[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52491-52492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21495]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18961; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the U.S. 
Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Fort Benning, GA; 
Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Fort 
Benning, GA, has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the 
Federal Register on August 29, 2002. This notice corrects the number of 
associated funerary objects. 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 associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request to the U.S. Army, Fort 
Benning, GA. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the associated funerary objects 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 associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
the U.S. Army, Fort Benning, GA at the address in this notice by 
September 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Christopher E. Hamilton, Coordinator for Native American 
Affairs, 6500 Meloy Drive, Room 309, Fort Benning, GA 31905, telephone 
(706) 545-4211, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Army, Fort 
Benning, GA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Russell 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 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.
    This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects 
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register 
(67 FR 55426, August 29, 2002). Human remains and associated funerary 
objects were discovered when the National Infantry Museum re-examined 
its collection in August of 2014. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were excavated during the River Basin Survey of 1958 
by the Smithsonian Institute at site 1Ru63, in Russell County, AL. The 
human remains were misidentified as ``Rabbit Bones'' on an exhibit 
card. The human remains are believed to be part of the individuals 
already listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion, and therefore the 
minimum number of individuals listed in the original notice has not 
changed. This notice only corrects the number of associated funerary 
objects listed in that notice. Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (67 FR 55426, August 29, 2002), paragraph 
13 is corrected by replacing sentences 6 and 7 with the following:

    In August 2014, associated funerary objects were found at the 
National Infantry Museum and are believed to be the items noted in 
the original field notes that were unavailable for review in 2002. 
The additional associated funerary objects are 2 brass bells, 1 iron 
buckle, 3 copper buttons, 1 ceramic pipe bowl fragment, 1 conch 
columella, and 1 ceramic bowl.

    In the Federal Register (67 FR 55426, August 29, 2002), paragraph 
16, sentence 2 is corrected by replacing the number 1551 with the 
number 1560.

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 associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Dr. Christopher E. Hamilton, Coordinator for Native American Affairs, 
6500 Meloy Drive, Room 309, Fort Benning, GA 31905, telephone (706) 
545-4211, email [email protected], by September 30, 
2015. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribes of Texas; the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; 
the Chickasaw Nation; the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; the Kialegee 
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; the 
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 
Alabama; the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; the Seminole Tribe of 
Florida; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma may proceed.

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    The U.S. Army, Fort Benning, GA is responsible for notifying the 
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas; the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, 
Oklahoma; the Chickasaw Nation; the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; the 
Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma; the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of 
Florida; the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; the Poarch Band of 
Creek Indians of Alabama; the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; the Seminole 
Tribe of Florida; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma, that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: July 31, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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