Notice2023-06478
Notice of Inventory Completion: Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia, NC
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Published
March 29, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Schiele Museum of Natural History (SMNH) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Gaston County, NC.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18585-18586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06478]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035565; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Schiele Museum of Natural
History, Gastonia, 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 Schiele Museum of Natural History (SMNH)
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human
remains were removed from Gaston County, NC.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Carrie Duran, Schiele Museum of Natural History, 1500 E
Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28054, telephone (704) 869-1009, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#294a485b5b404c074d5c5b4847694e485a5d46474048474a074a4644"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1828093938884cf859493808fa1868092958e8f88808f82cf828e8c">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 SMNH.
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 SMNH.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Gaston County, NC. In 1986, Dr. Janet E. Levy and Dr. A.
Lee Novick excavated human remains belonging to a female, 35-50 years
old, from site 31GS30 (also known as the Lafar Site). In 1985, Robert
A. Pace excavated human remains belonging to a male, 45-50 years old,
from site 31GS55 (also known as the Penegar Site). In 1983, David G.
Moore excavated human remains belonging to a female, 35-39 years old,
from site 31GS55. The human remains of all three individuals were
excavated by the Schiele Museum under the direction of Dr. J. Alan May
and with approval of the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs.
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: anthropological,
archeological, biological, geographical, historical, and oral
traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, SMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Catawba Indian Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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.
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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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after April 28, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, SMNH 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. SMNH is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribe 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: March 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-06478 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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