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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92966-92967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27513]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039108; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, 
Department of Anthropology, 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, Department of 
Anthropology (UTK) 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 December 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ellen Lofaro, University of Tennessee, Office of 
Repatriation, 5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921-6053, 
telephone (865) 974-3370, 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 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, two individuals have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These 
individuals were removed by R.B. Aker at an unknown time from an 
unknown archaeological site in Platte County, Missouri. The only 
information available about the removal of these individuals is a label 
stating they were ``dug years ago by Aker'' from a ``mound west of 
Parkville.'' Aker actively excavated in Buchanan and Platte Counties, 
MO, and Parkville is located in Platte County. Based on a past pattern 
of practice, these individuals were probably transferred to William 
Bass while he was at the University of Kansas and brought by him to UTK 
when he began working there in 1971.
    Through Tribal consultation, these individuals were identified as 
culturally affiliated with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and The Osage 
Nation, based off the following types of information: archaeological, 
geographical, historical, linguistic, and oral traditional.
    Some of the remains were ``repaired'' using an unknown glue, and 
some were treated with an unknown preservative, however, to our 
knowledge no potentially hazardous substances were used to treat the 
remains.

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

    UTK has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and The Osage Nation.

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:

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    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 December 26, 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 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.

    Dated: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27513 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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