Notice2024-20300
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN
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Published
September 10, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined in consultation 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 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73436-73437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20300]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038656; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, 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 Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined in consultation 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 October 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Phillip R. Hodge, Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA), 1216 Foster Avenue,
Cole Building #3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615) 626-2025, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#36665e5f5a187e5952515376425818515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="104078797c3e587f74777550647e3e777f66">[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
TDEC-DOA, 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 minimum 39 individuals and associated
funerary objects (AFO) consisting of one lot of faunal material.
Hampton Place (40HA146), Moccasin Bend, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Ancestral remains of at minimum 37 individuals were recovered from
disturbed and looted contexts by the Chattanooga Regional
Anthropological Association in 1982, transferred to TDEC-DOA in 1984,
and subsequently housed at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga from
1991-2007. For unknown reasons, the ancestral remains were temporarily
transferred to the Hamilton County Medical Examiner in 2007 and then
returned to TDEC-DOA that same year. A single lot of associated faunal
material is commingled with the ancestral remains, and at the request
of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was not inventoried for the
purposes of this notice. Consultation took place on May 24, June 6, and
June 24, 2024. There is no known exposure to hazardous substances or
treatments.
Unknown Sites, Moccasin Bend, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Ancestral remains of at minimum two individuals recovered from
unknown
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proveniences on Moccasin Bend, Hamilton County, Tennessee. One ancestor
was recovered by the Hamilton County Medical Examiner near the Blue
Blazes Trail and transferred to the TDEC-DOA for repatriation in August
2020. A second individual was recovered by a private individual along
the Tennessee River bankline near the Moccasin Bend Archaeological
District and turned over to the Hamilton County Medical Examiner, later
transferred to the National Park Service Law Enforcement at Chickamauga
National Military Park, and transferred to the DOA for repatriation in
August 2019. Consultation took place on May 24, June 6, and June 24,
2024. In consultation on May 24, 2024 TDEC-DOA suggested that these
ancestors be included in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' 2021
claim for the ancestors from 40HA146. All consulting Nations agreed to
this course of action. There is no known exposure to hazardous
substances or treatments.
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 and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
TDEC-DOA have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at minimum 39 individuals of Native American
ancestry;
<bullet> The one lot of objects described in this inventory are
reasonably believed to be directly or indirectly mortuary related;
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
objects from Hamilton County described in this notice and the Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October
10, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, TDEC-DOA
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. TDEC-DOA 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 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20300 Filed 9-9-24; 8:45 am]
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