Notice2023-09586
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Published
May 5, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, previously listed as the Office of the State Archaeologist Burials Program, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 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 Christian County, KY, and Davidson County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29157-29158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09586]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035782; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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 Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, previously listed as the Office of the State
Archaeologist Burials Program, has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects and has 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 Christian County, KY, and Davidson
County, TN.
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DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after June 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa
City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#127e7360733f7c7d7e767c776052677b7d65733c777667"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5b9b4a7b4f8bbbab9b1bbb0a795a0bcbaa2b4fbb0b1a0">[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
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. 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 Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology
Program.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three
individuals were removed from an unknown site near Hopkinsville, in
Christian County, KY. At an unknown date, the human remains came into
the possession of a private collector in Fort Madison, IA. After the
collector's death in 1994, the human remains were transferred to the
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. The cranial
and dental remains (Burial Project 785) belong to one elderly adult
male and two adults of indeterminate age and sex. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from an unknown site in Davidson County, TN.
These human remains cannot be attributed to a particular archeological
context. At some point, the human remains came into the possession of a
private collector in Fort Madison, IA. After the collector's death in
1994, the human remains were transferred to the Office of the State
Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. The cranial and dental remains
(Burial Project 785) belong to one young-to-middle-aged adult male and
one adult of undetermined age and sex. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary object is a chert projectile
point likely dating to the Late Woodland period.
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: treaties.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Office of the
State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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 object described
in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw
Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; 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 June 5,
2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Office of
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program 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. The Office of
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program 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 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09586 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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