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Authority: Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60. 

Dated: January 12, 2021. 

Sherry A. Frear, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01336 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031329; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History, Jackson, MS; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Mississippi Department 

of Archives and History (MDAH) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

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 associated funerary 

objects 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History at the address in 

this notice by February 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Meg Cook, Director of 

Archaeology Collections, Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History, 

Museum Division, 222 North Street, 

P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, 

telephone (601) 576–6927, email 

mcook@mdah.ms.gov. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Mississippi Department of Archives and 

History, Jackson, MS. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the region of 

Mississippi north of the Yazoo and 

Yalobusha Rivers including DeSoto, 

Clay, Lafayette, Monroe, Panola, 

Pontotoc, Quitman, Tate, Tunica, 

Union, and Webster counties. 

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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

This notice corrects the minimum 

number of individuals previously 

reported in a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on April 13, 2018 (83 FR 

16121–16123, April 13, 2018); 

additional human remains were 

discovered after publication and 207 

individuals are hereby corrected to 403 

individuals. This notice corrects the 

number of funerary objects reported in 

the prior notice from 50 associated 

funerary objects to 83 lots of funerary 

objects. Additional information received 

during ongoing consultations 

successfully affiliated all listed 

individuals previously identified as 

culturally unidentifiable. The notice 

published in 2018 included the 

following counties: Clay, DeSoto, 

Panola, and Tunica; this notice contains 

additional counties not previously 

reported including: Lafayette, Monroe, 

Pontotoc, Quitman, Tate, Union, and 

Webster. Transfer of control of the items 

in this correction notice has not 

occurred. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of human 

remains was made by the Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously 

listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of 

Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 

Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mississippi 

Band of Choctaw Indians; Quapaw 

Nation (previously listed as The 

Quapaw Tribe of Indians); The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 

of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; and The Osage Nation 

(previously listed as Osage Tribe) 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

Prior to 1965, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from an 

unspecified location in Northeast 

Mississippi. The individuals came into 

MDAH’s possession in 1964 by way of 

donation from R. DeMar Whitfield. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

one associated funerary object is one lot 

of ceramic sherds. 

MDAH has determined that these 

human remains are Native American 

through circumstances of acquisition 

and observation of biological markers 

consistent with this ancestry. 

Circumstances of acquisition show that 

these human remains are affiliated with 

the pre-contact Woodland cultures that 

are indigenous to this region of 

Mississippi. Present day Indian Tribes 

associated with pre-contact Woodland 

cultures include, but are not limited to, 

The Tribes. 

Up to 1991, human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from the following counties in 

Mississippi: Clay, Desoto, Lafayette, 

Monroe, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, 

Tate, Tunica, Union, and Webster. The 

following information regarding these 

individuals is organized by county. 

In June 1990, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from the 

Brogan Village (22CL501b) site in Clay 

County, MS. No known individuals 

were identified. The three associated 

funerary objects are one lot of ceramic 

sherds, one lot of lithics, and one lot of 

soil matrix. 

Beginning in 1962, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 76 

individuals were removed from the 

following sites in DeSoto County, MS: 

Cheatham (22DS514), Dogwood Ridge 

(22DS511), Edgefield Mounds 

(22DS509), Harris (22DS504), Irby 

(22DS516), Lake Cormorant (22DS501), 

McKay’s Store (22DS506), Migva 

(22DS526), Shannon #2 (22DS519), 

Walls (22DS500), Walls/Harris 

(22DS500/504), Woodlyn (22DS517) 

sites, and an unknown site. No known 

individuals were identified. The three 

associated funerary objects, removed 

from the Edgefield Mounds site, are one 

lot of ceramic sherds, one lot of ceramic 

vessels, and one lot of soil matrix. 

At an unknown time prior to 1965, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from an unknown location in Lafayette 

County, MS. No known individual was 


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identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an undetermined time, human 

remains representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from the 

Turner (22MO923) site in Monroe 

County, MS. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In the late 1960s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 11 

individuals were removed from 

McCarter Mounds (22PA502) and 

Dugger Bluff (22PA587) sites in Panola 

County, MS. No known individuals 

were identified. The eight associated 

funerary objects are: One lot of ceramic 

sherds, one lot of charcoal, one lot of 

copper pan pipes, one lot of faunal bone 

remains, one lot of lithics, two lots of 

soil matrix, and one lot of shell 

fragments. 

At an undetermined date before 1962, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from an unknown location in Pontotoc 

County, MS. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Beginning in the 1960s, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 87 

individuals were removed from Shady 

Grove (22QU525) and Tom Harris 

Mounds (22QU574) sites in Quitman 

County, MS. No known individuals 

were identified. The 12 associated 

funerary objects include: One lot of 

bone awls, one lot of botanical remains, 

one lot of ceramic sherds, one lot of 

ceramic vessels, one lot charcoal, one 

lot faunal bone remains, one lot of pit 

fill, one lot of limonite, one lot of 

lithics, one lot of shell, one lot of soil 

matrix, and one lot of vessel contents. 

At an undetermined time, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location in Tate County, MS. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Beginning in 1966, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 216 

individuals were removed from the 

following sites in Tunica County: 

Austin (22TU549), Bonds Village 

(22TU530), Boyd (22TU531), Dundee 

Mounds (22TU501), Evansville 

(22TU502), Flowers #3 (22TU518), 

Hollywood Mounds (22TU500), Jepson 

(22TU522), Mhoon Landing (22TU514), 

and Norflett Mound (22TU519). No 

known individuals were identified. The 

56 associated funerary objects are: One 

lot of bird talons, two lots of bone awl, 

one lot of bone needles, two lots of 

botanical material, one lot of celts, two 

lots of ceramic vessels, six lots of 

ceramic sherds, three lots of charcoal, 

one lot of clay beads, one lot of 

coprolites, two lot of daub, one lot ear 

plugs, five lots of faunal bone fragments, 

one lot flotation samples, one lot fired 

clay, one lot of hammerstones, one lot 

of historic glass, two lots of historic 

metal, four lots of lithics, one lot of 

lithic bifaces, two lots of modified 

faunal bone, one lot of otoliths, two lots 

of projectile points, two lots of shell, 

one lot of shell beads, one lot of shell 

gorgets, three lots of soil matrix, two lots 

of unmodified stone, two lots of waterscreened pit fill, and one lot of wolf 

teeth. 

In 1964, human remains representing, 

at minimum, three individuals were 

removed from the Ingomar Mounds 

(22UN500) site in Union County, MS. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the G.H. 

Holland Mound (22WE502) site in 

Webster County, MS. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

The Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History has determined 

that the human remains of each of these 

individuals are Native American 

through the circumstances of 

acquisition, as well as through the 

observance of biological markers 

consistent with this ancestry. The 

circumstances of acquisition, including 

excavation notes and associated 

funerary objects, show that these human 

remains are affiliated with the multiple 

cultures that are indigenous to these 

areas of Mississippi. Individuals and 

associated funerary objects from the 

Archaic cultural period are represented 

in sites from DeSoto, Monroe, Panola, 

Tunica, and Quitman Counties. 

Individuals and associated funerary 

objects from the Woodland cultural 

period are represented in sites from 

Clay, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, 

Tunica, and Webster Counties. 

Individuals and associated funerary 

objects from the Mississippian cultural 

period are represented in sites from 

DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica, and Union 

Counties. The unknown Pontotoc and 

Tate County sites are not associated 

with a specified period of occupation, 

but have been determined to be Native 

American in ancestry. 

Present day Indian Tribes associated 

with these cultures include, but are not 

limited to The Tribes. 

Determinations Made by the 

Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History 

Officials of the Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 403 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 83 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. 

• 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 associated funerary objects 

and The Tribes. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Meg Cook, Director of 

Archaeology Collections, Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History, 

Museum Division, 222 North Street, 

P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, 

telephone (601) 576–6927, email 

mcook@mdah.ms.gov, by February 22, 

2021. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: January 5, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Los Angeles County Museum of 

Art, Los Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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