Notice2024-12069
Notice of Inventory Completion: Auburn University, Auburn, AL
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Published
June 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Auburn University 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47597-47598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12069]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038009; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Auburn University, Auburn, AL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Auburn University 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Michael Walters, Auburn University, 7030 Haley Center,
Auburn, AL 36849, telephone (334) 844-8300, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#335e5044030201027352465146415d1d565746"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1dcd2c681808380f1d0c4d3c4c3df9fd4d5c4">[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 Auburn
University, 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 five individuals have been identified. The 6,067 associated
funerary objects are 5,720 beads, two lots of beads, 16 ceramic sherds,
one lot of ceramic sherds, eight lots of charcoal, one clay pipe, one
potter's clay, 60 pieces of daub, three lots of fabric, three lots of
faunal bone, one lot of fiber, six pieces of glass, 34 lots of lithics,
109 lots of metal items, 13 metal bracelets, eight metal broaches/
buckles, five metal gorgets, one metal musket ball, seven metal
thimbles, one cast-iron kettle, seven metal earrings, one iron ring,
one lot of iron scissors, one lot of metal pins, one silver piece, two
triangles, four peach pits, 10 lots of red pigment, seven lots of plant
material, 20 seeds, two lots of seeds, one lot of shell fragments,
three lots of soil samples, one lot of wood, two unidentified objects,
and four lots of unidentified objects. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Hickory Ground (1EE89x1) in Elmore
County, AL, by Dr. John Cottier of Auburn University and Dr. Craig
Sheldon of Auburn University at Montgomery in 1992 and 1994. Auburn
University received the collection at an unknown date. Hickory Ground
is culturally affiliated to Poarch Band of Creek Indians and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation. No known hazardous substances were used to
treat the human remains or associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
Auburn University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 6,067 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Poarch
Band of Creek Indians and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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.
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Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 3, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, Auburn University
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. Auburn University 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 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12069 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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