Notice2025-17628
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Published
September 12, 2025
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 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 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44231-44232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17628]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6517; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041063; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 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 October 14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Dr. Lauren Downs, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Department of Anthropology, UH 3165, 1720 2nd Avenue South,
Birmingham, AL 35294, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#335d52544341524047525555734652511d565746"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="600e01071012011314010606201501024e050415">[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 the
University of Alabama at Birmingham, 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
Ancestor remains representing one individual have been identified.
No associated funerary objects are present. Archaeological site 1Lo91
is located in Lowndes County, AL, along Dry Cedar Creek in a cultivated
field. The collection from the site was removed by the University of
Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Anthropology staff member Larry
Shaffield in 1975. Work at the site included surface collection only in
cultivated areas of the site. Site occupation at 1Lo91 dates to the
Middle/Late Woodland Period (A.D. 1-1000). No known hazardous
substances were used to treat the ancestor.
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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 described in this
notice.
Determinations
The University of Alabama at Birmingham 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 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe
of Florida; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town.
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 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 October 14, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the University of Alabama at Birmingham
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. The University of Alabama at
Birmingham is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 29, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17628 Filed 9-11-25; 8:45 am]
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