Notice2024-06277
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
March 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains were removed from Lauderdale County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 21006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06277]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037636; 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 has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains were
removed from Lauderdale County, TN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains 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#ea858183868389aa9f9e81c48f8e9f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1dedad8ddd8d2f1c4c5da9fd4d5c4">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abdddbcacaebdedfc085cecfde"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bedebfafadbeeeff0b5feffee">[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 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, one individual were removed
from the bank of the Mississippi River in Lauderdale County, TN by an
unknown party. On August 8, 1978, the Lauderdale County Sherriff
contacted Bill Bass at UTK to assess this individual, and the Sherriff
delivered the individual to Bass that same day. Bass completed his
examination and sent a report to the Sherriff on August 15, 1978.
Following Bass' examination, the human remains were housed at the
Forensic Anthropology Center (FAC) at UTK (case number 78-10). They
remained at the FAC until they were transferred to the UTK Office of
Repatriation. No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: archeological information, biological information,
geographic information, historical information, linguistic information,
and oral tradition.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, UTK has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Quapaw Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 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 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. 2024-06277 Filed 3-25-24; 8:45 am]
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