Notice2024-18950
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
August 23, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology (UTK), have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have 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 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 68195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18950]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038565; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Department of Anthropology (UTK), have completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects and have 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 September 23, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44, Albuquerque, NM
87104, telephone (505) 879-9711, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a2e3b373b283b7438333636333f1a38333b743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="047065696576652a666d68686d6144666d652a636b72">[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
BIA, 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, four individuals have been
reasonably identified. The 10 associated funerary objects are three
lots of lithics, four lots of ceramics, and three lots of faunal
remains.
These remains and objects were removed from 25RH1, the Leary site,
in Richardson County, Nebraska. There have been numerous excavations of
this site, but these remains and objects were likely removed in 1968,
under the direction of Alfred E. Johnson of the University of Kansas
(KU). Bulldozer cutting along the terrace of the Nemaha River exposed
burials which were ``salvaged'' by Johnson in 1968. Based on the
information available, it is highly likely that William Bass brought
these remains and two of the funerary objects (one lot of ceramics and
one lot of faunal remains) from KU to UTK when he began working in the
Department of Anthropology in 1971. However, some of the associated
funerary objects remained at KU, including three lots of lithics, three
lots of ceramics, and two lots of faunal remains. Some of the human
remains appear to have been treated with an unknown preservative and
some have glue present.
25RH1 has been documented as an Oneota culture site. This is
supported by anthropological, archeological, linguistic, oral
tradition, and other relevant information or expert opinion, including
Native American traditional knowledge. The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska is among the present-day representatives of the Oneota
culture. This site is also located on the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska's reservation.
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
BIA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Iowa Tribe
of Kansas and Nebraska.
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 23, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BIA 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. The BIA 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: August 15, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18950 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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