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the Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History (MDAH), undertook the first 

excavations at Lyon’s Bluff. Chambers 

never formally documented the field 

work, and the finds he recovered were 

thought to be lost. Recently, human 

remains belonging to five individuals 

removed by Chambers were discovered 

at MDAH, and in 2022, they were 

transferred to the Cobb Institute of 

Archaeology. 

In 1965, Richard Marshall, an 

archeologist at Mississippi State 

University, together with members of 

the Mississippi Archaeological 

Association (MAA) in Oktibbeha 

County, excavated a midden area in the 

northeast areas of the site. In 1967, 

Marshall and others from Mississippi 

State University and the University of 

Mississippi conducted a joint field 

school, during which two large blocks 

were excavated and the human remains 

of, at minimum, 67 individuals were 

removed and sent to Mississippi State 

University. Marshall continued to 

excavate at Lyon’s Bluff throughout the 

late 1960s and early 1970s, during 

which he removed additional burials. 

Following Marshall’s excavations, 

Mississippi State University continued 

to hold field schools at Lyon’s Bluff, in 

2001 and 2003. Most recently, in the 

summer of 2021, Shawn Lambert, 

Assistant Professor at Mississippi State 

University, in collaboration with the 

Choctaw, led an archeological survey 

and excavation at the site. Their work 

revealed a significant historic Choctaw 

component overlying three preEuropean Contact house mounds. 

The 442 associated funerary objects 

are 75 lots consisting of ceramics 

sherds, 56 shell fragments, 143 lots 

consisting of faunal remains, 25 pieces 

of lithic debitage, 10 stone tools, 45 lots 

consisting of daub, one worked fossil, 

eight charcoal samples, seven soil 

samples, five bone awls, three pieces of 

fired clay, two drilled bear teeth, one 

charred corn cob, two pieces of 

limestone, two turtle shells, one 

necklace composed of shell beads and 

bear teeth, four ceramic ear plugs, one 

stone, three ground stones, two shell 

beads, three charred acorns, one charred 

seed, 10 pieces of sandstone, 11 worked 

shells, two greenstone celts, six bone 

tools, four ceramic discoidals, two shell 

gorgets, one fire-cracked rock, one 

partial stone palette, one nail, one gorget 

composed of incised turtle shell, one 

stone ear plug, one nutting stone, and 

one utilized deer antler. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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, 

oral traditional, and other information 

or expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Cobb Institute of 

Archaeology has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 157 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 442 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. 

• 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 Jena Band of 

Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians; and The Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma. 

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 November 22, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Cobb Institute of Archaeology 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. The Cobb Institute 

of Archaeology 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: October 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23288 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036758; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: California State 

University, Sacramento, Sacramento, 

CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California 

State University, Sacramento has 

amended a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on March 2, 2023. This notice 

amends the number of associated 

funerary objects in a collection removed 

from Sacramento County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of 

the College of Social Sciences and 

Interdisciplinary Studies, California 

State University, Sacramento, 6000 J 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, 

telephone (916) 278–6504, email 

dhyson@csus.edu. 

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 California State 

University, Sacramento. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

amendments and determinations in this 

notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

California State University, Sacramento. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 


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Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (88 FR 13147–13148, March 2, 

2023). Repatriation of the items in the 

original Notice of Inventory Completion 

has not occurred. Three additional 

associated funerary objects from one of 

the sites listed in that notice, CA–SAC– 

127, were identified in another 

collection that was donated to the 

University by the estate of Charles 

McKee. 

From CA–SAC–127 in Sacramento 

County, CA, the 24,853 associated 

funerary objects (previously identified 

as 24,850 associated funerary objects) 

include baked clay; faunal and floral 

remains; flaked and ground stones; 

historic materials; modified shells, 

bones, stone, and wood; non-cultural 

items; soil samples; ash; charcoal; 

pigment; unidentified materials; 

unmodified stones; and thermally 

altered rocks. Of this number, 136 

objects are currently missing from the 

collection. California State University, 

Sacramento continues to look for these 

136 missing objects. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, California State 

University, Sacramento has determined 

that: 

• The human remains represent the 

physical remains of 379 individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The 25,176 objects described in this 

amended 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk 

Indians; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 

Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria 

(Verona Tract), California; United 

Auburn Indian Community of the 

Auburn Rancheria of California; and the 

Wilton Rancheria, California. 

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 November 22, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

California State University, Sacramento 

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. California State 

University, Sacramento 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, 10.13, 

and 10.14. 

Dated: October 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23282 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036753; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Field 

Museum, Chicago, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field 

Museum 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 

collected from individuals at one or 

more unknown locations. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after November 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Repatriation 

Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake 

Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, 

telephone (312) 665–7317, email 

hrobbins@fieldmuseum.org. 

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 the Field Museum. 

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 the Field Museum. 

Description 

Human remains were collected from 

10 individuals at one or more unknown 

locations. The human remains are hair 

clippings identified with the tribal 

designation ‘‘Menominee’’ (Field 

Museum catalog numbers 193207.8, 

193208.1, 193211.8, 193213.11, 

193214.6, 193214.7, 193216.2, 193216.3, 

193216.4, 193216.7). Field Museum staff 

believe they were collected under the 

direction of Franz Boas and Frederick 

Ward Putnam for the 1893 World’s 

Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The 

hair clippings were accessioned into the 

Field Museum’s collection in 1939. No 

information regarding the individual’s 

name, sex, age, or geographic location 

has been found. 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: historical. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Field Museum has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 10 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the 

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 


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