[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 63967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17253]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038391; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Carolina at 
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

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 North Carolina at 
Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) has completed an inventory of human remains 
and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian 
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice 
may occur on or after September 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Sara Juengst, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, 
Barnard 224, Charlotte, NC 28223, telephone (216) 269-1807, 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 UNC 
Charlotte, and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. This includes 
the cranium of one individual. These remains were uncovered in Haywood 
County, NC, in 1986 and transferred to the Haywood Country Sheriff's 
office, then the NC Medical Examiner's office in Chapel Hill, NC. They 
came to UNC Charlotte sometime thereafter. No known hazardous 
substances have been used to treat the remains.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Cherokee Nation; Eastern 
Band of the Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 
Indians in Oklahoma.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains in this notice are available: biological, 
geographical, historical. The information, including the results of 
consultation, identified:
    1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
    2. The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians; and 
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indian in Oklahoma as the Indian 
Tribes connected to the human remains.
    3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier 
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be 
reasonably traced through time.

Determinations

    UNC Charlotte has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains in this notice has been identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a 
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
with cultural affiliation.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this 
notice may occur on or after September 5, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, UNC Charlotte 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. UNC Charlotte is responsible for sending a copy 
of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 
Native Hawaiian organization.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: July 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17253 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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