Notice2022-15041
Notice of Inventory Completion: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MS
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Published
July 14, 2022
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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 DeSoto, Lee, Tunica, Union, and/or Coahoma counties in MS.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42204-42205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15041]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034194; 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 DeSoto,
Lee, Tunica, Union, and/or Coahoma counties in 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
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Department of Archives and History, Museum Division, 222 North Street,
P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, telephone (601) 576-6927, email
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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.
Description
On July 30, 2021, the MDAH acquired the following collections from
the University of Mississippi.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, five
individuals were removed from the Walls (22DS500) and Woodlyn (22DS517)
sites in DeSoto County, MS. The one associated funerary object is one
lot faunal bone.
In 1990, two individuals, at minimum, were removed from Meadowbrook
site (22LE912) in Lee County, MS. The one associated funerary object is
one lot of burial matrix.
In 2001, two individuals, at minimum, were removed from Hollywood
(22TU500) and Perry (22TU514) in Tunica County, MS. The one associated
funerary object is one lot of ceramics.
At an unknown date, one individual, at minimum, was removed from
Ingomar (22UN500) in Union County, MS. The one associated funerary
object is one lot of faunal bone.
At an unknown date, one individual, at minimum, was removed from
``22DS517 or CO19 or Grenada Lake Survey'' in an unknown county, MS.
The three associated funerary objects include one lot of faunal bone,
one lot of ceramics, and one lot of matrix.
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: archeological information, biological information, and
geographical 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 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The seven 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.
<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 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians; Quapaw Nation (previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe
of Indians); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage
Tribe); and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe.
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
described 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. 2022-15041 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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