Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest, Goleta, CA, and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA, 34322 [E8-13604]
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U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 17 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Tonto National Forest also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the approximately 50
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. Lastly, officials of the
Tonto National Forest 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 associated funerary objects
and the Ak Chin Indian Community of
the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima–Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and/
or associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Southwestern Region,
USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway
Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102,
telephone (505) 842–3238, before July
17, 2008. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Tonto National Forest is
responsible for notifying the Ak Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima–
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: May 21, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Los Padres National Forest,
Goleta, CA, and Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History, Santa
Barbara, 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 and associated funerary objects
in the control of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Los Padres
National Forest, Goleta, CA, and in the
possession of the Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History, Santa
Barbara, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the Sunset Valley Site,
Santa Barbara 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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History and Los
Padres National Forest professional staff
in consultation with representatives of
the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California.
In 1935, human remains representing
a minimum of seven individuals were
removed from the Sunset Valley Site in
Santa Barbara County, CA, by Milton
Snow and David Banks Rogers of the
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural
History, as part of archeological
investigations authorized by the Forest
Service. The human remains were
curated at the Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History. No known individuals
were identified. The approximately 48
associated funerary objects are shell and
bone ornaments, glass bead, shell fish
hooks, eagle claws, stone vessels and
tools, a projectile point, and pieces of
pigment.
The Sunset Valley Site consists of a
large midden with possible habitation
structures. The site was probably
occupied in the early historic/mission
period in California (A.D. 1769–1823).
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Based on the composition of the
artifactual collection, site organization,
the location of the site in the heart of the
aboriginal lands of the Chumash and the
probability that the site is one of the
named Chumash villages, officials of the
Los Padres National Forest have
determined that the human remains and
associated funerary objects from the
Sunset Valley Site are culturally
affiliated with the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California. Oral traditions
provided by representatives of the Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of the
Santa Ynez Reservation, California
support cultural affiliation.
Officials of the Los Padres National
Forest have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
remains described above represent the
physical remains of seven individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Los Padres National Forest also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the approximately 48
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. Lastly, officials of the
Los Padres National Forest 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
associated funerary objects and the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Joan Brandoff–Kerr, Forest
Archaeologist, Los Padres National
Forest, Suite 150, 6755 Hollister
Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117, telephone
(805) 967–3481, ext. 215, before July 17,
2008. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Los Padres National Forest is
responsible for notifying the Santa Ynez
Band of Chumash Indians of the Santa
Ynez Reservation, California that this
notice has been published.
Dated: May 21, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–13604 Filed 6–16–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest, Goleta, CA, and Santa
Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, 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 and associated funerary
objects in the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Los Padres National Forest, Goleta, CA, and in the possession
of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the
Sunset Valley Site, Santa Barbara 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Santa
Barbara Museum of Natural History and Los Padres National Forest
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
In 1935, human remains representing a minimum of seven individuals
were removed from the Sunset Valley Site in Santa Barbara County, CA,
by Milton Snow and David Banks Rogers of the Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History, as part of archeological investigations authorized by
the Forest Service. The human remains were curated at the Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History. No known individuals were identified. The
approximately 48 associated funerary objects are shell and bone
ornaments, glass bead, shell fish hooks, eagle claws, stone vessels and
tools, a projectile point, and pieces of pigment.
The Sunset Valley Site consists of a large midden with possible
habitation structures. The site was probably occupied in the early
historic/mission period in California (A.D. 1769-1823).
Based on the composition of the artifactual collection, site
organization, the location of the site in the heart of the aboriginal
lands of the Chumash and the probability that the site is one of the
named Chumash villages, officials of the Los Padres National Forest
have determined that the human remains and associated funerary objects
from the Sunset Valley Site are culturally affiliated with the Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
Oral traditions provided by representatives of the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California support
cultural affiliation.
Officials of the Los Padres National Forest have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of seven individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Los Padres National Forest also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the approximately
48 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. Lastly, officials of the Los Padres
National Forest 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 associated
funerary objects and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of the
Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Joan Brandoff-Kerr, Forest Archaeologist, Los
Padres National Forest, Suite 150, 6755 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA
93117, telephone (805) 967-3481, ext. 215, before July 17, 2008.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
Los Padres National Forest is responsible for notifying the Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California
that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 21, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-13604 Filed 6-16-08; 8:45 am]
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