Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 6572 [2020-02242]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 6572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02242]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029602; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of 
Louisville, Louisville, KY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of Louisville, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items 
should submit a written request to the University of Louisville. If no 
additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural 
items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the University of Louisville at 
the address in this notice by March 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Jennings, University of Louisville, Department of 
Anthropology, Lutz Hall Room 228, Louisville, KY 40292, telephone (502) 
852-2421, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, that meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item(s)

    In 1969, 1971, and 1972, one lot of lithics and one lot of ochre 
were excavated from the Lawrence site (15Tr33) in Trigg County, KY.
    The Lawrence site has yielded Early Archaic human remains and 
associated funerary objects described elsewhere in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on July 15, 
2019. The site report also describes the two lots of items listed above 
as coming from burial contexts and clear (to the excavators) burial 
features. However, no human remains were collected at the time due to 
poor organic preservation.

Determinations Made by the University of Louisville

    Officials of the University of Louisville have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the two cultural items 
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or 
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of 
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 
Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes'').

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Dr. Thomas Jennings, University of 
Louisville, Department of Anthropology, Lutz Hall 228, Louisville, KY 
40292, telephone (502) 852-2421, email [email protected], 
by March 6, 2020. After that date, if no additional claimants have come 
forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to 
The Tribes may proceed.
    The University of Louisville is responsible for notifying The 
Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: January 9, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-02242 Filed 2-4-20; 8:45 am]
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