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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 5993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01185]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039352; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: Auburn University at Montgomery, 
Montgomery, 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), Auburn University at Montgomery 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 February 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Megan LeBlanc, Auburn University at Montgomery, P.O. Box 
244023, Montgomery, AL 36124, telephone (334) 394-5532, email 
[email protected] and [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 Auburn 
University at Montgomery, 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 13 individuals have been 
identified. The 3,406 associated funerary objects (3,368 individual 
items and 38 lots of associated funerary objects) include one 
incomplete pottery vessel, 2,066 pottery sherds, 1,298 lithic items, 
two metal buttons, one glass fragment, 10 lots of faunal remains, 11 
lot of shell fragments, four lots of charcoal, 11 lots of daub, and two 
lots of sediment samples. 1DS1, Durant's Bend, is located in Dallas 
County, AL along the Alabama River. In 1982, Dr. Craig Sheldon and 
field school students from Auburn University at Montgomery removed 
human remains and associated funerary objects from the east midden area 
of the site. These human remains and associated funerary objects were 
then housed in the Auburn University at Montgomery Archaeology 
Laboratory. No known hazardous substances were used to treat any of the 
human remains or associated funerary objects.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    Auburn University at Montgomery has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of a minimum of 13 individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     The 3,406 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.
     There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta 
Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; 
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; 
Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee 
(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco 
Tribal Town.

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 February 
18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Auburn 
University at Montgomery 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. Auburn University at Montgomery 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: January 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01185 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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