[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6128-6129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02190]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17464; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion; U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Daviston, 
AL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park has completed an inventory of an 
associated funerary object, in consultation with the appropriate Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary object 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 this associated funerary object should submit a 
written request to Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the 
associated funerary object 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 this associated funerary object should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park at the address in this notice by 
March 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Doyle Sapp, Superintendent, Horseshoe Bend National Military 
Park, 11288 Horseshoe Bend Road, Daviston, AL 36256, telephone (256) 
234-7111, x226, email [email protected].

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 an associated 
funerary object under the control of the U.S. Department of the 
Interior, National Park Service, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 
Daviston, AL. The associated funerary object was removed from the 
Taskigi site, Elmore 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). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of Horseshoe 
Bend National Military Park.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the associated funerary object was made by 
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of 
Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); 
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Kialegee 
Tribal Town; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch 
Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and 
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, a ceramic vessel was removed from the Taskigi 
site in Elmore County, AL by Dr. Peter A. Brannon. In 1963, Dr. Brannon 
donated the vessel to Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. Dr. 
Brannon's documentation indicates the vessel is a funerary urn, and it 
is morphologically similar to other funerary vessels from the Taskigi 
site. There are no human remains associated with the vessel, but the 
vessel is believed to have been made exclusively for burial purposes or 
to contain human remains. The one associated funerary object is a 
funerary urn.
    The occupation of the Taskigi site has been dated from ca. A.D. 
1600-1650. Documentary evidence links the site to ``Tuskegee,'' the 
historic Creek Nation tribal town. Tuskegee residents were removed to 
Indian Territory with other members of the Creek Nation in the 19th 
century. Descendants of this group now are members of several Indian 
tribes including Kialegee Tribal Town, Poarch Band of Creeks 
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama), The 
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. The area was 
also historically occupied by Alabama and Coushatta peoples, who were 
later members of the Creek Confederacy and shared many cultural 
traditions with the Creek. Descendants of these groups now are members 
of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the 
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, and 
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.

Determinations Made by Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

    Officials of Horseshoe Bend National Military Park have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 and is reasonably believed to have been made 
exclusively for burial purposes or to contain human remains.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
associated funerary object and The Tribes.

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 this associated funerary object should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Doyle Sapp, Superintendent, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 
11288 Horseshoe Bend Road, Daviston, AL 36256, telephone (256) 234-7111 
x226, email [email protected], by March 6, 2015. After that date, if 
no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
associated funerary object to The Tribes may proceed.
    Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is responsible for notifying 
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Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: January 9, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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