Notice2023-14383
Notice of Inventory Completion: South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
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Published
July 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from Lancaster County, SC.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43395-43396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14383]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036127; 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 associated
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated
funerary objects were removed from Lancaster County, SC.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Nina Schreiner, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and
Anthropology (SCIAA), College of Arts and Sciences, University of South
Carolina, 1321 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2774444f55424e494967424a464e4b09544409424352"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2774444f55424e494967424a464e4b09544409424352">[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 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 SCIAA.
Description
In 1965, Mr. John R. Hart of York, SC, removed human remains
belonging to one individual and 81 associated funerary objects from a
``Historic Catawba Burial, near Van Wyck'' in Lancaster County, SC. In
1981, following Mr. Hart's death, his son, Mr. John R. Hart III,
donated these human remains and associated funerary objects to SCIAA.
On January 12, 2023, this individual and 79 of the associated funerary
objects were listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register (88 FR 2127-2128) and have been repatriated.
Subsequently, two additional funerary objects associated with this
individual were discovered in SCIAA collections. They are one lot
consisting of soil matrix and one lot consisting of lithic objects.
Cultural Affiliation
The 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
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more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following
types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship:
archeological, geographical, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, SCIAA has determined that:
<bullet> The two 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 associated funerary objects described
in this notice and the Catawba Indian Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after August 7, 2023. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, SCIAA must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. SCIAA 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: June 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14383 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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