90 FR 52 pgs. 12780-12781 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 52Pages: 12780 - 12781
Pages: 12780, 12781Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039525; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-04460 Filed 3-18-25; 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-NPS0039525; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
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 April 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Dr. Ellen Lofaro, University of Tennessee, Office of Repatriation, 5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921-6053, telephone (865) 974-3370, email nagpra@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 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, four individuals have been identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These individuals were removed from site 14CY27/40, the Luthi site, in Clay County, Kansas by Floyd Schultz in June 1925, and donated to the University of Kansas (KU) in 1948. 14CY27/40 is a mound site with burials on a knoll near the Republican River. Ceramics removed from the Luthi site were identified in previous research as Plains Woodland and Hopewell, suggesting the site dates to c. 200 BCE-400 CE. Based on a past pattern of practice, it is likely that William Bass brought the remains from KU to UTK when he began working there in 1971. To our knowledge, no potentially hazardous substances were used to treat the remains.
Through Tribal consultation these remains were identified as culturally affiliated with the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma, and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, based off the following types of information: expert opinion, geographical information, and historical information.
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 four individuals of Native American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
[top] Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04460 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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