88 FR 124 pg. 42098 - Notice of Inventory Completion: The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 124Page: 42098
Page: 42098Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036099; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-13818 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036099; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Filson Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Muhlenberg County, KY.
DATES:
Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Kelly Hyberger, The Filson Historical Society, 1310 South 3rd Street, Louisville, KY 40208, telephone (502) 635-5083, email khyberger@filsonhistorical.org.
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 Filson Historical Society. 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 Filson Historical Society.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from Muhlenberg County, KY. Sometime around 1910, Otto A. Rothert collected these human remains from site 15Mu3, a mound south of the town of Greenville and near Buckner's Stack, in Muhlenberg County, KY. In 1929, Rothert donated these human remains to the Filson Historical Society. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a treaty.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Filson Historical Society has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
• No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
• The human remains described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES . Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 31, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Filson Historical Society must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Filson Historical Society is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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 and 10.11.
Dated: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13818 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
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