[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 17014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05731]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA--NPS0035486; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, McClung 
Museum of Natural History & Culture, Knoxville, TN

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 Tennessee, McClung Museum 
of Natural History & Culture (UTK), has completed an inventory of human 
remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from 
Humphreys County, TN.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after April 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ozlem Kilic, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, 
University of Tennessee, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, 
telephone (865) 974-2454, 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 UTK. 
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in 
this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records held by UTK.

Description

    Sometime before 1943, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from 40HS218, the Wafford (or, alternatively, 
Watford/Wofford) Farm site, in Humphreys County, TN, by an unknown 
individual. These ancestral human remains were included in the George 
Barnes ``collection'' that was purchased by UTK in 1949. Barnes and his 
father had ``excavated and collected'' from many sites throughout the 
Tennessee River Valley during the early 20th century. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the 
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following 
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a treaty.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, UTK has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of The Chickasaw Nation.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after April 20, 2023. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, UTK must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition 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 Tribe identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 
10.11.

    Dated: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-05731 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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