Notice2024-06275
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
March 26, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 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 a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Buchanan, Jackson, and Platte Counties, MO.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21001-21002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06275]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037634; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 University of Tennessee, Department of
Anthropology (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Buchanan, Jackson, and Platte Counties, MO.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 25, 2024.
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#7d12161411141e3d08091653181908"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1cecac8cdc8c2e1d4d5ca8fc4c5d4">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#74020415153401001f5a111001"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87f1f7e6e6c7f2f3eca9e2e3f2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative
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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 determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by UTK.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 28 individuals were removed
from 23BN2, the Cloverdale site, in Buchanan County, MO. Most of these
were systematically excavated by Reginald Bullock (R. B.) Aker in the
late 1950s; however, he did not completely excavate the ossuary during
that time, returning in 1959 to recover additional burials vandalized
from previously unexcavated graves. Details of their transfer are
unknown; however, it is likely that the burials were sent to Bill Bass
at the University of Kansas (KU) and subsequently brought with him when
he began working in the UTK Department of Anthropology in 1971. The two
associated funerary objects are one lot of rock, and one lot of
ceramics.
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from 23PL25, the Brenner-Keller Mound site, in Platte County,
MO. After these burials were exposed by residential construction
between December 1953 and January, 1954, they were excavated by Leo
Roedl and James Howard as part of a joint project by the Kansas City
Archaeological Society, Kansas City Museum, and University of Missouri,
Columbia. At an unknown time, these individuals were sent to William
Bass (probably while he was at KU) and subsequently transferred to UTK
when Bass began working there in 1971. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum 42 individuals removed from
the Sugar Creek Ossuary (23PL58) in Platte County, MO. These burials
were removed from the site by R.B. Aker in June, 1960 and likely housed
at the University of Missouri, Columbia after excavation. With
assistance from J. Mett Shippee, the burials were transferred to KU for
study. William Bass was at KU at that time, and he likely brought the
burials with him to UTK in 1971. The three lots of associated funerary
objects are one lot of faunal remains, one lot of stone, and one lot of
ceramics.
In May 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, six
individuals were removed from 23PL69, the Moppin site, in Platte
County, MO, by Bill Bass (then at KU). The burials were found on land
owned by Earl Moppin of Platte City. Bass likely brought the burials
with him to UTK in 1971. The eight associated funerary objects are one
lot of rock, one thimble, one lot of metal fragments, one lot of glass
and porcelain fragments, one lot of faunal remains, one lot of iron
fragments, one lot of wood and charcoal, and one lot of beads.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: biological information, geographical information,
historical information, and Native American traditional knowledge.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, UTK has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 79 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 13 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 25, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, UTK must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation 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 and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted after the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024) but in the older format. As the notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and includes the required information,
the National Park Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 15, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-06275 Filed 3-25-24; 8:45 am]
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