Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN, 57469-57470 [2023-18137]
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funerary objects removed during the
excavations were brought to Fort
Ticonderoga. The 24 associated funerary
objects are one abrader, one abrader/
hammerstone, one lot consisting of
antler fragments, one modified antler,
two anvil/hammerstones, one lot
consisting of stone bifaces, one lot
consisting of modified bones, one lot
consisting of unmodified bones, one
chisel, one lot consisting of core/
hammerstone fragments, one lot
consisting of stone debitage, one dog
skeleton, one lot consisting of
groundstones, one lot consisting of
hammerstones, one hematite paint
stone, one nut, one lot consisting of
projectile points, one lot consisting of
scrapers, one lot consisting of shells,
one lot consisting of sherds, one stone,
one lot consisting of faunal teeth, and
one whetstone.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: archeological,
geographical, historical, and expert
opinion.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, The Fort Ticonderoga
Association has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• The 24 objects described in this
notice 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Cayuga Nation;
Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation;
Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk
Tribe; Seneca Nation of Indians; SenecaCayuga Nation; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda
Band of Seneca; and the Tuscarora
Nation.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
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
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after September 22, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Fort Ticonderoga Association 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 Fort
Ticonderoga Association is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Department of
Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Department of Anthropology (UTK) has
amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register on
December 21, 2018. This notice amends
the number of associated funerary
objects in a collection removed from
Stewart County, TN.
SUMMARY:
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Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ozlem Kilic, University
of Tennessee, Office of the Provost, 527
Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN
37996–0152, telephone (865) 974–2454,
email okilic@utk.edu and vpaa@utk.edu.
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 UTK. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
amendments and determinations in this
notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by
UTK.
DATES:
Amendment
This notice amends the
determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (83 FR 65722–65724, December
21, 2018). Disposition of the items in the
original Notice of Inventory Completion
has not occurred. An additional five
associated funerary objects, from
40SW47, the Allen site, in Stewart
County, TN, were discovered after
publication of the notice. The 24
associated funerary objects (previously
identified as 19) are two lots consisting
of faunal remains, two lots consisting of
lithics, one lot consisting of ceramics,
one chert biface fragment, one chert core
fragment, one chert drill fragment, one
flint blade or knife, one granite nutting
stone or bipolar anvil, seven chert
projectile points, two chert uniface
scrapers, four chert unutilized flakes
(one primary; one secondary; two
tertiary/thinning), and one chert flake or
angular shatter.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, UTK has determined that:
• The human remains represent the
physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry.
• The 24 objects 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.
• No relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
Indian Tribe.
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• The human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice
were removed from the aboriginal land
of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes 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
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization, or who
shows that the requestor is an aboriginal
land Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice
to a requestor may occur on or after
September 22, 2023. If competing
requests for disposition are received,
UTK must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. UTK is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11, and
10.13.
Dated: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Description
The one cultural item was removed
from an unknown county within the Rio
Grande Valley, TX, or NM, by Volney
Jones, former Curator of Ethnology,
University of Michigan Museum of
Anthropological Archaeology
(UMMAA). Prior to 1931, Jones
conducted fieldwork with the Isleta
Pueblo in and around New Mexico and
El Paso, TX. Jones completed his
Master’s Thesis for the University of
New Mexico on Isleta Pueblo
ethnobotany. The cultural item is one
lot of botanicals.
Cultural Affiliation
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AGENCY:
The cultural item in this notice is
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, Tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, Tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
folklore, geographical, historical, oral
tradition, other relevant information,
and expert opinion.
ACTION:
Determinations
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Item: University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI
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repatriate a certain cultural item that
meets the definition of a sacred objects
and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes in this notice. The
cultural item was removed from an
unknown county within the Rio Grande
Valley, TX, or NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA
Office Manager, University of Michigan,
Office of Research, Suite G269A, Lane
Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1274,
telephone (734) 615–8936, email
bsecunda@umich.edu.
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
Michigan. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice. Additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related
records held by the University of
Michigan.
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Michigan intends to
SUMMARY:
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Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural item in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural item in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after September 22, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the University of Michigan
must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the cultural item
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The University of
Michigan is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
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organizations, the University of
Michigan has determined that:
• The one cultural item described
above is a specific ceremonial object
needed by traditional Native American
religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural item and the
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico, and the
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.
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ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Department of Anthropology (UTK) has amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This notice
amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection
removed from Stewart County, TN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ozlem Kilic, University of Tennessee, Office of the
Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865)
974-2454, email [email protected] and [email protected].
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 UTK.
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in
this notice. Additional information on the amendments and
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by UTK.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 65722-65724,
December 21, 2018). Disposition of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. An additional five associated
funerary objects, from 40SW47, the Allen site, in Stewart County, TN,
were discovered after publication of the notice. The 24 associated
funerary objects (previously identified as 19) are two lots consisting
of faunal remains, two lots consisting of lithics, one lot consisting
of ceramics, one chert biface fragment, one chert core fragment, one
chert drill fragment, one flint blade or knife, one granite nutting
stone or bipolar anvil, seven chert projectile points, two chert
uniface scrapers, four chert unutilized flakes (one primary; one
secondary; two tertiary/thinning), and one chert flake or angular
shatter.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, UTK has determined
that:
The human remains represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 24 objects 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.
No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
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The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 22, 2023. If
competing requests for disposition are received, UTK must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. UTK is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11,
and 10.13.
Dated: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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