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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92963-92964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27497]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039100; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Alabama at 
Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

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 Alabama at Birmingham 
(UAB) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural 
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after December 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lauren Downs, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 
Department of Anthropology, UH 3165, 1720 2nd Avenue, South, 
Birmingham, AL 35294-1241, telephone (205) 934-3508, 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 UAB, 
and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of two lots of cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The two lots of unassociated funerary objects are one lot 
of pottery from two partial vessels and one lot of flaked stone tools. 
The unassociated funerary objects were removed from a limestone lined 
grave reported to be sixty miles north of Murray, Kentucky. This 
description places the geographic location in or near Crittenden, 
Livingston, Lyon, or Marshall County, Kentucky, or Hardin or Pope 
County, Illinois. The collection was donated to UAB at an unknown date. 
No cultural affiliation information is included in UAB's internal 
records, but the geographical origin of the objects and relevant 
archaeological information reasonably identify a cultural affiliation 
with the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Miami Tribe 
of Oklahoma, Quapaw Nation, Shawnee Tribe, and The Chickasaw Nation. 
There is no record of any potentially hazardous substances used to 
treat the unassociated funerary objects.

Determinations

    The University of Alabama at Birmingham has determined that:
     The two lots of unassociated funerary objects described in 
this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally 
with or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of 
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native 
American culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge 
of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. 
The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a 
preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific 
individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or 
burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation 
to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and The Chickasaw Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
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 not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or

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a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after December 26, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, UAB must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. UAB is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27497 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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