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recorded. No known individuals were and the Bear River Band of the consultation with the appropriate identified. Rohnerville Rancheria, ; Blue Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian The 136 associated funerary objects Lake Rancheria, California; and the organizations, and has determined that are counted and described according to Tribe, California [previously there is a cultural affiliation between the individual catalog entries as follows: 59 listed as Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot human remains and present-day Indian entries described as ‘‘Beads’’; 25 entries Tribe]. Tribes or Native Hawaiian described as ‘‘Bead’’; 33 entries Additional Requestors and Disposition organizations. Lineal descendants or described as ‘‘Ornament’’; one entry representatives of any Indian Tribe or described as ‘‘Ornament Fragment’’; one Lineal descendants or representatives Native Hawaiian organization not entry described as ‘‘Dentalia’’; one entry of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian identified in this notice that wish to described as ‘‘Arrowhead Fragment’’; organization not identified in this notice request transfer of control of these two entries described as ‘‘Flake’’; one that wish to request transfer of control human remains should submit a written entry described as ‘‘Sinker (Fishing)’’; of these human remains and associated request to the Mississippi Department of one entry described as ‘‘Worked Stone’’; funerary objects should submit a written Archives and History. If no additional one entry described as ‘‘Flakes’’; two request with information in support of requestors come forward, transfer of entries described as ‘‘Bone (tools)’’; one the request to Dr. Thomas Torma, control of the human remains to the entry described as ‘‘Potsherd’’; one entry NAGPRA Liaison, Office of the Vice lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or described as ‘‘Ceramic Fragment’’; one Chancellor for Research, 119 California Native Hawaiian organizations stated in entry described as ‘‘Knife’’; one entry Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720–1500, this notice may proceed. telephone (512) 672–5388, email described as ‘‘Hook and Eye’’; one entry DATES: Lineal descendants or described as ‘‘Rod’’; one entry described [email protected] and/or Kathleen representatives of any Indian Tribe or as ‘‘Metal Fragments’’; one entry Ungvarsky M.A., RPA, San Francisco Native Hawaiian organization not described as ‘‘Cloth Fragments’’; one District Archaeologist, 450 Golden Gate identified in this notice that wish to entry described as ‘‘Tooth (elk)’’; and Avenue, Suite 4–201, San Francisco, CA request transfer of control of these one entry described as ‘‘Bone and 94103, telephone (415) 503–6842, email human remains should submit a written beads.’’ Based on the condition of the [email protected], by request with information in support of human remains, the concentration of September 24, 2021. After that date, if the request to the Mississippi European-American manufactured no additional requestors have come Department of Archives and History at goods, and the location of the human forward, transfer of control of the the address in this notice by September remains, these human remains likely human remains and associated funerary 24, 2021. belong to the victims of the Indian objects to the Bear River Band of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Island Massacre, which took place on Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue Meg February 26, 1860. Lake Rancheria, California; and the Cook, Director of Archaeology Most of the sites around Humboldt , California [previously Collections, Mississippi Department of Bay date to the creation of the Bay listed as Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot Archives and History, Museum approximately 5000–7000 years ago. Tribe] may proceed. Division, 222 North Street, P.O. Box Based on archeological and Wiyot oral The University of California, Berkeley 571, Jackson, MS 39205, telephone (601) traditional evidence, Wiyot have and the Army Corps of 576–6927, email [email protected]. occupied this area since before the Engineers, San Francisco District is SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is creation of . Wiyot responsible for notifying the Bear River here given in accordance with the culture is represented by the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, Native American Graves Protection and Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, the California; , Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Blue Lake Rancheria, and the Wiyot California; and Wiyot Tribe, California 3003, of the completion of an inventory Tribe. [previously listed as Table Bluff of human remains under the control of Reservation—Wiyot Tribe] that this the Mississippi Department of Archives Determinations Made by the University notice has been published. and History, Jackson, MS. The human of California, Berkeley and the United remains were removed from the Coastal Dated: August 11, 2021. States Army Corps of Engineers, San Pine Meadow region of Mississippi, in Francisco District Melanie O’Brien, Hancock County, MS. Officials of the University of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. This notice is published as part of the California, Berkeley and the United [FR Doc. 2021–18266 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] National Park Service’s administrative States Army Corps of Engineers, San BILLING CODE 4312–52–P responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Francisco District have determined that: U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the this notice are the sole responsibility of human remains described in this notice DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the museum, institution, or Federal represent the physical remains of at National Park Service agency that has control of the Native least 20 individuals of Native American American human remains. The National ancestry. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032455; Park Service is not responsible for the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] determinations in this notice. the 136 objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been Notice of Inventory Completion: Consultation placed with or near individual human Mississippi Department of Archives A detailed assessment of human remains at the time of death or later as and History, Jackson, MS remains was made by the Mississippi part of the death rite or ceremony. AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Department of Archives and History • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there ACTION: Notice. professional staff in consultation with is a relationship of shared group representatives from the Alabama- identity that can be reasonably traced SUMMARY: The Mississippi Department Coushatta Tribe of Texas [previously between the Native American human of Archives and History has completed listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of remains and associated funerary objects an inventory of human remains, in Texas]; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal

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Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Additional Requestors and Disposition request transfer of control of these Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena Lineal descendants or representatives human remains and associated funerary Band of Choctaw Indians; Miami Tribe of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian objects should submit a written request of Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of organization not identified in this notice with information in support of the Choctaw Indians; Quapaw Nation that wish to request transfer of control request to the University of Michigan at [previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of these human remains should submit the address in this notice by September of Indians]; The Chickasaw Nation; The a written request with information in 24, 2021. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The support of the request to Meg Cook, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and The Director of Archaeology Collections, Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project Osage Nation [previously listed as Osage Mississippi Department of Archives and Manager, University of Michigan, Office Tribe] (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The History, Museum Division, 222 North of Research, 4080 Fleming Building, 503 Tribes’’). Street, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI History and Description of the Remains telephone (601) 576–6927, email 48109–1340, telephone (734) 647–9085, [email protected], by September 24, email [email protected]. On June 11, 2020, human remains 2021. After that date, if no additional SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is representing, at minimum, one requestors have come forward, transfer here given in accordance with the individual was removed from Hancock of control of the human remains to The Native American Graves Protection and County, MS. The individual was Tribes may proceed. Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. discovered during maintenance The Mississippi Department of 3003, of the completion of an inventory dredging of the navigation channel at Archives and History is responsible for of human remains and associated the mouth of Bayou Cadet, which flows notifying The Tribes that this notice has funerary objects under the control of the into the Bay of Saint Louis. The U.S. been published. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Army Corps of Engineers, which Dated: August 11, 2021. The human remains and associated oversaw the dredging, retained control funerary objects were removed from the of the human remains until May of Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Riverside Cemetery site (20ME1), 2021, when it transferred them to the Menominee County, MI. Mississippi Department of Archives and [FR Doc. 2021–18271 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] This notice is published as part of the History. No known individual was BILLING CODE 4312–52–P National Park Service’s administrative identified. No associated funerary responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 objects are present. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in The Mississippi Department of this notice are the sole responsibility of Archives and History has determined National Park Service the museum, institution, or Federal that the remains of this individual are agency that has control of the Native Native American through the [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032471; American human remains and geographical and archeological PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] associated funerary objects. The circumstances of their discovery, as well Notice of Inventory Completion: National Park Service is not responsible as through the observance of biological for the determinations in this notice. markers that are consistent with Native University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Consultation American ancestry. According to the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. geographical and archeological ACTION: Notice. A detailed assessment of the human evidence, the individual was removed remains was made by the University of within 500 feet of the Lakeshore Midden SUMMARY: The University of Michigan Michigan Museum of Anthropological Site (22HA502), which dates within the has completed an inventory of human Archaeology (UMMAA) professional Woodland Period (A.D. 1000). remains and associated funerary objects, staff in consultation with Evaluation of the skeletal elements by in consultation with the appropriate representatives of the Hannahville the Mississippi State Medical Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Indian Community, Michigan; Examiner’s office concluded that they organizations, and has determined that Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, bore biological markers consistent with there is a cultural affiliation between the Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Native American ancestry. The present- human remains and associated funerary Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of day Indian Tribes affiliated with the objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of earlier group connected to these human Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Chippewa Indians of Montana; Match-e- remains include The Tribes. descendants or representatives of any be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Determinations Made by the Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian organization not identified in this notice Mississippi Department of Archives Tribe of Wisconsin; Minnesota that wish to request transfer of control and History Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Mille Lacs of these human remains and associated Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Officials of the Mississippi funerary objects should submit a written Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed Department of Archives and History request to the University of Michigan. If as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; and the have determined that: no additional requestors come forward, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the transfer of control of the human remains Michigan and Indiana (hereafter referred human remains described in this notice and associated funerary objects to the to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’). represent the physical remains of one lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or The Bad River Band of the Lake individual of Native American ancestry. Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there this notice may proceed. the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; is a relationship of shared group DATES: Lineal descendants or Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky identity that can be reasonably traced representatives of any Indian Tribe or Boy’s Reservation, Montana [previously between the Native American human Native Hawaiian organization not listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the remains and The Tribes. identified in this notice that wish to Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana];

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