81 FR 19633 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 65 (April 5, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 19633-19636] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07763] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20589]; [PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Catalina Island Museum 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 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 Catalina Island Museum. 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 Catalina Island Museum at the address in this notice by May 5, 2016. ADDRESSES: Michael DeMarsche, Ph.D., Catalina Island Museum, 1 Casino Way, Casino Building, P.O. Box 366, Avalon, CA 90704, telephone (310) 510-2416, 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 Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Los Angeles 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 [[Page 19634]] 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 Catalina Island Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California (previously listed as the San Manual Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manual Reservation); Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; and the following nonfederally recognized Indian groups: Gabrielino/Tongva Indians of California Tribe; Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council; San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians; and the Traditional Council of Pimu. History and Description of the Remains From 1953-1955, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from the Little Harbor Site (CA-SCAI-17) in Los Angeles County, California. Dr. Clement Meighan, of Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and students conducted excavations at various times from 1953 to 1955, as part of a research project. The collection was returned to the Catalina Island Museum as part of the fulfillment of their excavation permit in 1996. Radiocarbon dating is from the Early Period (5580 B.C.), and was occupied until Spanish contact based on the presence of glass trade beads. The date of these human remains is assumed to be fairly late considering its proximity to the surface. The human remains are represented by one adult individual of indeterminate sex and one individual represented by a human phalanx with age and sex indeterminable. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects were present. In 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, 22 individuals were removed from Ripper's Cove (SCAI-26) in Los Angeles County, CA. Fred Reinman and Hal Eberhart of the California State University, Los Angeles, Department of Anthropology excavated the site as a field school. The collection was returned to the Catalina Island Museum as part of the fulfillment of their excavation permit in 1996. Radiocarbon dates the site from A.D. 1340 to 1730. The collection included four identified burials from Ripper's Cove along with fragmentary human remains from midden contexts. The human remains were determined to be 17 adults, a sub-adult, two juveniles, and an infant, all of indeterminate sex, and one individual that could not identified to age or sex. No known individuals were identified. The 176 associated funerary objects include 1 projectile point, 125 shell beads, 1 bag of shell beads, 2 fishhook fragments, 2 fragments and 2 bags of shell, 2 fish gorges, 8 red ochre fragments, 6 stone flakes, 6 ground stone fragments, 7 pieces and 2 bags of unmodified animal bone, 3 bags of charcoal, 8 pieces and 1 bag of stone fragments. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were removed from the former location of the Busy Bee Restaurant, Avalon, in Los Angeles County, CA. The location within the village site designated as SCAI-29. The human remains were found during renovations at the restaurant and donated to the Catalina Island Museum in 1983 (accessioned as 83.031). There is no date associated with the human remains. Osteological analysis identified the human remains to be Native American. The five individuals were identified as perinatal, two children, one juvenile, and one adult in age. Sex could not be determined. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In February 1973, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from Torqua Cave (SCAI-32) in Los Angeles County, CA. This collection was excavated by Nelson Leonard, III of University of California, Riverside, and his undergraduate students as a research project. The collection was returned to the Catalina Island Museum as part of the fulfillment of their excavation permit in 1996. No dates have been determined for the site. One burial was distinguished during excavation. Additional human remains were identified from faunal bone. A minimum of four individuals are included in the collection, two of which are adults and one sub-adult. Sex of these human remains could not be determined. The fourth set of human remains was not distinguishable to age or sex. No known individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is one bag of soil taken from the burial matrix. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were removed from Empire Landing (CA-SCAI-26) in Los Angeles County, CA. The site was excavated by Vivian Scott, who donated the collection to the Catalina Island Museum in 1968 (accessioned as 68.015). Site SCAI-26 dates from at least the Late Period (A.D. 700- 1769) through Spanish contact based on artifact types. The human remains were identified as five adults, three of them female, and one juvenile. No known individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are one fish bone and one shell fragment. In February 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Empire Landing in Los Angeles County, CA. These human remains were excavated by P. Williams of the Catalina Laboratory for Archaeology (CLFA) from the Empire Landing area along a cliff edge where there is a midden. There was a stone slab above the burial, but there is no record of the slab being collected. The collection was turned over to the Catalina Island Museum after analysis. SCAI-26 is close by and dates from at least the Late Period (A.D. 700-1769) through Spanish contact based on artifact types. Fragmentary human remains of a Native American adult female were identified. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In April 1970 and 1972, human remains representing, at minimum 15 individuals were removed from White's Landing (SCAI-34) in Los Angeles County, CA. The first excavation was led by UCLA undergraduate Dean Decker, in April 1970, as part of the University of California Archaeological Survey. Their goal was to assess settlement patterns on the island using White's Landing West as one chosen site for comparison and analysis. Students from UCLA and the Catalina Island School for Boys assisted in the fieldwork for this project. Catalina Island School (CIS) returned to White's Landing West with Mayfield School in 1972, and continued to excavate the principal village at this cove. The project was likely led by CIS staff archeologist Richard ``Duke'' Snyder. However, the documentation associated with this separate project is scant at best. The UCLA archeological excavations were sent to the Catalina Island Museum as part of the permit stipulation in 1983. The CIS material was curated with the Catalina Island Museum upon completion of the fieldwork. SCAI-34 dates from at least the Late Period (A.D. 700-1769) through Spanish contact based on artifact types. While only two formal burials were designated in the catalog, fragmentary human remains were pulled from midden contexts as well. The 15 individuals have been identified as 9 adults, 2 juveniles, 2 subadults, and one infant. One individual was to [[Page 19635]] fragmentary to determine age or sex. Two of the adults were further defined as male. No known individuals were identified. The 60 associated funerary objects are 22 shell fishhook blanks, 2 projectile points, 1 steatite bowl, 1 net weight, 1 bag of charcoal fragments, 18 pieces and 2 bags of unmodified animal bone, 1 worked bone fragment, 3 pieces of worked shell, 2 unmodified wavy top shells, 1 stone fragment, 5 chipped stone and tools, and 1 stone core fragment. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals were removed from Two Harbors (CA-SCAI-39) in Los Angeles County, CA. The site was excavated by Preston Taylor, who ran the concessions at Two Harbors during the time. He donated the collection of human remains to the Catalina Island Museum in 1961, and it was accessioned as 61.501. SCAI-39 dates from at least the Late Period (A.D. 700-1769) through Spanish contact based on artifact types. There were a nine adults and one juvenile identified. Further analysis identified four of them as female. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In August 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were removed from Two Harbors (SCAI-39) in Los Angeles County, CA. The human remains were recovered by Dorothy Cowper, from construction activities associated with a fuel line. As a docent at the Southwest Museum, she, along with other visitors and Catalina locals, recovered materials that were being destroyed. Many of the artifacts appear to have left with the amateur excavators as souvenirs as indicated in letters between Cowper and the excavators. Records indicate that the human remains were eventually obtained by UCLA from Ben Hawkins, a zoologist at San Jacinto College, who was on site with Cowper in 1963, and donated to the Catalina Island Museum in 1996. SCAI-39 dates from at least the Late Period (A.D. 700-1769) through Spanish contact based on artifact types. The human remains were identified as four adults, and two sub-adults. Two of the adults were further distinguished as female. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In October and November 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, 70 individuals were removed from Two Harbors (CA-SCAI-39) in Los Angeles County, CA. The University of California Archaeological Survey undertook salvage recovery excavations, where the demolition of structures would impact the site. This salvage excavation was accomplished with the help of volunteers from Catalina Island School for Boys, Catalina Island Museum Society, and CEDAM International. The collection was returned to the Catalina Island Museum as part of the fulfillment of their excavation permit in 1996. SCAI-39 dates from at least the Late Period (A.D. 700-1769) through Spanish contact based on diagnostic artifact types. While there were 16 formal burials identified, many fragmentary human remains were encountered in midden contexts. The 70 individuals were identified as 47 adults (12 distinguished as female and 9 as male), 8 sub-adults, 6 juveniles, 5 infants, 1 neonatal, and 2 perinatal. One set of human remains could not be further identified with age or sex. No known individuals were identified. The 226 associated funerary objects include 56 shell and stone beads, 1 fishhook blank, 1 basketry fragment, 1 soapstone plaque, 6 soapstone worked fragments, 5 quartz fragments, 6 stone flakes, 1 core, 1 cobble with asphaltum residue, 2 projectile points, 7 bowl fragments, 1 mano fragment, 4 donut stone fragments, 10 burned seeds, 9 bone awls, 7 charcoal fragments, 101 pieces and 1 bag of unmodified shell, 3 pieces and 2 bags of unmodified animal bone, and 1 bag of stone fragments. In September 1954, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from Parson's Landing (CA-SCAI-102) in Los Angeles County, CA. Dr. Clement Meighan of UCLA, and his students, excavated one test pit and encountered a burial (UCLA Accession 166) as part of a research project. The collection was returned to the Catalina Island Museum as part of the fulfillment of their excavation permit in 1996. No date has been determined for the site or burial, but diagnostic artifacts from the site identify it as prehistoric. The two individuals were identified as an adult male and an adult of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In April 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the West End Site (SCAI-106) in Los Angeles County, CA. Fredric Plog led a UCLA undergraduate field course at the prehistoric site. Analysis continued with the collection at UCLA. The collection was returned to the Catalina Island Museum as part of the fulfillment of their excavation permit in 1996. No dates have been determined for the site. While no formal burials were removed, a single adult human phalanx was identified within the faunal remains. Sex could not be determined. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In the summers of 1980 and 1981, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from Bullrush Canyon (CA-SCAI- 137) in Los Angeles County, CA. The site was excavated by Jane Rosenthal, of California State University, Long Beach, as an undergraduate field school. The site is estimated to A.D. 1600-1700 based on radiocarbon dating. The collection was donated to the Catalina Island Museum in fulfillment of their Catalina Island Conservancy permit upon competition of their analysis. No formal burials or funerary objects were identified. Fragmentary human remains were discovered among faunal remains from the collection. Age and sex of the human remains could not be determined. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. From 1967 to 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, 17 individuals were removed from Toyon Bay (CA-SCAI-564) in Los Angeles County, CA. Jack Zahniser, of the Catalina Laboratory for Archaeology (CLFA), and his students from the Catalina Island Boy's School, undertook salvage recovery during the construction of a new boathouse and the installation of a septic tank. The collection was turned over to the Catalina Island Museum after analysis was completed. Radiocarbon dating estimates site occupation from A.D. 465 to 1685. The collection contains eleven recorded burials and fragmentary human remains found within midden contexts. The 17 individuals were identified as 12 adults (including 2 males and 2 females), 1 sub-adult, 2 infants, and 1 perinatal. One individual was too fragmentary to determine age or sex. No known individuals were identified. The 97 associated funerary objects are 24 shell and stone beads, 5 donut stones, 35 ground stone tools and fragments, 2 projectile points, 5 effigies, 13 shell and stone pendants and ornaments, 1 pipe fragment, 2 bowl fragments, 2 unmodified shell fragments, 5 chipped stone tools and flakes, 2 worked bone fragments, and 1 fishhook. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from an archeological site at Little Gibraltar in Los Angeles County, CA. The human remains were found eroding from the area by Catalina Island Company staff and donated to the Catalina Island Museum in 1974 (accessioned as 74.253). There is no date associated with the human remains. One set of [[Page 19636]] human remains was identified as an adult female of Native American ancestry based on metric and non-metric traits. The other human remains were too fragmentary to identify further. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Renton's Mine streambed in Los Angeles County, CA. The human remains were found eroding from the streambed by Buzzy Vickers, and donated to the Catalina Island Museum in 1977 (accessioned as 77.030). There is no date associated with the human remains, but they were found near a known prehistoric archeological site. Fragmentary human remains of an adult female of Native American origin were identified through osteological analysis. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The sites detailed in this notice have been identified by consultation to be within the traditional territories of the Gabrielino (Tongva) with ancestral ties to the Chumash island people. Archeological and ethnohistoric evidence shows that these contact Takic-speaking peoples lived on the southern Channel Islands by at least 5,000 B.C. Island Tongva and Chumash groups have strong ancestral ties through marriage and trade. Analysis of historical records from missions in the Greater Los Angeles area demonstrate kinship ties between these two communities made stronger while in the mission system. The present-day Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians traces an earlier shared group identity with the Gabrielino (Tongva) people that inhabited the Channel Islands during the Middle period and through contact. Associated funerary objects are consistent with those of groups ancestral to the present-day Gabrielino (Tongva) and Chumash people. The material culture of earlier groups living in the geographical areas mentioned above are characterized by archeologists as having passed through stages over the past 5,000 years. Many local archeologists assert that the changes in the material culture reflect evolving ecological adaptations and related changes in social organization of the same populations, and do not represent population displacements or movements. The same range of artifact types and materials were used from the pre-contact period until historic times. Native consultants explicitly state that population mixing, which did occur, would not alter the continuity of the shared group identities of people associated with specific locales. Based on this evidence, continuity through time can be traced for all sites listed above with present-day Gabrielino (Tongva) and Chumash people. Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians tribal members descend from the Channel Islands and specifically represent an ancestral tie to the Gabrielino (Tongva) and Catalina Island by preponderance of the evidence. Determinations Made by the Catalina Island Museum Officials of the Catalina Island Museum have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 164 individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 563 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 Michael DeMarsche, Ph.D., Catalina Island Museum, 1 Casino Way, Casino Building, P.O. Box 366, Avalon, CA 90704, telephone (310) 510-2416, email [email protected], by May 5, 2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California. The Catalina Island Museum is responsible for notifying the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California (previously listed as the San Manual Band of Serrano Mission Indians of the San Manual Reservation); Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; and the following nonfederally recognized Indian groups: Gabrielino/Tongva Indians of California Tribe; Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council; San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians; and the Traditional Council of Pimu that this notice has been published. Dated: March 10, 2016. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2016-07763 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Correction DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Interior, National Park Service, Natchez
Trace Parkway has corrected an In the Federal Register (80 FR 62566– National Park Service
inventory of human remains and 62567, October 16, 2015), column 3,
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20589];
associated funerary objects, published paragraph 3, sentence 4, under the
[PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
in a Notice of Inventory Completion in heading ‘‘History and Description of
the Federal Register on October 16, Remains’’ is corrected by substituting Notice of Inventory Completion:
2015. This notice corrects the the following sentence: Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA
description of funerary objects. Lineal The 22 associated funerary objects are 1
descendants or representatives of any AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
biface, 1 piece of shatter, 1 concretion, 3
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Baldwin Plain vessel fragments, 1 untyped ACTION: Notice.
organization not identified in this notice vessel fragment, and 15 fossil fragments.
that wish to request transfer of control SUMMARY: The Catalina Island Museum
of these human remains and associated In the Federal Register (80 FR 62566– has completed an inventory of human
funerary objects should submit a written 62567, October 16, 2015), column 3, remains and associated funerary objects,
request to Natchez Trace Parkway. If no paragraph 4, sentence 4, under the in consultation with the appropriate
additional requestors come forward, Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
heading ‘‘History and Description of
transfer of control of the human remains organizations, and has determined that
Remains,’’ is corrected by substituting
and associated funerary objects to the there is a cultural affiliation between the
the following sentence: human remains and associated funerary
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in The 39 associated funerary objects are 7 objects and present-day Indian tribes or
this notice may proceed. Saltillo Fabric Marked vessel fragments, 2 Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
Baldwin Plain vessel fragments, 5 untyped descendants or representatives of any
DATES: Lineal descendants or
vessel fragments, 7 projectile points, 1 Lowe Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Cluster projectile point, 3 bifaces, 4 flakes, 1 organization not identified in this notice
Native Hawaiian organization not
platform pipe, 1 busycon shell, 1 chert knife, that wish to request transfer of control
identified in this notice that wish to
1 piece of shatter, 1 unmodified stone, 2 flake of these human remains and associated
request transfer of control of these
tools, 2 Baldwin Plain bowls, and 1 Furrs funerary objects should submit a written
human remains and associated funerary
Cord Marked jar. request to the Catalina Island Museum.
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the If no additional requestors come
Additional Requestors and Disposition forward, transfer of control of the
request to Natchez Trace Parkway at the
address in this notice by May 5, 2016. human remains and associated funerary
Lineal descendants or representatives
ADDRESSES: Mary Risser,
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Superintendent, Natchez Trace tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
organization not identified in this notice stated in this notice may proceed.
Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, that wish to request transfer of control
Tupelo, MS 38804–9715, telephone DATES: Lineal descendants or
of these human remains and associated
(662) 680–4005, email mary_risser@ representatives of any Indian tribe or
funerary objects should submit a written
nps.gov. Native Hawaiian organization not
request with information in support of
identified in this notice that wish to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is the request to Mary Risser, request transfer of control of these
here given in accordance with the Superintendent, Natchez Trace human remains and associated funerary
Native American Graves Protection and Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, objects should submit a written request
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Tupelo, MS 38804–9715, telephone with information in support of the
3003, of the correction of an inventory (662) 680–4005, email mary_risser@ request to the Catalina Island Museum
of human remains and associated nps.gov, by May 5, 2016. After that date, at the address in this notice by May 5,
funerary objects under the control of the if no additional requestors have come 2016.
U.S. Department of the Interior, forward, transfer of control of the
National Park Service, Natchez Trace ADDRESSES: Michael DeMarsche, Ph.D.,
human remains and associated funerary Catalina Island Museum, 1 Casino Way,
Parkway, Tupelo, MS. The human objects to The Chickasaw Nation may
remains and associated funerary objects Casino Building, P.O. Box 366, Avalon,
proceed. CA 90704, telephone (310) 510–2416,
were removed from Lee, Prentiss, and
Tishomingo Counties, MS. Natchez Trace Parkway is responsible email director@catalinamuseum.org.
This notice is published as part of the for notifying the Alabama-Coushatta SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
National Park Service’s administrative Tribe of Texas, The Chickasaw Nation, here given in accordance with the
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 and the United Keetoowah Band of Native American Graves Protection and
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
this notice are the sole responsibility of notice has been published. 3003, of the completion of an inventory
the Superintendent, Natchez Trace of human remains and associated
Dated: March 10, 2016.
Parkway. funerary objects under the control of the
This notice corrects the description of Melanie O’Brien, Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA.
funerary objects published in a Notice of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. The human remains and associated
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Inventory Completion in the Federal [FR Doc. 2016–07772 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] funerary objects were removed from Los
Register (80 FR 62566–62567, October BILLING CODE 4310–70–P Angeles County, CA.
16, 2015). Re-evaluation of materials in This notice is published as part of the
preparation for repatriation revealed National Park Service’s administrative
that some objects had not been responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
appropriately described. Transfer of U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
control of the items in this correction this notice are the sole responsibility of
notice has not occurred. the museum, institution, or Federal
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human remains was identified as an shared group identities of people Pimu that this notice has been
adult female of Native American associated with specific locales. Based published.
ancestry based on metric and non- on this evidence, continuity through Dated: March 10, 2016.
metric traits. The other human remains time can be traced for all sites listed Melanie O’Brien,
were too fragmentary to identify further. above with present-day Gabrielino
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
No known individuals were identified. (Tongva) and Chumash people. Santa
No associated funerary objects are [FR Doc. 2016–07763 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am]
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians
present. tribal members descend from the BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
At an unknown date, human remains Channel Islands and specifically
representing, at minimum, one represent an ancestral tie to the
individual were removed from Renton’s DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Gabrielino (Tongva) and Catalina Island
Mine streambed in Los Angeles County, by preponderance of the evidence. National Park Service
CA. The human remains were found
eroding from the streambed by Buzzy Determinations Made by the Catalina [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20590;
Vickers, and donated to the Catalina Island Museum PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Island Museum in 1977 (accessioned as Officials of the Catalina Island
77.030). There is no date associated Notice of Inventory Completion:
Museum have determined that: Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA
with the human remains, but they were
found near a known prehistoric • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
archeological site. Fragmentary human ACTION: Notice.
represent the physical remains of 164
remains of an adult female of Native individuals of Native American ancestry.
American origin were identified through • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 563 SUMMARY: The Catalina Island Museum
osteological analysis. No known objects described in this notice are has completed an inventory of human
individuals were identified. No reasonably believed to have been placed with remains, in consultation with the
associated funerary objects are present. or near individual human remains at the time appropriate Indian tribes or Native
The sites detailed in this notice have of death or later as part of the death rite or Hawaiian organizations, and has
been identified by consultation to be ceremony. determined that there is no cultural
within the traditional territories of the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a affiliation between the human remains
Gabrielino (Tongva) with ancestral ties relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the Native
and any present-day Indian tribes or
to the Chumash island people. Native Hawaiian organizations.
American human remains and associated
Archeological and ethnohistoric Representatives of any Indian tribe or
funerary objects and the Santa Ynez Band of
evidence shows that these contact Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Native Hawaiian organization not
Takic-speaking peoples lived on the Reservation, California. identified in this notice that wish to
southern Channel Islands by at least request transfer of control of these
5,000 B.C. Island Tongva and Chumash Additional Requestors and Disposition
human remains should submit a written
groups have strong ancestral ties request to the Catalina Island Museum.
Lineal descendants or representatives
through marriage and trade. Analysis of If no additional requestors come
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
historical records from missions in the forward, transfer of control of the
organization not identified in this notice
Greater Los Angeles area demonstrate human remains to the Indian tribes or
that wish to request transfer of control
kinship ties between these two Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
of these human remains and associated
communities made stronger while in the this notice may proceed.
funerary objects should submit a written
mission system. The present-day Santa
request with information in support of DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians
the request to Michael DeMarsche, tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
traces an earlier shared group identity
Ph.D., Catalina Island Museum, 1 not identified in this notice that wish to
with the Gabrielino (Tongva) people
that inhabited the Channel Islands Casino Way, Casino Building, P.O. Box request transfer of control of these
during the Middle period and through 366, Avalon, CA 90704, telephone (310) human remains should submit a written
contact. 510–2416, email director@ request with information in support of
Associated funerary objects are catalinamuseum.org, by May 5, 2016. the request to the Catalina Island
consistent with those of groups After that date, if no additional Museum at the address in this notice by
ancestral to the present-day Gabrielino requestors have come forward, transfer May 5, 2016.
(Tongva) and Chumash people. The of control of the human remains and ADDRESSES: Michael DeMarsche, Ph.D.,
material culture of earlier groups living associated funerary objects to San Catalina Island Museum, 1 Casino Way,
in the geographical areas mentioned Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Casino Building, P.O. Box 366, Avalon,
above are characterized by archeologists California. CA 90704, telephone (310) 510–2416,
as having passed through stages over the The Catalina Island Museum is email director@catalinamuseum.org.
past 5,000 years. Many local responsible for notifying the San SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
archeologists assert that the changes in Manuel Band of Mission Indians, here given in accordance with the
the material culture reflect evolving California (previously listed as the San Native American Graves Protection and
ecological adaptations and related Manual Band of Serrano Mission Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
changes in social organization of the Indians of the San Manual Reservation); 3003, of the completion of an inventory
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
same populations, and do not represent Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission of human remains under the control of
population displacements or Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, the Catalina Island Museum, Avalon,
movements. The same range of artifact California; and the following CA. The human remains were removed
types and materials were used from the nonfederally recognized Indian groups: from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
pre-contact period until historic times. Gabrielino/Tongva Indians of California Counties, CA and potentially Solano,
Native consultants explicitly state that Tribe; Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Placer, and Sacramento Counties, CA.
population mixing, which did occur, Council; San Gabriel Band of Mission This notice is published as part of the
would not alter the continuity of the Indians; and the Traditional Council of National Park Service’s administrative
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| 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 | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 19633 |
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