[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4204-4205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01233]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035145; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: South Carolina Institute of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 
SC

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 South Carolina Institute of Archaeology 
and Anthropology (SCIAA) has completed an inventory of human remains 
and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this 
notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed 
from Oconee and Pickens Counties, SC.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 23, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Adam King, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and 
Anthropology (SCIAA), College of Arts and Sciences, University of South 
Carolina, 1321 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, telephone (803) 
409-9777, 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 
SCIAA. 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 SCIAA.

Description

    In 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from site 38OC186, Oconee County, SC, by Dr. Chester B. 
DePratter of SCIAA, Dr. Mark Williams of the University of Georgia, 
Athens, GA, and Dr. Marvin T. Smith of Garrow and Associates, Atlanta, 
GA. The expedition was jointly funded by the LAMAR lnstitute of 
Watkinsville, GA, with permission of the property owner, Ms. Anne 
Kelley of Liberty, SC. No known individuals were identified. The 137 
associated funerary objects are 121 white glass wire wound barley corn 
beads; four silver ball and cone earrings; and 12 cast brass with iron 
loop metal buttons.
    In 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were removed from site 38PN1, Fort Prince George, Pickens County, SC, 
by Mr. John D. Combes of SCIAA, as part of the Keowee Toxaway Reservoir 
salvage excavations conducted for Duke Power Company of Charlotte, NC. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: archeological, geographical, and historical information 
and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, SCIAA has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 137 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have

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been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Cherokee Nation and the 
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations 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.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 23, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SCIAA must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The SCIAA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to 
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9,10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: January 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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