Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 21398 [E9-10540]
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 87 / Thursday, May 7, 2009 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: San
Francisco State University, San
Francisco, 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 San Francisco
State University, San Francisco, CA.
The human remains were removed from
an unknown site in Siskiyou 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 San Francisco
State University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Klamath Tribes, Oregon (formerly the
Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon).
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unknown site (Ca-Sis-UNK) in Siskiyou
County, CA. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains were inside a box
marked ‘‘Siskiyou Co.; No Site No.; Ft.
Jones; Box 1 of 1,’’ indicating removal
from a Native American archeological
site near the town of Fort Jones which
is located in Siskiyou County, CA. In
addition, the human remains were
determined to be Native American
based on the morphology of the
zygomatics and a shoveled incisor.
Based on ethnography and consultation
with Klamath Tribes, Oregon it has been
determined that Siskiyou County is
within the historically documented
territory of the Klamath and Modoc
tribes. Descendants of the Klamath and
Modoc are members of the Klamath
Tribes, Oregon and Modoc Tribe of
Oklahoma. The Klamath Tribes, Oregon
have taken the lead on repatriation of
Native American human remains from
the area described above that are
culturally affiliated with the Klamath
and Modoc, and have claimed the
human remains from site Ca-Sis-UNK.
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Officials of San Francisco State
University 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 San Francisco State
University 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 Klamath Tribes, Oregon and
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Jeff Fentress, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Department of
Anthropology, San Francisco State
University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San
Francisco, CA 95132, telephone (415)
338–3075, before June 8, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Klamath Tribes, Oregon may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
San Francisco State University is
responsible for notifying the Klamath
Tribes, Oregon, and the Shasta Nation,
a non-Federally recognized Indian
group, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 3, 2009.
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, Bureau of
Land Management, Spokane District
Office, Spokane, WA and Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University, Pullman, WA
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
the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Spokane District Office,
Spokane, WA, and in the physical
custody of the Museum of Anthropology
at Washington State University,
Pullman, WA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
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removed from a site along the Rocky
Reach Reservoir, Chelan County, WA.
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 professional staff
at the Bureau of Land Management,
Spokane District Office and the Museum
of Anthropology at Washington State
University in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington and Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington.
In 1982, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from site 45CH254 in Chelan
County, WA, by Randall Schalk and
Robert Mierendorf during a survey of
the Rocky Reach Dam Reservoir. The
human remains have been in the
possession of the Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University since that time. No known
individuals were identified. The human
remains were found mixed together in
an eroding embankment. At the time of
excavation, the remains of only one
adult individual were identified.
Museum documentation indicates that
this individual was turned over to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation on May 19, 1982. In 2007,
an inventory of the collections
identified the remains of an infant and
child, as well as elements from an adult,
but it is uncertain whether they belong
to the individual turned over to the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation in 1982. The 109 associated
funerary objects are 5 bifaces, 4 lots of
charcoal, 8 lots of fire modified rock, 34
lots of faunal remains, 16 lots of flakes,
1 tip of a chipped stone tool, 15
retouched flakes, 1 lot of seeds, 4 lots of
natural rock, 1 hopper mortar base, 1
mano, 10 projectile points, 2 scrapers, 1
lot of red ochre, 5 lots of shell fish
remains, and 1 incised bone object.
The determination of the cultural
affiliation of the human remains is
based upon geographical, archeological,
oral tradition, and historic evidence.
Charcoal from site 45CH254 was
radiocarbon dated to about 1,200 years
ago. The human remains and artifacts
indicate that they are from the Native
people who utilized the Columbia River
during that time period. Direct
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, 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 San
Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. The human remains were
removed from an unknown site in Siskiyou 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 San
Francisco State University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Klamath Tribes, Oregon (formerly the Klamath
Indian Tribe of Oregon).
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown site (Ca-Sis-UNK) in Siskiyou
County, CA. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains were inside a box marked ``Siskiyou Co.; No Site
No.; Ft. Jones; Box 1 of 1,'' indicating removal from a Native American
archeological site near the town of Fort Jones which is located in
Siskiyou County, CA. In addition, the human remains were determined to
be Native American based on the morphology of the zygomatics and a
shoveled incisor. Based on ethnography and consultation with Klamath
Tribes, Oregon it has been determined that Siskiyou County is within
the historically documented territory of the Klamath and Modoc tribes.
Descendants of the Klamath and Modoc are members of the Klamath Tribes,
Oregon and Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma. The Klamath Tribes, Oregon have
taken the lead on repatriation of Native American human remains from
the area described above that are culturally affiliated with the
Klamath and Modoc, and have claimed the human remains from site Ca-Sis-
UNK.
Officials of San Francisco State University 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 San Francisco State University 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 Klamath Tribes,
Oregon and Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Jeff
Fentress, NAGPRA Coordinator, Department of Anthropology, San Francisco
State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 95132,
telephone (415) 338-3075, before June 8, 2009. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Klamath Tribes, Oregon may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come forward.
San Francisco State University is responsible for notifying the
Klamath Tribes, Oregon, and the Shasta Nation, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 3, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-10540 Filed 5-6-09; 8:45 am]
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