[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11676-11677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03631]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-12208; 2200-1100-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: National Guard Bureau/A7AN, Air
National Guard, Joint Base Andrews, MD
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Guard Bureau, Air National Guard, Joint Base
Andrews, MD, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes,
and has determined that there is a likely cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day
Indian tribes. Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself
to be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact National Guard Bureau, Air National Guard,
Joint Base Andrews, MD. Repatriation of the human remains to the Indian
tribes stated below may occur if no additional claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the National
Guard Bureau, Air National Guard at the address below by March 21,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Melissa Mertz, Natural Resources Program Manager, Air
National Guard NGB/A7AN Environmental Branch, 3501 Fetchet Ave., Joint
Base Andrews, MD 20762, telephone (240) 612-8427.
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 National Guard
Bureau, Air National Guard, Joint Base Andrews, MD. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed from Jefferson County, KY.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
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U.S.C. 3003(d) (3). The determinations in this notice are the sole
responsibility of the National Guard Bureau, Air National Guard. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by AMEC Environment and Infrastructure professional
staff under a contract with the National Guard Bureau, Air National
Guard, and in consultation with representatives of the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Chickasaw Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Quapaw Tribe of Indians; Shawnee Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1972 or 1973, human remains representing, at minimum, 96
individuals were removed from site 15JF267, the KYANG site, in
Jefferson County, KY, during an authorized runway expansion project.
The human remains were recovered from disarticulate burials (at minimum
43 individuals) as well as from formal interments (at minimum 53
individuals). No known individuals were identified. The 32 associated
funerary objects are: 1 single bear, deer, and wolf tooth necklace
containing drilled canines; 4 drilled canines; 6 bone awls; 9 polished
or worked bone tools; 2 polished small mammal mandibles; 1 worked
canine; 2 fish spine needles; 1 antler flaker; and 6 chert tools. The
human remains and associated funerary objects date to the Middle and
Late Archaic periods (B.C. 7000 to 3000).
Cultural affiliation of the collection can reasonably be traced
historically between members of present-day Indian tribes and an
identifiable earlier group. Based on archeological evidence, geographic
location, and oral traditions, site 15JF267 is located within the
traditional area of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Quapaw, and Shawnee
people. Today, these people are represented by the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Chickasaw Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Quapaw Tribe of Indians; Shawnee Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the National Guard Bureau, Air National Guard
Officials of the National Guard Bureau, Air National Guard have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9), the human remains
described in this notice represent the physical remains of 96
individuals of Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2)(A), the 32 objects described
above 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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Chickasaw Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Quapaw Tribe of
Indians; Shawnee Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Melissa Mertz, Natural Resources Program
Manager, Air National Guard NGB/A7AN Environmental Branch, 3501 Fetchet
Ave., Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762, telephone (240) 612-8427, before
March 21, 2013. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The National Guard Bureau, Air National Guard is responsible for
notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation; Chickasaw Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Quapaw Tribe of Indians; Shawnee Tribe; and
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: January 29, 2013.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013-03631 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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