Notice2023-03237
Notice of Inventory Completion: Auburn University, Auburn, AL, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama, Montgomery, AL
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Published
February 15, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Auburn University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama (National Forests in Alabama) have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Franklin, Lawrence, and Winston Counties, AL.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9905-9906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03237]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035339; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Auburn University, Auburn, AL,
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National
Forests in Alabama, Montgomery, AL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Auburn University and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama (National
Forests in Alabama) have completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and have determined that there is no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Franklin, Lawrence, and Winston Counties, AL.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after March 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Michael Walters, Auburn University, 7030 Haley Center,
Auburn, AL 36849, telephone (334) 844-5008, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3beb0a4e3e2e1e293b2a6b1a6a1bdfdb6b7a6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83eee0f4b3b2b1b2c3e2f6e1f6f1edade6e7f6">[email protected]</span></a>,
and Marcus Ridley, United States Forest Service-National Forests in
Alabama, Supervisor's Office, 2946 Chestnut Street, Montgomery, AL
36107, telephone (334) 832-4470 Ext.103, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deb3bfacbdabadf0acb7bab2bba79eabadbabff0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="751814071600065b071c1119100c35000611145b121a03">[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 responsibilities of
Auburn University and the National Forests in Alabama. 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 Auburn University and the National Forests in
Alabama.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from William B. Bankhead National Forest,
located in Franklin, Lawrence, and Winston Counties, AL. Precise
details regarding the location and manner of removal of these human
remains are unknown. At an unknown date, the human remains were given
to Dr. John Cottier, a professor of anthropology at Auburn University,
as a donation to the University. A label accompanying the human remains
states, ``From a bluff shelter in Bankhead National Forest'' and ``John
Miner Gift.'' These human remains belong to a juvenile approximately 8-
to-10 years old. The 38 associated funerary objects are 21 lithic
fragments, 16 ceramic sherds, and one lot of faunal materials.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from a known geographic location. This location is the
aboriginal land of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information
was used to identify the aboriginal land: the Treaty with the Chickasaw
of 1816, the Treaty with the Cherokee of 1816, and the Indian Claims
Commission (ICC) Findings of Fact from April 4, 1970. The two treaties
indicate that the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Chickasaw
Nation, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
The ICC Findings of Fact indicate that the land from which the human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed is also the
aboriginal land of 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.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, Auburn University and
the National Forests in Alabama have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 38 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> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band
of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Chickasaw Nation; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 17,
2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, Auburn
University and the National Forests in Alabama must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. Auburn
University and the National Forests in Alabama are 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 and
10.11.
Dated: February 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03237 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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