90 FR 50 pg. 12347 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 50Page: 12347
Page: 12347Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039436; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-04177 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039436; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) 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 April 16, 2025.
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 nagprastaff@uab.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 UAB, 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
Ancestor remains representing, at least, one individual have been identified. The two lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of nonhuman faunal remains, including the following species: beaver, unidentified bird, deer, rabbit, raccoon, rodent, turkey, and turtle and one lot of unmodified limestone. The ancestor and associated funerary objects were removed from 1Mg108, the Lewis Bluff Cave site, in Morgan County, AL, by soldiers from nearby Redstone Arsenal at an unknown time. The collection was subsequently donated to Edward C. Mahan, who later donated the collection to UAB in 1981. There is no record of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the ancestor or the 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
UAB has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
• The two lots of 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 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Chickasaw Nation; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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 April 16, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UAB 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. UAB 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 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04177 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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