Notice2026-11717
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, Charleston, SC, and the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Columbia, SC
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Published
June 11, 2026
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35539-35540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11717]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7213; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042955; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Charleston District, Charleston, SC, and the South Carolina Institute
of Archaeology and Anthropology, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston
District, 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after July 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Laura Boos, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Charleston District, ATTN: CESAC-PMPL, 69A Hagood Avenue,
Charleston, SC 29403, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e985889c9b88c784c78b86869aa99c9a888a8cc7889b8490c7848085"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91fdf0e4e3f0bffcbff3fefee2d1e4e2f0f2f4bff0e3fce8bffcf8fd">[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 the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Between 1979 and 1981, human remains and cultural items were
removed from the Swamp Site (38BK235), in Berkeley County, SC. The site
was excavated by the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and
Anthropology (SCIAA) of Columbia, SC, prior to the construction of the
Cooper River Rediversion Canal Project. Artifacts were stored at SCIAA,
which is the current location of the portion of the 38BK235 collection
that remains in the possession of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Charleston District. No toxic materials have been known to have been
used on the collection. The human
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remains and associated funerary objects of the collection that were
previously returned to the Catawba Indian Nation in April 2016 are
discussed in previous Notices of Inventory Completion, published in the
Federal Register on March 16, 2015 (80 FR 13614) and January 27, 2016
(81 FR 4654), respectively, but the current cultural items of this
collection that remain in the possession of U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Charleston District were considered unassociated at that
time. After a reevaluation following the 2024 regulatory update, the
remaining cultural items of the collection in the possession of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District are now being
considered associated funerary objects.
The 1,589 associated funerary objects are one axe, one bottle, 440
lots of ceramics, three charcoal, one fossil, one lot of glass, one lot
of historic metal, one lithic tool, 950 lots of lithics, seven
projectile points, two scrapers, five shell, 157 lots of soil, and 19
lots of non-cultural stones.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation
on the remaining cultural items in the possession of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, cultural affiliation is
clearly identified by the information available about the 1,589
associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has
determined that:
<bullet> The 1,589 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 connection 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 authorized representative
identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 13, 2026. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Charleston District, 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. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston
District, is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 5, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-11717 Filed 6-10-26; 8:45 am]
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