[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 54501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14470]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038203; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Georgia, 
Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, 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 University of Georgia, Laboratory of 
Archaeology intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets 
the definition of an unassociated funerary objects and that has a 
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after July 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Amanda Thompson, University of Georgia, Laboratory of 
Archaeology, 1125 Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605, telephone (706) 
542-8737, 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 
University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology and additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. 
The one unassociated funerary object is an axe was surface collected 
from 38OC3, Toxaway in 1968 by Marshall Williams. The Laboratory has 
been unable to locate information for any research on this object but 
the axe was conserved.

Determinations

    The University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology has determined 
that:
     The one unassociated funerary object described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary object has been identified by a preponderance of 
the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 
Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 
Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by 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 cultural item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after July 31, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The University of Georgia, 
Laboratory of Archaeology is responsible for sending a copy of this 
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: June 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14470 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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