Notice of Intent To Repatriate a Cultural Item: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 14048-14049 [2011-5882]
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however, other human remains and
associated funerary objects also
removed from this site are described in
a Notice of Inventory Completion. The
393 unassociated funerary objects are
384 beads, 2 bifaces, 1 charmstone
fragment, 4 round stones, 1 ornament
and 1 quartz rock. There are an
additional 30 missing unassociated
funerary objects (30 beads).
Multiple lines of evidence were used
to determine the cultural affiliation of
the CA–SJO–91 collection.
Archeological evidence indicates that
the site was occupied from the Early
Horizon through the Late Horizon. Most
of the burials were in two cemeteries
that were located 60 meters apart. Other
burials were located between the two
cemeteries or are of uncertain horizontal
provenience due to construction
activities. Cemetery I was
radiometrically dated to between
1845±90 and 2985±160 years B.P. The
burial patterns and artifact types in
Cemetery I correspond to a transitional
time period between the Early Horizon
and Middle Horizon time periods.
Cemetery II was not radiometrically
dated. Based on mode of interment and
artifact types, Cemetery II burials date
slightly earlier to the Early Horizon,
although there are similarities in
constituents between the two
cemeteries. A Late Horizon component
(1500 B.P. to European contact) at CA–
SJO–91 was essentially removed by
construction activities before salvage
excavations began.
Biological, archeological, and
linguistic evidence indicate that
population movement occurred between
the Early and Middle Horizon in the
French Camp Slough area. It may be that
the individuals buried in the Early
Horizon Cemetery II represent an
earlier, Utian speaking people
(linguistic evidence supports a
relationship of shared group identity
between early Utian speaking peoples
and contemporary Miwok tribes), while
the individuals in the Middle Horizon
Cemetery I may represent a more recent
pre-Yokut speaking people. Historical
and geographical lines of evidence
indicate that CA–SJO–91 lies on the
border of the traditional territory of the
Plains Miwok and the Northern Valley
Yokuts. At the time of first contact with
Spanish missionaries in the early 19th
century, the area is thought to have been
occupied by the Passasime, a Northern
Valley Yokuts people who were also
related to the Plains Miwok. Oral and
documentary evidence provided by
representatives of Indian tribes during
consultation demonstrates an interrelationship between Northern Valley
Yokuts and Plains Miwok tribes.
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Officials of Caltrans and California
State University, Sacramento, have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(B), that the 393 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 a Native American individual.
Officials of Caltrans and California State
University, Sacramento, 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
unassociated funerary objects and the
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; California Valley
Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Picayune
Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (also known as the
Tachi Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Table Mountain Rancheria of California;
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
River Reservation, California; Tuolumne
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California; and
Wilton Rancheria, California, as well as
the non-Federally recognized Indian
groups: The Southern Sierra Miwoks of
California and Northern Valley Yokuts.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Tina Biorn,
Caltrans, P.O. Box 942874 (M.S. 27),
Sacramento, CA 94274–0001, telephone
(916) 653–0013, or Charles Gossett,
Dean of the College of Social Sciences
and Interdisciplinary Studies, California
State University, 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; California Valley
Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Picayune
Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (also known as the
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Tachi Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Table Mountain Rancheria of California;
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
River Reservation, California; Tuolumne
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California;
and/or 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; California Valley
Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Picayune
Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (also known as the
Tachi Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Table Mountain Rancheria of California;
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
River Reservation, California; Tuolumne
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California; and
Wilton Rancheria, California, as well as
the non-federally recognized Indian
groups: The Southern Sierra Miwoks of
California, Northern Valley Yokuts, and
Tubatulabals of Kern Valley, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate a
Cultural Item: 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
possession of the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
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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
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The cultural item consists of a dance
kilt and accoutrements, also known as
jish (Medicine Bundle). The item is
composed of sections of cloth with
stitched decorative elements, bird
feathers, and cloth streamers affixed to
a loop of cotton string. The item was
removed circa 1950 by Dr. Gwinn
Vivian from the floor of an abandoned
hogan located on private land east of
Chaco Canyon, in McKinley County,
NM. Dr. Vivian donated the cultural
item to the Arizona State Museum in
1971.
According to the collector, refuse near
the hogan indicated occupation during
the late 1920s or early 1930s. This is
consistent with the historically
documented time period of Navajo
occupation in this area. Consultations
with representatives of the Navajo
Nation have identified the object as a
Navajo jish (Medicine Bundle) used in
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the T5’eejı (Night Way Ceremony). This
ceremony is widely practiced by
members of the Navajo Nation.
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.
Officials of the Arizona State Museum
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 Arizona State Museum
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 Arizona State Museum have
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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
John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone
(520) 626–2950, 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 Arizona State Museum 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. 2011–5882 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: California State University,
Sacramento, 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 intent to
repatriate cultural items in the
possession of California State
University, Sacramento, 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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
In a companion Notice of Inventory
Completion, the Native American
human remains and associated funerary
objects removed from Site CA–SAC–16
are described.
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At an unknown time in the 1930s,
cultural items were removed from site
CA–SAC–16 on private property, in
Sacramento County, CA. In 1951, the
Zallio Collection, which included these
objects, was donated to Sacramento
State College (now California State
University, Sacramento). The 14
unassociated funerary objects currently
in the collection are 13 projectile points
and 1 stone tool. Five additional
unassociated funerary objects (one bone
awl and four projectile points) are
missing.
In 1953, cultural items were removed
from Site CA–SAC–16 on private
property, in Sacramento County, CA,
during an excavation project by the
university. The unassociated funerary
object is one bead. Three additional
unassociated funerary objects (one
baked clay artifact and two beads) are
missing.
From 1961 to 1971, cultural items
were removed during an excavation
project at Site CA–SAC–16 on private
property, in Sacramento County, CA.
The American River College conducted
the salvage excavation, and the
collection was later transferred to
California State University, Sacramento.
The two unassociated funerary objects
are one bead and one bag of debitage.
Twenty-three additional unassociated
funerary objects (2 bags of baked clay,
1 bead, 2 bags of carbonized material, 13
bags of faunal material, 1 piece of jasper,
1 quartz crystal, 2 unidentified rocks,
and 1 stone tool) are missing.
In 1971, cultural items were removed
during a salvage excavation project at
Site CA–SAC–16 on private property, in
Sacramento County, CA, by the
university. The 510 unassociated
funerary objects are 11 bags of baked
clay, 420 beads, 10 bags of carbonized
material, 11 bags of debitage, 2
discoidals, 23 bags of faunal material, 3
bags of fire cracked rocks, 2 bags of
grave fill, 4 modified faunal bones, 4
ornaments, 15 projectile points, and 5
stone tools. Fifty-four additional
unassociated funerary objects (1 bone
awl, 30 beads, 1 bone tube, 16 bags of
faunal material, 1 bag of fire fractured
rock, 4 projectile points, and 1 stone
tool) are missing.
The artifact types and burial practices
observed at Site CA–SAC–16 indicate
that it was first occupied during the
Middle Horizon, and was inhabited into
the Historic Period. The presence of
rough disk Olivella beads and glass
trade beads associated with the Hudson
Bay fur trappers suggests that some
burials may date to the 1830s, when an
epidemic attributed to malaria spread
among Native populations along the
Sacramento River. The lack of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate a Cultural Item: 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 possession of the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
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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
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
The cultural item consists of a dance kilt and accoutrements, also
known as jish (Medicine Bundle). The item is composed of sections of
cloth with stitched decorative elements, bird feathers, and cloth
streamers affixed to a loop of cotton string. The item was removed
circa 1950 by Dr. Gwinn Vivian from the floor of an abandoned hogan
located on private land east of Chaco Canyon, in McKinley County, NM.
Dr. Vivian donated the cultural item to the Arizona State Museum in
1971.
According to the collector, refuse near the hogan indicated
occupation during the late 1920s or early 1930s. This is consistent
with the historically documented time period of Navajo occupation in
this area. Consultations with representatives of the Navajo Nation have
identified the object as a Navajo jish (Medicine Bundle) used in the
T[lstrok]'[eacute][eacute]j[iacute] (Night Way Ceremony). This ceremony
is widely practiced by members of the Navajo Nation.
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.
Officials of the Arizona State Museum 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 Arizona
State Museum 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 Arizona State Museum 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 John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520)
626-2950, 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 Arizona State Museum 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. 2011-5882 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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