Notice2025-01185
Notice of Inventory Completion: Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL
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Published
January 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Auburn University at Montgomery 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 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 5993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01185]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039352; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Auburn University at Montgomery,
Montgomery, 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), Auburn University at Montgomery 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 February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megan LeBlanc, Auburn University at Montgomery, P.O. Box
244023, Montgomery, AL 36124, telephone (334) 394-5532, email
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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 Auburn
University at Montgomery, 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 13 individuals have been
identified. The 3,406 associated funerary objects (3,368 individual
items and 38 lots of associated funerary objects) include one
incomplete pottery vessel, 2,066 pottery sherds, 1,298 lithic items,
two metal buttons, one glass fragment, 10 lots of faunal remains, 11
lot of shell fragments, four lots of charcoal, 11 lots of daub, and two
lots of sediment samples. 1DS1, Durant's Bend, is located in Dallas
County, AL along the Alabama River. In 1982, Dr. Craig Sheldon and
field school students from Auburn University at Montgomery removed
human remains and associated funerary objects from the east midden area
of the site. These human remains and associated funerary objects were
then housed in the Auburn University at Montgomery Archaeology
Laboratory. No known hazardous substances were used to treat any of the
human remains or associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
Auburn University at Montgomery has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of a minimum of 13 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 3,406 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 Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town.
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 February
18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Auburn
University at Montgomery 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. Auburn University at Montgomery 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: January 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01185 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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