80 FR 13614 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, Charleston, SC

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)

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The U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army 
Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, Charleston, SC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, 
Charleston District, has completed an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects in consultation with the appropriate Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there 
is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated 
funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Charleston District. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 
stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District at 
the address in this notice by April 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Alan Shirey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston 
District, ATTN: CESAC-PM-PL, 69A Hagood Ave., Charleston, SC 29403-
5107, telephone (843) 329-8166, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given in accordance with 
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory

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of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District. The human 
remains and funerary objects were removed from Berkeley County, SC.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has 
control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District professional staff in 
consultation with representatives the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 
of Oklahoma; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Catawba Indian Nation (aka 
Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); Cherokee Nation; Delaware Tribe of 
Indians; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town; Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously 
listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; 
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tuscarora Nation; and United Keetoowah Band 
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1979 and 1981, human remains representing, at minimum, 59 
individuals 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. Artifacts were 
stored at SCIAA and the osteological materials (human and animal 
remains) were sent to the University of Missouri, Columbia, for 
analysis. Following analysis, the osteological material was returned to 
SCIAA, which is the current location of the collection. No known 
individuals were identified. The 102,358 associated funerary objects 
are 3 beads, 267 ceramic sherds, 339 concretions, 96,899 faunal 
fragments, 60 fossils (shell and coral), 1,842 lithic flakes 
(orthoquartzite, chert, and quartz), 20 lithic tool fragments, 21 lots 
of faunal fragments, 95 lots of screened material, 25 organics (wood, 
seeds, and snail shell), 1 piece of groundstone, 2,431 pieces of 
miscellaneous stone/pebbles, 97 pieces of charcoal, and 258 pieces of 
ochre (red and yellow).

Determinations Made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston 
District

    Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District 
have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on the physical 
characteristics of the human remains, the method of interment, the 
objects associated with the interments, and the archaeological context 
of the site.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 59 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 102,358 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian tribe.
     The 1760 Treaty of Pine Tree Hill indicates that the land 
from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed is aboriginal land of the Catawba Indian Nation 
(aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina).
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Catawba 
Indian Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Mr. Alan 
Shirey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, ATTN: CESAC-
PM-PL, 69A Hagood Ave., Charleston, SC 29403-5107, telephone (843) 329-
8166, email [email protected], by April 15, 2015. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina) may 
proceed.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District is 
responsible for notifying the Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba Tribe 
of South Carolina) that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 3, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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a cranium with face and 9 teeth Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of Dated: February 24, 2015.
including root fragments of a possible Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Melanie O’Brien,
male adult 25–45 years (NFIC_2); a Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
cranium and mandible only with 30 Chippewa Indians, Michigan; [FR Doc. 2015–05993 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am]
total teeth of a female adult 25–50 years Hannahville Indian Community, BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
(NFIC_3); cranial fragments only of a Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
possible adult female (NFIC_4); a Community, Michigan; Lac Courte
cranium with 4 total teeth of a possible Oreilles Band of Lake Superior DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
male adult 20–45 years (NFIC_5); a left Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
femur shaft fragments, left talus Flambeau Band of Lake Superior National Park Service
fragment, and four non-identifiable bone Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17615;
fragments of probable Native American Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
ancestry based on archaeological Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Leech
appearance of remains (NFIC_6); and a Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
mandible only with 15 total teeth of an Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of Department of Defense, Army Corps of
adult 24–35 years of indeterminate Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Engineers, Charleston District,
gender (NFIC_7). Osteologist J. A. Scott Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, Charleston, SC
from the University of Michigan, Michigan; Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish
Museum of Anthropological AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Archaeology, examined the remains and Michigan; Mille Lacs Band of Minnesota ACTION: Notice.
determined non-metric traits indicate Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
possible Native American ancestry or SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
mixed ancestry. No known individuals Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
were identified. No associated funerary Charleston District, has completed an
as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa inventory of human remains and
objects are present. Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of associated funerary objects in
Determinations Made by the Toledo Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and consultation with the appropriate
Zoological Society Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
Officials of the Toledo Zoological Nation (previously listed as the Prairie organizations, and has determined that
Society have determined that: Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); there is no cultural affiliation between
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian the human remains and associated
human remains described in this notice Reservation, California & Arizona; Red funerary objects and any present-day
are Native American based on an Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
examination by an osteologist. Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of organizations. Representatives of any
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
human remains described in this notice Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; organization not identified in this notice
represent the physical remains of eight Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa that wish to request transfer of control
individuals of Native American Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa of these human remains and associated
ancestry. Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix funerary objects should submit a written
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle request to the U.S. Army Corps of
relationship of shared group identity Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of Engineers, Charleston District. If no
cannot be reasonably traced between the North Dakota; White Earth Band of additional requestors come forward,
Native American human remains and Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; transfer of control of the human remains
any present-day Indian tribe. and the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter and associated funerary objects to the
• According to final judgments of the referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
Indian Claims Commission or the Court • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the organizations stated in this notice may
of Federal Claims, the land from which disposition of the human remains may proceed.
the Native American human remains be to The Tribes. DATES: Representatives of any Indian
were removed is the aboriginal land of tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Additional Requestors and Disposition
not identified in this notice that wish to
Michigan. request transfer of control of these
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not human remains and associated funerary
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
identified in this notice that wish to objects should submit a written request
from which the Native American human
request transfer of control of these with information in support of the
remains were removed is the aboriginal
human remains should submit a written request to the U.S. Army Corps of
land of the Bad River Band of the Lake
request with information in support of Engineers, Charleston District at the
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
the request to Mitchell Magdich, Curator address in this notice by April 15, 2015.
the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; of Education, The Toledo Zoological ADDRESSES: Mr. Alan Shirey, U.S. Army
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Society, P.O. Box 140130, Toledo, OH Corps of Engineers, Charleston District,
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 43614, telephone (419) 385–5721, email ATTN: CESAC–PM–PL, 69A Hagood
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky mitch.edu@toledozoo.org, April 15, Ave., Charleston, SC 29403–5107,
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Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously 2015. After that date, if no additional telephone (843) 329–8166, email
listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of requestors have come forward, transfer alan.d.shirey@usace.army.mil.
the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana); of control of the human remains to The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Tribes may proceed. hereby given in accordance with the
Fond du Lac Band of Minnesota The Toledo Zoological Society is Native American Graves Protection and
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest responsible for notifying The Tribes that Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
County Potawatomi Community, this notice has been published. 3003, of the completion of an inventory

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of human remains and associated 25 organics (wood, seeds, and snail (aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina)
funerary objects under the control of the shell), 1 piece of groundstone, 2,431 may proceed.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, pieces of miscellaneous stone/pebbles, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Charleston District. The human remains 97 pieces of charcoal, and 258 pieces of Charleston District is responsible for
and funerary objects were removed from ochre (red and yellow). notifying the Catawba Indian Nation
Berkeley County, SC. (aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina)
This notice is published as part of the Determinations Made by the U.S. Army
that this notice has been published.
National Park Service’s administrative Corps of Engineers, Charleston District
Dated: February 3, 2015.
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Melanie O’Brien,
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). Engineers, Charleston District have
The determinations in this notice are determined that: Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
the sole responsibility of the museum, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the [FR Doc. 2015–05996 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am]
institution, or Federal agency that has human remains described in this notice BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
control of the Native American human are Native American based on the
remains and associated funerary objects. physical characteristics of the human
The National Park Service is not remains, the method of interment, the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
responsible for the determinations in objects associated with the interments,
and the archaeological context of the Bureau of Land Management
this notice.
site. [ES–956–1420–BK ES–047171, Group 152,
Consultation • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Wisconsin]
A detailed assessment of the human human remains described in this notice
remains was made by the U.S. Army represent the physical remains of 59 Notice of Cancellation of a Portion of
Corps of Engineers, Charleston District individuals of Native American Plat of Survey
professional staff in consultation with ancestry. On March 23, 1995 there was
representatives the Absentee-Shawnee • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), published in the Federal Register,
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama- the 102,358 objects described in this Volume 60, Number 56, on page 15301
Quassarte Tribal Town; Catawba Indian notice are reasonably believed to have a notice entitled ‘‘Filing of Plat of
Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South been placed with or near individual Survey; Wisconsin.’’ In said notice was
Carolina); Cherokee Nation; Delaware human remains at the time of death or a plat depicting the survey of two
Tribe of Indians; Eastern Band of later as part of the death rite or islands located in Township 7 North,
Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee ceremony. Range 22 East, Tracts 37 and 38, Fourth
Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
Town; Seminole Tribe of Florida Principal Meridian, Wisconsin,
relationship of shared group identity
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe accepted March 13, 1995.
cannot be reasonably traced between the
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, The plat, specifically the portion
Native American human remains and
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); identified as Tract 37, has been
associated funerary objects and any
Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; cancelled effective December 11, 2014.
present-day Indian tribe.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The • The 1760 Treaty of Pine Tree Hill Dominica VanKoten,
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco indicates that the land from which the Chief Cadastral Surveyor.
Tribal Town; Tuscarora Nation; and Native American human remains and [FR Doc. 2015–05901 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am]
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee associated funerary objects were BILLING CODE P
Indians in Oklahoma. removed is aboriginal land of the
History and Description of the Remains Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba
Tribe of South Carolina). DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Between 1979 and 1981, human • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
remains representing, at minimum, 59 disposition of the human remains and National Park Service
individuals were removed from the associated funerary objects may be to
Swamp Site (38BK235), in Berkeley [NPS–IMR–CARE–17202; PPWONRADE2,
the Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba PMP00EI05.YP0000]
County, SC. The site was excavated by Tribe of South Carolina).
the South Carolina Institute of Environmental Impact Statement for a
Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) Additional Requestors and Disposition
Livestock Grazing and Trailing
of Columbia, SC, prior to the Representatives of any Indian tribe or Management Plan at Capitol Reef
construction of the Cooper River Native Hawaiian organization not National Park, Utah
Rediversion Canal. Artifacts were stored identified in this notice that wish to
at SCIAA and the osteological materials request transfer of control of these AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
(human and animal remains) were sent human remains and associated funerary ACTION: Notice of intent.
to the University of Missouri, Columbia, objects should submit a written request
for analysis. Following analysis, the with information in support of the SUMMARY: The National Park Service
osteological material was returned to request to Mr. Alan Shirey, U.S. Army (NPS) is preparing an Environmental
SCIAA, which is the current location of Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, Impact Statement for a Livestock
the collection. No known individuals ATTN: CESAC–PM–PL, 69A Hagood Grazing and Trailing Management Plan
were identified. The 102,358 associated Ave., Charleston, SC 29403–5107, (plan/EIS) for Capitol Reef National
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funerary objects are 3 beads, 267 telephone (843) 329–8166, email Park, Utah.
ceramic sherds, 339 concretions, 96,899 alan.d.shirey@usace.army.mil, by April DATES: Interested individuals,
faunal fragments, 60 fossils (shell and 15, 2015. After that date, if no organizations, and agencies are
coral), 1,842 lithic flakes additional requestors have come encouraged to provide written
(orthoquartzite, chert, and quartz), 20 forward, transfer of control of the comments regarding the scope of issues
lithic tool fragments, 21 lots of faunal human remains and associated funerary to be addressed in the plan/EIS. To be
fragments, 95 lots of screened material, objects to the Catawba Indian Nation most helpful to the planning process,

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FR Citation		80 FR 13614

80 FR 13614 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, Charleston, SC

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