Notice2023-08057
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pioneer Museum, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort, Kentucky Department of Parks, Carlisle, KY
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Published
April 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Pioneer Museum, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park, Kentucky Department of Parks has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Franklin County, KY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23461-23462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08057]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035668; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pioneer Museum, Blue Licks
Battlefield State Resort, Kentucky Department of Parks, Carlisle, KY
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 Pioneer Museum, Blue Licks Battlefield
State Resort Park, Kentucky Department of Parks has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human
remains were removed from Franklin County, KY.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Spence, Parks Museum Curator, Kentucky Department
of Parks, 500 Mero Street, 5th Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601, telephone
(502) 892-3339, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#501a353e3e393635227e2320353e3335103b297e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eca6898282858a899ec29f9c89828f89ac8795c28b839a">[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
Kentucky Department of Parks. 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 Kentucky Department of Parks.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Franklin County, KY. The human remains were collected from
an unknown site in Franklin County, KY, sometime between May 29 and May
31, 1966, based on a handwritten note found with the human remains
during an inventory project at the Pioneer Museum in January of 2021.
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains 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, the Kentucky
Department of Parks has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; The Osage Nation; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
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 and described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after May 17, 2023. If competing requests for
disposition are
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received, the Kentucky Department of Parks 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. The Kentucky Department of Parks 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 and
10.11.
Dated: April 5, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08057 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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