as the Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak), 

Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly 

Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)), and 

the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor 

(previously listed as Native Village of 

Old Harbor and Village of Old Harbor). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1963, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 13 individuals were 

removed from the Younger Kiavak site 

418, Alaska Heritage Resources Survey 

(AHRS) site number 049–KOD–00099, 

Kodiak Island, AK. There are eight 

numbered burials and these burials 

contain nine of the individuals. The 

human remains include three possible 

females, two possible males, and eight 

individuals of indeterminate sex. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

31 associated funerary objects include 3 

wood samples, 1 soil sample, 1 sulfide 

mineral, 2 projectile points, 1 bone 

labret, 4 ulu blades, 2 spear prongs, 3 

modified mammal bone, 1 unmodified 

bone, 1 metal hammerhead, 1 metal 

spoon, 1 lot of metal fragments, 1 unotched stone, 1 bone socket piece, 1 

groundstone scrap, 1 stone scrap, 1 lot 

of prehistoric pottery sherds, 1 glass 

bottle stopper, 1 chipped stone, 1 

mammal tooth, 1 polishing stone, and 1 

abrasive stone. 

In 1963, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 2 individuals were 

removed from the Old Kiavak site 419, 

AHRS site number 049–KOD–00100, 

Kodiak Island, AK. The human remains 

include 2 adult individuals of 

indeterminate sex. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

As part of the Aleut-Konyag project 

conducted by the University of 

Wisconsin Madison, excavations took 

place at several sites on Kodiak Island. 

Two of the sites, Old and Younger 

Kiavak, are located on the southeastern 

coast of Kodiak Island, south of the 

mouth of the lagoon at the head of 

Kiavak Bay. The Younger Kiavak site, 

originally tested and reported by Alesˇ

Hrdlicˇka in 1944, contained several 

eroding burials, glass beads, stone 

lamps, and unspecified artifacts. During 

the 1963 excavation, Donald Clark notes 

that the site revealed sparse evidence of 

historic occupation, although numerous 

trade goods accompanied a shallow 

burial. 

The Old Kiavak site is located 

adjacent to the Younger Kiavak site. 

Two trenches were excavated in the 

main mounded portion of the site and 

a small test trench was excavated in the 

lower secondary portion of the site. 

Three components were identified that 

included the Old Kiavak phase (1678– 

407 B.C) of the Kachemak tradition, the 

Early Koniag Tradition (to A.D. 1040), 

and an historic period occupation (circa 

A.D. 1900). 

The collection was curated and stored 

at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 

until 2006. The U.S. Army Corps of 

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