Notice2022-06128
Notice of Inventory Completion: Florence Indian Mound Museum, Florence, AL
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Published
March 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Florence Indian Mound Museum 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 Florence Indian Mound Museum. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16488-16489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06128]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033623; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Florence Indian Mound Museum,
Florence, AL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Florence Indian Mound Museum 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 Florence Indian Mound Museum. 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 Florence
Indian Mound Museum at the address in this notice by April 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Murphy, Florence Arts and
Museums, 217 E Tuscaloosa Street, Florence, AL 35630, telephone (716)
570-5613, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96f4fbe3e4e6feefd6f0faf9e4f3f8f5f3f7fab8f9e4f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a38372f282a32231a3c3635283f34393f3b367435283d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
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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 Florence Indian Mound Museum, Florence, AL. The
human remains were removed from Lauderdale 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. 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 Florence
Indian Mound Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas [previously
listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas] and The Chickasaw Nation
(hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime in the 1970s, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Lauderdale County, AL. In December of
2019, the human remains were brought to the Kennedy-Douglass Center for
the Arts by a man who claimed that his friend had removed the human
remains from an unidentified site in Lauderdale County in the 1970s.
The human remains--two tibia, one mandible, two parietal bones, one
scapula, one radius, one ulna, one humerus, one thoracic bone, one rib,
and one occipital bone--belong to an individual of unknown age and sex.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Determinations Made by the Florence Indian Mound Museum
Officials of the Florence Indian Mound Museum have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on consultation with Katie
Fillers, Tennessee Valley Authority archeological contractor.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of, at minimum, one
individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas [previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas];
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Poarch
Band of Creek Indians [previously listed as Poarch Band of Creeks];
Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
<bullet> 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 Tribes.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The Tribes.
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 Brian Murphy, Florence Arts and Museums,
217 E. Tuscaloosa Street, Florence, AL 35630, telephone (716) 570-5613,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bad8d7cfc8cad2c3fadcd6d5c8dfd4d9dfdbd694d5c8dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcded1c9ceccd4c5fcdad0d3ced9d2dfd9ddd092d3cedb">[email protected]</span></a>, by April 22, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
The Florence Indian Mound Museum is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes and The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 17, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-06128 Filed 3-22-22; 8:45 am]
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