[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06475]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035559; 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 has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this 
notice. The human remains were removed from Desoto County, MS.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains 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 
[email protected].

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, two individuals were 
removed from Desoto County, MS. These human remains were removed from 
Cheatham (22DS514) and an unknown site whose location was given as 
``River Bank at Walls, Mags lot 60.'' In 2015, the human remains were 
transferred to MDAH from the C.H. Nash Museum. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Desoto County, MS. These human remains were removed from an 
unknown site identified by a label reading ``516/2x2, M12'' and 
possibly denoting the Irby site (22DS516). In 2015, the human remains 
were transferred to MDAH from the C.H. Nash Museum. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains 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:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
     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, 
25 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.
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