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ADDRESSES: Jeffrey Boland Fentress, San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program, c/o Department of 

Anthropology, San Francisco State 

University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San 

Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 

338–3075, email fentress@sfsu.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 correction of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

sites Ca-Tuo-279, Ca-Tuo-300, and CaTuo-314, in Tuolumne County, CA. 

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 and the number 

of associated funerary objects published 

in a Notice of Inventory Completion in 

the Federal Register (65 FR 80957, 

December 22, 2000) and a Notice of 

Inventory Completion correction in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 59659–59660, 

September 28, 2012). This notice 

corrects the number of funerary objects 

for Ca-Tuo-279, the number of funerary 

objects for Ca-Tuo-300, and the 

minimum number of individuals and 

the number of funerary objects for CaTuo-314, resulting from additional tribal 

consultation and ongoing collections 

work. Transfer of control of the items in 

this correction notice has not occurred. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register (77 FR 59659– 

59660, September 28, 2012), the entire 

notice is removed. 

In the Federal Register (65 FR 80957, 

December 22, 2000), paragraph 4, is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

In 1970–71, human remains representing 

nine individuals were recovered from CA– 

TUO–279, a site located on a small peninsula 

that extended into the western side of the 

original Don Pedro Reservoir. During the 

construction of the new reservoir, an 

archeological data recovery project was 

undertaken by San Francisco State 

University. The site area is now inundated by 

the new Don Pedro Reservoir. No known 

individuals were identified. The 94 

individual and 3 lots of associated funerary 

objects are obsidian tools and debitage, chert 

tools and debitage, quartz crystals and flakes, 

ground stone tools, bone tools, olivella beads, 

a fused shale projectile point, historic 

material, a piece of red ochre, modified 

steatite and asbestos, a carbon sample, nut 

fragments, and unmodified faunal material. 

In the Federal Register (65 FR 80957, 

December 22, 2000), paragraph 5, is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

In 1970–71, human remains representing 

37 individuals were recovered from Ca-Tuo300, a site located near LaGrange, CA, during 

archeological excavations conducted by San 

Francisco State University. The site area is 

now inundated by the new Don Pedro 

Reservoir. No known individuals were 

identified. The 431 individual and 87 lots of 

associated funerary objects are obsidian tools 

and debitage, chert tools and debitage, basalt 

tools, slate tools, quartz crystals, ground 

stone tools, bone tools, olivella shell beads, 

haliotis pendants, a sandstone pendant, a 

tortoise core flake, historic material, steatite 

earplug, a steatite bowl fragment, a 

mineralized antler, red ochre, soil samples, 

unmodified shell, faunal, and lithics. 

In the Federal Register (65 FR 80957, 

December 22, 2000), paragraph 6, is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

In 1970–71, human remains representing 

20 individuals were recovered from CA– 

TUO–314, a site located on the southern bank 

of Moccasin Creek, near LaGrange, CA, 

during archeological excavations conducted 

by San Francisco State University. No known 

individuals were identified. The 31 

individual and 9 lots of associated funerary 

objects are Olivella beads, bone tool 

fragments, flaked stone debitage; ground 

stone; and faunal materials including 

modified and unmodified animal bones and 

teeth, and modified bird bone. 

In the Federal Register (65 FR 80957, 

December 22, 2000), paragraph 8, is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

Determinations Made by the San Francisco 

State University NAGPRA Program 

Officials of the San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA Program have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 66 

individuals of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 655 

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 Tuolumne Band of 

Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria 

of California. 

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 Jeffrey Boland Fentress, 

San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program, c/o Department of 

Anthropology, San Francisco State 

University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San 

Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 

338–3075, email fentress@sfsu.edu, by 

December 17, 2014. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Tuolumne Band of MeWuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria of California may proceed. 

The San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program is responsible for 

notifying the Tuolumne Band of MeWuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria of California that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: October 25, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–16959; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Department of Anthropology and 

Sociology, University of Southern 

Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Anthropology and Sociology at the 

University of Southern Mississippi, 

Hattiesburg, 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 Department of 

Anthropology and Sociology at the 

University of Southern Mississippi, 


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Hattiesburg. 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 Department of 

Anthropology and Sociology at the 

University of Southern Mississippi, 

Hattiesburg, at the address in this notice 

by December 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Marie Elaine Danforth, 

Professor, Department of Anthropology 

and Sociology, University of Southern 

Mississippi, 118 College Dr. #5074, 

Hattiesburg, MS 39406–0001, telephone 

(601) 266–4306, email m.danforth@

usm.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 under the control of 

the Department of Anthropology and 

Sociology at the University of Southern 

Mississippii, Hattiesburg. 

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 the human 

remains was made by the Department of 

Anthropology and Sociology at the 

University of Southern Mississippi 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Coushatta Tribe of 

Louisiana; Mississippi Band of Choctaw 

Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and the 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. The 

following tribes were invited to consult 

but did not participate: AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 

(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka 

Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); 

Cherokee Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of 

Louisiana; Eastern Band of the Cherokee 

Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw 

Indians; Kialegge Tribal Town; 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch 

Band of Creeks (previously listed as the 

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe 

of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); 

Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; 

Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In the mid-1980s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from the 

Taneksanya site (22JA504) in Jackson 

County, MS, under the direction of local 

archeologist Dale Greenwell. Several 

burials were removed in situ in a soil 

block and given to the Frazier Museum 

of Natural History at the University of 

Southern Mississippi. In the early 

1990s, curation of the human remains 

was transferred to the Department of 

Anthropology and Sociology. At that 

point, they were removed from the soil 

block and underwent bio-archaeological 

analysis. The human remains were 

bundle burials and had no associated 

grave goods. Two individuals, a young 

adult female and a young adult male, 

were somewhat commingled; a third 

individual, a middle adult male, was 

apparently buried separately. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The site likely dates to the Early 

Woodland period. 

Sometime before 1988, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Shirley site (22JA520), Jackson County, 

MS, under the direction of local 

archeologist Dale Greenwell. A student 

who was involved in the excavation 

donated the remains to the University of 

Southern Mississippi. The human 

remains represent the essentially 

complete skeleton of a young to middle 

adult male. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. According to 

information on record at the Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History, the 

site dates to the Mississippian period. 

Between 2008 and 2012, human 

remains representing, at minimum, five 

individuals were removed from a beach 

on Greenwood Island, in Jackson 

County, MS. The excavation, conducted 

under the direction of Marie Danforth at 

the University of Southern Mississippi, 

was part of a project to recover four 

Mexican War soldiers whose coffins 

were found washing out in the tidal 

zone. The human remains are believed 

to have eroded out of a Middle 

Woodland site (22JA516) located just 

south of the 19th century cemetery. The 

human remains include eight femoral 

diaphyses, two humeral diaphyses, two 

tibial diaphyses, and fragments of 

mandible, cranium, teeth, clavicle, ulna, 

foot, vertebrae, scapula and unidentified 

long bone, all belonging to adults. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The site dates to the Middle Woodland 

period. 

Sometime between 1980 and 2006, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, five individuals were 

removed from Deer Island (22HR500), in 

Harrison County, MS. In the mid-1980s, 

a partial adult femur was recovered 

during surface collection by archeologist 

Baxter Mann. In 2006, additional human 

remains were recovered by archeologist 

Tony Boudreaux, also during surface 

collection. Elements included two right 

femoral diaphyses, neither of which 

matched the femur found earlier. In May 

2014, the University of Southern 

Mississippi received additional human 

remains that had been recovered from 

the site by a local collector in the 1980s. 

Elements included two individuals, one 

a female represented by a skull, 

vertebrae, ribs, arms, and pelvis, and an 

adult of indeterminate sex represented 

by a tibia fragment and mandible. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location, likely from Pinola, 

Simpson County, MS. The human 

remains were recovered from an estate 

sale for Dr. Alan in Pascagoula, MS, in 

2010; a local resident donated the 

remains to the University of Southern 

Mississippi. The human remains were 

most likely recovered from Dr. Alan’s 

property in Pinola, Simpson County, 

MS. The human remains included a 

femur, tibia, ulna, ilium, and rib, and 

are consistent with belonging to an 

adult male. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In the early 1980s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site 22 

KE511 in Kemper County, MS, by 

archeologists John Blitz and Jerry Voss 

of the University of Southern 

Mississippi during a survey of Choctaw 

sites. A small number of human remains 

were recovered from the surface and 

were sent for curation at the Department 

of Anthropology and Sociology. The 

highly fragmentary remains include 


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cranium, one tooth, femur, ulna, tibia, 

innominate, patella, hand, and 

unidentified bone. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Ceramic sherds recovered from the site 

date the human remains to the 

protohistoric period. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, seven 

individuals were removed from Smith 

Creek site (22WK526) in Wilkinson 

County, MS, by an avocational 

archeologist. In 2012, the human 

remains were discovered in the 

avocational archeologist’s belongings. 

The human remains include a maxilla 

and mandible from a 6–10 year old 

juvenile; a humerus from a 2–3 year old 

juvenile; a femur from an infant; a 

cranium and partial postcranium of a 

young adult probable female; partial 

crania, representing one adult male, one 

adult probable male, and one adult of 

indeterminate sex; and postcranial 

elements including maxilla, mandible, 

ilium, ribs, and vertebrae. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Ceramic sherds recovered from the site 

date the human remains to the Late 

Woodland period. 

Based on geographical, archeological, 

historical, and other information, there 

is a shared group identity between these 

human remains and the Choctaw tribes. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Southern Mississippi 

Officials of the University of Southern 

Mississippi 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 23 individuals 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 Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians and The Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma. 

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 Marie Elaine 

Danforth, Professor, Department of 

Anthropology and Sociology, University 

of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Dr. 

#5074, Hattiesburg, MS 39406–0001, 

telephone (601) 266–4306, email 

m.danforth@usm.edu, by December 17, 

2014. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 

and The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 

may proceed. 

The University of Southern 

Mississippi is responsible for notifying 

the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; 

The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma; and the 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town that this 

notice has been published. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27144 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17069; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA Program 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 San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA Program. 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 San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA Program at the 

address in this notice by December 17, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Jeffrey Boland Fentress, San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program, c/o Department of 

Anthropology, San Francisco State 

University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San 

Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 

338–3075, email fentress@sfsu.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 

San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from site 

Ca-Sha-169, in Shasta County, CA. 

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 San Francisco 

State University NAGPRA Program 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of Redding Rancheria, 

California, and the Pit River Tribe, 

California (includes XL Ranch, Big 

Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery 

Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1960, human remains representing, 

at minimum, eight individuals were 

removed from site Ca-Sha-169 in 

Redding, CA, by San Francisco State 

University personnel in conjunction 

with construction of the Wintu Pumping 

Plant as part of the Whiskeytown 

Reservoir project. Site materials from 

the Whiskeytown Reservoir project were 

curated at San Francisco State 

University after excavation and surface 

collection. The 270 individual and 1 lot 

of associated funerary objects are 9 

obsidian projectile points and tools, 1 

chert tool, 1 basalt tool, 5 bone tools, 2 

ground stone tools, 230 olivella beads, 

4 haliotis pendants, 13 glycymeris 

beads, 1 bone bead, 1 lot of traded 

beads, 1 possible charm stone, 1 mussel 

shell, and 2 pieces of red ochre. 

Ca-Sha-169 had archeological 

assemblages consistent with the Shasta 

Complex which is considered the 


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