89 FR 68 pgs. 24504-24505 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 68Pages: 24504 - 24505
Pages: 24504, 24505Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037673; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-07359 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037673; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
[top] In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after May 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Dr. Ozlem Kilic, University of Tennessee, Office of the Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865) 974-2454, email okilic@utk.edu and vpaa@utk.edu.
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 the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These remains were removed from Shawnee County, KS. There are no records for these remains on file at UTK, only a single note: "Shawnee Co. KBI Sept 62". This individual was likely found and turned over to law enforcement or confiscated by law enforcement. Based on a past pattern of practice, the individual was probably sent by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to Dr. William Bass at the University of Kansas for examination. Bass likely kept the remains once he determined they were not of recent origin ( i.e., a missing person or crime victim), and brought them to Knoxville when he began working at UTK in 1971. These remains were housed at the UTK Forensic Anthropology Center (case 9-62A), until they were transferred to the UTK Office of Repatriation. No associated funerary objects are present at UTK. Shawnee County, KS, is part of the treaty lands of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. An unknown substance/s may have been used to treat the human remains.
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 described in this notice.
Determinations
UTK has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Prairie Band Potawatomi 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:
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 8, 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: March 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07359 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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