Notice2024-26462
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN
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Published
November 14, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Cumberland University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 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 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90046-90047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26462]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039027; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cumberland University, Lebanon,
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 Cumberland University has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated
funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after December 16,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Rachael C. Bible, Cumberland University, 1 Cumberland Drive,
Lebanon, TN 37087, telephone (615) 549-5319, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f381919a919f96b390869e9196819f929d97dd969786"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3446565d5658517457415956514658555a501a515041">[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
Cumberland University, 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, two individuals have been
identified. The three associated funerary objects are one scapula of a
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), one premolar of an
unidentified ungulate, and one shard of faunal long bone of
unidentified taxonomic origin. In 1972, the remains and funerary
objects were removed from the archaeological site known as Castalian
Springs (40SU14) by the Cumberland College Archaeology Club. Cumberland
University was, at the time, known as Cumberland College. The remains
and funerary objects were rediscovered during a collection inventory.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Catawba Indian Nation; Cherokee Nation;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee
Tribal Town; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Quapaw Nation; Seminole Tribe
of Florida; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Quapaw Nation; Shawnee Tribe;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma responded to the
invitation and participated in consultation.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are
available: archaeological, geographical, and other relevant
information. The information, including the results of consultation,
identified:
1. No earlier group is connected to the human remains or associated
funerary object.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization is connected to
the human remains or associated funerary objects.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and
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the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be reasonably
traced through time.
Determinations
Cumberland University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The three 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> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice has been
identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice has been clearly or reasonably identified.
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 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 and associated
funerary objects described in this notice may occur on or after
December 16, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received,
Cumberland University 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. Cumberland University 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: November 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26462 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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