[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35435-35436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12550]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030269; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, Chapel Hill, NC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research 
Laboratories of Archaeology has completed an inventory of human 
remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 
Research Laboratories of Archaeology. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Laboratories of Archaeology at 
the address in this notice by July 10, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Dr. C. Margaret Scarry, Research Laboratories of 
Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Campus Box 3120, Chapel 
Hill, NC 27599-3120, telephone (919) 962-6574, 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 
Research Laboratories of Archaeology, Chapel Hill, NC. The human 
remains were removed from: Jaketown Site (22 HU 505), Humphreys County, 
MS; and Lake George Site (22 YZ 557), Yazoo County, MS.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Laboratories of 
Archaeology professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as Alabama-
Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of 
Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Quapaw Nation 
(previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians); The Chickasaw 
Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation 
(hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from Jaketown site (22 HU 505) in Humphreys County, MS, by 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Laboratories of 
Archaeology archeologists Brian Egloff and Jeff Reid. The human remains 
(17 bone fragments collected from the site's surface) were transported 
to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research 
Laboratories of Archaeology for cleaning and storage. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present. These human remains most likely date to the Mississippian 
period (A.D. 1100-1600).
    In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from Lake George site (22 YZ 557) in Yazoo County, MS, by 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Laboratories of 
Archaeology archeologists Brian Egloff and Jeff Reid. The human remains 
(18 bone fragments collected from the site's surface) were transported 
to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research 
Laboratories of Archaeology for cleaning and storage. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. 
These human remains most likely date to the Mississippian period (A.D. 
1100-1600).

Determinations Made by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 
Research Laboratories of Archaeology

    Officials of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 
Research Laboratories of Archaeology have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on their physical association 
with Native American cultural materials and occurrence at Native 
American archeological sites.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and The Choctaw Nation of 
Oklahoma.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and 
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and The 
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Dr. C. Margaret Scarry, Research 
Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Campus Box 
3120, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3120, telephone (919) 962-6574, email 
[email protected], by July 10, 2020. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the

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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 
may proceed.
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research 
Laboratories of Archaeology is responsible for notifying The Consulted 
Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 4, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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