Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 71677-71678 [E8-28006]
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Dated: October 23, 2008
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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.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
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 Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology, University of
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Amador and
Calaveras 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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
An assessment of the human remains,
catalogue records, and relevant
associated documents was made by the
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Cher-Ae Heights
Indian Community of the Trinidad
Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
California; and United Auburn Indian
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Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California.
In 1952 and 1953, human remains
representing a minimum of 65
individuals (29 catalogue records) were
removed from CA–Cal–83, a site located
on the eastern slope of Golden Gate Hill
in Calaveras County, CA, by E. Treganza
of the University of California
Archaeological Survey. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were accessioned into the museum
between 1952 and 1953 (Accessions
UCAS 175 and UCAS 233 respectively).
No known individuals were identified.
The 15,213 associated funerary objects
are 2 balls, 14,663 beads, 5 belt
fragments, 9 animal bones, 8 bottle
fragments, 1 bowl, 1 brush, 1 buckle, 39
buttons, 1 cane fragment, 1 clasp, 4
cloth fragments, 2 coins, 10 colored
fragments, 1 container, 12 copper
fragments, 1 cordage, 5 crystals, 1
cylinder, 1 disc, 10 metal objects, 1 file,
13 lithics, 13 eating utensils, 4 handles,
1 heel, 13 knives, 2 mirrors, 1 mortar,
14 iron nails, 23 obsidian flakes and
fragments, 2 lumps of ochre, 94
ornaments, 2 pebbles, 79 pendants, 1
pestle, 4 pins, 1 point, 3 projectile
points, 1 rivet, 2 rock fragments, 5
scissors fragments, 13 scrapers, 25
sequins, 44 shells, 10 shoe fragments, 1
string, 11 textile fragments, 1 thimble, 8
tubes, 1 twig, 17 whistles, 21 wood
fragments, 1 shovel blade, and 3 soil
samples.
In 1950, human remains representing
a minimum of 12 individuals (12
catalogue records) were removed from
CA–Ama–3 (Bamert Cave), a site located
on a hill overlooking the Camanche
Reservoir in Amador County, CA, by
R.F. Heizer and A.E. Treganza. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were accessioned into the
museum in that same year. No known
individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is the burial
encasement of the individual in
catalogue record no. 1–164179a, which
includes coiled basketry, twined burden
basket, tule reed mat, milkweed
cordage, and grass lining.
Chronological information is available
for the human remains, associated
funerary objects, and other site-specific
artifacts present at both CA–Cal–83 and
CA–Ama–3. One radiocarbon date (on
charcoal) and the presence of artifacts
such as coins (minted in 1856) and
casket hardware (patented in 1865)
indicate that these locations were still in
use for burial purposes in historic times.
The two sites are located in the
aboriginal territory of the Northern
Sierra Miwok as indicated by
ethnographic and linguistic data. In
addition, oral history and native folklore
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contain numerous geographic references
to these parts of Calaveras and Amador
Counties. The archeological evidence
for the region is indicative of cultural
continuity from 1500 BP, with the
expansion of the ancestral Miwok into
the Sierra, to the emergence of the
historic Sierra Miwok after 750 BP. The
Amador Phase (750–150BP) contains
archeological traits that are consistent
with ethnographic Sierra Miwok
culture. Descendants of the Northern
Sierra Miwok are members of the Buena
Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian
Community of the Trinidad Rancheria,
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
and United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn Rancheria 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 77 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),
that the 15,214 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
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Cher-Ae Heights
Indian Community of the Trinidad
Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
California; and United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
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contact Judd King, Interim Director of
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720, before December
26, 2008. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Cher-Ae Heights
Indian Community of the Trinidad
Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
California; and United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cher-Ae
Heights Indian Community of the
Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken
Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
California; and United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 23, 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 the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 7,
Anchorage, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES
AGENCY:
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 the U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 7,
Anchorage, AK. The human remains
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were removed from Krugloi Point,
Agattu Island, AK.
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 U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Region 7 professional
staff with assistance from the Alaska
State Office of History and Archaeology
and University of Alaska, Anchorage, in
consultation with representatives of the
Aleut Corporation, Ounalashka
Corporation, and Unangan Repatriation
Commission, a non-Federally
recognized Native Alaskan advisory
group.
In 1949, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Krugloi Point, Agattu
Island, AK, during research permitted to
T.P. Bank and supervised in the field by
A.C. Spaulding. The human remains
gathered by the expedition were sent to
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI, and then to the University of Alaska
Fairbanks. In 2002, the human remains
were moved to the Museum of the
Aleutians at the request of the
Ounalashka Corporation. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Radiocarbon dates from unworked
pieces of wood associated with the
human remains, but not considered to
be funerary objects, were run at the
University of Michigan, Michigan
Memorial-Phoenix Project Radiocarbon
Laboratory. The samples yielded dates
of 2500 ± 300 years and 2630 ± 300
years ago (Spaulding 1962). The burial
context and physical traits of the human
remains are consistent with those
observed for pre-contact Aleut
populations. Skeletal morphology of
present-day Aleut populations is similar
to that of prehistoric populations and
demonstrates biological and cultural
affiliation between present-day Aleut
groups and prehistoric populations in
the Aleutian Islands.
After Russian contact with the
Aleutians in 1751, the population
declined precipitously. By the 1760s, all
Near Islanders had moved into a single
village on Attu Island. During World
War II, the villagers of Attu were
interred in Japan and at war’s end the
survivors were resettled in the village
on Atka. The Unangan Repatriation
Commission provided the Fish and
Wildlife Service with a list of islands
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and their culturally affiliated village
corporations and tribal entities. The
Ounalashka Corporation claimed
ownership and affiliation with the
entire T.P. Bank collection including
human remains, and were also
consulted, but were determined not to
have cultural affiliation with the human
remains removed from Agattu Island.
The Aleut Corporation is responsible for
human remains from islands without
strong village claims. Agattu Island is
accordingly represented and reasonably
determined by officials of the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 7 to have
a shared group relationship to members
of the Aleut Corporation.
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 7 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 7 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 Aleut Corporation.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Debra Corbett, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor
Road, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone
(907) 786–3399, before December 26,
2008. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Aleut Corporation may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region
7 is responsible for notifying the Aleut
Corporation, Ounalashka Corporation,
and Unangan Repatriation Commission,
a non-Federally recognized Native
Alaskan advisory group, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: October 28, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Oregon, Oregon State
Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
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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 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 Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Amador and Calaveras
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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
An assessment of the human remains, catalogue records, and relevant
associated documents was made by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cher-Ae
Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken
Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok
Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; and United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
In 1952 and 1953, human remains representing a minimum of 65
individuals (29 catalogue records) were removed from CA-Cal-83, a site
located on the eastern slope of Golden Gate Hill in Calaveras County,
CA, by E. Treganza of the University of California Archaeological
Survey. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
accessioned into the museum between 1952 and 1953 (Accessions UCAS 175
and UCAS 233 respectively). No known individuals were identified. The
15,213 associated funerary objects are 2 balls, 14,663 beads, 5 belt
fragments, 9 animal bones, 8 bottle fragments, 1 bowl, 1 brush, 1
buckle, 39 buttons, 1 cane fragment, 1 clasp, 4 cloth fragments, 2
coins, 10 colored fragments, 1 container, 12 copper fragments, 1
cordage, 5 crystals, 1 cylinder, 1 disc, 10 metal objects, 1 file, 13
lithics, 13 eating utensils, 4 handles, 1 heel, 13 knives, 2 mirrors, 1
mortar, 14 iron nails, 23 obsidian flakes and fragments, 2 lumps of
ochre, 94 ornaments, 2 pebbles, 79 pendants, 1 pestle, 4 pins, 1 point,
3 projectile points, 1 rivet, 2 rock fragments, 5 scissors fragments,
13 scrapers, 25 sequins, 44 shells, 10 shoe fragments, 1 string, 11
textile fragments, 1 thimble, 8 tubes, 1 twig, 17 whistles, 21 wood
fragments, 1 shovel blade, and 3 soil samples.
In 1950, human remains representing a minimum of 12 individuals (12
catalogue records) were removed from CA-Ama-3 (Bamert Cave), a site
located on a hill overlooking the Camanche Reservoir in Amador County,
CA, by R.F. Heizer and A.E. Treganza. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were accessioned into the museum in that same year. No
known individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object
is the burial encasement of the individual in catalogue record no. 1-
164179a, which includes coiled basketry, twined burden basket, tule
reed mat, milkweed cordage, and grass lining.
Chronological information is available for the human remains,
associated funerary objects, and other site-specific artifacts present
at both CA-Cal-83 and CA-Ama-3. One radiocarbon date (on charcoal) and
the presence of artifacts such as coins (minted in 1856) and casket
hardware (patented in 1865) indicate that these locations were still in
use for burial purposes in historic times. The two sites are located in
the aboriginal territory of the Northern Sierra Miwok as indicated by
ethnographic and linguistic data. In addition, oral history and native
folklore contain numerous geographic references to these parts of
Calaveras and Amador Counties. The archeological evidence for the
region is indicative of cultural continuity from 1500 BP, with the
expansion of the ancestral Miwok into the Sierra, to the emergence of
the historic Sierra Miwok after 750 BP. The Amador Phase (750-150BP)
contains archeological traits that are consistent with ethnographic
Sierra Miwok culture. Descendants of the Northern Sierra Miwok are
members of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; and United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria 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 77 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), that the 15,214 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; and United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should
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contact Judd King, Interim Director of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, before
December 26, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria,
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; and United Auburn
Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; and United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 23, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-28006 Filed 11-24-08; 8:45 am]
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