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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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archeological representation of the 

ethnographic Wintu, with a time-depth 

of circa A.D. 1050. Oral history evidence 

presented during consultation indicates 

that the Redding, CA area has been 

continuously occupied by the Wintu 

since the contact period and that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

Redding Rancheria, California and the 

ancestral Wintu people. 

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 eight 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 270 individual and 1 lot of 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 Redding Rancheria, 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 Avenue, 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 Redding Rancheria, 

California, may proceed. 

The San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program is responsible for 

notifying the Redding Rancheria, 

California, and the Pit River Tribe, 

California (includes XL Ranch, Big 

Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery 

Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias) 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: October 29, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27155 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17040; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA Program, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program. If no additional claimants 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

cultural items 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 these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim 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. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects 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 items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

Based on the request for repatriation 

submitted by the Tuolumne Band of MeWuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria of California, each of the 

objects below meets the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects under 25 

U.S.C. 3001 and 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2)(ii), 

(d)(3), or (d)(4). Through the summary, 

consultation, and notification 

procedures in 43 CFR 10.14, the cultural 

affiliation of the cultural items below 

with the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California was established. 

Between 1970 and 1971, 2 cultural 

items were removed from site CA-TUO314, located on the southern bank of 

Moccasin Creek, near LaGrange, in 

Tuolumne County, CA, during 

archeological excavations conducted by 

San Francisco State University. The 2 

unassociated funerary objects are 

ground stone artifacts associated with 

human remains from Burial 5; the 

human remains are not present at San 

Francisco State University. The 

geographic location of the sites and 

archeological, historical, and oral 

history evidence indicate that these 

unassociated funerary objects are Native 

American. The objects are consistent 

with the material culture of the 

ancestral Sierra Miwok who occupied 

this area during the Euro-American 

contact period, and Ca-TUO-314 is 

located in an area that is documented as 

Central Sierra Miwok territory. Oral 

history evidence presented during 

consultation indicates that the area has 

been continuously occupied by the 

Miwok since the contact period and that 

there is cultural affiliation between the 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. 

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(3)(B), 

the 2 unassociated funerary objects 

described above 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 and are believed, by a 


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