Notice of Intent To Repatriate a Cultural Item: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 14050-14051 [2011-5848]
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archeological and historical evidence for
occupation of the site after the epidemic
provides circumstantial support that the
site was abandoned at this time. The
surviving occupants of the site may
have joined with neighboring groups to
the south (in the vicinity of
Sacramento), to the north (Verona), and
to the east (in the foothills).
Archeological evidence indicates that
the lower Sacramento Valley and Delta
regions were continuously occupied
since at least the Early Horizon (5550–
550 B.C.). Cultural changes indicated by
artifact typologies and burial patterns,
historical linguistic evidence, and
biological evidence reveal that the
populations in the region were not
static, with both in situ cultural changes
and migrations of outside populations
into the area. Linguistic evidence
suggests that ancestral-Penutian
speaking groups related to modern day
Miwok, Nisenan, and Patwin groups
occupied the region during the Middle
(550 B.C.–A.D. 1100) and Late (A.D.
1100—Historic) Horizons, with some
admixing between these groups and
Hokan-speaking groups that occupied
the region at an earlier date. The genetic
data suggests that the Penutians may
have arrived later than suggested by the
linguistic evidence.
Geographical data from ethnohistoric
and ethnographic sources indicate that
the site was most likely occupied by
Nisenan-speaking groups at the
beginning of the Historic Period, while
Patwin-speakers occupied the valley
west of the Sacramento River and
Miwok-speakers resided south of the
American River. Ethnographic data and
expert testimony from tribal
representatives support the high level of
interaction between groups in the lower
Sacramento Valley and Delta regions
that crosscut linguistic boundaries.
Historic population movements resulted
in an increased level of shifting among
populations, especially among the
Miwok and Nisenan, who were
impacted by disease and Euro-American
activities relating to Sutter’s Fort and
later gold-rush activities.
In summary, officials of California
State University, Sacramento, together
with the University’s College of Social
Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
Committee on Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
Compliance (SSIS NAGPRA
Committee), reasonably believe that the
ethnographic, historical, and
geographical evidence indicates that the
historic burials and cultural items
recovered from Site CA–SAC–16 are
most closely affiliated with
contemporary descendants of the
Nisenan, and have more distant ties to
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neighboring groups, such as the Plains
Miwok. Furthermore, the earlier cultural
items from the Middle and Late
Horizons share cultural relations with
the Nisenan and Plains Miwok based on
archeological, biological, and historical
linguistic evidence.
Officials of California State
University, Sacramento, have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(B), that the 527 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
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 California State University,
Sacramento, have determined, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that there is a
relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the unassociated funerary objects and
the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California; and Wilton Rancheria,
California, as well as the non-Federally
recognized Indian groups of the El
Dorado Miwok Tribe and Nashville-El
Dorado Miwok.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Charles Gossett,
Dean of the College of Social Sciences
and Interdisciplinary Studies, CSUS,
6000 J St., Sacramento, CA 95819–6109,
telephone: (916) 278–6504, before April
14, 2011. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California; and Wilton Rancheria,
California, may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
California State University,
Sacramento, is responsible for notifying
the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Cortina Indian
Rancheria of Wintun Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California;
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Wilton Rancheria, California; and Yocha
Dehe Wintun Nation, California, as well
as the non-Federally recognized Indian
groups of the El Dorado Miwok Tribe
and Nashville-El Dorado Miwok that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[2253–65]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate a
Cultural Item: U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC and Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
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
to repatriate a cultural item in the
control of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC, and in the physical
custody of the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, that
meets the definition of sacred object and
object of cultural patrimony 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 cultural
item. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The cultural item is a medicine
bundle, consisting of a sack made from
the hide of a small mammal, which
contains a necklace composed of large
animal claws and shells, one separate
large animal claw, two crystals wrapped
in fiber, two shell pendants and one
bead on a string, one projectile point,
one stone disk, one shell disk, one hide
bundle containing a reddish-orange
mineral, two tied bundles with
undetermined contents, and two empty
hide bundles. In 1931, the item was
recovered at Broken Flute Cave, AZ
E:8:1(ASM), located on the Navajo
Indian Reservation, in Apache County,
AZ, during excavations conducted by
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the Carnegie Institution of Washington
under the direction of Earl Morris. The
item was transferred from the Carnegie
Institution to the Arizona State Museum
in 1957.
Consultations with representatives of
the Navajo Nation have identified the
object as a Navajo jish (Medicine
´ ´ ´´
Bundle) used in the Hocho’ıjı (Evil Way
Ceremony). The identification is
supported by detailed information
provided by traditional Navajo religious
practitioners regarding the use and
origin of the object and its contents.
The Navajo people believe that jish
are alive and must be treated with
respect. The primary purpose of the jish
is to cure people of diseases, mental and
physical illness, and to restore beauty
and harmony. Accordingly, no single
individual can truly own any jish. The
right to control jish is outlined by
Navajo traditional laws, which vest this
responsibility in Hataa5ii (Medicine
persons). Hataa5ii are not owners of jish,
but only care, utilize, and bequeath
them for the Navajo people. The jish
was discovered in the fill of a pithouse
at the archeological site of Broken Flute
Cave, but may have been intrusive from
a later time period. According to
information provided by traditional
religious practitioners, jish have
occasionally been placed in previously
existing archeological contexts for
safekeeping.
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(C), that the cultural item
described above is a specific ceremonial
object needed by traditional Native
American religious leaders for the
practice of traditional Native American
religions by their present-day adherents.
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, also
have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(D), that the cultural item
described above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual. Lastly, officials
of the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(2), that there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the sacred
object/object of cultural patrimony and
the Navajo Nation of Arizona, New
Mexico and Utah.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred object/object
of cultural patrimony should contact
Garry Cantley, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Western Regional Office, 2600 N.
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Central Ave., 12th floor, Phoenix, AZ
85004, telephone (602) 379–6750,
ext.1256, before April 14, 2011.
Repatriation of the sacred object/object
of cultural patrimony to the Navajo
Nation of Arizona, New Mexico and
Utah may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The U.S. Department of Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, is responsible
for notifying the Navajo Nation of
Arizona, New Mexico and Utah that this
notice has been published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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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
Kern 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
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi
Yokut Tribe), and the Tubatulabals of
Kern Valley, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group.
On an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unknown site (Ca-Ker-UNK (Lake
Isabella)), in Kern County, CA. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were found in a
box labeled ‘‘No Site No., Bones, Lake
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Isabella, Box 1 of 1,’’ indicating removal
from a Native American archeological
site near Lake Isabella, which is located
in Kern County, CA. In addition, the
human remains were determined to be
Native American because the
mandibular dentition displayed
significant attrition consistent with a
prehistoric population. Native American
origin was also indicated by the
presence of red ochre on some of the
skeletal elements. Based on
ethnographic study and consultation
with the Tubatulabals of Kern Valley, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group,
Lake Isabella is located in the
historically documented territory of the
Tubatulabal people. Based on
consultation with the Tubatulabals of
Kern Valley, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group, and the Federallyrecognized Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe), the Tubatulabal people from the
Lake Isabella area are intermarried with
Yokuts in the Kern County area.
Descendants of these Yokuts and
Tubatulabals are members of the Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe) and/or the Tubatulabals of Kern
Valley, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group.
Officials of San Francisco State
University have determined, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that 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, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(2), that there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe), and the Tubatulabals of Kern
Valley, a non-federally recognized
Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Jeffrey Boland Fentress,
NAGPRA Coordinator, San Francisco
State University, Admin. 447, 1600
Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA
95132, telephone (415) 338–3075, before
April 14, 2011. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut
Tribe), may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
San Francisco State University is
responsible for notifying the Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-65]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate a Cultural Item: U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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 a cultural item in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the
physical custody of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, that meets the definition of sacred object and object of
cultural patrimony 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 cultural
item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
The cultural item is a medicine bundle, consisting of a sack made
from the hide of a small mammal, which contains a necklace composed of
large animal claws and shells, one separate large animal claw, two
crystals wrapped in fiber, two shell pendants and one bead on a string,
one projectile point, one stone disk, one shell disk, one hide bundle
containing a reddish-orange mineral, two tied bundles with undetermined
contents, and two empty hide bundles. In 1931, the item was recovered
at Broken Flute Cave, AZ E:8:1(ASM), located on the Navajo Indian
Reservation, in Apache County, AZ, during excavations conducted by
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the Carnegie Institution of Washington under the direction of Earl
Morris. The item was transferred from the Carnegie Institution to the
Arizona State Museum in 1957.
Consultations with representatives of the Navajo Nation have
identified the object as a Navajo jish (Medicine Bundle) used in the
H[oacute]ch[oacute]'[iacute]j[iacute] (Evil Way Ceremony). The
identification is supported by detailed information provided by
traditional Navajo religious practitioners regarding the use and origin
of the object and its contents.
The Navajo people believe that jish are alive and must be treated
with respect. The primary purpose of the jish is to cure people of
diseases, mental and physical illness, and to restore beauty and
harmony. Accordingly, no single individual can truly own any jish. The
right to control jish is outlined by Navajo traditional laws, which
vest this responsibility in Hataa[lstrok]ii (Medicine persons).
Hataa[lstrok]ii are not owners of jish, but only care, utilize, and
bequeath them for the Navajo people. The jish was discovered in the
fill of a pithouse at the archeological site of Broken Flute Cave, but
may have been intrusive from a later time period. According to
information provided by traditional religious practitioners, jish have
occasionally been placed in previously existing archeological contexts
for safekeeping.
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), that the
cultural item described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, also have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), that
the cultural item described above has ongoing historical, traditional,
or cultural importance central to the Native American group or culture
itself, rather than property owned by an individual. Lastly, officials
of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that there is a relationship
of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
sacred object/object of cultural patrimony and the Navajo Nation of
Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the sacred object/object of cultural
patrimony should contact Garry Cantley, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Western Regional Office, 2600 N. Central Ave., 12th floor, Phoenix, AZ
85004, telephone (602) 379-6750, ext.1256, before April 14, 2011.
Repatriation of the sacred object/object of cultural patrimony to the
Navajo Nation of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, is
responsible for notifying the Navajo Nation of Arizona, New Mexico and
Utah that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-5848 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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