Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville, TN, 13740-13741 [2024-03651]
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investigation. The human remains
represent one young adult female that,
according to the osteology report, ‘‘18–
25 yrs. age-at-death.’’ No associated
funerary objects are present.
Based upon the historical record, site
analysis, evidence obtained through
criminal investigation, osteological
analysis, and tribal consultation, the
ARAS believes that there is a
relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and the Caddo Nation.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, ARAS has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the Native American
human remains and the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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 in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after March 25, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
ARAS 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. ARAS is
responsible for notifying the Caddo
Nation that this notice has been
published.
This notice was submitted before the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
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Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037432;
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Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District, Nashville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District intends to carry out the
disposition of human remains removed
from Federal lands to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native
Hawaiian organization with priority for
disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains or cultural items in this notice
may occur on or after March 25, 2024.
If no claim for disposition is received by
February 24, 2025, the human remains
or cultural items in this notice will
become unclaimed human remains or
cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Crystal Geiger,
Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Nashville District, 110 9th
Avenue South, Room A–405, Nashville,
TN 37203, telephone (615) 736–2472,
email crystal.l.geiger@usace.army.mil.
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 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Nashville District
and additional information on the
human remains or cultural items in this
notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the related
records. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the identifications in
this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
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objects are present. In October 2023 a
local fisherman reported exposed
skeletal remains located on U.S. Army
Corps, Nashville District managed lands
in Dover, Stewart County, TN. The
Stewart County Deputy Sheriff and a
representative from the Tennessee
Bureau of Investigation (TBI) visited the
site and the TBI took possession of the
remains. The human remains collected
by TBI were transferred to U.S. Army
Corps, Nashville District custody on
October 20, 2023, and are stored in a
secure location. Given the stratigraphic
location of the discovery, and nearby
pre-contact period sites with similar
graves, the human remains are
determined to be Native American in
origin.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Nashville District has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma have
priority for disposition of the human
remains or cultural item described in
this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the
human remains or cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the appropriate
official identified in this notice under
ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is
received by February 24, 2025, the
human remains or cultural items in this
notice will become unclaimed human
remains or cultural items. Claims for
disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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
they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains or
cultural items in this notice may occur
on or after March 25, 2024. If competing
claims for disposition are received, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District must determine the most
appropriate claimant prior to
disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains or
cultural items are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native
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Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
California State Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
California State Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) has completed
an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and have
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Sacramento County,
CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lisa Bright, Branch
Chief District 3, Cultural Resources
(South), California State Department of
Transportation, 703 B Street Marysville,
CA 95901, telephone (530) 812–4569,
email Lisa.Bright@dot.ca.gov.
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 Caltrans. 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 inventory or related records held
by California State University,
Sacramento (Sacramento State) and
Caltrans.
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SUMMARY:
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Description
In the spring of 1957 (approximately
February/March) human remains
representing, at minimum, six
individuals were removed from CA–
SAC–96 (Accession Number 81–299;
also known as Allen/Allyn Mound). The
1957 excavations were carried out by
Sacramento State College (now
Sacramento State) under the direction of
Norman Wilson on behalf of the
California Division of Highways (now
Caltrans). No excavation reports were
written, and the collection remained
uncatalogued until October 2023.
Occupation of the site is estimated to
have occurred during the Late Phase 2,
post 500 years before present based on
bead and pendent size and shape
although occupation could extend back
as far as 1,000 years before present. The
associated funerary objects removed
from this site (83 catalog entries)
include baked clay objects; modified
bones, stones, and shells; historic
materials; flaked and ground stones;
faunal remains; burnt basketry; and
beads. The human remains were not
individually catalogued, and those that
had been previously boxed separately
were treated as lots. Bags of faunal
remains were also treated as lots to
minimize handling. An additional 18
objects are currently missing from the
collection and Caltrans and Sacramento
State continues to look for them. This
count is based on handwritten index
cards that were identified as associated
with this collection. These 18 objects
were not identified during the
cataloging process.
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 or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical,
oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Caltrans has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of six individuals of Native
American ancestry.
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• The 83 catalog entries 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 Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California; and the Wilton Rancheria,
California.
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 March 25, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
California State University, Sacramento
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. Caltrans is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted after the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024) but in the
older format. As the notice conforms to
the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required
information, the National Park Service
is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
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[FR Doc No: 2024-03651]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037432; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Nashville District, Nashville, TN
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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed
from Federal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native
Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains or cultural items in this
notice may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If no claim for
disposition is received by February 24, 2025, the human remains or
cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed human remains or
cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Crystal Geiger, Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Nashville District, 110 9th Avenue South, Room A-405, Nashville, TN
37203, telephone (615) 736-2472, email [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 the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District and additional
information on the human remains or cultural items in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the related
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. In October 2023 a local fisherman
reported exposed skeletal remains located on U.S. Army Corps, Nashville
District managed lands in Dover, Stewart County, TN. The Stewart County
Deputy Sheriff and a representative from the Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation (TBI) visited the site and the TBI took possession of the
remains. The human remains collected by TBI were transferred to U.S.
Army Corps, Nashville District custody on October 20, 2023, and are
stored in a secure location. Given the stratigraphic location of the
discovery, and nearby pre-contact period sites with similar graves, the
human remains are determined to be Native American in origin.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District has determined
that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma have priority for disposition of the human remains or cultural
item described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains or cultural
items in this notice must be sent to the appropriate official
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition
is received by February 24, 2025, the human remains or cultural items
in this notice will become unclaimed human remains or cultural items.
Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains or cultural items in this notice
may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If competing claims for
disposition are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains or
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native
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Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other
consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03651 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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