[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73375-73376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23550]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036807; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Bandy Heritage Center for 
Northwest Georgia, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA

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 Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest 
Georgia, Dalton State College 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. The human remains were removed from Johnson County, TX.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after November 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Adam Ware, Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia, 
Dalton State College, 650 College Drive, Dalton, GA 30720, telephone 
(706) 712-8218, 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 
Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia, Dalton State College. 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 Bandy Heritage

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Center for Northwest Georgia, Dalton State College.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Johnson County, TX. In the autumn of 1860, J.J. Bostick removed a 
lock of hair from a male member of the Comanche Nation and enclosed it 
in a letter to family in Villanow, GA, dated December 25, 1860. 
Subsequently, the descendants of J.J. Bostick donated the lock of hair 
to Dalton State College for inclusion in the Bandy Heritage Center for 
Northwest Georgia's collections. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical and historical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia, Dalton 
State College has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Comanche Nation, Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
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 November 24, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest 
Georgia, Dalton State College 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. The Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia, Dalton State 
College 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, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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