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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 January 17, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the PMAE 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. The PMAE is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Monica E. Holguin, Chief, Retirement &
Benefits Branch, National Park Service,
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or 720–417–3154 or (2) Felix Uribe,
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Pursuant
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1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
DOI is rescinding the INTERIOR/NPS–5,
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primary purpose of the system of
records was to maintain employees’
Federal employment history and
retirement contributions. During a
review of NPS SORNs, it was
determined that this notice is no longer
necessary as the records in the system
are covered under the Department-wide
SORN, INTERIOR/DOI–85, Payroll,
Attendance, Retirement, and Leave
Records, 83 FR 34156 (July 19, 2018).
Therefore, DOI is rescinding the
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INTERIOR/NPS–5, Retirement Record,
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Attendance, Retirement, and Leave
Records, SORN. This rescindment will
also promote the overall streamlining
and management of DOI Privacy Act
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National Park Service, Interior.
Rescindment of a system of
records notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of the
Interior (DOI) is issuing a public notice
of its intent to rescind the National Park
Service (NPS) Privacy Act system of
records, INTERIOR/NPS–5, Retirement
Record, from its existing inventory.
DATES: These changes take effect on
December 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments
identified by docket number [DOI–
2024–0015] by any of the following
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Department of the Interior.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Vanderbilt
University has completed an inventory
of human remains and has determined
that there is no lineal descendant and
no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the
human remains in this notice may occur
on or after January 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Steve Wernke, Professor
and Chair, Department of Anthropology,
Vanderbilt University, VU Station B
#356050, 2301 Vanderbilt Place,
Nashville, TN 37235, telephone (615)
343–2518, email s.wernke@
vanderbilt.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 Vanderbilt
University, 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.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
86 individuals have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In approximately the 1960s, human
remains representing, at minimum, 86
individuals were removed from the
Ganier site in a location near Bells
Bend, Nashville (Davidson County),
Tennessee. Vanderbilt University
believes that the then-owner of the
private property contacted Ronald
Spores, Professor of Anthropology at
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Vanderbilt University, to excavate the
human remains after they became
visible following erosion affecting the
riverbank where they had been buried.
The human remains include those of
individuals both male and female,
ranging in age from infant to adult. No
known individuals were identified.
Consultation
Vanderbilt University, through faculty
member Tiffiny Tung, initiated
consultation on October 7, 2021 with
the following Indian Tribes: AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas; Cherokee
Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
Representatives from the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians and The
Chickasaw Nation responded to the
invitation and participated in
consultation with Vanderbilt University.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information
about the cultural affiliation of the
human remains in this notice are
available: geographical. Specifically, the
representative from The Chickasaw
Nation noted that the location along the
Cumberland River where the human
remains were located could be linked to
several federally recognized Indian
Tribes. The representative for the
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
advised that the site falls within the
traditional Cherokee aboriginal territory.
The information, including the results
of consultation, identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the
human remains.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization connected to the human
remains.
3. No relationship of shared group
identity between the earlier group and
the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization that can be reasonably
traced through time.
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Determinations
Officials of Vanderbilt University
have determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 86 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• No known lineal descendant who
can trace ancestry to the human remains
in this notice has been identified.
• No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation to
the human remains in this notice has
been clearly or reasonably identified.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by any lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native
Hawaiian organization 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.
Upon request, repatriation of the
human remains described in this notice
may occur on or after January 17, 2025.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, Vanderbilt University 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. Vanderbilt
University is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to any consulting
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Harvard University Archives, Pusey
Library, Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Harvard University Archives, Pusey
Library (HUA), has completed an
inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Virginia Hunt, Harvard
University Archives, Pusey Library, 1
Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138,
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telephone (617) 495–3240, email
virginia_hunt@harvard.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 HUA, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the 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,
one individual have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were removed by
Edward Eggleston from ‘‘an Indian
grave’’ at Lake George, Warren County,
NY in 1883 and sent by him to Frederic
Ward Putnam, Director of the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, the same year. In
1971, the human remains were
transferred to HUA with the
correspondence files of the Director of
the Peabody Museum.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The HUA has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the
human remains described in this notice
and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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
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 January 17, 2025. If competing
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039215; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Vanderbilt University, 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), Vanderbilt University has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal
descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after January 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Steve Wernke, Professor and Chair, Department of
Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B #356050, 2301
Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, telephone (615) 343-2518, 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
Vanderbilt University, 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, 86 individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In
approximately the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, 86
individuals were removed from the Ganier site in a location near Bells
Bend, Nashville (Davidson County), Tennessee. Vanderbilt University
believes that the then-owner of the private property contacted Ronald
Spores, Professor of Anthropology at
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Vanderbilt University, to excavate the human remains after they became
visible following erosion affecting the riverbank where they had been
buried. The human remains include those of individuals both male and
female, ranging in age from infant to adult. No known individuals were
identified.
Consultation
Vanderbilt University, through faculty member Tiffiny Tung,
initiated consultation on October 7, 2021 with the following Indian
Tribes: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Representatives from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and The
Chickasaw Nation responded to the invitation and participated in
consultation with Vanderbilt University.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical.
Specifically, the representative from The Chickasaw Nation noted that
the location along the Cumberland River where the human remains were
located could be linked to several federally recognized Indian Tribes.
The representative for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians advised
that the site falls within the traditional Cherokee aboriginal
territory. The information, including the results of consultation,
identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the
human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
Officials of Vanderbilt University have determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 86 individuals of Native American ancestry.
No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after January 17, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, Vanderbilt University 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. Vanderbilt University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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