Notice2024-17253
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
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Published
August 6, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 63967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17253]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038391; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
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 North Carolina at
Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) has completed an inventory of human remains
and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after September 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Sara Juengst, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard,
Barnard 224, Charlotte, NC 28223, telephone (216) 269-1807, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aeddc4dbcbc0c9dddaeecdc6cfdcc2c1dadacb80cbcadb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="73001906161d14000733101b12011f1c0707165d161706">[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 UNC
Charlotte, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. This includes
the cranium of one individual. These remains were uncovered in Haywood
County, NC, in 1986 and transferred to the Haywood Country Sheriff's
office, then the NC Medical Examiner's office in Chapel Hill, NC. They
came to UNC Charlotte sometime thereafter. No known hazardous
substances have been used to treat the remains.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Cherokee Nation; Eastern
Band of the Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: biological,
geographical, historical. The information, including the results of
consultation, identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
2. The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians; and
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indian in Oklahoma as the Indian
Tribes connected to the human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
UNC Charlotte has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
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
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
with cultural affiliation.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after September 5, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, UNC Charlotte 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. UNC Charlotte is responsible for sending a copy
of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17253 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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