Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 50995-50996 [E8-20095]
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May 12, 1955. Prior to the site’s
destruction, the University of California
Archaeological Survey received
permission to excavate the site by the
landowner who had earlier removed
human remains and artifacts. Museum
documents indicate that some of the
artifacts were kept by the landowner
while all the human remains were given
to the museum without, however, any
accompanying documentation.
The antiquity of CA-Sis–262 is known
through the presence of Desert side
notched points that indicate that the site
was in use during the Tule Lake Phase
(after A.D. 1500). The recovery of some
coins minted in A.D. 1776, 1781, and
1860, further refine the chronological
timeline of some of the burials. Two
newspaper articles, which were
published at the time of the University
of California Archaeological Survey
excavation, reported that a woman of
Indian descent recalled the story of a
deadly ambush that happened sometime
between 1863 and 1866 when a German
peddler and a group of Shasta were
killed by members of the Modoc
(Sacramento Bee, May 11, 1955;
Oakland Tribune, May 29, 1955). After
the soldiers came and ran off the
Modoc, the Shasta went back and buried
their dead with the exception of the
German peddler who was buried by the
soldiers in a different location. These
newspaper accounts suggest that (at
least part of) the site is the result of a
deadly skirmish between the Modoc and
the Shasta sometime between 1863 and
1866.
The Shasta language belongs to the
Hokan stock, which is probably the
oldest language stock in California
(Shipley 1978). At the time of contact
with the Europeans, Shasta-speakers
inhabited Siskiyou County, as well as
parts of Oregon’s Jackson and Klamath
Counties. The first contact with
Europeans came in the early part of the
19th century in the form of fur trappers,
as indicated by the Shasta word for
‘‘White,’’ which is the Chinook Jargon
word for ‘‘Boston’’ (Silver 1978:212).
The first published personal account of
the Shasta came from the United States
Exploring Expedition that passed
through Shasta territory in 1841 on its
way to San Francisco (Dixon 1907:389).
For the area and the native population,
the biggest impact came with the Gold
Rush in the 1850s. The destruction of
food sources and the general hostility of
the miners led to a rapid decline in the
Shasta population. In 1851, the Shasta
signed one of the infamous unratified
treaties. In the agreement, their
reservation was to be in Scott Valley,
CA. In 1856, however, the Shasta were
taken first to the Grande Ronde and then
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to the Siletz reservations in Oregon. In
1962, only a small number of surviving
members were living on the Quartz
Valley Rancheria in California, which is
located in Siskiyou County (Silver
1978:212). The descendants of the
Shasta are members of the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation, Oregon; and Quartz
Valley Indian Community of the Quartz
Valley Reservation of California.
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 21 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology have also determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the 31,970 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 Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology 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
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon;
and Quartz Valley Indian Community of
the Quartz Valley Reservation of
California.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Judd King, Interim Director of
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720,
telephone (510) 642–3682, before
September 29, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation, Oregon; and Quartz Valley
Indian Community of the Quartz Valley
Reservation of California may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Reservation, Oregon; and Quartz Valley
Indian Community of the Quartz Valley
Reservation of California that this notice
has been published.
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Dated: July 28, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–20092 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with of 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 possession of the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Tehama 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.
An assessment of documents
associated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects was made by
professional staff of the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology in
consultation with representatives of the
Grindstone Indian Rancheria of WintunWailaki Indians of California; Paskenta
Band of Nomlaki Indians of California;
and Round Valley Indian Tribes of the
Round Valley Reservation, California.
Between 1953 and 1955, human
remains representing a minimum of 100
individuals were removed from CATeh–58, a site located on the northwest
bank of the Sacramento River
approximately 2.25 miles east of Red
Bluff, Tehama County, CA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were accessioned into the museum in
1953 and 1955 (Accessions UCAS–246
and UCAS–337). No known individuals
were identified. The 2,912 associated
funerary objects are 18 animal bone and
fragments, 6 abalone fragments, 8
abraders, 19 acorns, 1 arrow point, 1
arrow shaft straightener, 7 awls, 1 bar,
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1,806 beads, 1 bird burial, 5 blades, 10
can fragments, 9 choppers, 2 claws, 6
concretions, 1 piece of cordage, 2 cores,
1 cup, 1 cylinder, 9 dices, 1 disc, 5
drills, 2 fishhooks, 187 obsidian and
chert flakes, 1 iron guide, 5 knives, 2
manos, the remains of 1 ‘‘meal,’’ 1
metate, 1 iron nail, 14 flint and obsidian
nodules, 5 pebbles, 1 pencil, 11
pendants, 27 pestles, 7 lumps of
pigment, 1 pipe, 62 points, 41 projectile
points, 11 scrapers, 568 shells and shell
fragments (approximate count), 8 shoe
fragments, 12 shroud fragments, 1 skirt,
9 slabs, 6 stones, 3 animal teeth, 4 twine
fragments, and 1 whistle.
Site CA-Teh–58 is a burial mound,
associated with at least one permanent
village site. The University of California
Archaeological Survey started its
excavation in 1953. Although, in 1948,
the land was privately owned, the
National Park Service provided the
permit and the project funding under
the River Basin Survey program. The
historic age of the site is confirmed by
the presence of glass beads and other
metallic objects that are associated with
some of the burials. Site CA-Teh–58 lies
entirely within the Nomlaki aboriginal
territory whose northern border extends
to Cottonwood Creek almost 10 miles to
the north of the site. Descendants of the
Nomlaki are members of the Grindstone
Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki
Indians of California; Paskenta Band of
Nomlaki Indians of California; and
Round Valley Indian Tribes of the
Round Valley Reservation, California.
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 100 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology have also determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the 2,912 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 Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology 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
Grindstone Indian Rancheria of WintunWailaki Indians of California; Paskenta
Band of Nomlaki Indians of California;
and Round Valley Indian Tribes of the
Round Valley Reservation, California.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
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affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Judd King, Interim Director of
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720,
telephone (510) 642–3682, before
September 29, 2008. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Grindstone Indian
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of
California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki
Indians of California; and Round Valley
Indian Tribes of the Round Valley
Reservation, California may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Grindstone Indian
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of
California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki
Indians of California; and Round Valley
Indian Tribes of the Round Valley
Reservation, California that this notice
has been published.
Dated: July 28, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8–20095 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: St.
Lawrence University, Department of
Anthropology, Canton, NY
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 possession of St.
Lawrence University, Department of
Anthropology, Canton, NY. The human
remains were removed from St.
Lawrence County, NY.
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 remain. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remain was made by professional staff
of the Department of Anthropology at
St. Lawrence University in consultation
with representatives of the Saint Regis
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Mohawk Tribe, New York (formerly the
St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of
New York).
At an unknown date, but probably
either in 1928 or 1948, a human remain
representing a minimum of one
individual was removed from private
land near Gouverneur in St. Lawrence
County, NY, by John Frank Murray. Mr.
Murray kept the human remain safely
stored in his basement until the 1980s.
During the early 1980’s (1983 at the
latest), Mr. Murray turned over the
human remain to Lauren (Foster)
French, who was a student at St.
Lawrence University. Ms. French then
turned the human remain over to Dr.
John Barthelme of the Department
Anthropology at St. Lawrence
University. On January 16, 2008, Dr.
Richard A. Gonzalez took custody of the
human remain. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remain is the cranium of
a single individual. After conducting
morphological analysis on the cranium,
Dr. Gonzalez determined that the
cranium belonged to an individual of
Native American descent, as the
craniofacial features are consistent with
features present in crania of individuals
of Native American descent.
Specifically, the cranium exhibits
artificial remodeling of the occipital
region of the cranium, which is
consistent with cranial alterations
resulting from cradle-boarding. Cradleboarding was commonly practiced
among the Iroquois.
The region of Gouverneur has been
constantly occupied by Native
Americans from 10,000 BP up to the
historic period and beyond. The St.
Lawrence River and its tributaries were
continually used as part of Native
American hunting and fishing grounds.
During the French and Indian War,
Native Americans who lived in the
Oswegatchie River region (Oswegatchie
is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River)
were dislocated as a result of the war.
Native American refugees were forced to
settle at St. Regis, NY. Consultation with
tribal representatives of the Saint Regis
Mohawk Tribe, New York provided
additional lines of evidence.
Through ongoing consultation with
Native American groups and Lauren
French, examination of the human
remains, and review of the available
literature, officials of St. Lawrence
University have determined that the
human remain is Native American and
most likely culturally affiliated with the
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York.
Officials of the Department of
Anthropology at St. Lawrence
University have determined that,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with of 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 possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Tehama
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.
An assessment of documents associated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects was made by professional staff of the
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in consultation with
representatives of the Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki
Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California;
and Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation,
California.
Between 1953 and 1955, human remains representing a minimum of 100
individuals were removed from CA-Teh-58, a site located on the
northwest bank of the Sacramento River approximately 2.25 miles east of
Red Bluff, Tehama County, CA. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were accessioned into the museum in 1953 and 1955 (Accessions
UCAS-246 and UCAS-337). No known individuals were identified. The 2,912
associated funerary objects are 18 animal bone and fragments, 6 abalone
fragments, 8 abraders, 19 acorns, 1 arrow point, 1 arrow shaft
straightener, 7 awls, 1 bar,
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1,806 beads, 1 bird burial, 5 blades, 10 can fragments, 9 choppers, 2
claws, 6 concretions, 1 piece of cordage, 2 cores, 1 cup, 1 cylinder, 9
dices, 1 disc, 5 drills, 2 fishhooks, 187 obsidian and chert flakes, 1
iron guide, 5 knives, 2 manos, the remains of 1 ``meal,'' 1 metate, 1
iron nail, 14 flint and obsidian nodules, 5 pebbles, 1 pencil, 11
pendants, 27 pestles, 7 lumps of pigment, 1 pipe, 62 points, 41
projectile points, 11 scrapers, 568 shells and shell fragments
(approximate count), 8 shoe fragments, 12 shroud fragments, 1 skirt, 9
slabs, 6 stones, 3 animal teeth, 4 twine fragments, and 1 whistle.
Site CA-Teh-58 is a burial mound, associated with at least one
permanent village site. The University of California Archaeological
Survey started its excavation in 1953. Although, in 1948, the land was
privately owned, the National Park Service provided the permit and the
project funding under the River Basin Survey program. The historic age
of the site is confirmed by the presence of glass beads and other
metallic objects that are associated with some of the burials. Site CA-
Teh-58 lies entirely within the Nomlaki aboriginal territory whose
northern border extends to Cottonwood Creek almost 10 miles to the
north of the site. Descendants of the Nomlaki are members of the
Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California;
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California; and Round Valley Indian
Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California.
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 100 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the 2,912 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 Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology 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 Grindstone Indian
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; Paskenta Band of
Nomlaki Indians of California; and Round Valley Indian Tribes of the
Round Valley 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 Judd King, Interim Director of the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 642-3682, before September 29,
2008. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
to the Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of
California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California; and Round
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of
California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California; and Round
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 28, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-20095 Filed 8-28-08; 8:45 am]
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