Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA, 71656-71657 [2021-27359]
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through survey, and seven of them were
further tested with 5′ x 5′ excavation
pits. The collection was originally at
U.S.C., but it was transferred to UCLA
and accessioned (no. 449) when William
Wallace retired in 1964. The site dates
to the Late Period (A.D. 1300–1500).
The human remains consist of the
fragmentary left ulna belonging to an
adult of unidentified sex. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects were either identified
or collected.
Through consultation, and consistent
with ethnographic and historic
documentation, the Fowler Museum has
determined that SLO–237 lies within
the traditional territory of the Chumash.
Because the same range of artifact types
and materials were used from the early
pre-contact period until historic times,
many local archeologists assert that any
changes in the material culture of the
earlier groups living in this area over the
past 10,000 years reflect evolving
ecological adaptations and related
changes in social organization of the
same populations, rather than
population displacement or movement.
Moreover, Native consultants explicitly
state that, while population mixing did
occur on a small scale, it would not
have altered the continuity of the shared
group identities of people associated
with specific locales. Based on this
evidence, shared group identity may
reasonably be traced between the earlier
group at these sites and present-day
Chumash people.
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Determinations Made by the Fowler
Museum at the University of California
Los Angeles
Officials of the Fowler Museum at the
University of the California Los Angeles
have determined that:
• 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(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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Wendy G.
Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum at UCLA,
Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095–
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1549, telephone (310) 825–1864, email
wteeter@arts.ucla.edu, by January 18,
2022. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California may proceed.
The Fowler Museum at the University
of the California Los Angeles is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribe and Groups that this notice has
been published.
Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: University of California,
Berkeley; Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of California,
Berkeley, 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 a sacred
object and object of cultural patrimony.
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
University of California, Berkeley. 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: 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 with information in
support of the claim to the University of
California, Berkeley at the address in
this notice by January 18, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison,
University of California, Berkeley;
Government and Community Relations,
Office of the Chancellor; University of
California, Berkeley; 200 California Hall,
Room 215A, Berkeley, CA 94720,
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telephone (510) 672–5388, email
t.torma@berkeley.edu.
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
University of California, Berkeley;
Berkeley, CA, that meets the definition
of a sacred 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 item. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item
In 1904, one cultural item was
removed from Valley Center in San
Diego County, CA. The object in
question is a basket that was transferred
to the University of California, Berkeley
(Berkeley) by Philip Stedman
Sparkman. Sparkman ran a general store
in Valley Center, which is located a
short distance from the Rincon
Reservation. It came to Berkeley as part
of a package that was sent to Kroeber in
August or September of 1904 and was
accessioned in 1905. While there is no
information in the letter accompanying
the package about how Sparkman came
to have the basket, some language in his
letters to Kroeber suggests that he did
not pay for it.
The item does not appear to have left
the museum since it was accessioned in
1905. The one sacred object and object
of cultural patrimony is a basket.
The one cultural item listed above is
culturally affiliated with the Rincon
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of
Rincon Reservation, California. This
affiliation is supported by museum
records, ethnographic sources, historical
sources and newspapers, oral tradition,
and other information provided through
consultation with tribal representatives.
Determinations Made by the University
of California, Berkeley
Officials of the University of
California, Berkeley have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the one cultural item described above is
a specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the one cultural item 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 sacred object and object of
cultural patrimony and the Rincon Band
of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon
Reservation, California.
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
of these human remains should submit
a written request to the EcoTarium. 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.
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 this cultural item
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison,
University of California, Berkeley;
Government and Community Relations,
Office of the Chancellor; University of
California, Berkeley; 200 California Hall,
Room 215A, Berkeley, CA 94720,
telephone (510) 672–5388, email
t.torma@berkeley.edu, by January 18,
2022. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the sacred object and object
of cultural patrimony to the Rincon
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of
Rincon Reservation, California may
proceed.
The University of California, Berkeley
is responsible for notifying the Rincon
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of
Rincon Reservation, California that this
notice has been published.
DATES:
Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The Worcester Natural
History Society (DBA EcoTarium) has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martin Christiansen, EcoTarium, 222
Harrington Way, Worcester, MA 01604,
telephone (508) 929–2734, email
MChristiansen@EcoTarium.org.
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 under the control of
the Worcester Natural History Society,
Worcester, MA. The human remains
were removed from land belonging to
the Daniels School of Forestry in
Rutland, Worcester County, MA.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Worcester Natural History Society
(DBA EcoTarium), Worcester, MA
AGENCY:
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 the EcoTarium at the
address in this notice by January 18,
2022.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by EcoTarium
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe [previously listed as
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal
Council, Inc.]; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay
Head (Aquinnah); and the Nipmuc
Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a nonfederally recognized Indian group.
Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes and the
non-federally recognized Indian group
listed in this section are referred to as
‘‘The Consulted Tribes and Group.’’
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History and Description of the Remains
In 1952, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from land belonging to the
Daniels School of Forestry in the town
of Rutland, Worcester County, MA. The
human remains have been in the
possession of the Worcester Natural
History Society since at least the late
1990s. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Forensic analysis of the human
remains reached the following
conclusion: ‘‘The remains consist of a
nearly complete skull of a probably
male, probable adult individual of
ancestry most consistent with Native
American. No meaningful estimate of
stature was possible. No antemortem or
perimortem trauma or antemortem
pathological changes are visible. The
PMI [postmortem interval, time of
death] was determined by 14C analysis
to be circa AD 290.’’ In other words,
these human remains belong to the
Woodland period of Native habitation of
the northeast.
The Daniels site is located within the
historic and prehistoric range of the
Nipmuc Nation. Historic associations,
including kinship connections, exist
between the Nipmuc and the
Wampanoag.
Multiple lines of evidence, guided by
consultation, including geographical,
oral traditional, linguistic, and historical
information, demonstrate the existence
of a shared group identity between The
Consulted Tribes and Group and the
earlier group to which the human
remains in this notice are connected.
Determinations Made by the Worcester
Natural History Society
Officials of the Worcester Natural
History Society have determined that:
• 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(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe [previously listed as Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.]
and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) (hereafter referred to as
‘‘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 should submit
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033142; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of California, Berkeley, 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 a sacred object and object of cultural patrimony. 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 University of
California, Berkeley. 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: 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 with
information in support of the claim to the University of California,
Berkeley at the address in this notice by January 18, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison,
University of California, Berkeley; Government and Community Relations,
Office of the Chancellor; University of California, Berkeley; 200
California Hall, Room 215A, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 672-
5388, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the
control of the University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA, that
meets the definition of a sacred 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 item. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Item
In 1904, one cultural item was removed from Valley Center in San
Diego County, CA. The object in question is a basket that was
transferred to the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley) by
Philip Stedman Sparkman. Sparkman ran a general store in Valley Center,
which is located a short distance from the Rincon Reservation. It came
to Berkeley as part of a package that was sent to Kroeber in August or
September of 1904 and was accessioned in 1905. While there is no
information in the letter accompanying the package about how Sparkman
came to have the basket, some language in his letters to Kroeber
suggests that he did not pay for it.
The item does not appear to have left the museum since it was
accessioned in 1905. The one sacred object and object of cultural
patrimony is a basket.
The one cultural item listed above is culturally affiliated with
the Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation,
California. This affiliation is supported by museum records,
ethnographic sources, historical sources and newspapers, oral
tradition, and other information provided through consultation with
tribal representatives.
Determinations Made by the University of California, Berkeley
Officials of the University of California, Berkeley have determined
that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the one cultural item
described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by traditional
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
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Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one cultural item
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 sacred
object and object of cultural patrimony and the Rincon Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of Rincon 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 claim
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in
support of the claim to Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison, University of
California, Berkeley; Government and Community Relations, Office of the
Chancellor; University of California, Berkeley; 200 California Hall,
Room 215A, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 672-5388, email
[email protected], by January 18, 2022. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
sacred object and object of cultural patrimony to the Rincon Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, California may proceed.
The University of California, Berkeley is responsible for notifying
the Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation,
California that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-27359 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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