Federal Register #2026-22991

Auburn University at Montgomery NAGPRA inventory and repatriation notice

Auburn University at Montgomery’s NAGPRA notice concerns an inventory and repatriation process, not a purchase or contract award. - Government entities and responsibility - Auburn University at Montgomery completed the inventory and made the cultural-affiliation determinations. - The National Park Service, within the U.S. Department of the Interior, published the notice as part of its NAGPRA responsibilities. - Inventory - Human remains representing at least one individual and 99 associated funerary objects were recovered from Little Bear Creek Cave in Colbert County, Alabama. - The objects include 47 lithics, 48 faunal bone items, and four metal items. - Culturally affiliated tribes - Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. - Procurement relevance - No products, services, vendors, OEMs, quantities for purchase, or contract value are identified.

Description

Auburn University at Montgomery completed an inventory of human remains representing at least one individual and 99 associated funerary objects recovered from Little Bear Creek Cave in Colbert County, Alabama. The objects include 47 lithics, 48 faunal bone items, and four metal items. Auburn University determined that the remains and objects are culturally affiliated with the Indian Tribes listed in the notice. Repatriation may occur on or after December 14, 2026.

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