Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, 62891-62892 [2018-26446]
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removed from the Britt-Decora site (47–
TR–0002) in Trempealeau County, WI.
Archeologist Leland Cooper, who was
associated with Hamline University in
Minnesota at the time, excavated the
site in 1927, and recovered the partially
cremated remains of a single adult from
one of the site’s 25 conical mounds. The
human remains were transferred from
Hamline University to the Wisconsin
Historical Society in 1978. Neither field
notes nor reports from Cooper’s
investigations were among the
transferred materials. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the Wisconsin
Historical Society
Officials of the Wisconsin Historical
Society have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
Wisconsin Historical Society records,
burial location, archeological context,
oral histories, and skeletal analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described in this notice
is 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
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian Tribe.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land of the Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower
Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower
Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
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Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake
Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;
and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Aboriginal Land Tribes.’’
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
The Aboriginal Land Tribes.
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 Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
Historical Society, 816 State St,
Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)
264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@
wisconsinhistory.org, by January 4,
2019. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to The
Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
The Wisconsin Historical Society is
responsible for notifying The Aboriginal
Land Tribes and The Consulted Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 7, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Oakland Museum of
California, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects or objects
of cultural patrimony. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
Oakland Museum of California. If no
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additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Oakland Museum of California at
the address in this notice by January 4,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Violetta Wolf, Oakland
Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street,
Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510)
318–8489, email vwolf@museumca.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the Oakland
Museum of California, Oakland, CA,
that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects or objects 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 Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
In the 19th or 20th century, one
cultural item was removed by an
unknown party from an unknown
location in California. Sometime in the
20th century, the object came into the
possession of the father of Mr. William
H. Bird, Sr. of Oakland, CA. The
circumstances under which Bird’s father
acquired the cultural item are unclear.
Bird gifted the cultural item to the
Oakland Museum of California on
September 26, 1974, when he
distributed his father’s collection of
Native American cultural items to the
Oakland Museum of California, Merritt
College, the Lowie Museum of
Anthropology (now known as the
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology), and the Oakland
Museum Women’s Board White
Elephant Sale. The one object of cultural
patrimony is a xaa-ts’a’ (mush bowl).
The mush bowl (catalog number
H74.285.6) was accessioned by the
Oakland Museum of California in 1974.
The mush bowl is woven from twined
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bear grass with a diamond pattern. It is
approximately four inches tall and eight
inches in diameter. The mush bowl was
used by family groups.
The cultural item has been identified
as Tolowa in archival documents and
the original gift documentation.
Consultations from the Tolowa Dee-ni’
Nation (previously listed as the Smith
River Rancheria, California) and the
Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation,
California have both confirmed the
Tolowa affiliation of this cultural item.
In the 19th or 20th century, one
cultural item was removed from the
mouth of Smith River in Del Norte
County, CA. On November 1, 1949, Mr.
M. W. Dadey of Oakland, California,
donated the item to the Oakland Public
Museum. The circumstances under
which the cultural item came into the
possession of Mr. Dadey are unknown.
In 1965, the collection of the Oakland
Public Museum was merged with the
collections of two other institutions to
create the collection of the Oakland
Museum of California. The one
unassociated funerary object is a stone
maul. The stone maul (catalog number
H16.4389) is made from basalt or
another igneous rock, is six inches long,
and was made by pecking and grinding.
The Tolowa Dee-ni’ (previously listed
as the Smith River Rancheria,
California) are culturally affiliated with
the area from which the cultural item
was removed. This is supported by
archival records and reports, museum
records, Department of the Interior
sources, academic sources, and
correspondence with Tolowa Dee-ni’
representatives. Additional archival
sources and correspondence with the
Tolowa Dee-ni’ (previously listed as the
Smith River Rancheria, California)
describe this cultural item as being
consistent with the known burial
practices of the Tolowa.
Determinations Made by the Oakland
Museum of California
Officials of the Oakland Museum of
California have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the one cultural item identified as
catalog number H16.4389 and described
above is 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 is believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the one cultural item identified as
catalog number H74.285.6 and
described above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
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central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the two cultural items
described above and the Tolowa Dee-ni’
Nation (previously listed as the Smith
River Rancheria, California).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Violetta Wolf, Oakland Museum of
California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland,
CA 94607, telephone (510) 318–8489,
email vwolf@museumca.org, by January
4, 2019. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
object and the object of cultural
patrimony to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation
(previously listed as the Smith River
Rancheria, California) may proceed.
The Oakland Museum of California is
responsible for notifying the Tolowa
Dee-ni’ Nation (previously listed as the
Smith River Rancheria, California) that
this notice has been published.
Dated: November 7, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of California, Davis, Davis,
CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of California,
Davis (UC Davis), has completed an
inventory of human remains housed in
the UC Davis Department of
Anthropology Museum, 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 present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
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of these human remains should submit
a written request to UC Davis. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to UC Davis at the address
in this notice by January 4, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA
Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One
Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752–8501, email
mnoble@ucdavis.edu.
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 under the control of
the University of California, Davis,
Davis, CA. The human remains were
removed from Lake County, CA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by UC Davis
professional staff in consultation with
the Koi Nation of Northern California
(previously listed as the Lower Lake
Rancheria, California). The Big Valley
Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley
Rancheria, California; Cloverdale
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California;
Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of
California; Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo
Indians, California (previously listed as
the Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo
Indians of California); Elem Indian
Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur
Bank Rancheria, California; Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria, California;
Guidiville Rancheria of California;
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake,
California; Hopland Band of Pomo
Indians, California (formerly Hopland
Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland
Rancheria, California); Kashia Band of
Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point
Rancheria, California; Lytton Rancheria
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026950; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Oakland Museum of
California, Oakland, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Oakland Museum of California, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural
patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the
Oakland Museum of California. If no additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Oakland Museum of California
at the address in this notice by January 4, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Violetta Wolf, Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak
Street, Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510) 318-8489, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given in accordance with
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects or objects 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 Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In the 19th or 20th century, one cultural item was removed by an
unknown party from an unknown location in California. Sometime in the
20th century, the object came into the possession of the father of Mr.
William H. Bird, Sr. of Oakland, CA. The circumstances under which
Bird's father acquired the cultural item are unclear. Bird gifted the
cultural item to the Oakland Museum of California on September 26,
1974, when he distributed his father's collection of Native American
cultural items to the Oakland Museum of California, Merritt College,
the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (now known as the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology), and the Oakland Museum Women's Board White
Elephant Sale. The one object of cultural patrimony is a xaa-ts'a'
(mush bowl). The mush bowl (catalog number H74.285.6) was accessioned
by the Oakland Museum of California in 1974. The mush bowl is woven
from twined
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bear grass with a diamond pattern. It is approximately four inches tall
and eight inches in diameter. The mush bowl was used by family groups.
The cultural item has been identified as Tolowa in archival
documents and the original gift documentation. Consultations from the
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria,
California) and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California
have both confirmed the Tolowa affiliation of this cultural item.
In the 19th or 20th century, one cultural item was removed from the
mouth of Smith River in Del Norte County, CA. On November 1, 1949, Mr.
M. W. Dadey of Oakland, California, donated the item to the Oakland
Public Museum. The circumstances under which the cultural item came
into the possession of Mr. Dadey are unknown. In 1965, the collection
of the Oakland Public Museum was merged with the collections of two
other institutions to create the collection of the Oakland Museum of
California. The one unassociated funerary object is a stone maul. The
stone maul (catalog number H16.4389) is made from basalt or another
igneous rock, is six inches long, and was made by pecking and grinding.
The Tolowa Dee-ni' (previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria,
California) are culturally affiliated with the area from which the
cultural item was removed. This is supported by archival records and
reports, museum records, Department of the Interior sources, academic
sources, and correspondence with Tolowa Dee-ni' representatives.
Additional archival sources and correspondence with the Tolowa Dee-ni'
(previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, California) describe
this cultural item as being consistent with the known burial practices
of the Tolowa.
Determinations Made by the Oakland Museum of California
Officials of the Oakland Museum of California have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item
identified as catalog number H16.4389 and described above is 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 is
believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from
a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one cultural item
identified as catalog number H74.285.6 and 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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the two
cultural items described above and the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation
(previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, California).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Violetta Wolf, Oakland Museum of California,
1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510) 318-8489, email
[email protected], by January 4, 2019. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary object and the object of cultural patrimony to
the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River
Rancheria, California) may proceed.
The Oakland Museum of California is responsible for notifying the
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria,
California) that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 7, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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