Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 66887-66889 [2023-21249]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66887-66889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21249]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036651; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, 
Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 University of California, Berkeley has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and associated funerary objects

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and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Sutter, 
Yuba, and western Placer Counties, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, Government and 
Community Relations (Chancellor's Office), University of California, 
Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 570-
0964, 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 
University of California, Berkeley. 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 University of California, Berkeley.

Description

    In September of 1933, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location (CA-Pla-NL-1) in 
Placer County, CA, by the California Conservation Corps Superintendent 
and were donated to the Lowie Museum (today the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum 
of Anthropology) at the University of California, Berkeley. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Sometime prior to 1947, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location (CA-Pla-NL-2) in 
Placer County, CA, and were donated by James Moore to the Lowie Museum 
(today the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology) at the University 
of California, Berkeley. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Sometime between 1931 and 1947, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from CA-Sut-11 in Sutter County, 
CA, by Jeremiah B. Lillard (Sacramento Junior College), Franklin 
Fenenga, Francis A. Riddell, Harry Starr Riddell Jr., Harry Starr 
Riddell Sr., A. Niehaus (Sacramento County Board of Education), Henry 
Gibbs, Leslie Barber, and E. B. Niehaus, Henry Gibbs. In 1947, James 
Moore donated these human remains to the Lowie Museum (today the Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology) at the University of California, 
Berkeley. The 15 associated funerary objects are one lot consisting of 
baked and unbaked clay, one lot consisting of baskets, one lot 
consisting of beads, one lot consisting of charmstones, one lot 
consisting of cordage, one lot consisting of dough paddles, one lot 
consisting of faunal remains, one lot consisting of floral remains, one 
lot consisting of netting, one lot consisting of ornaments and 
pendants, one lot consisting of pipes, one lot consisting of shells, 
one lot consisting of textiles, one lot consisting of worked and 
unworked stones, and one lot consisting of worked faunal bones.
    On February 14, 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from CA-Sut-20 in Sutter County, California, by 
F. M. VanZant. The one associated funerary object is a lot consisting 
of beads.
    Sometime between 1899 and 1928, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown location (CA-Sut-
NL-1) in Sutter County, CA, by Benjamin W. Hathaway and were donated by 
Benjamin W. Hathaway and A. G. Colley to the Lowie Museum (today the 
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology). No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    In 1954, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from an unknown location (CA-Yub-NL-1) in Yuba County, CA, 
and were gifted by Stuart C. Way to the Lowie Museum (today the Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology). No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Sometime between 1949 and 1953, human remains representing, at 
minimum, 11 individuals were removed from CA-Yub-5 in Yuba County, CA, 
and were donated to the Lowie Museum (today the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum 
of Anthropology) by Albert B. Elasser, James Allan, Martin A. Baumhoff 
(University of California Archaeological Survey), and Charles Miles. 
The 11 associated funerary objects are one lot consisting of baked and 
unbaked clay, one lot consisting of beads, one lot consisting of faunal 
remains, one lot consisting of floral remains, one lot consisting of 
glass, one lot consisting of level bag pieces, one lot consisting of 
metal, one lot consisting of ornaments and pendants, one lot consisting 
of shells, one lot consisting of worked and unworked stones, and one 
lot consisting of worked faunal bones.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects 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: Tribal expert knowledge, geographical, linguistic, and 
anthropological.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of California, Berkeley has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 27 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the United Auburn Indian Community 
of the Auburn Rancheria of California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 30, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
California, Berkeley must determine the most appropriate requestor 
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request 
and not competing requests. The University of California, Berkeley is 
responsible for

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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, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: September 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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