Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Army, United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA, 11624-11626 [2017-03618]
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individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects were present.
Diagnostic artifacts found at site
3WA823 indicate that these human
remains were probably buried during
the Prehistoric Period (11,650 B.C.–A.D.
1541).
In 1981, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from site 3WH276 in White
County, AR. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects were present. Diagnostic artifacts
at site 3WH276 indicate that these
human remains were probably buried
during the Mississippi Period (A.D.
950–1541).
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were recovered from an
unknown location in the state of
Arkansas. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects were present. Diagnostic artifacts
found in Northwest Arkansas indicate
that these human remains were
probably buried during the Prehistoric
Period (11,650 B.C.–A.D. 1541).
This notice includes a variety of terms
commonly used in discussions of
Arkansas archeology and the historical
trajectories that gave rise to specific
Native American communities
identified in the historical record. Based
on the archeological context for these
sites and what is presently known about
the peoples who pre-date the historic
Osage and occupied the sites listed in
this notice, the Arkansas Archeological
Society has determined the human
remains listed in this notice are
culturally affiliated with The Osage
Nation (previously listed as the Osage
Tribe).
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Determinations Made by the Arkansas
Archeological Survey
Officials of the Arkansas
Archeological Survey have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 107
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the four objects described in this notice
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
and The Osage Nation (previously listed
as the Osage Tribe).
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Dr. George Sabo, Director,
Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475
North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR
72704, telephone (479) 575–3556, by
March 27, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Osage Nation (previously
listed as the Osage Tribe) may proceed.
The Arkansas Archeological Survey is
responsible for notifying The Osage
Nation (previously listed as the Osage
Tribe) that this notice has been
published.
Dated: January 17, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Army, United States
Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey,
Monterey, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Army, United States Army Garrison,
Presidio of Monterey has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the United States Army
Garrison, Presidio of Monterey. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
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organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the United States Army
Garrison, Presidio of Monterey at the
address in this notice by March 27,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Colonel Lawrence Brown,
Department of the Army, United States
Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey,
1759 Lewis Road, Suite 210, Monterey,
CA 93944–3223, email
laura.a.prishmontquimby.civ@mail.mil,
telephone (831) 242–7926.
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
United States Army Garrison, Presidio
of Monterey, Monterey, CA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the Presidio of
Monterey, Monterey 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 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 was made by the United States
Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey
professional staff, with the assistance of
the United States Army Corps of
Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory
Center of Expertise in the Curation and
Management of Archaeological
Collections, and in consultation with
representatives of Picayune Rancheria of
the Chukchansi Indians of California;
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians
of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California; Table Mountain Rancheria of
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of
the Tule River Reservation, California,
and the following non-federally
recognized Indian group: Ohlone/
Costanoan-Esselen Nation. The
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
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the Tuolumne Rancheria of California
was also invited to consult but chose to
not participate.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1910, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
purportedly collected by an individual
named Heath in the vicinity of El
Castillo, site CA–MNT–101, in
Monterey County, CA. A.R. Pilling
stated that Heath gave him the human
remains when Pilling donated them to
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, CA, in 1947. The human
remains were identified as two adult
males and one sub-adult of
indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1947 and 1953, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual, were found by A.R. Pilling
at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, CA, stored within faunal
collections associated with El Castillo
(CA–MNT–101), Monterey County, CA.
The human remains were identified as
one adult of indeterminate sex. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1960, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual, were
purportedly collected from the vicinity
of El Castillo (CA–MNT–101), Monterey
County, CA. The human remains were
donated to the Pacific Grove Museum of
Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA by
Donald Howard. The catalog card states
that the human remains were from ‘‘the
Presidio of Monteray (sic) near the
intersection of Foam and Lighthouse
above the cliff.’’ The human remains
were identified as an adult of
indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1967, human remains representing,
at minimum, nine individuals, were
excavated from El Castillo (CA–MNT–
101), Monterey County, CA. The
excavations resulted from a proposal to
establish a State Park or Monument at
El Castillo, for which the CA
Department of Parks and Recreation and
the National Park Service contracted the
Central California Archaeological
Foundation to survey and excavate the
proposed site. Collections from the
excavation were curated at the
California State Parks, Department of
Parks and Recreation, California State
Museum Resource Center, now titled
the California Statewide Museum
Collections Center, McClellan, CA. The
human remains were identified as three
adults (one male, one female and one of
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indeterminate sex), two sub-adults of
indeterminate sex and four infants of
indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. The 122
associated funerary objects include: 1
andesite chipped stone scrapper or
preform, 2 complete hammer stones (1
is basalt), 1 gray chert core, 1 antler
flaking tool (burned), 1 incomplete
antler tool, 1 fragmented antler tine, 3
Olivella shell bead fragments, 1 shell
fishhook fragment, 1 possible Haliotis
ornament preform, 1 fragmented clam
shell ornament, 19 unmodified mammal
bones, 4 unmodified bird bones, 3
unmodified fish bones, 3 unmodified
crustacean shells, and 80 unmodified
shells (including fragments of Haliotis,
Olivella and Turban and few complete
Haliotis, some of which may be
modified).
In 1985, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
excavated from El Castillo (CA–MNT–
101), Monterey County, CA. The
archeological test excavations were
conducted by Archaeological Consulting
and Research Services to determine the
effect on cultural resources of a
proposed easement along Lighthouse
Avenue, with a connection to Van
Buren Street. The collection was
originally stored at Fort Ord, Seaside,
CA. In 1994, Cultural Resources
Management Services (CRMS)
inventoried archeological collections
from the Presidio of Monterey. These
collections were temporarily stored at
their laboratory in Paso Robles, CA until
they were moved to the San Diego
Archaeological Center, Escondido, CA
in 2003. The human remains were
identified as one adult and one subadult of indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. The 188
associated funerary objects include: 3
chert projectile points, 1 granite and 1
metavolcanic hammerstone, 4 granite
pestle fragments, 1 chert and 1
metavolcanic chopper, 1 siltstone
scrapper, 10 biface fragments, 67
chipped stone debitage, 2 bone awl tips,
6 Mytilus fish hook fragments, 30
Olivella shell beads, 12 Haliotis shell
pendant fragments, 1 modified Mytilus
shell fragment, and 48 unmodified
Olivella shell and shell fragments.
In the 1984, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were excavated from CA–
MNT–932, Monterey County, CA. The
excavations were undertaken by Far
Western Anthropological Research
Group, Inc. to evaluate the site’s
eligibility for inclusion in the National
Register of Historic Places. The
collection was originally curated at San
Jose State University, Department of
Anthropology, San Jose, CA. In 1994,
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CRMS inventoried archeological
collections from the Presidio of
Monterey and stored them at their
laboratory in Paso Robles, CA, until they
were moved to the SDAC, Escondido,
CA in 2003. SDAC inventoried the
collection, and only at that time was the
bone material in the collection
positively identified as human. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the United
States Army Garrison, Presidio of
Monterey
Officials of the United States Army
Garrison, Presidio of Monterey have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
morphological characteristics and the
archeological context of the sites from
which they were removed.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 17
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 310 objects described in this notice
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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian tribe.
• A treaty signed in 1851 identified
Indian lands to be ceded to the United
States in exchange for compensation,
and included the land from which the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects listed in this
notice were removed. That treaty was
one of 18 such treaties between the
United States and Indian entities in
California that were negotiated and
signed in 1851 and 1852, wherein
certain Indian lands were ceded to the
U.S. in exchange for compensation. On
July 8, 1852, the U.S. Senate refused to
ratify any of those 18 treaties.
Nonetheless, the United States
proceeded to take the lands to be ceded,
but without paying compensation.
• According to the California Indians
Jurisdictional Act of 1928 (45 Stat. 602),
Congress declared that the
uncompensated taking of these lands,
including the land from which the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects listed in this
notice were removed, provided grounds
for granting equitable relief to
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descendants of the Indian entities that
signed those treaties.
• According to a final judgment of the
Indian Claims Commission (8 Ind. Cl.
Comm. 39a) and a final judgment of the
Court of Federal Claims (102 Ct. C1.
837), the Indian entities in California
that signed those 18 treaties held
aboriginal title to the lands to be ceded,
including the land from which the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects listed in this
notice were removed. Consequently, the
Court and the Commission awarded
compensation to the descendants of the
Indian entities that signed those treaties.
• The present-day Indian tribes that
are descended from the Indian entities
that signed the 1851 treaty ceding the
land from which the Native American
human remains and associated funerary
objects listed in this notice were
removed are the Picayune Rancheria of
the Chukchansi Indians of California;
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table
Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule
River Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; and Tuolumne
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
• According to an Act of Congress
and final judgments of the Indian
Claims Commission and the Court of
Federal Claims, the land from which the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria of California; Tule River
Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; and Tuolumne
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria of California; Tule River
Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; and Tuolumne
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Colonel Lawrence Brown,
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Department of the Army, United States
Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey,
1759 Lewis Road, Suite 210, Monterey,
CA 93944–3223, email
laura.a.prishmontquimby.civ@mail.mil,
telephone (831) 242–7926, by March 27,
2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria of California; Tule River
Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; and, if joined to
one or more of the afore-mentioned
tribes, to the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa
Ynez Reservation, California and the
Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation, a
non-federally recognized Indian group,
may proceed.
The United States Army Garrison,
Presidio of Monterey is responsible for
notifying the Picayune Rancheria of the
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California;
Table Mountain Rancheria of California;
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
River Reservation, California; and
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California,
that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 30, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio
History Connection, Columbus, OH
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Ohio History Connection
has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
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organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Ohio History Connection.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Ohio History Connection
at the address in this notice by March
27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Bradley Lepper, Ohio
History Connection, 800 East 17th
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211,
telephone (614) 298–2064, email
blepper@ohiohistory.org.
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
Ohio History Connection, Columbus,
OH. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Newcomers Town and Cemetery,
Tuscarawas County, OH.
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 was made by the Ohio History
Connection professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In July 1934, construction activities
relating to the installation of sewer and
waterlines along Mulvane Street in
Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County,
OH, uncovered human remains.
Emerson F. Greenman, Curator of
Archaeology for the Ohio History
Connection investigated the discovery
and collected human remains and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22827; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Army,
United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Army, United States Army Garrison,
Presidio of Monterey has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request to the United States
Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request with information in support of
the request to the United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey at
the address in this notice by March 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Colonel Lawrence Brown, Department of the Army, United
States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, 1759 Lewis Road, Suite 210,
Monterey, CA 93944-3223, email laura.a.prishmontquimby.civ@mail.mil,
telephone (831) 242-7926.
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 United States Army
Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from the Presidio of Monterey,
Monterey 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 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 was made by the United
States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey professional staff, with the
assistance of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis
District, Mandatory Center of Expertise in the Curation and Management
of Archaeological Collections, and in consultation with representatives
of Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian
Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California, and the following non-
federally recognized Indian group: Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation. The
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
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the Tuolumne Rancheria of California was also invited to consult but
chose to not participate.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1910, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were purportedly collected by an individual named Heath in the vicinity
of El Castillo, site CA-MNT-101, in Monterey County, CA. A.R. Pilling
stated that Heath gave him the human remains when Pilling donated them
to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of
California, Berkeley, CA, in 1947. The human remains were identified as
two adult males and one sub-adult of indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1947 and 1953, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual, were found by A.R. Pilling at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum
of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, stored within
faunal collections associated with El Castillo (CA-MNT-101), Monterey
County, CA. The human remains were identified as one adult of
indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual,
were purportedly collected from the vicinity of El Castillo (CA-MNT-
101), Monterey County, CA. The human remains were donated to the
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA by Donald
Howard. The catalog card states that the human remains were from ``the
Presidio of Monteray (sic) near the intersection of Foam and Lighthouse
above the cliff.'' The human remains were identified as an adult of
indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals,
were excavated from El Castillo (CA-MNT-101), Monterey County, CA. The
excavations resulted from a proposal to establish a State Park or
Monument at El Castillo, for which the CA Department of Parks and
Recreation and the National Park Service contracted the Central
California Archaeological Foundation to survey and excavate the
proposed site. Collections from the excavation were curated at the
California State Parks, Department of Parks and Recreation, California
State Museum Resource Center, now titled the California Statewide
Museum Collections Center, McClellan, CA. The human remains were
identified as three adults (one male, one female and one of
indeterminate sex), two sub-adults of indeterminate sex and four
infants of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. The
122 associated funerary objects include: 1 andesite chipped stone
scrapper or preform, 2 complete hammer stones (1 is basalt), 1 gray
chert core, 1 antler flaking tool (burned), 1 incomplete antler tool, 1
fragmented antler tine, 3 Olivella shell bead fragments, 1 shell
fishhook fragment, 1 possible Haliotis ornament preform, 1 fragmented
clam shell ornament, 19 unmodified mammal bones, 4 unmodified bird
bones, 3 unmodified fish bones, 3 unmodified crustacean shells, and 80
unmodified shells (including fragments of Haliotis, Olivella and Turban
and few complete Haliotis, some of which may be modified).
In 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were excavated from El Castillo (CA-MNT-101), Monterey County, CA. The
archeological test excavations were conducted by Archaeological
Consulting and Research Services to determine the effect on cultural
resources of a proposed easement along Lighthouse Avenue, with a
connection to Van Buren Street. The collection was originally stored at
Fort Ord, Seaside, CA. In 1994, Cultural Resources Management Services
(CRMS) inventoried archeological collections from the Presidio of
Monterey. These collections were temporarily stored at their laboratory
in Paso Robles, CA until they were moved to the San Diego
Archaeological Center, Escondido, CA in 2003. The human remains were
identified as one adult and one sub-adult of indeterminate sex. No
known individuals were identified. The 188 associated funerary objects
include: 3 chert projectile points, 1 granite and 1 metavolcanic
hammerstone, 4 granite pestle fragments, 1 chert and 1 metavolcanic
chopper, 1 siltstone scrapper, 10 biface fragments, 67 chipped stone
debitage, 2 bone awl tips, 6 Mytilus fish hook fragments, 30 Olivella
shell beads, 12 Haliotis shell pendant fragments, 1 modified Mytilus
shell fragment, and 48 unmodified Olivella shell and shell fragments.
In the 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were excavated from CA-MNT-932, Monterey County, CA. The excavations
were undertaken by Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. to
evaluate the site's eligibility for inclusion in the National Register
of Historic Places. The collection was originally curated at San Jose
State University, Department of Anthropology, San Jose, CA. In 1994,
CRMS inventoried archeological collections from the Presidio of
Monterey and stored them at their laboratory in Paso Robles, CA, until
they were moved to the SDAC, Escondido, CA in 2003. SDAC inventoried
the collection, and only at that time was the bone material in the
collection positively identified as human. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the United States Army Garrison, Presidio of
Monterey
Officials of the United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on morphological
characteristics and the archeological context of the sites from which
they were removed.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 17 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 310 objects
described in this notice 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), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day
Indian tribe.
A treaty signed in 1851 identified Indian lands to be
ceded to the United States in exchange for compensation, and included
the land from which the Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects listed in this notice were removed. That treaty was
one of 18 such treaties between the United States and Indian entities
in California that were negotiated and signed in 1851 and 1852, wherein
certain Indian lands were ceded to the U.S. in exchange for
compensation. On July 8, 1852, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify any of
those 18 treaties. Nonetheless, the United States proceeded to take the
lands to be ceded, but without paying compensation.
According to the California Indians Jurisdictional Act of
1928 (45 Stat. 602), Congress declared that the uncompensated taking of
these lands, including the land from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects listed in this notice were
removed, provided grounds for granting equitable relief to
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descendants of the Indian entities that signed those treaties.
According to a final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission (8 Ind. Cl. Comm. 39a) and a final judgment of the Court of
Federal Claims (102 Ct. C1. 837), the Indian entities in California
that signed those 18 treaties held aboriginal title to the lands to be
ceded, including the land from which the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects listed in this notice were removed.
Consequently, the Court and the Commission awarded compensation to the
descendants of the Indian entities that signed those treaties.
The present-day Indian tribes that are descended from the
Indian entities that signed the 1851 treaty ceding the land from which
the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects
listed in this notice were removed are the Picayune Rancheria of the
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California.
According to an Act of Congress and final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission and the Court of Federal Claims, the land from
which the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed is the aboriginal land of the Picayune Rancheria of the
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to Picayune
Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Colonel
Lawrence Brown, Department of the Army, United States Army Garrison,
Presidio of Monterey, 1759 Lewis Road, Suite 210, Monterey, CA 93944-
3223, email laura.a.prishmontquimby.civ@mail.mil, telephone (831) 242-
7926, by March 27, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule
River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and, if
joined to one or more of the afore-mentioned tribes, to the Santa Ynez
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California and the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation, a non-federally
recognized Indian group, may proceed.
The United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey is
responsible for notifying the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California, that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 30, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-03618 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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