Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 36148-36149 [2011-15434]
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with present-day members of the Burns
Paiute Tribe. Ethnographic data
indicates that the boundaries between
Sahaptin speakers and Northern Paiutes
were quite flexible allowing for
intertribal exchange. The Burns Paiute
Tribe includes Northern Paiutes, who
spoke a Uto-Aztecan language and who
historically occupied and used the
greater southeastern Oregon region.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by the Bureau of
Land Management, Prineville District
SUMMARY:
Officials of the Bureau of Land
Management, Prineville District have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the three objects described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near the individual human
remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony.
• 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 Burns Paiute Tribe and the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Molly M. Brown, Bureau of
Land Management, 3050 NE 3rd St.,
Prineville, OR 97754, telephone (541)
416–6766, before July 21, 2011.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Burns
Paiute Tribe and Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Bureau of Land Management,
Prineville District is responsible for
notifying the Burns Paiute Tribe and the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon that this
notice has been published.
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler
Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Fowler Museum at UCLA
has completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribe.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains may contact
the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
Disposition of the human remains to the
tribe stated below may occur if no
additional requestors come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact the Fowler Museum at
UCLA at the address below by July 21,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Wendy G. Teeter, PhD,
Curator of Archaeology, Fowler
Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los
Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone
(310) 825–1864.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los
Angeles, CA. The human remain was
removed from Humboldt 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) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Fowler
Museum at UCLA professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville
Rancheria, California; Blue Lake
Rancheria, California; Smith River
Rancheria, California; Wiyot Tribe,
California (formerly the Table Bluff
Reservation—Wiyot Tribe); and the
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Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation,
California. The Wiyot Tribe, California,
requested the transfer of control of the
individual described in this notice. The
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville
Rancheria, California, and the Blue Lake
Rancheria, California, sent letters of
support for the transfer of control to the
Wiyot Tribe.
History and Description of the Remains
In the first half of the 20th century, a
human remain representing one
individual was most likely removed
from Eureka, Humboldt County, CA.
The human remain is a mandible from
a female. It was found in the Bird and
Mammal collection of the UCLA
Department of Biology and subsequently
transferred to the Fowler Museum at
UCLA. According to the Bird and
Mammal collection accession records,
Loye Miller, a biologist who worked in
the first half of the 20th century,
collected it from an unknown person.
The human remain is labeled
‘‘W.H.M.M. #313 Eureka, California.’’
‘‘W.H.M.M.’’ stands for the Wellcome
Historic Medical Museum. A search of
the Wellcome archives produced no
documentation directly related to this
remain and the circumstances
surrounding its excavation or collection
are unknown. However, the Wellcome
Museum did purchase remains from
several collectors from the Eureka
region. Therefore, it is reasonably
believed that this individual was
received from one of these collectors
and removed from the Humboldt
County area. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Based on the records and condition of
the mandible, archeologists have
determined that the human remain
probably comes from a coastal shell
midden and is of fairly late age. The soil
in the redwood forest areas of the
Humboldt County area is very acidic,
and bone does not survive long in the
ground. However, the calcium carbonate
from the shells in the shell mounds in
the coastal areas helps preserve bone,
and thus several hundred year-old
burials are found in shell mounds in the
Eureka area. Loud (1918) recorded shell
mound sites in Eureka, on Indian
(Gunther) Island and around the
margins of Humboldt Bay, most of
which have associated Wiyot village
place names and burials and have been
dated to the Late Prehistoric Period
between A.D. 700–1100 (Loud 1918;
Heizer & Elsasser 1964; Tushingham
2010).
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Determinations Made by the Fowler
Museum at UCLA
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains or
any other Indian tribe that believes it
satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR
10.11(c)(1) should contact Wendy G.
Teeter, PhD, Curator of Archaeology,
Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box 951549,
Los Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone
(310) 825–1864, before July 21, 2011.
Disposition of the human remain to the
Wiyot Tribe, California, may proceed
after that date if no additional
requestors come forward.
The Fowler Museum at UCLA is
responsible for notifying the Bear River
Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria,
California; Blue Lake Rancheria,
California; Smith River Rancheria,
California; Wiyot Tribe, California; and
the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok
Reservation, California, that this notice
has been published.
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Consultation
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Western Michigan University,
Department of Anthropology,
Kalamazoo, MI
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Western Michigan
University, Department of
Anthropology, professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nashshe-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians
of Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and the Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Officials of the Fowler Museum at
UCLA have determined that:
• Based on the analysis performed by
a physical anthropologist it is
determined that the mandible is Native
American.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian tribe.
• Multiple lines of evidence,
including the Wiyot Tribe’s 1978
Constitution, treaties, Acts of Congress,
Executive Orders, and other credible
lines of evidence obtained through
consultation with tribal representatives,
indicate that the land from which the
Native American human remain was
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Wiyot people. Present-day Wiyot
citizens are enrolled in the following
Federally-recognized tribes: the Wiyot
Tribe, California; Bear River Band of the
Rohnerville Rancheria, California; and
Blue Lake Rancheria, California.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remain described in this notice
represents the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remain is to
the Wiyot Tribe, California.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
Western Michigan University,
Department of Anthropology, has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian tribe. Representatives of any
Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human
remains and associated funerary objects
may contact the Western Michigan
University, Department of
Anthropology. Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Indian tribe stated below may
occur if no additional requestors come
forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact the Western Michigan
University, Department of
Anthropology, at the address below by
July 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: LouAnn Wurst, Department
of Anthropology, Western Michigan
University, 1005 Moore Hall,
Kalamazoo, MI 49008, telephone (269)
387–2753.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 possession of the
Western Michigan University,
Department of Anthropology,
Kalamazoo, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Middlebury Township,
Shiawassee County, MI.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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.
SUMMARY:
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1974, human remains representing
a minimum of 19 individuals were
removed from the Gilde site,
Middlebury Township, Shiawassee
County, MI. The Michigan History
Division, now the Michigan Historical
Center, investigated the burials and
conducted salvage excavations. The
individuals are represented by 2,000
fragmentary remains. The ages of the
individuals range from infants to adults,
however, a determination of the sex of
the individuals was not possible due to
the fragmentary nature of the remains.
The burial was inadvertently uncovered
in 1974 by construction crews of the
Central Michigan Sand and Gravel
Company during gravel mining. The
investigators noted that the heavily
disturbed burials consisted of several
deep pits covered with red ochre, which
indicates that the site dates to the Late
Archaic period (3000 B.C. to 1000 B.C.)
since the use of red ochre in burials is
a hallmark of this period in the Great
Lakes. After recovery, the remains and
funerary objects were transferred to
Western Michigan University’s
anthropology department for further
curation and study by Dr. Robert
Sundick. No known individuals were
identified. The 92 associated funerary
objects are 79 fragments of bone from
two Blue Racer snakes (Columber
constrictor foxi), 12 fragments
representing white-tailed deer and
unidentified small and medium
mammals, and 1 lot of soil samples
recovered from the excavations.
Determinations Made by Western
Michigan University, Department of
Anthropology
Officials of Western Michigan
University, Department of
Anthropology, have determined that:
• Based on skeletal and dental
morphology, and the Late Archaic date
of the site, the human remains and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los
Angeles, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at UCLA has completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human
remains may contact the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Disposition of the human
remains to the tribe stated below may occur if no additional requestors
come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the Fowler
Museum at UCLA at the address below by July 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Wendy G. Teeter, PhD, Curator of Archaeology, Fowler Museum
at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-
1864.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. The human
remain was removed from Humboldt 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) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Fowler
Museum at UCLA professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue
Lake Rancheria, California; Smith River Rancheria, California; Wiyot
Tribe, California (formerly the Table Bluff Reservation--Wiyot Tribe);
and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California. The Wiyot
Tribe, California, requested the transfer of control of the individual
described in this notice. The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville
Rancheria, California, and the Blue Lake Rancheria, California, sent
letters of support for the transfer of control to the Wiyot Tribe.
History and Description of the Remains
In the first half of the 20th century, a human remain representing
one individual was most likely removed from Eureka, Humboldt County,
CA. The human remain is a mandible from a female. It was found in the
Bird and Mammal collection of the UCLA Department of Biology and
subsequently transferred to the Fowler Museum at UCLA. According to the
Bird and Mammal collection accession records, Loye Miller, a biologist
who worked in the first half of the 20th century, collected it from an
unknown person. The human remain is labeled ``W.H.M.M. 313
Eureka, California.'' ``W.H.M.M.'' stands for the Wellcome Historic
Medical Museum. A search of the Wellcome archives produced no
documentation directly related to this remain and the circumstances
surrounding its excavation or collection are unknown. However, the
Wellcome Museum did purchase remains from several collectors from the
Eureka region. Therefore, it is reasonably believed that this
individual was received from one of these collectors and removed from
the Humboldt County area. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the records and condition of the mandible, archeologists
have determined that the human remain probably comes from a coastal
shell midden and is of fairly late age. The soil in the redwood forest
areas of the Humboldt County area is very acidic, and bone does not
survive long in the ground. However, the calcium carbonate from the
shells in the shell mounds in the coastal areas helps preserve bone,
and thus several hundred year-old burials are found in shell mounds in
the Eureka area. Loud (1918) recorded shell mound sites in Eureka, on
Indian (Gunther) Island and around the margins of Humboldt Bay, most of
which have associated Wiyot village place names and burials and have
been dated to the Late Prehistoric Period between A.D. 700-1100 (Loud
1918; Heizer & Elsasser 1964; Tushingham 2010).
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Determinations Made by the Fowler Museum at UCLA
Officials of the Fowler Museum at UCLA have determined that:
Based on the analysis performed by a physical
anthropologist it is determined that the mandible is Native American.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
Multiple lines of evidence, including the Wiyot Tribe's
1978 Constitution, treaties, Acts of Congress, Executive Orders, and
other credible lines of evidence obtained through consultation with
tribal representatives, indicate that the land from which the Native
American human remain was removed is the aboriginal land of the Wiyot
people. Present-day Wiyot citizens are enrolled in the following
Federally-recognized tribes: the Wiyot Tribe, California; Bear River
Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California; and Blue Lake Rancheria,
California.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remain described
in this notice represents the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remain is to the Wiyot Tribe, California.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains or any other Indian tribe
that believes it satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Wendy G. Teeter, PhD, Curator of Archaeology, Fowler Museum at
UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-1864,
before July 21, 2011. Disposition of the human remain to the Wiyot
Tribe, California, may proceed after that date if no additional
requestors come forward.
The Fowler Museum at UCLA is responsible for notifying the Bear
River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue Lake
Rancheria, California; Smith River Rancheria, California; Wiyot Tribe,
California; and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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