[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13740-13741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03651]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037432; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Nashville District, Nashville, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville 
District intends to carry out the disposition of human remains removed 
from Federal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native 
Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains or cultural items in this 
notice may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If no claim for 
disposition is received by February 24, 2025, the human remains or 
cultural items in this notice will become unclaimed human remains or 
cultural items.

ADDRESSES: Crystal Geiger, Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Nashville District, 110 9th Avenue South, Room A-405, Nashville, TN 
37203, telephone (615) 736-2472, 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 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District and additional 
information on the human remains or cultural items in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the related 
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
identifications in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. In October 2023 a local fisherman 
reported exposed skeletal remains located on U.S. Army Corps, Nashville 
District managed lands in Dover, Stewart County, TN. The Stewart County 
Deputy Sheriff and a representative from the Tennessee Bureau of 
Investigation (TBI) visited the site and the TBI took possession of the 
remains. The human remains collected by TBI were transferred to U.S. 
Army Corps, Nashville District custody on October 20, 2023, and are 
stored in a secure location. Given the stratigraphic location of the 
discovery, and nearby pre-contact period sites with similar graves, the 
human remains are determined to be Native American in origin.

Determinations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 
Chickasaw Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 
Oklahoma have priority for disposition of the human remains or cultural 
item described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains or cultural 
items in this notice must be sent to the appropriate official 
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition 
is received by February 24, 2025, the human remains or cultural items 
in this notice will become unclaimed human remains or cultural items. 
Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains or cultural items in this notice 
may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If competing claims for 
disposition are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville 
District must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to 
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains or 
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal 
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native

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Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other 
consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03651 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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