Notice2024-24422
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, Knoxville, TN
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Published
October 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 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 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84391-84392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24422]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038929; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, McClung
Museum of Natural History & Culture, 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 University of Tennessee, McClung Museum
of Natural History & Culture (UTK), has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects and has 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 November 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ellen Lofaro, University of Tennessee, Office of
Repatriation, 5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921-6053,
telephone (865) 974-3370, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e404f495e5c4f6e5b5a45004b4a5b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066867617674674673726d28636273">[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 UTK,
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, 56 individuals have been
identified. The 397 lots of associated funerary objects are 146 lots of
ceramics, 105 lots of faunal remains, 29 lots of lithics, 88 lots of
daub, one lot of petrified wood, 17 lots of indeterminate/other
objects, 10 lots of botanicals, and one lot of historic objects.
The remains and funerary objects were removed from 40SY1, the
Chucalissa site, in Shelby County, TN. The site was excavated in 1940
by T.M.N. Lewis, George Lidberg, and C.H. Nash of the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. After excavation ended, the remains and funerary
objects were transferred to UTK. Chucalissa was a Mississippian site,
with the most intensive occupation between 900-1500 CE. Some of the
remains and associated funerary objects have been ``repaired'' using an
unknown adhesive/s, but to our knowledge, no potentially hazardous
substances were used to treat the remains or objects.
During consultation the Quapaw Nation communicated their cultural
affiliation with the Chucalissa site, based off the following types of
information: historical, geographical, linguistic, anthropological,
archaeological, folkloric, oral tradition, and expert opinion.
During consultation, The Chickasaw Nation communicated their
cultural affiliation with the Chucalissa site based off historical and
geographical information, specifically referencing the Treaty with the
US and the Chickasaw of 1818.
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
UTK has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 56 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 397 lots of 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 Quapaw
Nation and The Chickasaw 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 November
21, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UTK 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. UTK 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.
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Dated: October 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-24422 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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