Notice2024-27513
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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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 Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK) has completed an inventory of human remains and 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 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92966-92967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27513]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039108; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee,
Department of Anthropology, 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, Department of
Anthropology (UTK) has completed an inventory of human remains and 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 December 26, 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#7f111e180f0d1e3f0a0b14511a1b0a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b151a1c0b091a3b0e0f10551e1f0e">[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, two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These
individuals were removed by R.B. Aker at an unknown time from an
unknown archaeological site in Platte County, Missouri. The only
information available about the removal of these individuals is a label
stating they were ``dug years ago by Aker'' from a ``mound west of
Parkville.'' Aker actively excavated in Buchanan and Platte Counties,
MO, and Parkville is located in Platte County. Based on a past pattern
of practice, these individuals were probably transferred to William
Bass while he was at the University of Kansas and brought by him to UTK
when he began working there in 1971.
Through Tribal consultation, these individuals were identified as
culturally affiliated with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and The Osage
Nation, based off the following types of information: archaeological,
geographical, historical, linguistic, and oral traditional.
Some of the remains were ``repaired'' using an unknown glue, and
some were treated with an unknown preservative, however, to our
knowledge no potentially hazardous substances were used to treat the
remains.
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 described in this notice.
Determinations
UTK has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and The Osage Nation.
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:
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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 December 26, 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 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.
Dated: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27513 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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