Notice2024-27497
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Published
November 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92963-92964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27497]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039100; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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 Alabama at Birmingham
(UAB) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after December 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lauren Downs, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Department of Anthropology, UH 3165, 1720 2nd Avenue, South,
Birmingham, AL 35294-1241, telephone (205) 934-3508, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0cec1c7d0d2c1d3d4c1c6c6e0d5c1c28ec5c4d5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1779767067657664637671715762767539727362">[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 UAB,
and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of two lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The two lots of unassociated funerary objects are one lot
of pottery from two partial vessels and one lot of flaked stone tools.
The unassociated funerary objects were removed from a limestone lined
grave reported to be sixty miles north of Murray, Kentucky. This
description places the geographic location in or near Crittenden,
Livingston, Lyon, or Marshall County, Kentucky, or Hardin or Pope
County, Illinois. The collection was donated to UAB at an unknown date.
No cultural affiliation information is included in UAB's internal
records, but the geographical origin of the objects and relevant
archaeological information reasonably identify a cultural affiliation
with the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma, Quapaw Nation, Shawnee Tribe, and The Chickasaw Nation.
There is no record of any potentially hazardous substances used to
treat the unassociated funerary objects.
Determinations
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has determined that:
<bullet> The two lots of unassociated funerary objects described in
this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally
with or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native
American culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge
of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a
preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific
individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or
burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation
to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and The Chickasaw Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
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 not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or
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a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after December 26, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, UAB must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing
requests. UAB is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27497 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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