Notice2024-14470
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA
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Published
July 1, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary objects and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 54501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14470]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038203; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Georgia,
Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA
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 Georgia, Laboratory of
Archaeology intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets
the definition of an unassociated funerary objects and that has a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after July 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Amanda Thompson, University of Georgia, Laboratory of
Archaeology, 1125 Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605, telephone (706)
542-8737, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abcad9c4c9dfc3c4c6ebdeccca85cecfde"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0263706d60766a6d6f427765632c676677">[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
University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one unassociated funerary object is an axe was surface collected
from 38OC3, Toxaway in 1968 by Marshall Williams. The Laboratory has
been unable to locate information for any research on this object but
the axe was conserved.
Determinations
The University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology has determined
that:
<bullet> The one unassociated funerary object described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary object has been identified by a preponderance of
the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after July 31, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The University of Georgia,
Laboratory of Archaeology is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: June 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14470 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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