Notice2023-18137
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
August 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology (UTK) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Stewart County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57469-57470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18137]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036439; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Department of Anthropology (UTK) has amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This notice
amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection
removed from Stewart County, TN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ozlem Kilic, University of Tennessee, Office of the
Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865)
974-2454, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0cfcbc9ccc9c3e0d5d4cb8ec5c4d5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="315e5a585d58527144455a1f545544">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8beb8a9a988bdbca3e6adacbd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bfdfbeaeacbfeffe0a5eeeffe">[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 amendments and
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by UTK.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 65722-65724,
December 21, 2018). Disposition of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. An additional five associated
funerary objects, from 40SW47, the Allen site, in Stewart County, TN,
were discovered after publication of the notice. The 24 associated
funerary objects (previously identified as 19) are two lots consisting
of faunal remains, two lots consisting of lithics, one lot consisting
of ceramics, one chert biface fragment, one chert core fragment, one
chert drill fragment, one flint blade or knife, one granite nutting
stone or bipolar anvil, seven chert projectile points, two chert
uniface scrapers, four chert unutilized flakes (one primary; one
secondary; two tertiary/thinning), and one chert flake or angular
shatter.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, UTK has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 24 objects 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.
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<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; The Chickasaw
Nation; 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 in
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 22, 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 and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. UTK 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, 10.11,
and 10.13.
Dated: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18137 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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