Notice2025-05221
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
March 27, 2025
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 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13875-13876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05221]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039768; 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 April 28, 2025.
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#b6d8d7d1c6c4d7f6c3c2dd98d3d2c3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c222d2b3c3e2d0c39382762292839">[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, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. This individual
was removed from the Bond/Bond's Village site, 22TU530, located in
Tunica County, MS. Between May 6 and November 1, 1968, human remains
and cultural items were removed from the Bond Village site after the
Mississippi Archaeological Association (MAA) received reports of
disturbance to the site from farming. John Connaway, Mississippi
Archaeology Survey (MAS), oversaw excavations, which were funded
partially by the MAA. Subsequent review of ceramic styles from the Bond
Village site suggests a Mississippian occupation (c. 1050-1400 CE) of
the site.
The circumstances that brought this individual to UTK are currently
unknown, but available records indicate that William Bass (UTK)
examined some of the individuals removed in the 1968 excavations
directed by Connaway. Based on past patterns of behavior, it is likely
that this individual was retained by Bass at UTK, while the other
individuals from this site were most likely housed elsewhere, likely at
MDAH or elsewhere in Mississippi. To our knowledge, the human remains
described in this notice were not treated with any potentially
hazardous substances.
Cultural affiliation between these human remains and the Indian
Tribe listed in this notice was established via anthropological
information, archaeological information, geographical information,
historical information, Native American Traditional Knowledge, and oral
tradition. Tunica County, MS, is part of lands ceded to the United
States by the Chickasaw, as recorded in, Treaty with the Chickasaw,
1832.
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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and The Chickasaw 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:
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
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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 April 28, 2025. 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: March 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05221 Filed 3-26-25; 8:45 am]
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