Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA, 54065-54066 [E7-18661]

Download as PDF mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 183 / Friday, September 21, 2007 / Notices California); Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; and Susanville Indian Rancheria, California were contacted, but did not choose to participate in the consultations. In 1970, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were removed from an undetermined site in the Pocket District of South Sacramento on east side of Sacramento River in Sacramento County, CA. Excavation for a river road was made and Indian skulls were unearthed. The University of California was notified of the human remains and removed many of the human remains, but did not collect some and set them on top of the bank. At an unknown time and by unknown means, Glenna and Don Geissinger acquired the human remains. The human remains were donated by the Geissingers to the Southwest Museum in 1970. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The age of the human remains is unknown. Based on archeological analysis, this individual has been identified as Native American. Consultation with a representative of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, confirmed that the provenience of the human remains is consistent with that of other discoveries of indigenous human remains in the area. Geographical and historical evidence indicates that the site is located within the traditional territory of the Northern Valley Yokut, Miwok people, Me–Wuk people, and Maidu people. Descendants of the Northern Valley Yokut, Miwok people, Me–Wuk people, and Maidu people are members of the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:17 Sep 20, 2007 Jkt 211001 Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center also have determined that, 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 Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Duane H. King, Ph.D., Executive Director, or LaLena Lewark, Senior NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwest Museum of the American Indian, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065, (323) 221–2164, [extension 241], before October 22, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward. The Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center is responsible for notifying the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Greenville Rancheria of PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54065 Maidu Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California that this notice has been published. Dated: August 30, 2007 Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. E7–18651 Filed 9–20–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–50–S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: 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 in the control of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA. The human remains were removed from Los Angeles 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. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center professional staff in consultation with representatives of the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation, California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (also known as the Tachi Yokut Tribe); Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation of California; and E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 54066 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 183 / Friday, September 21, 2007 / Notices Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. In 1938, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals were removed from an unknown site near Lancaster, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, CA, by the Sheriff’s Office in Newhall, CA. The Sheriff’s Office turned the human remains over to the Coroner’s Office. The human remains were donated to the museum by Frank A. Nance, of the Coroner’s Office in Los Angeles, CA. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological analysis, the individuals have been identified as Native American, but the age is unknown. Consultation with a representative of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, confirmed that the provenience of the human remains is consistent with that of other discoveries of indigenous remains in the area. Geographical and historical evidence indicates that the sites are located within the traditional territory of the Southern Valley Yokuts and the Serrano people. Descendants of the Southern Valley Yokuts and the Serrano people are members of the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation, California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation of California; and Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center also have determined that, 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 San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation, California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation of California; and Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Duane H. King, Ph.D., VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:17 Sep 20, 2007 Jkt 211001 Executive Director, or LaLena Lewark, Senior NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwest Museum of the American Indian, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065, (323) 221–2164, extension 241, before October 22, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward. The Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, is responsible for notifying the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation, California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation of California; and Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California that this notice has been published. Dated: August 30, 2007 Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. E7–18661 Filed 9–20–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–50–S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: 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 in the control of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA. The human remains were removed from Contra Costa and San Joaquin Counties, 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. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center professional staff in PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 consultation with representatives of Jackson Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (also known as the Tachi Yokut Tribe); Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California (formerly the Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California); Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; and Susanville Indian Rancheria, California were contacted, but did not choose to participate in the consultations. In 1933, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were removed from an undetermined site in Stockton, San Joaquin Valley, San Joaquin County, CA. The museum has no additional information regarding the removal and museum’s acquisition of the human remains. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1939, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were removed from an undetermined site twenty feet from the water’s edge–most likely the San Pablo Bay–in Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA, by Mr. J.E. Peterson. The human remains were donated by Mr. J.E. Peterson to the Southwest Museum on April 23, 1939. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The geographic locations described above lie within Yokut or Miwok territories. Archeologists believe that the Penutian–speaking Yokut and Miwok descend from the Windmiller people who occupied the Central Valley of California nearly 4,000 years ago. The history of California rancherias in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothill regions of California shows that these Windmiller descendants ultimately dispersed to the federally recognized Yokut and Miwok rancherias. The tribes that have a shared group identity with the Yokut and Miwok are Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Greenville E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 183 (Friday, September 21, 2007)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American 
Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    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 in the control of the 
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los 
Angeles, CA. The human remains were removed from Los Angeles 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. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the San 
Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation, 
California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California (also known as the Tachi Yokut Tribe); Table Mountain 
Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation of California; and

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Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 
California.
    In 1938, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals 
were removed from an unknown site near Lancaster, Antelope Valley, Los 
Angeles County, CA, by the Sheriff's Office in Newhall, CA. The 
Sheriff's Office turned the human remains over to the Coroner's Office. 
The human remains were donated to the museum by Frank A. Nance, of the 
Coroner's Office in Los Angeles, CA. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on archeological analysis, the individuals have been 
identified as Native American, but the age is unknown. Consultation 
with a representative of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 
Rosa Rancheria, California, confirmed that the provenience of the human 
remains is consistent with that of other discoveries of indigenous 
remains in the area. Geographical and historical evidence indicates 
that the sites are located within the traditional territory of the 
Southern Valley Yokuts and the Serrano people. Descendants of the 
Southern Valley Yokuts and the Serrano people are members of the San 
Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation, 
California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian 
Tribe of the Tule River Reservation of California; and Tuolumne Band of 
Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
    Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry 
National Center have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-
10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains 
of three individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center also 
have determined that, 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 San Manuel Band of 
Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manuel Reservation, California; 
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; 
Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the 
Tule River Reservation of California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Duane H. 
King, Ph.D., Executive Director, or LaLena Lewark, Senior NAGPRA 
Coordinator, Southwest Museum of the American Indian, 234 Museum Drive, 
Los Angeles, CA 90065, (323) 221-2164, extension 241, before October 
22, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California may proceed after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, 
is responsible for notifying the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission 
Indians of the San Manuel Reservation, California; Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain 
Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation of California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 
Tuolumne Rancheria of California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 30, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-18661 Filed 9-20-07; 8:45 am]
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