[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84391-84392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24422]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038929; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, McClung 
Museum of Natural History & Culture, Knoxville, 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 University of Tennessee, McClung Museum 
of Natural History & Culture (UTK), has completed an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ellen Lofaro, University of Tennessee, Office of 
Repatriation, 5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921-6053, 
telephone (865) 974-3370, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e404f495e5c4f6e5b5a45004b4a5b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066867617674674673726d28636273">[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 UTK, 
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, 56 individuals have been 
identified. The 397 lots of associated funerary objects are 146 lots of 
ceramics, 105 lots of faunal remains, 29 lots of lithics, 88 lots of 
daub, one lot of petrified wood, 17 lots of indeterminate/other 
objects, 10 lots of botanicals, and one lot of historic objects.
    The remains and funerary objects were removed from 40SY1, the 
Chucalissa site, in Shelby County, TN. The site was excavated in 1940 
by T.M.N. Lewis, George Lidberg, and C.H. Nash of the University of 
Tennessee, Knoxville. After excavation ended, the remains and funerary 
objects were transferred to UTK. Chucalissa was a Mississippian site, 
with the most intensive occupation between 900-1500 CE. Some of the 
remains and associated funerary objects have been ``repaired'' using an 
unknown adhesive/s, but to our knowledge, no potentially hazardous 
substances were used to treat the remains or objects.
    During consultation the Quapaw Nation communicated their cultural 
affiliation with the Chucalissa site, based off the following types of 
information: historical, geographical, linguistic, anthropological, 
archaeological, folkloric, oral tradition, and expert opinion.
    During consultation, The Chickasaw Nation communicated their 
cultural affiliation with the Chucalissa site based off historical and 
geographical information, specifically referencing the Treaty with the 
US and the Chickasaw of 1818.

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 and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    UTK has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 56 individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> The 397 lots of objects described in this notice are 
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony.
    <bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Quapaw 
Nation and The Chickasaw Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 
21, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UTK 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. UTK 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.


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    Dated: October 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-24422 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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