Notice2025-20104
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Published
November 18, 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 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 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20104]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6586; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041295; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The 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 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 December 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Lauren Downs, the
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#f69897918684978582979090b6839794d8939283"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aec0cfc9dedccfdddacfc8c8eedbcfcc80cbcadb">[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
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been
identified. The 155 associated funerary objects are 81 faunal bone
fragments, including turtle, deer, and unidentified species; 51 lithic
flakes; 13 shells or shell fragments; eight pottery sherds; one
greenstone flake; and one lot of charcoal. Site 1Sc50 is located in St.
Clair County, AL, along the Coosa River and is a large, multi-component
village site. The site was excavated by Dr. Roger Nance (Department of
Anthropology, the University of Alabama at Birmingham) in 1968-1971 as
part of a university-sponsored archaeological field school. Internal
records list the site as 1STC100, but this is believed to be a synonym
for site 1Sc50. Occupation of the site spans the Archaic, Woodland, and
early Protohistoric periods. The burials recovered from the site likely
date to the Early to Middle Woodland Period (1000 BC--A.D. 500),
possibly the Cedar Bluff phase of the Early Middle Woodland Period (100
BC--A.D. 300). The Cedar Bluff phase is considered a variant of the
Tennessee Valley Colbert culture. There is no record of any potentially
hazardous substances being used to treat the ancestors or associated
belongings.
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 University of Alabama at Birmingham has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 155 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; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe
of Florida; Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; 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 December
18, 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 and associated funerary objects 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: September 30, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-20104 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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