Notice2024-03651
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville, TN
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Published
February 23, 2024
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 intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed from Federal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13740-13741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03651]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037432; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Nashville District, Nashville, 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 intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed
from Federal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native
Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains or cultural items in this
notice may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If no claim for
disposition is received by February 24, 2025, the human remains or
cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed human remains or
cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Crystal Geiger, Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Nashville District, 110 9th Avenue South, Room A-405, Nashville, TN
37203, telephone (615) 736-2472, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5330212a2027323f7d3f7d34363a3436211326203230367d32213e2a7d3e3a3f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e0d1c171d1a0f02400240090b07090b1c2e1b1d0f0d0b400f1c031740030702">[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 and additional
information on the human remains or cultural items in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the related
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. In October 2023 a local fisherman
reported exposed skeletal remains located on U.S. Army Corps, Nashville
District managed lands in Dover, Stewart County, TN. The Stewart County
Deputy Sheriff and a representative from the Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation (TBI) visited the site and the TBI took possession of the
remains. The human remains collected by TBI were transferred to U.S.
Army Corps, Nashville District custody on October 20, 2023, and are
stored in a secure location. Given the stratigraphic location of the
discovery, and nearby pre-contact period sites with similar graves, the
human remains are determined to be Native American in origin.
Determinations
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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma have priority for disposition of the human remains or cultural
item described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains or cultural
items in this notice must be sent to the appropriate official
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition
is received by February 24, 2025, the human remains or cultural items
in this notice will become unclaimed human remains or cultural items.
Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains or cultural items in this notice
may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If competing claims for
disposition are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains or
cultural items 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 lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native
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Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other
consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03651 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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