[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68469-68470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27143]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16958; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology and 
Sociology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University 
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, has completed an inventory of 
human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of 
these human remains should submit a written request to the Department 
of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Southern 
Mississippi, Hattiesburg. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, 
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Southern 
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, at the address in this notice by December 17, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Marie Elaine Danforth, Professor, Department of Anthropology 
and Sociology, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Dr. 
#5074, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001, telephone (601) 266-4306, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the 
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

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Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Southern 
Mississippi professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; 
The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Quapaw Tribe 
of Indians; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. The following tribes were 
invited to consult but did not participate: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously 
listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte 
Tribal Town; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka 
Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); Cherokee Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of 
Louisiana; Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegge Tribal Town; 
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed 
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole Tribe of 
Florida (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big 
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); Shawnee Tribe; The 
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Tunica-Biloxi 
Indian Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 
Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime prior to 1992, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location. The human remains 
were donated to the University of Southern Mississippi by a student. 
The student acquired the human remains from a relative who was in law 
enforcement in the Memphis, TN, area. No further information is 
available. The human remains consist of a single cranium belonging to 
an adult. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present. Based on geographical, archeological, historical, 
and other information, there is a shared group identity between these 
human remains and The Chickasaw Nation and The Quapaw Tribe of Indians.

Determinations Made by the University of Southern Mississippi

    Officials of the University of Southern Mississippi have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of at least one 
individual of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and The Chickasaw Nation and The Quapaw Tribe of 
Indians.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Marie 
Elaine Danforth, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, 
University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Dr. #5074, Hattiesburg, 
MS 39406-0001, telephone (601) 266-4306, email [email protected], by 
December 17, 2014. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Chickasaw 
Nation and The Quapaw Tribe of Indians may proceed.
    The University of Southern Mississippi is responsible for notifying 
the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; 
The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Quapaw Tribe 
of Indians; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town that this notice has been 
published.

Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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