Notice2022-24553
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
November 10, 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 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 Leavenworth County, KS.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67953-67954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24553]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034846; 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
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
Leavenworth County, KS.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after December 12, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert Hinde, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs,
University of Tennessee, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152,
telephone (865) 974-2445, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f781879696b782839cd9929382"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6c0c6d7d7f6c3c2dd98d3d2c3">[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
Between 1969 and 1970, human remains representing, at minimum,
seven individuals were removed from 14LV330, the Nester site, in
Leavenworth County, KS. The first burial was discovered when a backhoe
trench was dug in front of the Nester house in 1969. Leavenworth County
Sheriff Dan Hawes contacted William Bass at the University of Kansas
(KU) to excavate. William Bass and students excavated two additional
burials in 1969, and a fourth burial in 1970. Following excavation, the
ancestral human remains and burial objects were moved to the KU Museum
of Anthropology. In 1971, Bass moved from KU to UTK, and brought the
human remains from the Nester site to UTK. In addition to the four
individuals identified by Bass, single skeletal elements belonging to
an additional three individuals were identified during a more recent
inventory. Most likely, William Bass brought them to UTK in 1971, when
he started working at the university. Numerous historic funerary
objects excavated from the Nester site (none of which are under the
control of UTK) support a date prior to 1750 for the interments. No
known individuals were identified. Only three associated funerary
objects were transferred to UTK. They are one lot of beads, one lot of
stone, and one lot of faunal bones.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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, the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology
has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The three lots of 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.
<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 the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to Dr. Robert
Hinde, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Tennessee, 527
Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865) 974-2445,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90e6e0f1f1d0e5e4fbbef5f4e5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="51272130301124253a7f343524">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 12, 2022.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
Tennessee, Department of Anthropology must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The University
of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology 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: November 2, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24553 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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