[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29157-29158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035782; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

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 Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, previously listed as the Office of the State 
Archaeologist Burials Program, has completed an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there 
is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated 
funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Christian County, KY, and Davidson 
County, TN.

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DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after June 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa 
City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, email [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 the 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. 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 the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program.

Description

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from an unknown site near Hopkinsville, in 
Christian County, KY. At an unknown date, the human remains came into 
the possession of a private collector in Fort Madison, IA. After the 
collector's death in 1994, the human remains were transferred to the 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. The cranial 
and dental remains (Burial Project 785) belong to one elderly adult 
male and two adults of indeterminate age and sex. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from an unknown site in Davidson County, TN. 
These human remains cannot be attributed to a particular archeological 
context. At some point, the human remains came into the possession of a 
private collector in Fort Madison, IA. After the collector's death in 
1994, the human remains were transferred to the Office of the State 
Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. The cranial and dental remains 
(Burial Project 785) belong to one young-to-middle-aged adult male and 
one adult of undetermined age and sex. No known individuals were 
identified. The one associated funerary object is a chert projectile 
point likely dating to the Late Woodland period.

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: treaties.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Office of the 
State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The one object described in this notice is reasonably 
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at 
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
     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 and associated funerary object described 
in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee 
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw 
Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah Band 
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 5, 
2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Office of 
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Office of 
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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: April 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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