Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA, 77885-77886 [2022-27528]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 20, 2022 / Notices for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Description Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from near Dillon in Beaverhead County, Montana. On an unknown date, Phil Cummings Orr, an archeologist and Curator of Paleontology and Anthropology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in the 1930s–1960s, collected a human cranium and mandible and subsequently donated them to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The skull has been repaired with glue and wire. Orr identified it as being ‘‘Bannock Indian [from] Dillon, Montana.’’ Cultural Affiliation The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical, kinship, biological, archeological, linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional, historical, and other information or expert opinion. 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 19, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: December 13, 2022. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2022–27524 Filed 12–19–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035039; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Determinations Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation. ACTION: Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: 18:41 Dec 19, 2022 Jkt 259001 In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from near Port Moller, Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after January 19, 2023. ADDRESSES: Luke Swetland, President and CEO, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, SUMMARY: Requests for Repatriation VerDate Sep<11>2014 National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 77885 Santa Barbara, CA 93105, telephone (805) 682–4711, email lswetland@ sbnature2.org. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Description Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from near Port Moller, Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska. Sometime before 1967, Alex Wheeler of Carpinteria, CA, collected a human mandible from an area about 10 miles from Port Moller, AK, that included a large hot spring. Presumably, this skeletal element was removed from the Hot Springs Village Site, a well-known archeological site near Port Moller. Wheeler donated these human remains to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and they were accessioned on March 17, 1967. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Cultural Affiliation The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical, kinship, biological, archeological, linguistic information, folkloric, oral traditional, historical, and other information or expert opinion. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably E:\FR\FM\20DEN1.SGM 20DEN1 77886 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 20, 2022 / Notices traced between the human remains described in this notice and the Native Village of Nelson Lagoon. Dated: December 13, 2022. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2022–27528 Filed 12–19–22; 8:45 am] Requests for Repatriation BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 19, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035041; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice; amendment. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2019. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals and the number of associated funerary objects listed in the previous notice, as well as their cultural affiliation in a collection removed from San Diego County, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after January 19, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA Repatriation Manager, Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101, telephone (619) 239–2001 Ext. 42, email cmosley@museumofus.org. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the SUMMARY: National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Museum of Us. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Museum of Us. Amendment This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (84 FR 19109–19111, May 3, 2019). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the counts of the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects, and the cultural affiliation as listed in the original notice. Human remains representing, at minimum, one additional individual, and 18 additional associated funerary objects were added to the inventory from the site cluster complex CA–SDI– 149 & CA–SDI–4935A (W–198 & W– 186), located east of Rancho Santa Fe, near the south bank of the San Dieguito River in San Diego County, CA. One additional associated funerary object was added to the inventory from a location near Fox Point (Woodley), now Leucadia Boulevard, in Carlsbad, San Diego County, CA. Five additional Indian Tribes are determined to be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary objects listed in this amended notice. HUMAN REMAINS Site Original number of individuals Amended number of individuals 3 4 Site cluster complex: CA–SDI–149 & CA–SDI–4935A (W–198 and W–186, respectively) in San Diego County, CA ........................................................................................................................................................................ ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECTS Original number lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Site Unknown location near Fox Point (Woodley), which is now Leucadia Boulevard, in Carlsbad, San Diego County CA. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:41 Dec 19, 2022 Jkt 259001 Amended number 20 PO 00000 Amended description 21 Frm 00100 Fmt 4703 one soil sample, five ecofacts, one lot of unmodified shell, one unmodified shell, three chipped stone core tools, two utilized flakes, two chipped stone unworked flakes, three chipped stone scrapers, one metate, one groundstone with asphaltum, and one mano fragment. Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20DEN1.SGM 20DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77885-77886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27528]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035039; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural 
History, Santa Barbara, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that 
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human 
remains were removed from near Port Moller, Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after January 19, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Luke Swetland, President and CEO, Santa Barbara Museum of 
Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, 
telephone (805) 682-4711, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The National Park Service is 
not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held 
by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from near Port Moller, Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska. Sometime before 1967, 
Alex Wheeler of Carpinteria, CA, collected a human mandible from an 
area about 10 miles from Port Moller, AK, that included a large hot 
spring. Presumably, this skeletal element was removed from the Hot 
Springs Village Site, a well-known archeological site near Port Moller. 
Wheeler donated these human remains to the Santa Barbara Museum of 
Natural History, and they were accessioned on March 17, 1967. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical, kinship, 
biological, archeological, linguistic information, folkloric, oral 
traditional, historical, and other information or expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably

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traced between the human remains described in this notice and the 
Native Village of Nelson Lagoon.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after January 19, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The Santa Barbara Museum of 
Natural History is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: December 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-27528 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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