Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Sacramento, CA, 25809-25810 [2017-11540]
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AA–086373, and supporting evidence.
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upriver to Julian Creek on November 8,
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
Office, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation), Mid-Pacific Regional
Office, 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 Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Regional Office. 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 U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, MidPacific Regional Office, at the address in
this notice by July 5, 2017.
SUMMARY:
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Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA
Specialist/Physical Anthropologist,
Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of
Reclamation, MP–153, 2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone
(916) 978–5526, email emryan@
usbr.gov.
ADDRESSES:
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
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
Office, Sacramento, CA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from lands managed by
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
Office, in Modoc 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Regional Office, professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Klamath Tribes. The Klamath Tribes
represent Klamath, Modoc, and
Yahooskin Band of Snake Peoples.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1945, human remains representing,
at minimum two individuals were
removed from the Tule Lake Internment
Camp site (CA–MOD–NL4) in Modoc
County, CA, by Marvin Kaufmann Opler
and donated to the University of
California, Berkeley. Opler was an
anthropologist, social psychologist, and
community analyst who arrived at Tule
Lake Internment Camp in May 1943.
The human remains were found during
the excavation of an irrigation ditch at
the camp. No further details about the
excavation or the archeological context
of the human remains was recorded.
The human remains were curated at the
Phoebe Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, CA.
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
Office, became aware of these human
remains on August 27, 2015, when an
inquiry was made by the Klamath Tribes
to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
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Office, regarding human remains and
one funerary object from site CA–MOD–
NL4. The human remains were
confirmed to be under Reclamation,
Mid-Pacific Regional Office, control on
November 30, 2015, and the Phoebe
Hearst Museum transferred the human
remains and funerary objects to
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
Office, on December 22, 2015.
The human remains consist of one
nearly complete adult female,
approximately 30–40 years old and a
few ribs and thoracic vertebra of one
adult, age and sex indeterminate. No
known individuals were identified. The
two associated funerary objects are one
bone tube and one bag of associated soil.
In consultation with the Klamath
Tribes, Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Regional Office, determined a close
affiliation with the Modoc, a Native
American tribe who resided in northeast
California and southeast Oregon during,
and prior to, Euro-American contact.
There is nothing temporally diagnostic
available to directly indicate the
antiquity of this collection. The Tule
Lake Internment Center is located in the
ancestral homelands of the Modoc
Indians. Modoc territory extended
across both sides of what is now the
California-Oregon border immediately
east of the Cascades. North and west of
Modoc territory was the territory of the
Klamath, who spoke a dialect of the
same language. The western shore of
Goose Lake was shared by the Modoc
and the Yahooskin Paiute whose
territory was to the east. The Klamath,
Modoc, and Yahooskin band of Snake
(Northern Paiute) Indians ceded lands
in south-central Oregon to the United
States under terms of the Klamath
Treaty of 1864. By the terms of the
treaty, all three Indian groups, who are
now collectively known as the Klamath
Tribes, retained a considerable portion
of the Klamath homeland as a
reservation.
The amount of wear on the dentition
and the association of a bone tube
indicates that the human remains are
Native American. The associated bone
tube was identified through
consultation as part of a Modoc bone
whistle. The Klamath Tribes presented
an ancient Modoc bone whistle of the
same form and construction as CA–
MOD–NL4 bone tube.
On June 30, 1924, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the
Snake Island, Tule Lake site (CA–MOD–
NL2) in Modoc County, CA, by Mr. Paul
Fair of the U.S. Forest Service. Mr. Fair
donated the items to the University of
California, Berkeley, where they were
curated by the Phoebe Hearst Museum.
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The one associated funerary object is
‘‘some bits of cordage.’’
On December 8, 2015, the Klamath
Tribes inquired about the human
remains and associated funerary object
from site CA–MOD–NL2. At that time,
the human remains, consisting of a
skull, had been misplaced by the
museum and had not appeared on their
annual inventory since the 1980s. The
absence of the human remains
prevented the identification of the
human remains as Native American. On
December 11, 2015, the associated
funerary object was confirmed to be
under the control of the Reclamation,
Mid-Pacific Regional Office. The Phoebe
Hearst Museum transferred it to
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
Office, on March 28, 2016.
Snake Island is located on the Bureau
of Reclamation-withdrawn lands that
were under control of Reclamation,
Mid-Pacific Regional Office, in 1924.
During consultation with the Klamath
Tribes, Snake Island was identified to be
the center of the Modoc world in a place
referred to in their creation narrative.
The Klamath Tribes provided examples
of creation stories that identify Snake
Island as an extraordinarily sacred
location for Klamath and Modoc
peoples. The first stitch of the matting/
cordage was recognized by the Klamath
Tribes as unique to the Modoc. During
consultation, the Klamath Tribes
provided several examples of Modoc
woven items that were made using the
same technique. This weaving
technique is described in numerous
ethnographies.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
Office
Officials of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Regional Office, have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the three 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 Klamath Tribes and The Modoc
Tribe of Oklahoma.
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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 Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA
Specialist/Physical Anthropologist,
Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of
Reclamation, MP–153, 2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone
(916) 978–5526, email emryan@
usbr.gov, by July 5, 2017. After that date,
if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Klamath Tribes and The
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Regional Office, is responsible for
notifying the Klamath Tribes and The
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: April 21, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23294; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation), Mid-Pacific Regional Office, 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 Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office. 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, at the address in this
notice by July 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA Specialist/Physical Anthropologist,
Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Reclamation, MP-153, 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916) 978-5526, email
emryan@usbr.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 and
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office,
Sacramento, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from lands managed by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office,
in Modoc 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 and associated funerary
objects was made by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office,
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Klamath
Tribes. The Klamath Tribes represent Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Band
of Snake Peoples.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1945, human remains representing, at minimum two individuals
were removed from the Tule Lake Internment Camp site (CA-MOD-NL4) in
Modoc County, CA, by Marvin Kaufmann Opler and donated to the
University of California, Berkeley. Opler was an anthropologist, social
psychologist, and community analyst who arrived at Tule Lake Internment
Camp in May 1943. The human remains were found during the excavation of
an irrigation ditch at the camp. No further details about the
excavation or the archeological context of the human remains was
recorded. The human remains were curated at the Phoebe Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, became aware of these
human remains on August 27, 2015, when an inquiry was made by the
Klamath Tribes to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
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Office, regarding human remains and one funerary object from site CA-
MOD-NL4. The human remains were confirmed to be under Reclamation, Mid-
Pacific Regional Office, control on November 30, 2015, and the Phoebe
Hearst Museum transferred the human remains and funerary objects to
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, on December 22, 2015.
The human remains consist of one nearly complete adult female,
approximately 30-40 years old and a few ribs and thoracic vertebra of
one adult, age and sex indeterminate. No known individuals were
identified. The two associated funerary objects are one bone tube and
one bag of associated soil.
In consultation with the Klamath Tribes, Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Regional Office, determined a close affiliation with the Modoc, a
Native American tribe who resided in northeast California and southeast
Oregon during, and prior to, Euro-American contact. There is nothing
temporally diagnostic available to directly indicate the antiquity of
this collection. The Tule Lake Internment Center is located in the
ancestral homelands of the Modoc Indians. Modoc territory extended
across both sides of what is now the California-Oregon border
immediately east of the Cascades. North and west of Modoc territory was
the territory of the Klamath, who spoke a dialect of the same language.
The western shore of Goose Lake was shared by the Modoc and the
Yahooskin Paiute whose territory was to the east. The Klamath, Modoc,
and Yahooskin band of Snake (Northern Paiute) Indians ceded lands in
south-central Oregon to the United States under terms of the Klamath
Treaty of 1864. By the terms of the treaty, all three Indian groups,
who are now collectively known as the Klamath Tribes, retained a
considerable portion of the Klamath homeland as a reservation.
The amount of wear on the dentition and the association of a bone
tube indicates that the human remains are Native American. The
associated bone tube was identified through consultation as part of a
Modoc bone whistle. The Klamath Tribes presented an ancient Modoc bone
whistle of the same form and construction as CA-MOD-NL4 bone tube.
On June 30, 1924, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Snake Island, Tule Lake site (CA-MOD-
NL2) in Modoc County, CA, by Mr. Paul Fair of the U.S. Forest Service.
Mr. Fair donated the items to the University of California, Berkeley,
where they were curated by the Phoebe Hearst Museum. The one associated
funerary object is ``some bits of cordage.''
On December 8, 2015, the Klamath Tribes inquired about the human
remains and associated funerary object from site CA-MOD-NL2. At that
time, the human remains, consisting of a skull, had been misplaced by
the museum and had not appeared on their annual inventory since the
1980s. The absence of the human remains prevented the identification of
the human remains as Native American. On December 11, 2015, the
associated funerary object was confirmed to be under the control of the
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office. The Phoebe Hearst Museum
transferred it to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, on March
28, 2016.
Snake Island is located on the Bureau of Reclamation-withdrawn
lands that were under control of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional
Office, in 1924. During consultation with the Klamath Tribes, Snake
Island was identified to be the center of the Modoc world in a place
referred to in their creation narrative. The Klamath Tribes provided
examples of creation stories that identify Snake Island as an
extraordinarily sacred location for Klamath and Modoc peoples. The
first stitch of the matting/cordage was recognized by the Klamath
Tribes as unique to the Modoc. During consultation, the Klamath Tribes
provided several examples of Modoc woven items that were made using the
same technique. This weaving technique is described in numerous
ethnographies.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office
Officials of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three 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 Klamath
Tribes and The Modoc Tribe 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA Specialist/Physical
Anthropologist, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Reclamation, MP-
153, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916) 978-5526,
email emryan@usbr.gov, by July 5, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Klamath Tribes and
The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-
Pacific Regional Office, is responsible for notifying the Klamath
Tribes and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 21, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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