Notice2023-11017
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville, TN and the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
May 24, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, in cooperation with the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), 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 Stewart County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 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: 2023-11017]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035912; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Nashville District, Nashville, TN and the University of Tennessee,
Department of Anthropology, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District, in cooperation with the University of Tennessee, Department
of Anthropology (UTK), 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 Stewart County, TN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after June 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Valerie McCormack, Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Nashville District, 110 9th Avenue South, Room A-405,
Nashville, TN 37203, telephone (615) 736-7847, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1462757871667d713a7e3a7977777b667975777f5461677577713a7566796d3a797d78"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d2b3c31382f3438733773303e3e322f303c3e361d282e3c3e38733c2f302473303431">[email protected]</span></a> and 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#204f4b494c49436055544b0e454455"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb848082878288ab9e9f80c58e8f9e">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#24525445456451504f0a414051"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2b4b2a3a382b7b6a9eca7a6b7">[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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District. 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Description
In June and July of 1974, human remains representing, at minimum,
eight individuals were removed from 40SW23, the Stone Site or Bear
Creek Site, in Stewart County, TN, during excavations conducted by
Murray State University. This site lies within the Barkley Dam
operating project. Subsequently, these ancestors and objects were
transferred to UTK, where they currently reside. The human remains
belong to seven infants and one child of indeterminate age. No known
individuals were identified. The 15 associated funerary objects are
eight faunal bones and teeth, one shell, one potsherd, one rock, one
lot consisting of charcoal fragments, and three earplug-shaped items
composed of a fibrous plant material. (A Notice of Inventory Completion
for other human remains and associated funerary objects from this site
was published in the Federal Register on July 19, 2017, and a
correction notice was published in the Federal Register on July 6,
2020. The repatriation and reburial of those human remains and
associated funerary objects took place in August of 2018.)
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 final judgment
of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims
and treaties.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Nashville District has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 15 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
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 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 23,
2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Nashville District 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 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Nashville District 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: May 17, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-11017 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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