Notice of Inventory Completion: North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, Raleigh, NC, 75653-75654 [2022-26802]
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Determinations Made by the North
Carolina Office of State Archaeology
Officials of the North Carolina Office
of State Archaeology have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the one cultural item described above
has ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the object of cultural patrimony
and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim this cultural item
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Emily McDowell, North Carolina Office
of State Archaeology, 215 West Lane
Street, Raleigh, NC 27616, telephone
(919) 715–5599, email emily.mcdowell@
ncdcr.gov, by January 9, 2023. After that
date, if no additional claimants have
come forward, transfer of control of the
object of cultural patrimony to The
Tribes may proceed.
The North Carolina Office of State
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 30, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: North
Carolina Office of State Archaeology,
Raleigh, NC
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The North Carolina Office of
State Archaeology has completed an
inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations and has determined that
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there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Lineal descendants or
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 should submit a written
request to the North Carolina Office of
State Archaeology. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the North Carolina Office
of State Archaeology at the address in
this notice by January 9, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emily McDowell, Office of State
Archaeology, 215 West Lane Street,
Raleigh, NC 27616, telephone (919)
715–5599, email emily.mcdowell@
ncdcr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
the North Carolina Office of State
Archaeology, Raleigh, NC. The human
remains were removed from the Iotla
site (31MA77) in Macon County, NC.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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. 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 North
Carolina Office of State Archaeology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred
to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 2009, human remains representing,
at minimum, five individuals were
removed from 31MA77, the Iotla site, in
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Macon County, NC. These human
remains were removed during
excavations conducted by TRC
Environmental Corporation on behalf of
the Macon County Airport Authority
pursuant to 54 U.S.C. 306108 (also
known as Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act), prior to a
runway expansion project.
In February of 2009, TRC
Environmental Corporation conducted
archeological data recovery excavations
for the airport runway expansion and
improvements project. During those
excavations, 97 probable human burials
were identified and avoided. Five
human cremations (Features 6010, 8286,
8971, 10860 [probable], and 11213)
believed by TRC to be non-burial, burnt
faunal features were removed during
these excavations. In 2012, during
analysis of the faunal assemblage, the
analyst identified these burned features
as human cremations, at which point
TRC contacted the State Archaeologist
and the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians Tribal Historic Preservation
Officer for guidance. The State
Archaeologist, in turn, notified the
Executive Director of the Commission of
Indian Affairs of the discovery. Not
until January of 2020 were the human
remains received by the North Carolina
Office of State Archaeology pursuant to
North Carolina General Statute 70
Article 3, the Unmarked Human Burial
and Human Skeletal Remains Protection
Act. Upon receiving the human remains,
staff from the North Carolina Office of
State Archaeology Research Center,
began collecting information on the
human remains and consulting on them.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Data recovery at 31MA77, the Iotla
site, provided archeological evidence of
a long occupation extending from the
Early Archaic period to the Late Qualla
phase Historic Cherokee. Based on
archeological information, these
cremations are associated with the
Middle Woodland, Connestee phase
village. It is well known that the
Cherokee occupied this area long before
European contact, and the Late Qualla
phase Historic Cherokee component of
the site supports this affiliation.
Determinations Made by the Office of
State Archaeology
Officials of the North Carolina Office
of State Archaeology has determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of five
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or 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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Emily
McDowell, North Carolina Office of
State Archaeology, 215 West Lane
Street, Raleigh, NC 27616, telephone
(919) 715–5599, email emily.mcdowell@
ncdcr.gov, by January 9, 2023. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The North Carolina Office of State
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 30, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from
Jackson and Yazoo Counties, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
January 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu.
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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 Robert S.
Peabody Institute of 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 summary or related records held
by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The cultural items were removed from
Jackson and Yazoo Counties, MS. The
two unassociated funerary objects are
one pottery sherd and one cast of a
stone pipe. The pottery sherd (catalog
no. 41801) was removed by Clarence B.
Moore in 1905 from the Mounds near
Graveline Bayou in Jackson County, MS
(22Ja503) and was transferred to the
Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology at some point thereafter.
The cast of the stone pipe (catalog no.
20795) was obtained from J. Amiet
around 1901, and represents a funerary
object from Yazoo County MS.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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, geographical, historical,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology has determined
that:
• The two cultural items described
above 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after January 9, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology 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 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: November 30, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
(RSPI) has amended a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on October 31, 2007.
This notice amends the minimum
number of individuals, number of
associated funerary objects, and cultural
affiliation of human remains and
associated funerary objects removed
from Bolivar County, MS.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: North Carolina Office of State
Archaeology, Raleigh, NC
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The North Carolina Office of State Archaeology has completed
an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-
day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants
or 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 should submit a written request to the North
Carolina Office of State Archaeology. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the North
Carolina Office of State Archaeology at the address in this notice by
January 9, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily McDowell, Office of State
Archaeology, 215 West Lane Street, Raleigh, NC 27616, telephone (919)
715-5599, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under
the control of the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, Raleigh,
NC. The human remains were removed from the Iotla site (31MA77) in
Macon County, NC.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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. 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 North
Carolina Office of State Archaeology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 2009, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from 31MA77, the Iotla site, in Macon County, NC. These
human remains were removed during excavations conducted by TRC
Environmental Corporation on behalf of the Macon County Airport
Authority pursuant to 54 U.S.C. 306108 (also known as Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act), prior to a runway expansion
project.
In February of 2009, TRC Environmental Corporation conducted
archeological data recovery excavations for the airport runway
expansion and improvements project. During those excavations, 97
probable human burials were identified and avoided. Five human
cremations (Features 6010, 8286, 8971, 10860 [probable], and 11213)
believed by TRC to be non-burial, burnt faunal features were removed
during these excavations. In 2012, during analysis of the faunal
assemblage, the analyst identified these burned features as human
cremations, at which point TRC contacted the State Archaeologist and
the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Historic Preservation
Officer for guidance. The State Archaeologist, in turn, notified the
Executive Director of the Commission of Indian Affairs of the
discovery. Not until January of 2020 were the human remains received by
the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology pursuant to North
Carolina General Statute 70 Article 3, the Unmarked Human Burial and
Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act. Upon receiving the human
remains, staff from the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology
Research Center, began collecting information on the human remains and
consulting on them. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Data recovery at 31MA77, the Iotla site, provided archeological
evidence of a long occupation extending from the Early Archaic period
to the Late Qualla phase Historic Cherokee. Based on archeological
information, these cremations are associated with the Middle Woodland,
Connestee phase village. It is well known that the Cherokee occupied
this area long before European contact, and the Late Qualla phase
Historic Cherokee component of the site supports this affiliation.
Determinations Made by the Office of State Archaeology
Officials of the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology has
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of five individuals of
Native American ancestry.
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Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Emily
McDowell, North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, 215 West Lane
Street, Raleigh, NC 27616, telephone (919) 715-5599, email
[email protected], by January 9, 2023. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
The North Carolina Office of State Archaeology is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 30, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-26802 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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