Notice2023-21245
Notice of Inventory Completion: Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA
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Published
September 28, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science (LSUMNS) 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 Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66891-66892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21245]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036646; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Louisiana State University,
Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of inventory completion.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Louisiana State University, Museum of
Natural Science (LSUMNS) 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 Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Rebecca Saunders, LSUMNS Division of Anthropology, 119
Foster Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; telephone (225) 588-0909,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70020311051e1415301c03055e151405"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="31434250445f5554715d42441f545544">[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
LSUMNS. 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 LSUMNS.
Description
In 1940-1941, human remains representing, at a minimum, 19
individuals were removed from the Bayou Goula Mounds site (16IV011), in
Iberville Parish, LA, by Edward Doran during an excavation undertaken
as a joint project between Louisiana State University (LSU) and the
Federal Works Project Administration. These human remains belong to
eight adults, six juveniles, and five individuals of indeterminate age.
Sex could not be determined for any of these individuals. The 56
associated funerary objects are 29 projectile points (one is a
fragment), 10 brass/copper tinkling cones, two brass buttons (both
broken on seam), one brass bell (missing clapper), nine historic glass
beads, two tubular copper beads, two quartz crystals, and one lot
consisting of sherds from a small Owens Punctuated vessel.
In 1977, human remains representing, at a minimum, one individual,
were removed from the Bayou Goula/Mugulasha Village site (16IV134) in
Iberville Parish, LA, by Glen Fredlund, during research for his M.A.
thesis at LSU. In 2016, these remains were transferred from Fredlund's
possession to the LSUMNS. The fragmentary cranial remains, which were
found entangled among the roots of a fallen tree, belong to an adult of
indeterminate sex. The 225 associated funerary objects are: 223
historic glass beads, one Florida cut crystal bead, and one cube of
galena.
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, archeological, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, LSUMNS has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 20 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 281 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual
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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 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 October 30, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, LSUMNS 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. LSUMNS 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: September 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21245 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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