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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90046-90047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26462]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039027; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: Cumberland University, Lebanon, 
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 Cumberland University has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated 
funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after December 16, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: Rachael C. Bible, Cumberland University, 1 Cumberland Drive, 
Lebanon, TN 37087, telephone (615) 549-5319, 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 
Cumberland 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, two individuals have been 
identified. The three associated funerary objects are one scapula of a 
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), one premolar of an 
unidentified ungulate, and one shard of faunal long bone of 
unidentified taxonomic origin. In 1972, the remains and funerary 
objects were removed from the archaeological site known as Castalian 
Springs (40SU14) by the Cumberland College Archaeology Club. Cumberland 
University was, at the time, known as Cumberland College. The remains 
and funerary objects were rediscovered during a collection inventory.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Catawba Indian Nation; Cherokee Nation; 
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern 
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee 
Tribal Town; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; 
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Quapaw Nation; Seminole Tribe 
of Florida; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of 
Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation; The Seminole 
Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah 
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
    The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Quapaw Nation; Shawnee Tribe; 
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the United 
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma responded to the 
invitation and participated in consultation.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are 
available: archaeological, geographical, and other relevant 
information. The information, including the results of consultation, 
identified:
    1. No earlier group is connected to the human remains or associated 
funerary object.
    2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization is connected to 
the human remains or associated funerary objects.
    3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier 
group and

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the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be reasonably 
traced through time.

Determinations

    Cumberland University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The three 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.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice has been 
identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice has been clearly or reasonably identified.

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 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 and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice may occur on or after 
December 16, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, 
Cumberland University 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. Cumberland 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: November 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26462 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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