Notice2024-22893
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA
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Published
October 4, 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 has completed an inventory of human remains has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80919-80920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22893]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038785; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 has completed an inventory of human remains has determined
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Amanda Roberts Thompson, The University of Georgia
Laboratory of Archaeology, 1125 E Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605,
telephone (706) 542-8373, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8d9cad7daccd0d7d5f8cddfd996dddccd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2140534e4355494e4c615446400f444554">[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 its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Ancestor remains representing one individual was found at the
Department of Anthropology at the University of Georgia. It is unclear
when this individual came to be housed at the Department of
Anthropology but likely was brought to the university after 1948 when
the Anthropology program was founded. This individual may be associated
with work by former faculty Harold Huscher who worked in the Southwest
but no clear documentation exists. There is no record of any
potentially hazardous substances used to treat the ancestor, although
there does appear to be some glue on some of the elements.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the
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information available about the ancestors and associated funerary
objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah;
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo de San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Southern Ute
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
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:
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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after November 4, 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 human remains 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22893 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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