NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENDED REPATRIATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, KNOXVILLE, TN, AND THE FRANK H. MCCLUNG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY & CULTURE, KNOXVILLE, TN

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- National Park Service has issued a notice called: Notice of Intended Repatriation: the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN, and the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, Knoxville, TN.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 22 by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

Summary: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology and the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture (UTK), intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tr...