Notice2023-05731
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, Knoxville, TN
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Published
March 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Humphreys County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05731]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA--NPS0035486; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, McClung
Museum of Natural History & Culture, 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, McClung Museum
of Natural History & Culture (UTK), has completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation
between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from
Humphreys County, TN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ozlem Kilic, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs,
University of Tennessee, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152,
telephone (865) 974-2454, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89fff9e8e8c9fcfde2a7ecedfc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7305031212330607185d161706">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9d6d2d0d5d0daf9cccdd297dcddcc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="543b3f3d383d371421203f7a313021">[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
Sometime before 1943, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from 40HS218, the Wafford (or, alternatively,
Watford/Wofford) Farm site, in Humphreys County, TN, by an unknown
individual. These ancestral human remains were included in the George
Barnes ``collection'' that was purchased by UTK in 1949. Barnes and his
father had ``excavated and collected'' from many sites throughout the
Tennessee River Valley during the early 20th century. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a treaty.
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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
<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 described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of The Chickasaw Nation.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 20, 2023. If competing requests
for disposition are received, UTK must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition 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 Tribe 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: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-05731 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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