Notice2024-00831
Notice of Inventory Completion: North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, Raleigh, NC
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Published
January 18, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology 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 Burke County, NC.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3418-3419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00831]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037263; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: North Carolina Office of State
Archaeology, Raleigh, 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 North Carolina Office of State
Archaeology 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 Burke
County, NC.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Emily McDowell, Office of State Archaeology, 215 West Lane
Street, Raleigh, NC 27616, telephone (919) 715-5599, 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
North Carolina Office of State Archaeology. 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 North Carolina Office of State Archaeology.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Burke County, NC. Burials were excavated from the Berry
Site/Joara/Fort San Juan in 1986 by Dr. David Moore of Warren Wilson
College. The site itself is both an American Indian Mississippian
village and Historic 16th-century Spanish settlement known as Joara and
Fort San Juan, respectively. Joara is known as one of the largest
Mississippian settlements in North Carolina. It is unclear when this
collection came into the possession of the Office of State Archaeology
in Raleigh, NC. The three individuals were removed from two burials and
can be identified as follows: Burial 1, one adult male aged 23-30;
Burial 2, two adult females aged less than 26 years (Individual A) and
18-22 years (Individual B). The 57 associated funerary objects are two
feather rachis, one iron knife, eight chipped stone projectile points,
one clay pipe, one quartz cobble, two ground stone, 10 flakes, one bag
turtle carapace fragments, two copper discs, three charcoal fragments,
seven pieces of organic fibers, two rocks, 10 washings/soil samples
from Burial 1, four copper fragments, one charcoal fragment, and two
soil samples from Burial 2.
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 information, geographical information,
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, the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 57 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 Catawba Indian Nation.
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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 20, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the North Carolina
Office of State Archaeology 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 North Carolina Office of State
Archaeology 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, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00831 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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