[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80919-80920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22893]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038785; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Georgia, Laboratory 
of Archaeology, Athens, GA

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 Georgia, Laboratory of 
Archaeology has completed an inventory of human remains 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 November 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Amanda Roberts Thompson, The University of Georgia 
Laboratory of Archaeology, 1125 E Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605, 
telephone (706) 542-8373, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8d9cad7daccd0d7d5f8cddfd996dddccd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2140534e4355494e4c615446400f444554">[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 
University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology 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

    Ancestor remains representing one individual was found at the 
Department of Anthropology at the University of Georgia. It is unclear 
when this individual came to be housed at the Department of 
Anthropology but likely was brought to the university after 1948 when 
the Anthropology program was founded. This individual may be associated 
with work by former faculty Harold Huscher who worked in the Southwest 
but no clear documentation exists. There is no record of any 
potentially hazardous substances used to treat the ancestor, although 
there does appear to be some glue on some of the elements.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the

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information available about the ancestors and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology has determined 
that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; 
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo de San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo 
of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Southern Ute 
Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Indian 
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; 
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.

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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after November 4, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the University of Georgia, Laboratory of 
Archaeology 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 University 
of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology is responsible for sending a copy 
of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
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: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22893 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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