[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35209-35210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09407]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037838; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: William S. Webb Museum of 
Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

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 William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, 
University of Kentucky (WSWM) has completed an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Celise Chilcote-Fricker, William S. Webb Museum of 
Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 1020 Export St., Lexington, KY 
40504, telephone (859) 257-5124, 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 
WSWM, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, six individuals have been reasonably identified. The 33 
associated funerary objects are five lots of ceramic sherds, five lots 
of lithics, six lots of shell, six lots of faunal, three lots of 
flotation, four lots of soil samples, three lots of seeds, and one bone 
pin. Site 15McN18 (Crawford Lake) in McCracken, KY was excavated in 
1990 by the University of Illinois' Western Kentucky Project. 
Calibrated radiocarbon dates place it in the Middle Archaic and 
Mississippian archaeological periods.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, seven individuals have been reasonably identified. The 91 
associated funerary objects are seven lots of lithics, six lots of 
faunal, six lots of floatation, six lots of soil samples, five lots of 
flora, seven lots of charcoal, 20 lithic projectile points, one lithic 
scraper, 13 faunal teeth, 13 pieces of ochre, two pieces of hematite, 
and five lots of burned clay. Site 15McN81 (Hedden) in McCracken, KY, 
was excavated in 1994 by Wilbur Smith Associates to mitigate road 
construction and in 2003 the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics 
approved a request from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to curate 
at the University of Kentucky.

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 and

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associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The WSWM has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 124 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and The 
Chickasaw Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 31, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the WSWM must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The WSWM is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to 
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: April 23, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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