Notice2023-09765
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, AL
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Published
May 9, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) 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 Montgomery County, AL.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29946-29947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09765]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035803; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alabama Department of
Transportation, Montgomery, AL
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 Alabama Department of Transportation
(ALDOT) 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
Montgomery County, AL.
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DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: William B. Turner, Alabama Department of Transportation,
1409 Coliseum Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36110, telephone (334) 242-
6144, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b7f7e79656e797c4b6f647f25787f6a7f6e256a67257e78"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="334746415d56414473575c471d40475247561d525f1d4640">[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 the
Alabama Department of Transportation. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by the Alabama Department of Transportation.
Description
In 2002, human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals
were removed from the Madison Park Site, 1Mt318, in Montgomery County,
AL, by University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies
archeologists under contract with ALDOT. The human remains were removed
during Phase III Data Recovery excavations prior to road widening and
bridge replacement of US 231. Based on analysis of material cultural
remains recovered from 1Mt318, the site is considered a Late Woodland
Village occupied during the Dead River (A.D. 500-700), Hope Hull (A.D.
700-900), and Autauga (A.D. 800-1100) Phases. These human remains,
together with the associated funerary objects are stored at the
University of Alabama Office of Archaeological Research (OAR) at
Moundville, AL. No known individuals were identified. The 10 associated
funerary objects are six lots of burial fill, two large animal teeth,
and two freshwater mussel shells.
Cultural Affiliation
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. The
following type of information was used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Alabama Department of Transportation has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10 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 and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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 June 8, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Alabama
Department of Transportation must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The Alabama Department of
Transportation is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribe 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: May 3, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09765 Filed 5-8-23; 8:45 am]
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