Notice2026-07956
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, TX
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Published
April 23, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) 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 91, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21844-21845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07956]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7106; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042666; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Texas at San
Antonio Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, TX
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 Texas at San Antonio
Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) 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 May 26, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Emily Moes, Center
for
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Archaeological Research, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7510181c190c5b181a100635000106145b101100"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1471797d786d3a797b716754616067753a717061">[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
CAR, 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, two individuals have been
identified. The five associated funerary objects are four pot sherds
and one projectile point. The remains and associated funerary objects
were commingled in a box donated to CAR in 1979. No records or
provenience information is known besides a note in the accession record
that the contents originate from Georgia. The curation history prior to
arriving at CAR is also unknown. Human remains represent one adult of
unknown sex and an adolescent of unknown sex. Two stamped pot sherds
are identified as a variety of Swift Creek (associated with the
Woodland Period, 1000 BC--A.D. 900) and Savannah check stamp
(associated with Middle Mississippian, A.D. 1200-1350). The presence of
a Morrow Mountain (or similar) projectile point indicates a time period
around 3000-1000 BC. No known hazardous substances were used to treat
the remains or 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
The CAR has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The five 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 and The Muscogee (Creek) 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 May 26,
2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the CAR 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 CAR 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: April 17, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-07956 Filed 4-22-26; 8:45 am]
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