Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA, 65406-65407 [2019-25729]
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documentation indicates that the
cultural items were found in context
with burials. Early and late published
ethnographic documentation indicates
that this was the aboriginal territory of
the Western Columbia River Sahaptins,
Wasco, Wishram, Yakima, Walla Walla,
Umatilla, Tenino and Skin (Daughtery
1973, Hale 1841, Hunn and French
1998, French and French 1998, Mooney
1896, Murdock 1938, Ray 1936 and
1974, Spier 1936, Stern 1998). The
descendants of these peoples are
members of the present-day
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation,
Oregon); and the Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
Determinations Made by the Thomas
Burke Memorial Washington State
Museum
Officials of the Thomas Burke
Memorial Washington State Museum
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the two cultural items described above
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony and
are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and The Tribes.
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
Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University
of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA
98195, telephone (206) 685–3849 x2,
email plape@uw.edu, by December 27,
2019. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Thomas Burke Memorial
Washington State Museum is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
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Dated: October 24, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Los
Angeles Pierce College, Woodland
Hills, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Los Angeles Pierce College
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
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 Los Angeles Pierce College. 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 Los Angeles Pierce College at
the address in this notice by December
27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Ronald K. Faulseit, Los
Angeles Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka
Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91371,
telephone (818) 610–6560, email
faulserk@piercecollege.edu.
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 Los
Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills,
CA. The human remains and associated
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funerary objects were removed from the
Chatsworth and Chatsworth Cairn
archeological sites (CA LAN 357 and CA
LAN 21), Los Angeles, 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 was made by Los Angeles
Pierce College’s professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California and the Fernanden˜o Tataviam
Band of Mission Indians, a nonfederally recognized Indian group.
History and Description of the Remains
Members of the Anthropology
Department of Los Angeles Pierce
College have found the human remains
of, at minimum, 18 individuals and 72
associated funerary objects in the
Anthropology storeroom at Pierce
College. Analysis of archived field
notebooks and site excavation forms in
our possession demonstrates that these
human remains and funerary objects
were collected between 1970 and 1976
during excavations directed by Robert
Pence (Pierce College) and Mike
McIntyre (Californian State University
Northridge [CSUN]) at the Chatsworth
and Chatsworth Cairn archeological
sites (CA LAN 357 and CA LAN 21).
The non-funerary materials collected
from CA LAN 357, such as chipped
stone tools, worked animal bone, and
ground stone items, indicate clear
prehistoric Native American affiliation,
while the project notebooks and forms
contain no indication that any of the
items collected were of non-native
origin.
CA LAN 357 is a well-documented
archeological site that today is found
mostly on the grounds of the
Chatsworth Hills Academy in
Chatsworth, CA (McIntyre 1975). It is
associated with two other nearby sites,
CA LAN 209 (now mostly covered by
California state highway 118) and the
Chatsworth Cairn site, CA LAN 21. The
latter site was excavated originally by
Edwin Walker in 1939, and later by
McIntyre of CSUN. Today, the location
consists of multiple housing
developments (Raab 1986). According to
Hull (2012), some of the features
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excavated by Walker date as early as the
intermediate period (1000 B.C. to A.D.
1000), but the site is mostly a late
prehistoric to historic settlement that
contained both residential and
ceremonial elements. The Fernanden˜o
consider these three archeological sites
as a single multi-component settlement
known as Momonga, while the
Chumash use the term Calucscoho. A
number of rock art panels have been
documented at the Chatsworth site, and
the excavations by Pence, Walker, and
McIntyre uncovered objects consistent
with Native American occupation. An
article by Sanburg et al. (1978) states:
The Chatsworth Site was occupied into
historic times (Walker 1952:85; Leonard
1974), but there is some conflict as to which
group, the Fernandeno or the Chumash, was
associated with it. Kroeber (1925: 621) and
Johnston (1966: 9, 11) consider the site to be
within the Fernandeno area whose boundary
with the Chumash they set a short distance
to the west at the Santa Susana Pass. This has
been questioned by Forbes (1966: 138) who
states that the Chumash extended as far east
as El Escorpion, located in the southwestern
section of the San Fernando Valley and
probably were found to the north all along
the valley’s western edge. [Sanburg et al.
1978, page 28].
Sanburg et al. (1978) conclude that the
‘‘petrographic art present at the
Chatsworth Site relates well to the
previously presented material from the
Chumash Area.’’ Based on the
documentary evidence, the site most
likely had dual-ethnic components with
either simultaneous or subsequent use
or occupation. Therefore, the site holds
significant ritual and ceremonial
importance to both the Fernanden˜o and
Chumash people.
During consultation, Pierce College
received correspondence from the Tribal
President of the Fernanden˜o Tataviam
Band, Rudy J. Ortega Jr., citing various
archeological and historic publications
linking the Fernanden˜o Tribe to the site.
Mr. Ortega’s letter also included
information about the Tribe’s ethnic
makeup, territorial boundaries, and
connection to the Momonga site (CA
LAN 357/CA LAN 21).
One individual was recovered from a
burial at CA LAN 357 during Pence’s
excavations in 1970 and 1971. The
human remains were found in very poor
condition, with 65–70% of the skull and
torso missing. Several photographs
taken during the burial excavation show
the bones of the lower portion (legs) of
an individual in the flexed (fetal)
position. According to the excavators,
the individual was a middle-aged adult
of undetermined sex.
One individual was recovered from
the excavation of a burial during the
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1972 field season. The human remains
recovered are too fragmentary to allow
specification of the sex, age, or stature
of the individual. According to the
excavators, the individual was a young
adult of undetermined sex, but the
excavators considered the individual to
be male because of the associated
objects recovered with the burial. These
items, consisting mostly of
hammerstone fragments and chipped
stone tools, could not be located.
Four individuals are represented by
solitary teeth that were recovered from
excavation units during Pence’s 1970s
field seasons. The teeth were found in
individually labeled small bags and
consist of one fragment of a molar from
excavation unit L28, one premolar (reg.
no. 72–1202), one incisor (reg. no. 70–
0787), and one maxillary canine (reg.
no. 72–1199). One individual is
represented by a solitary tibia fragment
that is likely to have come from
McIntyre’s excavations of the CA LAN
21 site in 1976.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, least 11 individuals were
stored separately in boxes marked Series
A, B, D, E–1, E–2, and T. Each box was
treated as a separate burial context.
Series A, B, D, and E–1 boxes contained
fragmented human remains representing
at least one individual each. Series E–
2 box contain the fragmented human
remains of at least three individuals.
Series’ T and K boxes contained
fragmented human remains representing
at least two individuals each. No known
individuals were identified. The 72
associated funerary objects are 17
chipped stone scrapers, two shaped
sandstone tools, six chipped stone
projectile points, four chipped-stone
core fragments, one rim fragment from
a ground stone bowl, one small bag of
ochre fragments, four sandwich bags of
small animal bone fragments, three
sandwich bags of chipped stone flakes
and debitage, and 34 fragments of
animal bones.
Determinations Made by Los Angeles
Pierce College
Officials of Los Angeles Pierce College
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 18
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 72 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
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identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California, and, if joined,
the Fernanden˜o Tataviam Band of
Mission Indians, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
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 Ronald K Faulseit, Los
Angeles Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka
Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91371,
telephone (818) 610–6560, email
faulserk@piercecollege.edu, by
December 27, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa
Ynez Reservation, California, and the
Fernanden˜o Tataviam Band of Mission
Indians (if joined with the Santa Ynez
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California)
may proceed.
The Los Angeles Pierce College is
responsible for notifying the Santa Ynez
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California
and the Fernanden˜o Tataviam Band of
Mission Indians that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 8, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019–25729 Filed 11–26–19; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Pima
County Office of the Medical Examiner,
Tucson, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Pima County Office of the
Medical Examiner (PCOME) 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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029091; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Angeles Pierce College,
Woodland Hills, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Los Angeles Pierce College 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 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 Los Angeles Pierce College. 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 Los Angeles Pierce College at the address in
this notice by December 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Ronald K. Faulseit, Los Angeles Pierce College, 6201
Winnetka Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91371, telephone (818) 610-6560,
email [email protected].
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 Los Angeles Pierce
College, Woodland Hills, CA. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the Chatsworth and Chatsworth Cairn
archeological sites (CA LAN 357 and CA LAN 21), Los Angeles, 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 was made by Los Angeles
Pierce College's professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California and the Fernande[ntilde]o
Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, a non-federally recognized Indian
group.
History and Description of the Remains
Members of the Anthropology Department of Los Angeles Pierce
College have found the human remains of, at minimum, 18 individuals and
72 associated funerary objects in the Anthropology storeroom at Pierce
College. Analysis of archived field notebooks and site excavation forms
in our possession demonstrates that these human remains and funerary
objects were collected between 1970 and 1976 during excavations
directed by Robert Pence (Pierce College) and Mike McIntyre
(Californian State University Northridge [CSUN]) at the Chatsworth and
Chatsworth Cairn archeological sites (CA LAN 357 and CA LAN 21). The
non-funerary materials collected from CA LAN 357, such as chipped stone
tools, worked animal bone, and ground stone items, indicate clear
prehistoric Native American affiliation, while the project notebooks
and forms contain no indication that any of the items collected were of
non-native origin.
CA LAN 357 is a well-documented archeological site that today is
found mostly on the grounds of the Chatsworth Hills Academy in
Chatsworth, CA (McIntyre 1975). It is associated with two other nearby
sites, CA LAN 209 (now mostly covered by California state highway 118)
and the Chatsworth Cairn site, CA LAN 21. The latter site was excavated
originally by Edwin Walker in 1939, and later by McIntyre of CSUN.
Today, the location consists of multiple housing developments (Raab
1986). According to Hull (2012), some of the features
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excavated by Walker date as early as the intermediate period (1000 B.C.
to A.D. 1000), but the site is mostly a late prehistoric to historic
settlement that contained both residential and ceremonial elements. The
Fernande[ntilde]o consider these three archeological sites as a single
multi-component settlement known as Momonga, while the Chumash use the
term Calucscoho. A number of rock art panels have been documented at
the Chatsworth site, and the excavations by Pence, Walker, and McIntyre
uncovered objects consistent with Native American occupation. An
article by Sanburg et al. (1978) states:
The Chatsworth Site was occupied into historic times (Walker
1952:85; Leonard 1974), but there is some conflict as to which
group, the Fernandeno or the Chumash, was associated with it.
Kroeber (1925: 621) and Johnston (1966: 9, 11) consider the site to
be within the Fernandeno area whose boundary with the Chumash they
set a short distance to the west at the Santa Susana Pass. This has
been questioned by Forbes (1966: 138) who states that the Chumash
extended as far east as El Escorpion, located in the southwestern
section of the San Fernando Valley and probably were found to the
north all along the valley's western edge. [Sanburg et al. 1978,
page 28].
Sanburg et al. (1978) conclude that the ``petrographic art present at
the Chatsworth Site relates well to the previously presented material
from the Chumash Area.'' Based on the documentary evidence, the site
most likely had dual-ethnic components with either simultaneous or
subsequent use or occupation. Therefore, the site holds significant
ritual and ceremonial importance to both the Fernande[ntilde]o and
Chumash people.
During consultation, Pierce College received correspondence from
the Tribal President of the Fernande[ntilde]o Tataviam Band, Rudy J.
Ortega Jr., citing various archeological and historic publications
linking the Fernande[ntilde]o Tribe to the site. Mr. Ortega's letter
also included information about the Tribe's ethnic makeup, territorial
boundaries, and connection to the Momonga site (CA LAN 357/CA LAN 21).
One individual was recovered from a burial at CA LAN 357 during
Pence's excavations in 1970 and 1971. The human remains were found in
very poor condition, with 65-70% of the skull and torso missing.
Several photographs taken during the burial excavation show the bones
of the lower portion (legs) of an individual in the flexed (fetal)
position. According to the excavators, the individual was a middle-aged
adult of undetermined sex.
One individual was recovered from the excavation of a burial during
the 1972 field season. The human remains recovered are too fragmentary
to allow specification of the sex, age, or stature of the individual.
According to the excavators, the individual was a young adult of
undetermined sex, but the excavators considered the individual to be
male because of the associated objects recovered with the burial. These
items, consisting mostly of hammerstone fragments and chipped stone
tools, could not be located.
Four individuals are represented by solitary teeth that were
recovered from excavation units during Pence's 1970s field seasons. The
teeth were found in individually labeled small bags and consist of one
fragment of a molar from excavation unit L28, one premolar (reg. no.
72-1202), one incisor (reg. no. 70-0787), and one maxillary canine
(reg. no. 72-1199). One individual is represented by a solitary tibia
fragment that is likely to have come from McIntyre's excavations of the
CA LAN 21 site in 1976.
Human remains representing, at minimum, least 11 individuals were
stored separately in boxes marked Series A, B, D, E-1, E-2, and T. Each
box was treated as a separate burial context. Series A, B, D, and E-1
boxes contained fragmented human remains representing at least one
individual each. Series E-2 box contain the fragmented human remains of
at least three individuals. Series' T and K boxes contained fragmented
human remains representing at least two individuals each. No known
individuals were identified. The 72 associated funerary objects are 17
chipped stone scrapers, two shaped sandstone tools, six chipped stone
projectile points, four chipped-stone core fragments, one rim fragment
from a ground stone bowl, one small bag of ochre fragments, four
sandwich bags of small animal bone fragments, three sandwich bags of
chipped stone flakes and debitage, and 34 fragments of animal bones.
Determinations Made by Los Angeles Pierce College
Officials of Los Angeles Pierce College have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 18 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 72 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 Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California, and, if joined, the Fernande[ntilde]o Tataviam Band of
Mission Indians, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
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 Ronald K Faulseit, Los Angeles Pierce
College, 6201 Winnetka Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91371, telephone
(818) 610-6560, email [email protected], by December 27, 2019.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa
Ynez Reservation, California, and the Fernande[ntilde]o Tataviam Band
of Mission Indians (if joined with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California) may proceed.
The Los Angeles Pierce College is responsible for notifying the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California and the Fernande[ntilde]o Tataviam Band of
Mission Indians that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 8, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-25729 Filed 11-26-19; 8:45 am]
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