Notice2022-15040
Notice of Inventory Completion: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MS
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Published
July 14, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) 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 Hancock County, MS.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42205-42206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15040]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034193; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Mississippi Department of
Archives and History, Jackson, MS
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 Mississippi Department of Archives and
History (MDAH) 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 Hancock
County, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Meg Cook, Director of Archaeology Collections, Mississippi
Department of Archives and History, Museum Division, 222 North Street,
P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, telephone (601) 576-6927, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f626c6060644f626b6e6721627c21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="600d030f0f0b200d0401084e0d134e070f16">[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
MDAH. 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 MDAH.
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Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Hancock County, MS. On November 24, 2021, Bay St. Louis Police
Department responded to a report detailing human remains found in a
wooded area on Chapman Road near Longfellow Road in Bay St. Louis, MS.
On December 8, 2021, the Hancock County Chief Medical Examiner
Investigator was notified of the discovery and arranged to have the
human remains sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Biloxi,
MS. The human remains were examined prior to transport to the Office of
the State Medical Examiner in Pearl, MS, for forensic anthropological
analysis. Completed analysis determined the human remains were removed
adjacent to a known archeological site and the human remains have
biological markers consistent with Native American ancestry. On May 16,
2022, the Office of the State Medical Examiner transferred legal
control of the individual to the MDAH. No associated funerary objects
are present.
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: biological information, geographical information,
historical information, and other relevant information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the MDAH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<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 Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and The Choctaw Nation of
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 August 15, 2022. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the MDAH 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 MDAH 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: July 6, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-15040 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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