Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, 36109-36110 [2010-15287]
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pieces, 1 incised stone, 1 nipple topped
maul, 1 modified pebble, 6 preforms, 4
projectile points, 1 scraper, and 2 stone
pipes. The 64 lots of objects are 1 lot of
abalone shell fragments, 3 lots of antler
fragments, 21 lots of flakes, 2 lots of red
ochre, 24 lots of shell beads, 2 lots of
shell remains, and 11 lots of modified
wood fragments.
Six lines of evidence - geographical,
archeological, anthropological,
linguistic, oral tradition, and historical
- support cultural affiliation of the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon,
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, and the Nez Perce Tribe
with the unassociated funerary objects
identified in the above-mentioned sites
and collections. Additionally, a cultural
relationship is determined to exist
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Wanapum Band, a nonfederally recognized Indian group.
Other relevant information provided by
the Indian tribes and the Wanapum
Band indicates they are direct
descendant communities from the
Native people that jointly used this area,
are intermarried, have enrolled
members with documented connections
to ancestors buried along the Snake
River, and are all part of the more
broadly defined Plateau cultural
community.
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 1,301 objects, which are 268
counted objects and 1,033 lots of
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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of Native American individuals.
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, 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 unassociated
funerary objects and the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington; and the
Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho. Lastly, officials
of the U.S. Department of Defense,
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Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, have determined that there is a
cultural relationship between the
unassociated funerary objects and the
Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated to the unassociated funerary
objects should contact LTC Michael
Farrell, U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, 201 North Third Avenue, Walla
Walla, WA 99362, telephone (509) 527–
7700, before July 26, 2010. Repatriation
of the unassociated funerary objects to
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian
Reservation of Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; and Nez Perce Tribe,
Idaho, may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Lastly, the U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, acknowledges the participation
of the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group, in the transfer
of the unassociated funerary objects to
the Indian tribes.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, is responsible for notifying the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian
Reservation of Oregon; Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,
Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho;
and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: June 18, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: California Department of Parks
and Recreation, Sacramento, 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. 3005, of the intent
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to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the California Department
of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento,
CA, that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
In 1962, the Bowles site, CA–BUT–
452, in Butte County, CA, was recorded
by Francis A. Riddell, possibly as part
of the Oroville reservoir survey.
Additional Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
from Butte County that are in the
possession of the California Department
of Parks and Recreation are described in
a previously published Notice of
Inventory Completion (73 FR 20937–
20939, April 17, 2008). In the collection,
there are 24 Olivella beads, of which 18
are complete, and all are unifacially
drilled. Acquisition documents are
missing, although a tag indicates these
beads are from burial #2. However, there
are no human remains from this site in
the institution’s collection. Therefore,
the institution reasonably believes the
24 beads are unassociated funerary
objects.
The age of these funerary objects is
unknown. They are consistent with the
occupation of the site by the historic
Konkow (Northwestern Maidu).
Generally, archeologists believe that the
Penutian-speaking Maidu are descended
from what have been identified as the
Windmiller people who occupied the
Central Valley of California from 3,000
to 4,000 years ago. Geographic
affiliation is consistent with the
historically documented Konkow
(Northwestern Maidu). Descendants of
the Konkow (Northwestern Maidu) are
members of the Berry Creek Rancheria
of Maidu Indians of California;
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe
of Chico Rancheria, California;
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; and Round Valley Indian
Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation,
California.
Officials of the California Department
of Parks and Recreation have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(B), the 24 cultural items
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
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or ceremony and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
Officials of the California Department of
Parks and Recreation 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 unassociated
funerary objects and the Berry Creek
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Enterprise Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Mechoopda
Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria,
California; Mooretown Rancheria of
Maidu 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 unassociated funerary
objects should contact Rebecca
Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator,
California Department of Parks and
Recreation, 1416 Ninth St., Room 902,
Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (916)
653–8893, before July 26, 2010.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Berry Creek
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Enterprise Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Mechoopda
Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria,
California; Mooretown Rancheria of
Maidu 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 California Department of Parks
and Recreation is responsible for
notifying the Berry Creek Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Enterprise
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of
Chico Rancheria, California; Mooretown
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; and Round Valley Indian
Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation,
California, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 18, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: New
York University College of Dentistry,
New York, NY
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION:
Notice.
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 and control of
the New York University College of
Dentistry, New York, NY. The human
remains were removed from Broward
and Levy Counties, FL, and an unknown
mound in East Florida.
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 New York
University College of Dentistry
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana;
Kialegee Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations); and
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
In 1937, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from a mound at Lettuce Lake,
(8Bd7), Broward County, FL. The
mound was excavated by Geoffrey
Olson and William C. Orchard as part of
an expedition sponsored by the
Museum of the American Indian, Heye
Foundation. The remains were
accessioned by the Museum of the
American Indian in 1937. In 1956, the
Museum of the American Indian
transferred the remains to Dr. Theodore
Kazamiroff, New York University
College of Dentistry. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Artifacts recovered from the mound
indicate that it dates to the Glades IIIa
Period, A.D. 1200-1400, and is a Glades
culture site of the Glades Tradition. The
morphology of the remains is consistent
with an individual of Native American
ancestry. There is evidence for cultural
continuity between the Glades IIIa
Period and the post-contact people of
the Broward County area. In the Historic
Period, the area around Broward County
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is identified as Tequesta territory. In
1513, Tequesta villages were described
in the records of the Ponce de Leon
expedition. The Tequesta suffered from
diseases and other disrupting forces of
European contact, and, by 1743, a
distinct group that could be identified
as Tequesta had disappeared. In 1763,
the remnant communities of Native
Floridians in south Florida were taken
to Cuba when Florida was transferred
from Spanish to British control.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from a mound
at Hog Island, Levy County, FL. It is
likely that the remains were collected by
William Bryant in 1918. The remains
from Hog Island were in the collection
of William L. Bryant when it was sold
to the Museum of the American Indian,
Heye Foundation in 1920. In 1956, the
Museum of the American Indian
transferred the remains to Dr. Theodore
Kazamiroff, New York University
College of Dentistry. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Hog Island is located within the North
Peninsular Coast region. Florida state
site files identify a Weeden Island
Period burial mound, 8Lv2, on Hog
Island. Artifacts from the mound
indicate that it is associated with the
Weeden Island 2 phase of the Weeden
Island I Period, circa A.D. 150-450. The
morphology of the remains is consistent
with an individual of Native American
ancestry. During the Weeden Island II
Period (circa A.D. 600-1200), the North
Peninsular coastal region of Florida
remained a distinct region. The cultural
sequence after A.D. 1200 is difficult to
determine. The Safety Harbor culture to
the south, the Northwest Florida
cultures to the northwest, and Alachua
culture to the east abut the region, but
do not extend into the Northwest
Peninsular Coast area. The early
Spanish explorations of Ponce de Leon,
Narvaez, and DeSoto did not enter the
coastal Northwest Florida Peninsular
areas. The Spanish did not establish any
missions in the region after claiming La
Florida. As a result, there is no
information from early colonial
documents regarding any people living
in this region. This stands in marked
contrast to the records for the area from
Tampa Bay to the south and for the
northwest coast of Florida. There are
also no records to identify people from
the region in subsequent French or
English documents. It is likely that
inhabitants of the Northwest Peninsular
Coast quickly felt the effects of
European diseases that were introduced
by the Spanish in the early 16th
century. As in other portions of Florida,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: California
Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, 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. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the California
Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
In 1962, the Bowles site, CA-BUT-452, in Butte County, CA, was
recorded by Francis A. Riddell, possibly as part of the Oroville
reservoir survey. Additional Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects from Butte County that are in the
possession of the California Department of Parks and Recreation are
described in a previously published Notice of Inventory Completion (73
FR 20937-20939, April 17, 2008). In the collection, there are 24
Olivella beads, of which 18 are complete, and all are unifacially
drilled. Acquisition documents are missing, although a tag indicates
these beads are from burial 2. However, there are no human
remains from this site in the institution's collection. Therefore, the
institution reasonably believes the 24 beads are unassociated funerary
objects.
The age of these funerary objects is unknown. They are consistent
with the occupation of the site by the historic Konkow (Northwestern
Maidu). Generally, archeologists believe that the Penutian-speaking
Maidu are descended from what have been identified as the Windmiller
people who occupied the Central Valley of California from 3,000 to
4,000 years ago. Geographic affiliation is consistent with the
historically documented Konkow (Northwestern Maidu). Descendants of the
Konkow (Northwestern Maidu) are members of the Berry Creek Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California;
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; and Round Valley
Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California.
Officials of the California Department of Parks and Recreation have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 24 cultural
items 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
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or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to
have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American
individual. Officials of the California Department of Parks and
Recreation 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 unassociated funerary objects and the Berry Creek
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu
Indians of California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria,
California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu 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 unassociated funerary objects should
contact Rebecca Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator, California Department
of Parks and Recreation, 1416 Ninth St., Room 902, Sacramento, CA
95814, telephone (916) 653-8893, before July 26, 2010. Repatriation of
the unassociated funerary objects to the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu
Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California;
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu 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 California Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible
for notifying the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California;
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Mechoopda Indian
Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu
Indians of California; and Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round
Valley Reservation, California, that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 18, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-15287 Filed 6-23-10; 8:45 am]
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