[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87065-87066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28945]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22454; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Glenn A. Black Laboratory of 
Archaeology at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana 
University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains 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 
these human remains should submit a written request to the Indiana 
University NAGPRA Office. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains 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 human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Indiana University NAGPRA Office at the address in this notice by 
January 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana University, 
NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318, 701 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, 
IN 47405, telephone (812) 856-5315, 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 human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Glenn A. Black 
Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. The 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Tipton 
County, TN.
    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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Indiana 
University professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation. While the area 
where the human remains were removed is the aboriginal homeland of the 
Chickasaw Nation as documented by treaty cession area, the Quapaw Tribe 
of Oklahoma has claim to these remains based on cultural affinity, 
material culture, and physical occupation of the area.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1953, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were recovered from the Bishop site in Tipton County, TN. The 52 
associated funerary objects are pottery sherds. This material was 
received at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology as a gift from 
Mr. Wiley Wilcox.
    The Bishop site has been assigned to the Nodena Phase, which is 
characterized by Mississippian Bell Plain pottery and has been 
culturally affiliated with the Quapaw. The majority of the pot sherds 
with this collection are Bell Plain variety. Archaeological material 
from the Bishop site has already previously been repatriated to the 
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.
    Oral traditions indicate that the Quapaw tribe originated in the 
Lower Ohio River Valley and eventually moved downstream to reside on 
both sides of the Mississippi River. The Quapaw maintained a presence 
in the Central Mississippi valley until their removal to northwest 
Louisiana in 1824 when their lands in the Territory of Arkansas were 
ceded to the United States.

Determinations Made by Indiana University

    Officials of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at 
Indiana University have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 52 objects described 
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human

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remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or 
ceremony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.

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 human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Dr. 
Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana University, NAGPRA Office, 
Student Building 318, 701 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405, 
telephone (812) 856-5315, email [email protected], by January 3, 
2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
    Indiana University is responsible for notifying the Quapaw Tribe of 
Oklahoma that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 18, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-28945 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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