Notice2023-06479
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN
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Published
March 29, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the states of Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18578-18580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06479]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035567; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from the states of Alabama,
Kentucky, and Tennessee.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Meg Cook, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 253-1265, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8bfffdeafff9e2e9eae7cbfffdeaa5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c585a4d585e454e4d406c585a4d024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of TVA.
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in
this notice. Additional information on the
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determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by TVA.
Description
The human remains and associated funerary objects described in this
notice are under the control of TVA, and in the physical custody of TVA
and its partner repositories, which include but are not limited to the
University of Alabama, the University of Kentucky, Mississippi State
University, Southern Illinois University, and the University of
Tennessee.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 722 individuals were
removed as a result of TVA action in the state of Alabama from Colbert,
Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall,
and Morgan Counties. The 522 lots of associated funerary objects
include lithics, ceramics, personal adornments (hair pins, beads),
copper, canine burials, and shell.
Human remains representing, at minimum, eight individuals were
removed as a result of TVA action in the state of Kentucky from
Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, and Trigg Counties. The two lots
of associated funerary objects includes faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 3,676 individuals were
removed as a result of TVA action in the eastern half of Tennessee from
Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carter,
Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress,
Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock,
Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lincoln, Loudon, Macon,
Marion, Marshall, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Moore, Morgan, Overton,
Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Rutherford, Scott, Sequatchie,
Sevier, Smith, Sullivan, Trousdale, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren,
Washington, White, and Wilson Counties. The 739 lots of associated
funerary objects include lithics, ceramics, minerals, botanical
remains, shell, and personal adornments (beads and gorgets).
Human remains representing, at minimum, 465 individuals were
removed as a result of TVA action in the western half of Tennessee from
Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson, Decatur,
Dickson, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Giles, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood,
Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Lauderdale,
Lawrence, Lewis, Madison, Maury, McNairy, Montgomery, Obion, Perry,
Robertson, Shelby, Stewart, Sumner, Tipton, Wayne, Weakley, and
Williamson Counties. The 126 lots of associated funerary objects
include canine remains, lithics, ceramics, and bone tools.
Cultural Affiliation
Cultural affiliation is defined by state or by region in the
determinations section of this notice. The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Geographical and other relevant
information were used to reasonably trace the relationship.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Tennessee Valley Authority has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 4,871 individuals of Native American ancestry, at
minimum.
<bullet> The 1,389 lots of 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.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice as removed from the state of Alabama
and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas; 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; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice as removed from the state of Kentucky
and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Quapaw
Nation; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Osage Nation; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice as removed from the eastern half of
Tennessee and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Shawnee
Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice as removed from the western half of
Tennessee and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Quapaw Nation; Shawnee Tribe; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Osage Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 28, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, TVA must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to
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repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. TVA is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: March 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-06479 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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