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that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign NAGPRA Office. 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 University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign NAGPRA Office at
the address in this notice by November
27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Krystiana Krupa, NAGPRA
Program Officer, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 412 Swanlund
Administration Building, 601 E John
Street, MC–304, Champaign, IL 61820,
telephone (217) 244–2587, email
klkrupa@illinois.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
Laboratory of Anthropology at the
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Champaign, IL. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Nickajack Cave,
Marion County, TN.
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 University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of
Texas); Cherokee Nation; Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
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Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from
Nickajack Cave in Marion County, TN.
According to an accession card
(Nickajack Cave A4782) dated
November 1979, the Nickajack Cave
materials were found by L.S. Ashley a
few hundred yards from the cave
entrance, on the margin of a creek
flowing through Nickajack Cave, and
comprised a collection of Virginia deer
leg bones. In 2018, Laboratory of
Anthropology staff located and
identified a single human right
humerus, likely from an adult of
unknown sex, and two deer long bones
associated with Nickajack Cave A4782.
No known individuals were identified.
The two associated funerary objects are
two deer long bones.
Determinations Made by the Laboratory
of Anthropology at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Officials of the Laboratory of
Anthropology at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
osteological evidence and collection
history.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the two 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.
• The 1817 Treaty with the Cherokee
(Land Cessions 84) and the 1819 Treaty
with the Cherokee (Land Cessions 101
and 102) indicate that the land from
which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
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the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
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 Krystiana Krupa, NAGPRA
Program Officer, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 412 Swanlund
Administration Building, 601 E John
Street, MC–304, Champaign, IL 61820,
telephone (217) 244–2587, email
klkrupa@illinois.edu, by November 27,
2020. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed.
The Laboratory of Anthropology at the
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign is responsible for notifying
The Consulted Tribes that this notice
has been published.
Dated: October 9, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), assisted by
the Fowler Museum at the University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the
San Luis Obispo County Archaeological
Society Research and Collections
Facility (SLOCAS), 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
SUMMARY:
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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 California Department of
Transportation. 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 California Department of
Transportation at the address in this
notice by November 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Sarah Allred, California
Department of Transportation, P.O. Box
942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271–
0001, telephone (916) 653–0013, email
Sarah.Allred@dot.ca.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA, and in
the physical custody of the Fowler
Museum at the University of California
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and the
San Luis Obispo County Archaeological
Society Research and Collections
Facility, San Luis Obispo, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from San Luis
Obispo County, CA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by California Department of
Transportation, UCLA, and SLOCAS
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Santa Ynez Band
of Chumash Mission Indians of the
Santa Ynez Reservation, California and
three non-federally recognized Indian
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groups—the Barbareno/Ventureno Band
of Mission Indians, Northern Chumash
Tribe, and Salinan Tribe of San Luis
Obispo and Monterey Counties
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes and Groups’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1965 and 1966, human remains
representing, at minimum, 74
individuals were removed from CA–
SLO–175 in San Luis Obispo County,
CA. David Abrams and Nelson Leonard,
in association with the University of
California Archeological Survey, began
excavations when Caltrans sought to
widen Highway 1, which would
significantly impact this Middle-to-Late
Period site. The land was originally
owned by the Hearst Corporation;
Caltrans purchased the right-of-way in
June 1966. All laboratory work was
completed at UCLA. Abrams reported
on the site and excavation in the MA
thesis he submitted to the University of
California Davis. Except for the human
remains and associated funerary objects,
UCLA sent the collection from CA–
SLO–175 to SLOCAS (located at Cuesta
College) for further study and analysis
in March 1973. Subsequently,
additional materials associated with the
site were found at UCLA, and in May
1978, they were sent to SLOCAS for
permanent curation. On July 14, 2017,
UCLA sent the human remains and
associated funerary objects to SLOCAS
in order to bring the collection back
together for an inventory, and to look for
missing and loaned artifacts with the
assistance of Chumash community
members. The human remains derive
from 40 formal burials and recovered
fragmentary remains, representing a
minimum number of 74 individuals in
total. (The field notes refer to a Burial
41, but only 40 burials in total were
identified, as ‘‘Burial 6’’ was not
assigned.) They belong to 47 adult
individuals, 15 of whom could be
identified as male and nine of whom
could be identified as female; 22
juvenile individuals; one infant; and
four individuals of unidentifiable age or
sex. No known individuals were
identified. The 1,277 associated
funerary objects include 107 pieces and
12 bags of unmodified faunal remains;
three bone awl fragments; 14 bone
ornaments; six bone whistles; five bone
sweat sticks; three modified bone
pieces; 46 pieces of chipped chert; one
limestone fragment; one coral fragment;
one sandstone hammerstone; one
siltstone pick; three stone fragments;
three steatite beads; two tarring pebbles;
two net weights; five obsidian flakes;
five pieces of red ochre; 15 fragments
and one bag of asphaltum (13 of the 15
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pieces are inlaid with shell beads); two
asphaltum plugs; 1,019 beads and one
bag of shell beads; three shell
ornaments; 12 pieces and one bag of
unmodified shell; one piece and one bag
of shell with asphaltum residue; and
one piece of charcoal. (Eight additional
items—two pieces of unmodified shell,
two pieces of chipped chert, one net
weight, one piece of cut wood, and two
asphaltum inlaid pipes—have not yet
been located.)
In 1965, human remains representing,
at minimum, 11 individuals were
removed from CA–SLO–179 in San Luis
Obispo County, CA. Nelson Leonard
and a UCLA Archaeological Survey
crew conducted excavation at this large
shell midden near Pico Creek before the
widening of Highway 1, which would
partially destroy the Middle-to-Late
Period site. All analysis and reports
were completed at UCLA in
Anthropology. Except for the human
remains and associated funerary objects,
UCLA sent the collection from CA–
SLO–179 to SLOCAS for further study
and analysis in March 1973.
Subsequently, additional materials
associated with the site were found at
UCLA, and in May 1978, they were sent
to SLOCAS for permanent curation. On
July 14, 2017, UCLA sent the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to SLOCAS in order to bring the
collection back together for an
inventory, and to look for missing and
loaned artifacts with the assistance of
Chumash community members. The
human remains of three individuals—
two adult males and a juvenile—derive
from two formal burials, while the
human remains of, at minimum, eight
individuals—three of them juvenile—
were recovered from midden contexts.
No known individuals were identified.
The five associated funerary objects are
projectile point fragments. (One glass
fragment and one large mussel shell are
currently missing from the collections.
Records indicate that the missing items
were transferred to Cuesta College in
May 1978. No further information could
be found.)
Based on geographical, ethnographic,
historical, oral traditional, and
archeological information, Caltrans has
determined that CA–SLO–175 and CA–
SLO–179 lie within the traditional
territory of the Chumash and Salinan
people. The associated funerary objects,
too, are consistent with those belonging
to groups ancestral to the present-day
Chumash and Salinan people.
Determinations Made by the California
Department of Transportation
Officials of the California Department
of Transportation have determined that:
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 85
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 1,282 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.
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 Sarah Allred, California
Department of Transportation, P.O. Box
942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271–
0001, telephone (916) 653–0013, email
Sarah.Allred@dot.ca.gov, by November
27, 2020. 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 may
proceed.
The California Department of
Transportation is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes and
Groups that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 9, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Minnesota Historical Society, St.
Paul, MN; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Minnesota Historical
Society has corrected a Notice of Intent
SUMMARY:
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to Repatriate published in the Federal
Register on November 14, 2018. This
notice corrects the identity and
affiliation of one cultural item. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim this cultural item
should submit a written request to the
Minnesota Historical Society. If no
additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural item to
the lineal descendants, 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
claim this cultural item should submit
a written request with information in
support of the claim to the Minnesota
Historical Society at the address in this
notice by November 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Ben Gessner, Minnesota
Historical Society, 345 W Kellogg Blvd.,
St. Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651)
259–3281, email benjamin.gessner@
mnhs.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate a
cultural item under the control of the
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul,
MN, that meets the definition of
unassociated funerary object and object
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.
This notice corrects the identity and
affiliation of one cultural item, a
Jefferson Peace Medal, that was
published in a Notice of Intent to
Repatriate in the Federal Register (83
FR 56871–56872, November 14, 2018).
Transfer of control of the item in this
correction notice has not occurred.
The Minnesota Historical Society’s
NAGPRA Committee and leadership
examined additional geographic,
historical, anthropological and
archeological information provided by
the Prairie Island Indian Community in
the State of Minnesota (Mdewakanton
Dakota), including a report provided by
the Prairie Island Tribal Historic
Preservation Officer and Dr. Ron
Schirmer, Professor of Anthropology at
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Minnesota State University, Mankato,
and have determined that in his role as
a village headman, Tatankamani would
have accepted a Jefferson Peace Medal
on behalf of his entire community.
Therefore, the Peace Medal cannot be
owned by an individual. Further,
Minnesota Historical Society’s NAGPRA
Committee and leadership have
determined that the Peace Medal has
ongoing historical, traditional, and
cultural importance central to the
Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota. Mdewakanton
Dakota people have lived on the shores
of Lake Pepin and on Prairie Island
since at least A.D. 1680, and the
historical record unequivocally
establishes the continuous presence of
the Red Wing band of Mdewakanton
Dakota people in the area from the
1600s to the current time. Consequently,
Minnesota Historical Society’s NAGPRA
Committee and leadership have
determined that the Peace Medal is both
an unassociated funerary object and an
object of cultural patrimony.
The Prairie Island Indian Community
has requested the repatriation of this
unassociated funerary object and object
of cultural patrimony. Their request is
supported by the Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska, as well as a lineal descendant
of Tatankamani, Sheila Ann Red Wing.
Correction
In the Federal Register (83 FR 56871,
November 14, 2018), column 2,
paragraph 1, sentence 1 under the
heading ‘‘Notice of Intent to Repatriate
Cultural Items: Minnesota Historical
Society, St. Paul, MN’’ is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
The Minnesota Historical Society, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural item listed in
this notice meets the definition of
unassociated funerary object and object of
cultural patrimony.
In the Federal Register (83 FR 56871,
November 14, 2018), column 2,
paragraph 4, sentence 1 is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005,
of the intent to repatriate a cultural item
under the control of the Minnesota Historical
Society, St. Paul, MN, that meets the
definition of unassociated funerary object
and object of cultural patrimony under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
In the Federal Register (83 FR 56872,
November 14, 2018), column 1,
paragraph 1 is corrected by adding the
following sentence after sentence 1:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one
cultural item described above has ongoing
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans),
assisted by the Fowler Museum at the University of California Los
Angeles (UCLA) and the San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society
Research and Collections Facility (SLOCAS), 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 California Department of
Transportation. 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 California Department of Transportation
at the address in this notice by November 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Sarah Allred, California Department of Transportation, P.O.
Box 942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271-0001, telephone (916) 653-0013,
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 the California
Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA, and in the physical
custody of the Fowler Museum at the University of California Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and the San Luis Obispo County Archaeological
Society Research and Collections Facility, San Luis Obispo, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from San
Luis Obispo County, CA.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by California Department of Transportation, UCLA, and
SLOCAS professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California and three non-federally recognized Indian
groups--the Barbareno/Ventureno Band of Mission Indians, Northern
Chumash Tribe, and Salinan Tribe of San Luis Obispo and Monterey
Counties (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes and
Groups'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1965 and 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, 74
individuals were removed from CA-SLO-175 in San Luis Obispo County, CA.
David Abrams and Nelson Leonard, in association with the University of
California Archeological Survey, began excavations when Caltrans sought
to widen Highway 1, which would significantly impact this Middle-to-
Late Period site. The land was originally owned by the Hearst
Corporation; Caltrans purchased the right-of-way in June 1966. All
laboratory work was completed at UCLA. Abrams reported on the site and
excavation in the MA thesis he submitted to the University of
California Davis. Except for the human remains and associated funerary
objects, UCLA sent the collection from CA-SLO-175 to SLOCAS (located at
Cuesta College) for further study and analysis in March 1973.
Subsequently, additional materials associated with the site were found
at UCLA, and in May 1978, they were sent to SLOCAS for permanent
curation. On July 14, 2017, UCLA sent the human remains and associated
funerary objects to SLOCAS in order to bring the collection back
together for an inventory, and to look for missing and loaned artifacts
with the assistance of Chumash community members. The human remains
derive from 40 formal burials and recovered fragmentary remains,
representing a minimum number of 74 individuals in total. (The field
notes refer to a Burial 41, but only 40 burials in total were
identified, as ``Burial 6'' was not assigned.) They belong to 47 adult
individuals, 15 of whom could be identified as male and nine of whom
could be identified as female; 22 juvenile individuals; one infant; and
four individuals of unidentifiable age or sex. No known individuals
were identified. The 1,277 associated funerary objects include 107
pieces and 12 bags of unmodified faunal remains; three bone awl
fragments; 14 bone ornaments; six bone whistles; five bone sweat
sticks; three modified bone pieces; 46 pieces of chipped chert; one
limestone fragment; one coral fragment; one sandstone hammerstone; one
siltstone pick; three stone fragments; three steatite beads; two
tarring pebbles; two net weights; five obsidian flakes; five pieces of
red ochre; 15 fragments and one bag of asphaltum (13 of the 15 pieces
are inlaid with shell beads); two asphaltum plugs; 1,019 beads and one
bag of shell beads; three shell ornaments; 12 pieces and one bag of
unmodified shell; one piece and one bag of shell with asphaltum
residue; and one piece of charcoal. (Eight additional items--two pieces
of unmodified shell, two pieces of chipped chert, one net weight, one
piece of cut wood, and two asphaltum inlaid pipes--have not yet been
located.)
In 1965, human remains representing, at minimum, 11 individuals
were removed from CA-SLO-179 in San Luis Obispo County, CA. Nelson
Leonard and a UCLA Archaeological Survey crew conducted excavation at
this large shell midden near Pico Creek before the widening of Highway
1, which would partially destroy the Middle-to-Late Period site. All
analysis and reports were completed at UCLA in Anthropology. Except for
the human remains and associated funerary objects, UCLA sent the
collection from CA-SLO-179 to SLOCAS for further study and analysis in
March 1973. Subsequently, additional materials associated with the site
were found at UCLA, and in May 1978, they were sent to SLOCAS for
permanent curation. On July 14, 2017, UCLA sent the human remains and
associated funerary objects to SLOCAS in order to bring the collection
back together for an inventory, and to look for missing and loaned
artifacts with the assistance of Chumash community members. The human
remains of three individuals--two adult males and a juvenile--derive
from two formal burials, while the human remains of, at minimum, eight
individuals--three of them juvenile--were recovered from midden
contexts. No known individuals were identified. The five associated
funerary objects are projectile point fragments. (One glass fragment
and one large mussel shell are currently missing from the collections.
Records indicate that the missing items were transferred to Cuesta
College in May 1978. No further information could be found.)
Based on geographical, ethnographic, historical, oral traditional,
and archeological information, Caltrans has determined that CA-SLO-175
and CA-SLO-179 lie within the traditional territory of the Chumash and
Salinan people. The associated funerary objects, too, are consistent
with those belonging to groups ancestral to the present-day Chumash and
Salinan people.
Determinations Made by the California Department of Transportation
Officials of the California Department of Transportation have
determined that:
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Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 85 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 1,282 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.
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 Sarah Allred, California Department of
Transportation, P.O. Box 942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271-0001,
telephone (916) 653-0013, email [email protected], by November
27, 2020. 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 may proceed.
The California Department of Transportation is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes and Groups that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 9, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-23827 Filed 10-27-20; 8:45 am]
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