Notice2024-11448
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
May 24, 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45918-45919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11448]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037977; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ellen Lofaro, University of Tennessee, Office of
Repatriation, 5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921-6053,
telephone (865) 974-3370, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f49a9593848695b481809fda919081"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1bfb0b6a1a3b091a4a5baffb4b5a4">[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,
and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, six individuals have been reasonably identified. These
individuals were removed from an unknown site in Woodville (Wilkinson
County), Mississippi. The burials were exposed in late September or
early October 1978 during road construction and reported to the
Sheriff's Office. Probably after
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determining the burials were Native American and not a case for law
enforcement, the individuals were transferred to Robert W. Neuman,
Curator of Anthropology at Louisiana State University. In November
1978, Sharon Goad brought the individuals to UTK on Neuman's behalf and
gave them to Charles Faulkner for William Bass to examine. Once Bass
completed his assessment and sent a report to Neuman (January 1979),
the individuals were retained by the UTK Forensic Anthropology Center
(FAC) as case 1978/78AA. They remained in the FAC until they were
transferred to the UTK Office of Repatriation. No associated funerary
objects are present. While some of the human remains have been
``repaired'' using glue, no known hazardous substances were used to
treat any of the remains.
Wilkinson County, MS is part of lands ceded to the United States by
the Choctaw in the Treaty of Fort Adams in 1801.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
UTK has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 June 24, 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: May 15, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11448 Filed 5-23-24; 8:45 am]
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