Notice2025-10025
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN
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Published
June 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Conservation and Environment, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects from Carroll and Henry Counties, TN 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 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23543-23544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10025]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040167; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, 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 Tennessee Department of Conservation and
Environment, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an
inventory of human
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remains and associated funerary objects from Carroll and Henry
Counties, TN 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 July 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Phillip R. Hodge, Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA), 1216 Foster Avenue,
Cole Building #3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615) 626-2025, 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 the
TDEC-DOA, 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, five individuals have been
identified. The 15 associated funerary objects are seven bone artifacts
and eight lithic artifacts. Lotted associated funerary objects are
three lots sorted faunal, lithics, and ceramic artifacts.
Davis Cavern, Carrol County, TN
Commingled human remains representing, at least, three individuals
and associated funerary objects consisting of seven bone and eight
lithic artifacts were excavated in 1926 from Davis Cavern, an
unrecorded site in Carroll County, Tennessee, and curated with the
Tennessee State Museum. These remains were transferred to the Division
of Archaeology in 1995 and 2017 for repatriation. No information is
available on the original archaeological context of these materials.
There is no known exposure to hazardous substances or treatments.
Site 40HY13, Henry County, TN
Human remains representing, at least, one individual. The
associated funerary objects are three lots of pre-Contact artifacts
respectively consisting of faunal, lithics, and ceramics. These remains
were identified within in an artifact collection donated to TDEC-TDOA
by a private individual. Rat poison pellets observed inside of the box.
Ancestral remains have been placed in a muslin bag with flagging tape
to identify the exposure to hazardous treatments or substances.
Unknown Site Locations, Henry County, TN
Human remains representing, at least, one individual. The human
remains were donated to the Tennessee State Museum by a private
individual and transferred to TDEC-DOA for repatriation. No information
exists as to the circumstances of original collection. There is no
known exposure to hazardous substances or treatments.
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
The TDEC-DOA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least, five individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 15 objects and three lots of pre-contact artifacts
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 Chickasaw
Nation.
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 July 3,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the TDEC-DOA
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. The TDEC-DOA 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: May 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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