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aboriginal lands of one or more Indian 

Tribes. The following information was 

used to identify the aboriginal land: 

treaties and expert testimony. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, NYU College of Dentistry 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

Indian Tribe. 

• The human remains and associated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

were removed from the aboriginal land 

of the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

Requests for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

disposition may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes 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, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after January 18, 2024. 

If competing requests for disposition are 

received, NYU College of Dentistry must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. NYU 

College of Dentistry is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes 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 and § 10.11. 

Dated: December 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27803 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037087; 

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. 

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 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 Pickens County, SC. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

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 Schreinn@

email.sc.edu. 

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 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 the SCIAA. 

Description 

In 1968, human remains were 

removed from site 38PN1, Fort Prince 

George, Pickens County, SC, by Mr. John 

D. Combes of SCIAA, during the 

Keowee Toxaway Reservoir salvage 

excavations conducted for Duke Power 

Company of Charlotte, NC. These 

individuals were listed in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion published in the 

Federal Register on July 7, 2023 (88 FR 

4204–4205) and have been repatriated. 

Subsequently, one associated funerary 

object was discovered in SCIAA 

collections, consisting of one lot of 

faunal material. 

In 1967, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 20 individuals were 

removed from site 38PN2, I.C. Few, 

Pickens County, SC, by Dr. Robert T. 

Grange, Jr. of the Department of 

Anthropology, University of South 

Florida, Tampa, during the Keowee 

Toxaway Reservoir salvage excavations 

conducted by SCIAA for Duke Power 

Company of Charlotte, NC. The five 

associated funerary objects are one lot 

consisting of shell material, one lot 

consisting of faunal material, one lot 

consisting of lithic material, one lot of 

charcoal, and one lot consisting of 

ceramic material. 

In 1967, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from site 38PN4, Rock Turtle, 

Pickens County, SC, by Dr. William E. 

Edwards of SCIAA, during the Keowee 

Toxaway Reservoir salvage excavations 

conducted by SCIAA for Duke Power 

Company of Charlotte, NC. The six 

associated funerary objects are one lot 

consisting of metal material, one lot 

consisting of ceramic material, one lot 

consisting of glass material, one lot 

consisting of lithic material, one lot 

consisting of soil, and one lot consisting 

of charcoal. 

In 1967, one associated funerary 

object was removed from site 38PN34, 

the Pot Site, Pickens County, SC, by Mr. 

John D. Combes of SCIAA, during the 

Keowee Toxaway Reservoir salvage 

excavations conducted by SCIAA for 

Duke Power Company of Charlotte, NC. 

The one associated funerary object is 

one lot consisting of ceramic material. 

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: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

and historical information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the SCIAA has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 21 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 


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• The 13 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. 

• 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 Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and 

the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

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 January 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the SCIAA 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 SCIAA 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: December 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27794 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037095; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam 

Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural 

History, University of Oklahoma, 

Norman, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sam 

Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural 

History, University of Oklahoma 

(SNOMNH) 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 McCurtain County, OK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate 

Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble 

Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 

University of Oklahoma, 2401 

Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 

73072–7029, telephone (405) 325–1994, 

email mlevine@ou.edu. 

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 SNOMNH. 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 SNOMNH. 

Description 

In 1955, human remains representing, 

at minimum, six individuals were 

removed from the A.W. Davis site 

(34Mc6) in McCurtain County, OK. The 

site is located on the west bank of the 

Glover River and about one mile west of 

the small community of Glover, OK. 

Following extensive looting at the site, 

the University of Oklahoma carried out 

excavations at 34Mc6 in June and July 

of 1955, and at an unknown date, the 

excavated material remains were 

transferred to the SNOMNH. The human 

remains belong to a neonate, an infant, 

a child, and three adults of 

indeterminate sex who had been 

interred at the site during the precontact era, between A.D. 1200 and 

1500. The 432 associated funerary 

objects are: 17 stone projectile points, 

one flake, three unmodified stones, one 

sample of pigment, two faunal bone 

fragments, one shell fragment, three 

samples of charcoal, three Avery 

Engraved ceramic vessels, one Harleton 

Applique ceramic jar, 10 decorated 

ceramic vessels, two partially 

reconstructed decorated ceramic 

vessels, one undecorated ceramic vessel, 

66 decorated potsherds, 303 

undecorated potsherds, 16 daub 

fragments, and two fragments of fired 

clay. 

In 1941, human remains representing, 

at minimum, nine individuals were 

removed from the Clement 3 site 

(34Mc10) in McCurtain County, OK. 

This site was excavated in November of 

1941 by the Works Progress 

Administration (WPA) under the 

direction of archeologists from the 

University of Oklahoma, and in 1941, 

the excavated material remains were 

transferred to the SNOMNH. The human 

remains belong to four adults of 

indeterminate sex, four children, and an 

individual whose age and sex could not 

be determined who had been interred at 

the site during the pre-contact era, 

between A.D. 1200 and 1500. The 115 

associated funerary objects are six 

decorated ceramic jars, one decorated 

ceramic bowl, five undecorated ceramic 

bowls, one undecorated ceramic jar, two 

bags of decorated potsherds, 14 

decorated potsherds, one bag of 

undecorated potsherds, 83 undecorated 

potsherds, one groundstone fragment, 

and one sample of green pigment. 

In 1941, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 20 individuals were 

removed from the McDonald 1 site 

(34Mc11) in McCurtain County, OK. 

This site was excavated by the WPA in 

1941–1942, and in 1965, the excavated 

material remains were transferred to the 

SNOMNH. The human remains belong 

to two children, two adult males, and 16 

adults of indeterminate sex who had 

been interred at the site during the precontact era, between A.D. 1200 and 

1500. The 272 associated funerary 

objects are one Simms Engraved ceramic 

bowl, one decorated ceramic bottle, 12 

decorated ceramic vessels, 25 ceramic 

vessels, 206 potsherds, 17 projectile 

points, two modified stones, two stone 

pebbles, two quartz crystals, one animal 

bone fragment, one bag of animal bone 

fragments, and two bags of shell 

fragments. 


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