Notice2023-06474
Notice of Inventory Completion: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MS
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Published
March 29, 2023
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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 Clay, Prentiss, Yalobusha, and Quitman Counties, MS.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18580-18581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06474]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035558; 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 Clay,
Prentiss, Yalobusha, and Quitman Counties, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jessica Walzer, NAGPRA Coordinator, Mississippi Department
of Archives and History, Museum Division, 222 North Street, P.O. Box
571, Jackson, MS 39205, telephone (601) 359-6851, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#701a07111c0a1502301d1411185e1d035e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee84998f82948b9cae838a8f86c0839dc0898198">[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 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 MDAH.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were
removed from Clay County, MS. In 2014, human remains were excavated
from Dexter Site I (22CL000) during a survey by Mississippi Fish and
Wildlife survey and in 2016, they were transferred to MDAH. In 1979,
human remains were removed from Chuquatonchee #2 (22CL598) during a
survey by MDAH. No known individuals were identified. The 11 associated
funerary objects are two lots of lithics, two lots of faunal remains,
two lots of shell, one lot of ceramics, one lot of petrified wood, one
lot of worked bones, one lot of metal, and one lot of bricks.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Prentiss County, MS. In 1970, the human remains were from
Shell (22PS502) during a survey by MDAH. No known individuals were
identified. The two associated funerary objects are one lot of lithics
and one lot of ceramics.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Yalobusha County, MS. At an unknown date, C. Spearman removed
these human remains from an unknown site whose location was given as
``Yalobusha and Skuna Rivers.'' No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
One associated funerary object was removed from the Blue Lake
(22QU531) site in Quitman County, MS. Following the transfer of control
of human remains and associated funerary objects listed in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on July 14,
2022, an additional funerary object was found. The associated funerary
object is one lot of worked bones.
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, biological, and geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, MDAH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 14 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; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Quapaw Nation;
The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation; 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
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 28, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, 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. MDAH 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,
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U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: March 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-06474 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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