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Dr. Pamela Endzweig,
Director of Collections, University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, 1224 University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR 97403–1224, telephone
(541) 346–5120, email endzweig@
uoregon.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 the
University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene,
OR. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Klamath County, OR.
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.
ADDRESSES:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Alturas Indian
Rancheria, California; Klamath Tribes;
Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL
Ranch, Big Ben, Likely, Lookout,
Montgomery Creek and Roaring Creek
Rancherias); Round Valley Indian
Tribes, Round Valley Reservation,
California (previously listed as the
Round Valley Indian Tribes of the
Round Valley Reservation, California);
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California;
and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1962, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Big Boulder Village, site
35KL18, Klamath County, OR, during
legally authorized excavations
conducted by University of Oregon
archeologists. The human remains were
subsequently transferred to the museum
(Acc. #230) and consist of three adults
of indeterminate sex (Cat. #11–525). No
known individuals were identified. The
nine associated funerary objects are
three worked flakes, three obsidian
fragments, one lot of fiber pieces, one
scraper, and one projectile point.
According to written materials on
excavations at Big Boulder Village, the
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historic range places the site in
Klamath-Modoc territory, while artifact
and feature comparisons suggest either
Modoc or Achumawi affiliation. All
burials precede house construction and
may date to early prehistoric times
(5800 B.C. to 2800 B.C.). Historical
documents, ethnographic sources, and
oral history indicate that the Klamath,
Modoc, and Achumawi peoples have
occupied this area of south-central
Oregon and north-central California.
The human remains are determined to
be Native American based on
archeological context and are reasonably
believed to be Modoc or Achumawi.
The Modoc, and Achumawi are
represented today by the Alturas Indian
Rancheria, California; Klamath Tribes;
Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL
Ranch, Big Ben, Likely, Lookout,
Montgomery Creek and Roaring Creek
Rancherias); Round Valley Indian
Tribes, Round Valley Reservation,
California (previously listed as the
Round Valley Indian Tribes of the
Round Valley Reservation, California);
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California;
and The Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the University
of Oregon Museum of Natural and
Cultural History
Officials of the University of Oregon
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the nine 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 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 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. Pamela Endzweig,
Director of Collections, University of
Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, 1224 University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR 97403–1224, telephone
(541) 346–5120, email endzweig@
uoregon.edu, by December 27, 2019.
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After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects The Tribes
may proceed.
The University of Oregon Museum of
Natural and Cultural History is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: October 25, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of California, Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of California,
Santa Cruz (U.C. Santa Cruz) 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 U.C. Santa Cruz. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the
non-federally recognized Indian group
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 U.C. Santa Cruz at the address
in this notice by December 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Diane Gifford-Gonzalez,
Curator, Monterey Bay Archaeology
Archives, University of California, Santa
Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA
95064–1077, telephone (831) 459–2633,
email dianegg@ucsc.edu.
SUMMARY:
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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
University of California, Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz, CA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from sites CA–SCR–3, CA–
SCR–12, CA–SCR–18, CA–SCR–19, CA–
SCR–35, CA–SCR–44 in Santa Cruz
County, CA, as well as from unknown
locations within Santa Cruz city limits,
and CA–MNT–414, Elkhorn Slough,
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). 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by U.C. Santa Cruz
professional staff in consultation with
the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band;
Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe;
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe; and the
Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation,
which are all non-federally recognized
Indian groups. Three Indian Tribes who
are geographically closest to the nonfederally recognized Indian groups were
invited to participate, but were not
involved in consultations. These are the
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
California; Picayune Rancheria of
Chukchansi Indians of California; and
the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California. There are no
other federally recognized Tribes with
aboriginal territory in the south-San
Francisco and Monterey Bay areas.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1964 and 1973, human
remains representing, at minimum, 29
individuals were removed from the
locations in Santa Cruz and northern
Monterey County, as listed below.
In 1974, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from site CA–MNT–414 on the
northwest side of upper Elkhorn Slough,
Monterey County, CA, by Professor Rob
Edwards of Cabrillo College and the
Santa Cruz Archaeological Society. In
1975, the excavated materials, including
artifacts, shell, and vertebrate fauna,
were transferred to the Monterey Bay
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Archaeology Archives at the University
of California, Santa Cruz (MBAA). The
human remains consist of isolated
fragments representing individuals of
unknown age and sex. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1969, human remains representing,
at minimum, six individuals were
removed from site CA–SCR–3 (a.k.a.
SCR–42) during an archeological field
school conducted by the University of
California, Berkeley, in Marshall Field
on the campus of U.C. Santa Cruz. The
site consisted of two low mounds
containing two burials. Burial 1
contained the commingled remains of
two individuals, represented by a partial
skeleton of an adult female 18–25 years
in age, and tibial fragments, a possible
scapula fragment, and part of a right
ulna belonging to an adult male 20–40
years in age. Burial 2 contained the
commingled remains of three
individuals, represented by a cranium
and partial skeleton of an adult male,
tibial fragments of an adult of
indeterminate sex, and a left tibia of an
adult of indeterminate sex. The
excavated materials were transferred to
the MBAA sometime in the 1970s.
During later analysis of the vertebrate
faunal materials recovered from the site,
isolated fragments of human remains
were discovered. No known individuals
were identified. The 29 associated
funerary objects are six lots of Olivella
shell beads, two bone awls, one small
mortar, one soil sample from inside
mortar, one pestle, one projectile point,
two scrapers, two net-sinkers, six
handstones, one hammerstone, two
milling slabs, one soil sample, one
unmodified stone placed in mouth, and
two limonite ‘‘red ochre’’ deposits.
In 1974, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
removed from site CA–SCR–12 on
Beach Hill, within the city of Santa
Cruz, CA. Professor John Fritz and Dr.
Margaret Conkey led an excavation
conducted by U.C. Santa Cruz students
and members of the Santa Cruz
Archaeological Society. During later
analysis of the vertebrate faunal
materials recovered from the site,
isolated fragments of human remains
were discovered, representing
individuals of unknown age and sex. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1977, human remains representing,
at minimum, five individuals were
removed from site CA–SCR–18 in
Davenport, Santa Cruz County, CA. A
salvage screening was conducted by
Cabrillo College students under
Professor Rob Edwards in response to an
excavation of a private house basement
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that impacted a known archeological
site. The materials were transferred to
U.C. Santa Cruz in 1978. During later
analysis of the vertebrate faunal
materials recovered from the site,
isolated fragments of human remains
were discovered, representing
individuals of unknown age and sex. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1976, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site CA–
SCR–19 in Santa Cruz County, CA. The
archeological materials were donated to
the MBAA prior to 1976. During later
analysis of the vertebrate faunal
materials, isolated fragments of human
remains were discovered, representing
individuals of unknown age and sex. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1971, human remains representing,
at minimum, eight individuals were
removed from site CA–SCR–35 in Santa
Cruz County, CA. Professor John Fritz of
U.C. Santa Cruz and Dr. Karen Bruhns
of San Jose State University led
excavations on land owned by Mr.
Ralph Edwards, located just north of the
Santa Cruz city limits. The excavated
materials included artifacts, shell,
animal bones, and two disturbed partial
human burials. Most of the materials
were deposited at U.C. Santa Cruz, but
some went to San Jose State University.
In 1975 additional excavations at the
site uncovered additional shell and
stone artifacts, which were also
transferred to U.C. Santa Cruz. In 1979
all of the materials that were housed at
San Jose State University, as well as
materials loaned to West Valley College
(Saratoga, CA), were returned to U.C.
Santa Cruz. During later analysis of the
vertebrate fauna materials, isolated
fragments of human remains were
discovered, representing individuals of
unknown age and sex. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date prior to July,
1974, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from site CA–SCR–44 outside
Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, CA.
A salvage screening was conducted by
Cabrillo College students under
Professor Rob Edwards in response to an
excavation of a known late pre-contact
cemetery site. In July, 1974 the
excavated materials, including artifacts
and vertebrate fauna, were transferred to
the MBAA. During later analysis of the
vertebrate faunal materials recovered
from the site, isolated fragments of
human remains were discovered,
representing individuals of unknown
age and sex. No known individuals were
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identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
At an unknown dates after 1969 and
prior to the fall of 1976, human remains
representing, at minimum, five
individuals were removed from
unknown locations in Santa Cruz City,
CA, and deposited at the U.C. Santa
Cruz Anthropology Department. No
further information is known about the
provenience of these human remains.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Determinations Made by the University
of California, Santa Cruz
Officials of the University of
California, Santa Cruz have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on physical/
biological characteristics.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 29
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 29 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 federally recognized Indian
Tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), a
‘‘tribal land’’ or ‘‘aboriginal land’’
provenience cannot be ascertained.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii)
and 43 CFR 10.16, the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects will be to the Amah Mutsun
Tribal Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the
Secretary of the Interior may make a
recommendation for a transfer of control
of culturally unidentifiable human
remains and associated funerary objects.
In November of 2018, U.C. Santa Cruz
requested that the Secretary, through the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee,
recommend the proposed transfer of
control of the culturally unidentifiable
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice
to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a nonfederally recognized Indian group. The
Review Committee, acting pursuant to
its responsibility under 25 U.S.C.
3006(c)(5), considered the request and
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U.C. Santa Cruz’s determinations at its
August of 2019 meeting, and
recommended to the Secretary that the
proposed transfer of control proceed. An
October 2019 letter on behalf of the
Secretary of Interior from the National
Park Service Associate Director for
Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and
Science transmitted the Secretary’s
independent review and concurrence
with the Review Committee that:
• No Indian Tribes or Indian groups
objected to the proposed transfer of
control, and
• the University of California, Santa
Cruz may proceed with the agreed upon
transfer of control of the culturally
unidentifiable human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Amah
Mutsun Tribal Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
Transfer of control is contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
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 Diane Gifford-Gonzalez,
Curator, Monterey Bay Archaeology
Archives, University of California, Santa
Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA
95064–1077, telephone (831) 459–2633,
email dianegg@ucsc.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 Amah Mutsun Tribal
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group, may proceed.
The University of California, Santa
Cruz is responsible for notifying the
Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: October 24, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Santa
Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of California, Santa Cruz (U.C. Santa Cruz) 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 U.C. Santa Cruz. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the non-federally recognized Indian group 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 U.C. Santa Cruz at the address in this notice by
December 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, Curator, Monterey Bay Archaeology
Archives, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa
Cruz, CA 95064-1077, telephone (831) 459-2633, email [email protected].
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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 University of
California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from sites CA-SCR-3, CA-SCR-
12, CA-SCR-18, CA-SCR-19, CA-SCR-35, CA-SCR-44 in Santa Cruz County,
CA, as well as from unknown locations within Santa Cruz city limits,
and CA-MNT-414, Elkhorn Slough, 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). 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 U.C. Santa
Cruz professional staff in consultation with the Amah Mutsun Tribal
Band; Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe; Muwekma Ohlone Tribe; and the
Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation, which are all non-federally recognized
Indian groups. Three Indian Tribes who are geographically closest to
the non-federally recognized Indian groups were invited to participate,
but were not involved in consultations. These are the Federated Indians
of Graton Rancheria, California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi
Indians of California; and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California. There are no other
federally recognized Tribes with aboriginal territory in the south-San
Francisco and Monterey Bay areas.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1964 and 1973, human remains representing, at minimum, 29
individuals were removed from the locations in Santa Cruz and northern
Monterey County, as listed below.
In 1974, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site CA-MNT-414 on the northwest side of upper
Elkhorn Slough, Monterey County, CA, by Professor Rob Edwards of
Cabrillo College and the Santa Cruz Archaeological Society. In 1975,
the excavated materials, including artifacts, shell, and vertebrate
fauna, were transferred to the Monterey Bay Archaeology Archives at the
University of California, Santa Cruz (MBAA). The human remains consist
of isolated fragments representing individuals of unknown age and sex.
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
In 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals
were removed from site CA-SCR-3 (a.k.a. SCR-42) during an archeological
field school conducted by the University of California, Berkeley, in
Marshall Field on the campus of U.C. Santa Cruz. The site consisted of
two low mounds containing two burials. Burial 1 contained the
commingled remains of two individuals, represented by a partial
skeleton of an adult female 18-25 years in age, and tibial fragments, a
possible scapula fragment, and part of a right ulna belonging to an
adult male 20-40 years in age. Burial 2 contained the commingled
remains of three individuals, represented by a cranium and partial
skeleton of an adult male, tibial fragments of an adult of
indeterminate sex, and a left tibia of an adult of indeterminate sex.
The excavated materials were transferred to the MBAA sometime in the
1970s. During later analysis of the vertebrate faunal materials
recovered from the site, isolated fragments of human remains were
discovered. No known individuals were identified. The 29 associated
funerary objects are six lots of Olivella shell beads, two bone awls,
one small mortar, one soil sample from inside mortar, one pestle, one
projectile point, two scrapers, two net-sinkers, six handstones, one
hammerstone, two milling slabs, one soil sample, one unmodified stone
placed in mouth, and two limonite ``red ochre'' deposits.
In 1974, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from site CA-SCR-12 on Beach Hill, within the city of
Santa Cruz, CA. Professor John Fritz and Dr. Margaret Conkey led an
excavation conducted by U.C. Santa Cruz students and members of the
Santa Cruz Archaeological Society. During later analysis of the
vertebrate faunal materials recovered from the site, isolated fragments
of human remains were discovered, representing individuals of unknown
age and sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from site CA-SCR-18 in Davenport, Santa Cruz County, CA. A
salvage screening was conducted by Cabrillo College students under
Professor Rob Edwards in response to an excavation of a private house
basement that impacted a known archeological site. The materials were
transferred to U.C. Santa Cruz in 1978. During later analysis of the
vertebrate faunal materials recovered from the site, isolated fragments
of human remains were discovered, representing individuals of unknown
age and sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Between 1969 and 1976, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site CA-SCR-19 in Santa Cruz County, CA.
The archeological materials were donated to the MBAA prior to 1976.
During later analysis of the vertebrate faunal materials, isolated
fragments of human remains were discovered, representing individuals of
unknown age and sex. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, eight individuals
were removed from site CA-SCR-35 in Santa Cruz County, CA. Professor
John Fritz of U.C. Santa Cruz and Dr. Karen Bruhns of San Jose State
University led excavations on land owned by Mr. Ralph Edwards, located
just north of the Santa Cruz city limits. The excavated materials
included artifacts, shell, animal bones, and two disturbed partial
human burials. Most of the materials were deposited at U.C. Santa Cruz,
but some went to San Jose State University. In 1975 additional
excavations at the site uncovered additional shell and stone artifacts,
which were also transferred to U.C. Santa Cruz. In 1979 all of the
materials that were housed at San Jose State University, as well as
materials loaned to West Valley College (Saratoga, CA), were returned
to U.C. Santa Cruz. During later analysis of the vertebrate fauna
materials, isolated fragments of human remains were discovered,
representing individuals of unknown age and sex. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date prior to July, 1974, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were removed from site CA-SCR-44 outside
Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, CA. A salvage screening was conducted
by Cabrillo College students under Professor Rob Edwards in response to
an excavation of a known late pre-contact cemetery site. In July, 1974
the excavated materials, including artifacts and vertebrate fauna, were
transferred to the MBAA. During later analysis of the vertebrate faunal
materials recovered from the site, isolated fragments of human remains
were discovered, representing individuals of unknown age and sex. No
known individuals were
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identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown dates after 1969 and prior to the fall of 1976, human
remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were removed from
unknown locations in Santa Cruz City, CA, and deposited at the U.C.
Santa Cruz Anthropology Department. No further information is known
about the provenience of these human remains. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the University of California, Santa Cruz
Officials of the University of California, Santa Cruz have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on physical/biological
characteristics.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 29 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 29 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
federally recognized Indian Tribe.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), a ``tribal land'' or
``aboriginal land'' provenience cannot be ascertained.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii) and 43 CFR 10.16, the
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects will
be to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the Secretary of the Interior may make a
recommendation for a transfer of control of culturally unidentifiable
human remains and associated funerary objects. In November of 2018,
U.C. Santa Cruz requested that the Secretary, through the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee, recommend
the proposed transfer of control of the culturally unidentifiable
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects in this
notice to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group. The Review Committee, acting pursuant to its
responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(5), considered the request and
U.C. Santa Cruz's determinations at its August of 2019 meeting, and
recommended to the Secretary that the proposed transfer of control
proceed. An October 2019 letter on behalf of the Secretary of Interior
from the National Park Service Associate Director for Cultural
Resources, Partnerships, and Science transmitted the Secretary's
independent review and concurrence with the Review Committee that:
No Indian Tribes or Indian groups objected to the proposed
transfer of control, and
the University of California, Santa Cruz may proceed with
the agreed upon transfer of control of the culturally unidentifiable
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Amah Mutsun Tribal
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
Transfer of control is contingent on the publication of a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that
requirement.
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 Diane
Gifford-Gonzalez, Curator, Monterey Bay Archaeology Archives,
University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA
95064-1077, telephone (831) 459-2633, 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 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group, may proceed.
The University of California, Santa Cruz is responsible for
notifying the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group, that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 24, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-25734 Filed 11-26-19; 8:45 am]
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