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recorded. No known individuals were 

identified. 

The 136 associated funerary objects 

are counted and described according to 

individual catalog entries as follows: 59 

entries described as ‘‘Beads’’; 25 entries 

described as ‘‘Bead’’; 33 entries 

described as ‘‘Ornament’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Ornament Fragment’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Dentalia’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Arrowhead Fragment’’; 

two entries described as ‘‘Flake’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Sinker (Fishing)’’; 

one entry described as ‘‘Worked Stone’’; 

one entry described as ‘‘Flakes’’; two 

entries described as ‘‘Bone (tools)’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Potsherd’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Ceramic Fragment’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Knife’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Hook and Eye’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Rod’’; one entry described 

as ‘‘Metal Fragments’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Cloth Fragments’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Tooth (elk)’’; and 

one entry described as ‘‘Bone and 

beads.’’ Based on the condition of the 

human remains, the concentration of 

European-American manufactured 

goods, and the location of the human 

remains, these human remains likely 

belong to the victims of the Indian 

Island Massacre, which took place on 

February 26, 1860. 

Most of the sites around Humboldt 

Bay date to the creation of the Bay 

approximately 5000–7000 years ago. 

Based on archeological and Wiyot oral 

traditional evidence, Wiyot have 

occupied this area since before the 

creation of Humboldt Bay. Wiyot 

culture is represented by the Bear River 

Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, the 

Blue Lake Rancheria, and the Wiyot 

Tribe. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of California, Berkeley and the United 

States Army Corps of Engineers, San 

Francisco District 

Officials of the University of 

California, Berkeley and the United 

States Army Corps of Engineers, San 

Francisco District have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of at 

least 20 individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 136 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 Bear River Band of the 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue 

Lake Rancheria, California; and the 

Wiyot Tribe, California [previously 

listed as Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot 

Tribe]. 

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 Dr. Thomas Torma, 

NAGPRA Liaison, Office of the Vice 

Chancellor for Research, 119 California 

Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720–1500, 

telephone (512) 672–5388, email 

t.torma@berkeley.edu and/or Kathleen 

Ungvarsky M.A., RPA, San Francisco 

District Archaeologist, 450 Golden Gate 

Avenue, Suite 4–201, San Francisco, CA 

94103, telephone (415) 503–6842, email 

kathleen.ungvarsky@usace.army.mil, by 

September 24, 2021. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Bear River Band of the 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue 

Lake Rancheria, California; and the 

Wiyot Tribe, California [previously 

listed as Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot 

Tribe] may proceed. 

The University of California, Berkeley 

and the United States Army Corps of 

Engineers, San Francisco District is 

responsible for notifying the Bear River 

Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, 

California; Blue Lake Rancheria, 

California; and Wiyot Tribe, California 

[previously listed as Table Bluff 

Reservation—Wiyot Tribe] that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 11, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18266 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032455; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History, Jackson, MS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Mississippi Department 

of Archives and History has completed 

an inventory of human remains, 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 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 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 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 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 September 

24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 under the control of 

the Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History, Jackson, MS. The human 

remains were removed from the Coastal 

Pine Meadow region of Mississippi, in 

Hancock 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). 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 human 

remains was made by the Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives from the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas [previously 

listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of 

Texas]; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 


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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 

[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 

On June 11, 2020, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual was removed from Hancock 

County, MS. The individual was 

discovered during maintenance 

dredging of the navigation channel at 

the mouth of Bayou Cadet, which flows 

into the Bay of Saint Louis. The U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, which 

oversaw the dredging, retained control 

of the human remains until May of 

2021, when it transferred them to the 

Mississippi Department of Archives and 

History. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History has determined 

that the remains of this individual are 

Native American through the 

geographical and archeological 

circumstances of their discovery, as well 

as through the observance of biological 

markers that are consistent with Native 

American ancestry. According to the 

geographical and archeological 

evidence, the individual was removed 

within 500 feet of the Lakeshore Midden 

Site (22HA502), which dates within the 

Woodland Period (A.D. 1000). 

Evaluation of the skeletal elements by 

the Mississippi State Medical 

Examiner’s office concluded that they 

bore biological markers consistent with 

Native American ancestry. The presentday Indian Tribes affiliated with the 

earlier group connected to these human 

remains include 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 one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• 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 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 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 September 24, 

2021. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains 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: August 11, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18271 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032471; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Michigan 

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 University of Michigan. 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 University of Michigan at 

the address in this notice by September 

24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project 

Manager, University of Michigan, Office 

of Research, 4080 Fleming Building, 503 

Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 

48109–1340, telephone (734) 647–9085, 

email bsecunda@umich.edu. 

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 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from the 

Riverside Cemetery site (20ME1), 

Menominee County, MI. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

Michigan Museum of Anthropological 

Archaeology (UMMAA) professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Hannahville 

Indian Community, Michigan; 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, 

Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Montana; Match-ebe-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian 

Tribe of Wisconsin; Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Mille Lacs 

Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed 

as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; and the 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 

Michigan and Indiana (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’). 

The Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana [previously 

listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana]; 


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