Notice2023-00472
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
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Published
January 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, San Diego 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 Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties, AL.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2122-2123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00472]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035100; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, San
Diego, San Diego, CA
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 California, San Diego 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 Hale and Tuscaloosa
Counties, AL.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Eva Trujillo, University of California, San Diego, 9500
Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, telephone (858) 414-4609, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93f6a4e7e1e6f9fafffffcd3e6f0e0f7bdf6f7e6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e386d4979196898a8f8f8ca396809087cd868796">[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 the
University of California, San Diego. 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 University of California, San Diego.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 478 individuals were
removed from various Moundville sites in Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties,
AL. From the 1930's to 1987, several large-scale archeological
excavations undertaken at the Moundville sites on behalf of the
University of Alabama resulted in the removal of Native American human
remains. In January of 1987, Dr. Margaret Schoeninger and two
colleagues requested samples of fragmentary human remains from the
University of Alabama Museum Collections for the purpose of diet and
ecology reconstruction research pertaining to Moundville I, II, and III
phases. In response, samples from the various Moundville sites were
transferred to Dr. Schoeninger and her colleagues. Sometime in the
2000s, the Moundville sample collection and limited supporting
documentation were transferred to the University of California, San
Diego. In June of 2020, the University of California, San Diego became
aware of this collection. The one associated funerary object is one lot
of faunal remains.
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, geographical, oral traditional, and
historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of California, San Diego has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 478 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one lot 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 present-day Muskogean speaking
Tribes, namely the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed
as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa Reservations)); The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; 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 and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 13, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California, San Diego 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 California, San Diego is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
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: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-00472 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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