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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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01340 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031351; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

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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SUMMARY: The Los Angeles County 

Museum of Art (LACMA), in 

consultation with Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations listed in 

this notice, has determined that the 

cultural item listed in this notice meets 

the definition of sacred object and object 

of cultural patrimony. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim this cultural item 

should submit a written request to the 

Los Angeles County Museum of Art. If 

no additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural item 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 

claim this cultural item should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the claim to the Los Angeles 

County Museum of Art at the address in 

this notice by February 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Jeffrey N. Blair, General 

Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Los 

Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 

Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 

90036, telephone (323) 857–6048, email 

jblair@lacma.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate a 

cultural item under the control of the 

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los 

Angeles, CA, that meets the definition of 

sacred object and object of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural item. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Item 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item, a heraldic house screen, identified 

as Tlingit in the Los Angeles County 

Museum of Art’s records, was removed 

from the Tlingit Thunderbird Clan 

House. This item was loaned to the 

Alaska State Museum by a Thunderbird 

House representative, where it was 

displayed between 1971–1987. Upon 

the lender’s passing, his spouse 

consigned the screen to auction at 

Sotheby’s New York in 1991, 

whereupon it was separated from the 

Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida 

Indian Tribes. In 1995, the item was 

sold at a Sotheby’s auction to a private 

collector. In April 2017, funds were 

given to LACMA to purchase this 

cultural item from a private collector. 

The item was accessioned by LACMA 

on August 8, 2017. 

Based on consultation with the 

Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida 

Indian Tribes, and archival research at 

the University of Washington and the 

Alaska State Museum, the Los Angeles 

County Museum of Art has determined 

that this house screen is an integral part 

of rituals and ceremonies performed by 

Tlingit traditional religious leaders of 

the Thunderbird Clan. The cultural item 

was identified by the auction house, 

academic experts in the study of Tlingit 

culture, and traditional Tlingit cultural 

leaders as belonging to the Central 

Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian 

Tribes. 

Determinations Made by the Los 

Angeles County Museum of Art 

The Los Angeles County Museum of 

Art has determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the one cultural item described above is 

a specific ceremonial object needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the one cultural item described above 

has ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred object and object of 

cultural patrimony and the Central 

Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian 

Tribes. 

Additional Requesters and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim this cultural item 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Jeffrey N. Blair, General Counsel and 

Assistant Secretary, Los Angeles County 

Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire 

Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036, 

telephone (323) 857–6048, email jblair@

lacma.org, by February 22, 2021. After 

that date, if no additional claimants 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the sacred object and object of 

cultural patrimony to the Central 

Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Los Angeles County Museum of 

Art is responsible for notifying the 

Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida 

Indian Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 6, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01337 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031299; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Pu‘ukohola ̄ Heiau 

National Historic Site, Kamuela, HI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, 

Pu‘ukohola ̄ Heiau National Historic Site 

has completed an inventory of 

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 

associated funerary objects and presentday 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 

associated funerary objects should 

submit a written request to Pu‘ukohola ̄

Heiau National Historic Site. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the 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 

associated funerary objects should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Pu‘ukohola ̄ Heiau National Historic Site 

at the address in this notice by February 

22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Daniel K. Kawaiaea, Jr., 

Superintendent, Pu‘ukohola ̄ Heiau 

National Historic Site, 62–3601 


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