[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 401-402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28916]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037161; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Alabama Department of Archives 
and History, 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 Archives and 
History (ADAH) 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 Elmore 
County, Covington County, Montgomery County, and Russell County, AL.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Kellie Bowers, NAGPRA Coordinator, the Alabama Department of 
Archives and History, P.O. Box 300100, 624 Washington Avenue, 
Montgomery, AL 36130, telephone (334) 353-4731, email 
[email protected].

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 Archives and History. 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 Archives and History.

Description

Elmore County, AL

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Taskigi site by members of the Alabama 
Anthropological Society. Between 1916 and 1951, the human remains were 
donated to the ADAH (Human Remains Identification Number 4104). No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Taskigi site by members of the Alabama 
Anthropological Society. Between 1916 and 1951, the human remains were 
donated to the ADAH (Human Remains Identification Number 4113). No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Taskigi site by members of the Alabama 
Anthropological Society. Between 1916 and 1951, the human remains were 
donated to the ADAH (Human Remains Identification Number 4120). The 
2,112 associated funerary objects are 2,111 glass trade beads and one 
mirror.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the site of Ft. Toulouse/Ft. Jackson by 
the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) and transferred to the ADAH in 
the late 1970s or early 1980s (Human Remains Identification Number 
4090). Associated funerary objects were discovered in the collections 
of the AHC as part of research prior to NAGPRA consultation and were 
transferred to the ADAH on August 17, 2022. The 1,456 associated 
funerary objects are 52 flakes/stone debitage, 48 miscellaneous stones, 
one stone celt, 1,354 sand and shell tempered ceramic sherds 
representing a minimum of 17 vessels, and one lot of faunal remains.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the site of Coosada/Koasati by members of 
the Alabama Anthropological Society. Between 1916 and 1951, the human 
remains were donated to the ADAH (Human Remains Identification Number 
4121). No associated funerary objects are present.

Covington County

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the site of Searight by members of the 
Alabama Anthropological Society. Between 1916 and 1951, the human 
remains were donated to the ADAH (Human Remains Identification Number 
4114). No associated funerary objects are present.

Montgomery County

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the site of Ashley Place/Catoma Creek by 
members of the Alabama Anthropological Society. Between 1916 and 1951, 
the human remains were donated to the ADAH (Human Remains 
Identification Number 4111). No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Russell County

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the site of Girard by members of the 
Alabama Anthropological Society. On February 25, 1916, the human 
remains were donated to the ADAH (Human Remains Identification Number 
4123). No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains 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 types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological information, 
geographical information, historical information, kinship, and 
linguistics.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Alabama Department of Archives and History has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 3,568 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.
     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 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of 
Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 
Kialegee Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band of Creek 
Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The 
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.

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Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after February 2, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Alabama Department of Archives and 
History must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Alabama 
Department of Archives and History 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: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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