Notice2023-09475
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, GA
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Published
May 4, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, 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 Columbia County, GA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28608-28609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09475]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035773; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Savannah District, Savannah, GA
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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah
District, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human
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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 Columbia County, GA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Rodney Parker, Regulatory Archeologist and District
Tribal Liaison, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, 100 W
Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401, telephone (912) 652-5964, email
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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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were
removed from Columbia County, GA. Between 1948-1951, the National Park
Service's River Basin Survey conducted archeological investigations at
the Lake Springs Village site (9CB22), located within the former
Clark's Hill Lake, now Thurmond Lake. Subsequent excavations at this
site were conducted by the Smithsonian Institution on behalf of the
Savannah District in response to the imminent construction of Thurmond
Lake. The human remains belong to four adults, one of whom is likely
male, and two individuals for whom no further information is available.
No known individuals were identified. (Additional human remains and
cultural objects removed from this site are housed at the Smithsonian
Institution and are under its control.) The 425 associated funerary
objects are two rocks, three wood fragments, one lot of soil matrix,
two bone tools, 21 gastropod shells, one matrix nodule with bone, one
lot of bone and shell in matrix, six turtle shell fragments, 185 faunal
remains, 99 potsherds, six projectile points, one quartz projectile
point, 38 lithics, one petrified wood, one biface, 14 noncultural
objects, two fire-cracked rocks, two worked bones, 22 shell, four
flakes, one projectile point base, one quartz nodule, one quartz thumb
scraper, two worked quartz, and eight unidentified clay items.
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: anthropological, archeological, biological, geographical,
historical, other relevant information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 425 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> 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 Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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 June 5, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Savannah District, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Savannah District, 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: April 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09475 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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