Notice2022-20298
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
September 20, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Doniphan County, KS.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57515-57516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20298]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034563; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee,
Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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 University of Tennessee, Department of
Anthropology (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains were removed from Doniphan County, KS.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 20, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert Hinde, University of Tennessee, Office of the
Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865)
974-2445, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a180203040e0f2a1f1e01440f0e1f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8af8e2e3e4eeefcafffee1a4efeeff">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8ded8c9c9e8dddcc386cdccdd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="394f495858794c4d52175c5d4c">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 UTK.
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 UTK.
Description
Around 1962, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from 14DP2, the Doniphan site, in Doniphan County, KS, by
an unnamed person. Around 1968, the unnamed person transferred the
human remains--a skull fragment--to Les Hixon (Central Procurement
Division, Fort Leavenworth). In 1970, Hixon transferred the human
remains to William Bass (who, at the time, was at the University of
Kansas. On October 18, 2019, Bass transferred them to the UTK
Anthropology Department (where he had been since 1971). No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
On May 20, 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from 14DP2, the Doniphan site, in Doniphan
County, KS, by an unidentified person. At an unknown date, these human
remains were transferred to William Bass, and on October 18, 2019, Bass
transferred them to the UTK Anthropology Department. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The Doniphan site, 14DP2, is a well-documented historic Kaw village
and burial site located at the confluence of Independence Creek and the
Missouri River. The two individuals likely were interred at the
Doniphan site sometime during the post-contact period. In 1724, the
Kansa, who are represented by the present-day Kaw Nation, were recorded
as inhabiting the site.
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, historical,
and geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, UTK has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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 Kaw Nation, Oklahoma.
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
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or after October 20, 2022. If competing requests for repatriation are
received, UTK 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. UTK 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: September 14, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-20298 Filed 9-19-22; 8:45 am]
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