Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, 15801-15802 [2012-6321]
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agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
In 1995, a detailed assessment of the
human remains was made by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service professional
staff in consultation with the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of
San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas;
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico (hereinafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1980, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from Sevilleta National
Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, NM.
The partial set of human remains,
exposed and undercut by floodwaters,
was removed by the University of New
Mexico Office of Contract Archeology.
The remains from the excavations are
housed at the Maxwell Museum in
Albuquerque, NM. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The
remains are of prehistoric, Puebloan
origins. Based on cultural traditions,
ethnographic sources, and oral history,
the remains are culturally affiliated to
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Southwest
Regional Office
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
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should contact Dr. Benjamin J. Tuggle,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave. SW.,
P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Procedural questions may be addressed
to David Siegel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, telephone (505) 248–7396,
before April 16, 2012. Repatriation of
the human remains to the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 12, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
California Department of Parks and
Recreation, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The California Department of
Parks and Recreation has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains and associated
funerary objects may contact the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Indian tribes stated below may
occur if no additional claimants 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 California Department of
Parks and Recreation at the address
below by April 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Rebecca Carruthers,
NAGPRA Coordinator, California
Department of Parks and Recreation,
1416 9th Street, Room 902, Sacramento,
CA 95814, telephone (916) 653–8893.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
SUMMARY:
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3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the Morris Mound site
(CA–SAC–199) in Sacramento 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 and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by the California Department
of Parks and Recreation professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
and the United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1950, human remains representing,
at minimum, nine individuals were
removed from Morris Mound (site CA–
SAC–199) in Sacramento County, CA.
James Sturgeon of Fair Oaks, CA,
excavated the site and donated the
collection to the California Department
of Parks and Recreation on February 15,
1977. No known individuals were
identified. The 11 associated funerary
objects are 1 silicate flake scraper and
10 mammal bones.
The site was occupied during the Late
Horizon Period (after A.D. 500).
Archeologists believe that the Penutianspeaking Maidu and Miwok are
descended from what have been
identified as the Windmiller people
who occupied the Central Valley of
California 3,000 to 4,000 years ago.
Geographic affiliation is consistent with
the historically documented use of the
area by the Nisenan (Southern Maidu)
and the Plains Miwok. This collection is
affiliated with the historic Nisenan or
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the Northern Sierra Miwok, based on
the movement of both groups near the
borders of what is now identified as
their historic territories. Therefore, the
professional staff of the California
Department of Parks and Recreation has
determined that there is a relationship
of shared group identity, which can be
reasonably traced between these Native
American human remains and The
Tribes.
Determinations Made by the California
Department of Parks and Recreation
Officials of the California Department
of Parks and Recreation have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of nine
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 11 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.
• 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
to The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Rebecca Carruthers, NAGPRA
Coordinator, California Department of
Parks and Recreation, 1416 9th Street,
Room 902, telephone (916) 653–8893,
before April 16, 2012. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects to The Tribes may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The California Department of Parks
and Recreation is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: March 12, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253–665]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Central Washington University
Department of Anthropology,
Ellensburg, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Central Washington
University Department of Anthropology
has completed an inventory of human
remains in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribe, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and a present-day Indian tribe.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains may contact
the Central Washington University
Department of Anthropology.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Indian tribe stated below may occur
if no additional claimants come
forward.
SUMMARY:
Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact the Central Washington
University Department of Anthropology
at the address below by April 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon,
Central Washington University
Department of Anthropology, 400 E.
University Drive, Ellensburg, WA
98926–7544, telephone (509) 963–2671.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby 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 Central Washington University
Department of Anthropology,
Ellensburg, WA. The human remains
were removed from Grays Harbor
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
DATES:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Central
Washington University Department of
Anthropology professional staff in
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consultation with representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis
Reservation, Washington.
History and Description of the Remains
In November 1947, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site 45–
GH–15 (Minard) in Grays Harbor
County, WA, by archeologist Richard
Daugherty of the University of
Washington during his systematic
archeological survey of the Washington
coast. Richard Daugherty noted that the
property owner had inadvertently
uncovered at least 27 human skeletons
while plowing his fields. According to
the Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum (Burke
Museum) accession ledger, Daugherty
collected two femora and one humerus.
The collection was formally accessioned
by the Burke Museum in 1947 (Burke
Accn. #3583). In 1974, the Burke
Museum legally transferred the right
humerus and left femur to Central
Washington University Department of
Anthropology (CWU ID BA).
The bones were examined by physical
anthropologist Lourdes Henebry-DeLeon
of Central Washington University, and
the skeletal remains, which consist of a
humerus and femur, cannot be used to
establish conclusively cultural
affiliation. However, the human remains
have markings of 19–15(1) (right
humerus) and 19–15(2) (left femur)
written on them indicating the
collecting location. Burke Museum
records show 19–15 is the catalog
number associated with site 45–GH–15.
Based on the markings on the remains,
the records at the Burke Museum and
Richard Daugherty’s survey records it is
reasonably believed that these remains
are from site 45–GH–15. There have
been other Notices of Inventory
Completion (NICs) published in the
Federal Register for site 45–GH–15 (72
FR 27845–27846, May 17, 2007, and 73
FR 49484–49485, August 21, 2008). The
materials reported in the earlier NICs
were culturally affiliated with the
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis
Reservation, Washington. Based on
archeological context and the
platymeric femoral morphology, the
individual has been determined to be
Native American. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Site 45–GH–15 is located at or near
the traditional Copalis village of Oyhut.
The Copalis are considered to have been
a band of the Lower Chehalis whose
traditional territory encompassed the
lower reaches of the Chehalis River and
the present-day county of Grays Harbor,
WA. The site is located within the area
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks
and Recreation, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The California Department of Parks and Recreation has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects may contact the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional claimants
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 California Department of Parks and
Recreation at the address below by April 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Rebecca Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator, California
Department of Parks and Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Room 902,
Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (916) 653-8893.
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 under the control of the California
Department of Parks and Recreation. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from the Morris Mound site (CA-SAC-199)
in Sacramento 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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by the California Department of Parks and Recreation
professional staff in consultation with representatives of Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band
of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
California; and the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of California (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1950, human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals
were removed from Morris Mound (site CA-SAC-199) in Sacramento County,
CA. James Sturgeon of Fair Oaks, CA, excavated the site and donated the
collection to the California Department of Parks and Recreation on
February 15, 1977. No known individuals were identified. The 11
associated funerary objects are 1 silicate flake scraper and 10 mammal
bones.
The site was occupied during the Late Horizon Period (after A.D.
500). Archeologists believe that the Penutian-speaking Maidu and Miwok
are descended from what have been identified as the Windmiller people
who occupied the Central Valley of California 3,000 to 4,000 years ago.
Geographic affiliation is consistent with the historically documented
use of the area by the Nisenan (Southern Maidu) and the Plains Miwok.
This collection is affiliated with the historic Nisenan or
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the Northern Sierra Miwok, based on the movement of both groups near
the borders of what is now identified as their historic territories.
Therefore, the professional staff of the California Department of Parks
and Recreation has determined that there is a relationship of shared
group identity, which can be reasonably traced between these Native
American human remains and The Tribes.
Determinations Made by the California Department of Parks and
Recreation
Officials of the California Department of Parks and Recreation have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of nine individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 11 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.
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 to The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Rebecca Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator,
California Department of Parks and Recreation, 1416 9th Street, Room
902, telephone (916) 653-8893, before April 16, 2012. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The California Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible
for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 12, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-6321 Filed 3-15-12; 8:45 am]
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