Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA, 67356 [2023-21384]
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Dated: September 25, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–21385 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036671;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Sequoia and Kings
Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers,
CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks (SEKI) 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 and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Tulare County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
October 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Clayton Jordan,
Superintendent, Sequoia and Kings
Canyon National Parks, 47050 Generals
Highway, Three Rivers, CA 93271,
telephone (559) 565–3101, email
clayton_jordan@nps.gov.
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
Superintendent, SEKI. Additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by
SEKI.
SUMMARY:
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Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, four individuals were
removed from Tulare County, CA, in
1960 through archeological excavations
undertaken at the Hospital Rock site by
Jay von Werlholf from the College of the
Sequoias. All materials collected from
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the site were held at the College of the
Sequoias until 1961 when the human
remains were transferred to the
University of California, Berkeley and
all other materials were returned to
Sequoia National Park. The human
remains held at the University of
California, Berkeley, and their
associated funerary objects held by the
NPS, were repatriated in 1991.
Additional human remains were
discovered in the Berkeley collections
and repatriated by SEKI in 2005. In
2022, human remains were identified in
faunal materials from the Hospital Rock
site. A review of the archeological and
curatorial records also identified
associated funerary objects. The 715
associated funerary objects are 180
pottery sherds, one baked clay fragment,
one clay knob, 104 bone and shell
beads, 50 awls, three bone needles, one
decorated bone tube, 33 shell fragments,
seven shell pendants, three pieces of
worked antler and animal bone, one
bone paddle, 10 animal bone fragments,
two animal teeth, four fragments of
wattle and daub, 45 steatite beads, five
steatite pendant fragments, 41 steatite
sherds, one arrow shaft straightener,
three round stones, four rubbing stones,
four stone paddles, 10 manos, 105
projectile points, three projectile point
blanks, seven lithic cores, 25 stone
knives, 35 scrapers, one obsidian drill,
five pieces of worked stone, one blue
glass bead, five yellow ochre fragments,
and 15 red ochre fragments.
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: anthropological
information, archeological information,
historical information, oral tradition,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, SEKI has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of four individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 715 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
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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 Big Sandy Rancheria
of Western Mono Indians of California;
Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians
of California; Northfork Rancheria of
Mono Indians of California; Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of
the Tule River Reservation, California;
and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne 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,
SEKI 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. SEKI is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations 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: September 25, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–21384 Filed 9–28–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036671; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Three
Rivers, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI)
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 and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Tulare County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Clayton Jordan, Superintendent, Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks, 47050 Generals Highway, Three Rivers, CA 93271,
telephone (559) 565-3101, 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
Superintendent, SEKI. Additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by SEKI.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were
removed from Tulare County, CA, in 1960 through archeological
excavations undertaken at the Hospital Rock site by Jay von Werlholf
from the College of the Sequoias. All materials collected from the site
were held at the College of the Sequoias until 1961 when the human
remains were transferred to the University of California, Berkeley and
all other materials were returned to Sequoia National Park. The human
remains held at the University of California, Berkeley, and their
associated funerary objects held by the NPS, were repatriated in 1991.
Additional human remains were discovered in the Berkeley collections
and repatriated by SEKI in 2005. In 2022, human remains were identified
in faunal materials from the Hospital Rock site. A review of the
archeological and curatorial records also identified associated
funerary objects. The 715 associated funerary objects are 180 pottery
sherds, one baked clay fragment, one clay knob, 104 bone and shell
beads, 50 awls, three bone needles, one decorated bone tube, 33 shell
fragments, seven shell pendants, three pieces of worked antler and
animal bone, one bone paddle, 10 animal bone fragments, two animal
teeth, four fragments of wattle and daub, 45 steatite beads, five
steatite pendant fragments, 41 steatite sherds, one arrow shaft
straightener, three round stones, four rubbing stones, four stone
paddles, 10 manos, 105 projectile points, three projectile point
blanks, seven lithic cores, 25 stone knives, 35 scrapers, one obsidian
drill, five pieces of worked stone, one blue glass bead, five yellow
ochre fragments, and 15 red ochre fragments.
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: anthropological information, archeological information,
historical information, oral tradition, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, SEKI has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 715 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 Big Sandy Rancheria of Western
Mono Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of
California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
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, SEKI 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. SEKI is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21384 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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