81_FR_4663 81 FR 4646 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA

81 FR 4646 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 17 (January 27, 2016)

Page Range4646-4648
FR Document2016-01594

The Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the California Department of Transportation have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have 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 California Department of Transportation. 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University 
of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and California Department 
of Transportation, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles 
(UCLA) and the California Department of Transportation have completed 
an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and have 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 California Department of Transportation. 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 California Department of Transportation 
at the address in this notice by February 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Tina Biorn, California Department of Transportation, P.O. 
Box 942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271-0001, telephone (916) 653-0013, 
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 in the physical custody of the Fowler 
Museum at UCLA and under the control of the California Department of 
Transportation. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, 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 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 Fowler 
Museum at UCLA professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 
Reservation, California, and the following nonfederally recognized 
Indian groups: Barbareno Chumash Council; Barbareno/Ventureno Band of 
Mission Indians; Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation; Fernande[ntilde]o 
Tataviam Band of Mission Indians; Gabrielino/Tongva Indians of 
California Tribe; Gabrielino/Tongva Nation; Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal 
Council; Northern Chumash Tribe; San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians; 
Ti'at Society; and the Traditional Council of Pimu.

History and Description of the Human Remains and Associated Funerary 
Objects

    In 1966 and 1967, human remains representing at minimum, 108 
individuals were removed from Xucu

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(CA-SBA-1) in Santa Barbara County, CA. Excavations were undertaken by 
a UCLA field course directed by Patrick Finnerty for the State Division 
of Highways prior to construction of Highway 101. This work continued 
in 1967, in addition to excavations led by Gary Stickel within an 
adjacent cemetery. Both sets of collections were curated upon 
completion of analysis as provided in the permits. Not all of the 1966 
burials were curated at UCLA, and their current location is unknown. 
Radiocarbon dates have occupation from 5500 B.C. through Spanish 
contact periods. In 1966, formal burials and fragmentary human remains 
were discovered and removed for curation. The total minimum number of 
individuals represented are 28, identified as 16 adults (1 male, 1 
female, and 14 unidentified), 2 sub-adults, 2 juvenile, and 3 infants. 
Another 5 individuals were too fragmentary to identify age or sex. In 
1967, 43 burials were formally identified, however several where left 
in-situ after recording them. In addition, fragmentary human remains 
were recovered. In total, a minimum number of 80 individuals can be 
identified as 60 adults, 3 sub-adults, 12 juveniles, 3 infants, and 2 
perinatal. In addition 21 were identifiable as male and 11 as female. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
were identified for the burials found in 1966. The 726 associated 
funerary objects excavated in 1967 included 19 pieces and 1 bag of 
asphaltum fragments; 20 pieces of worked bone; 189 pieces and 3 bags of 
unmodified animal bone; 1 piece of charcoal; 12 pieces of hematite; 14 
pieces of limonite; 1 fragment of a paper candlewick; 2 bags of soil 
samples; 1 wood fragment; 123 pieces and 2 bags of unmodified shell; 2 
asphaltum plugged abalone shells; 22 shell beads; 7 bowl/mortar 
fragments; 167 groundstone tools and fragments; 139 chipped stone tools 
and flakes; and 1 steatite pipe.
    In 1969-1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Kasil (CA-SBA-87) in Santa Barbara County, 
CA. Excavations by G. James West occurred at the request of the 
Division of Highways as a salvage project undertaken prior to highway 
construction on Highway 101. Collections were accessioned at UCLA as 
they returned from the field. The village dates from A.D. 300 to 1500. 
Human remains consist of a single burial representing an adult male. 
The burial was disturbed when a bulldozer cut a trench on the upper 
terrace. Further investigation of the trench failed to show the exact 
burial location. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects were identified.
    From 1961 to 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, five 
individuals were removed from Rincon Point (CA-SBA-119) in Santa 
Barbara County, CA. Excavations in 1961 and 1962 were led by Patrick 
Finnerty while still in high school. Most of the human remains and 
artifacts have not been located, however at least some of three burials 
and objects have been found and curated at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. 
In 1963, excavations were directed by Keith Johnson with the UCLA 
Archaeological Survey preliminary as a salvage excavation due to the 
re-location of U.S. Highway 101 which would pass through the site. The 
collection was curated at UCLA upon completion of the field work. The 
site dates from 1735 to 1320 B.C. The human remains consist of a single 
burial with a minimum of two individuals: A sub-adult male and an 
adult, sex unknown. The three relocated burials represent a minimum of 
three individuals, one adult male, one juvenile, and one adult with 
undetermined sex. No known individuals were identified. The 16 
associated funerary objects include 8 sandstone mortar fragments from a 
1962 burial and 2 shell fragments, 1 bone hairpin, 3 biface, 1 
unmodified animal bone, and 1 serpentine pendant from a 1963 burial.
    In 1968 and 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, 16 
individuals were removed from Pitas Point (CA-VEN-27) in Ventura 
County, CA. Excavations were conducted by a University of California 
Archaeological Survey crew under the direction of Chester King. The 
excavation was part of a salvage project for the realignment of Highway 
101, and took place on land owned by Caltrans. This collection was 
curated at UCLA after analysis was complete. Analysis of the artifacts 
places the site occupation to A.D. 1000-1550. Three formal burials and 
fragmentary human remains recovered from midden contexts include 13 
adults (2 male, 1 female, and 10 unidentified), 1 juvenile, and 1 
infant. One fragmentary remain could not be aged or sex determined. No 
known individuals were identified. The 50 associated funerary objects 
include 2 bags and 6 pieces of unmodified animal bone, 2 worked bone 
fragments, 1 bag of charcoal, 6 bags of asphaltum, 1 bag and 2 
individual tarring pebbles, 5 bags of unmodified shell, 1 shell 
fishhook fragment, 1 shell bead fragment, 21 chipped stone flakes and 
tools, 1 fire cracked rock, and 1 pestle.
    The sites detailed in this notice have been identified through 
tribal consultation to be within the traditional territory of the 
Chumash people. These locations are consistent with ethnographic and 
historic documentation of the Chumash people.
    The Chumash territory, anthropologically defined first on the basis 
of linguistic similarities, and subsequently on broadly shared material 
and cultural traits, reaches from San Luis Obispo to Malibu on the 
coast, inland to the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley, to the 
edge of the San Fernando Valley, and includes the four Northern Channel 
Islands. At the southern and southeastern boundaries of the territory 
there is evidence of the physical co-existence of Chumash, Tataviam, 
and Gabrielino/Tongva languages and beliefs systems. At the northern 
boundary of the territory there is evidence of the physical co-
existence of Chumash and Salinan groups. The sites in this notice are 
located in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and fall within the 
geographical area identified as Chumash. Some tribal consultants state 
that these areas were the responsibility of regional leaders, who were 
themselves organized into a pan-regional association of both political 
power and ceremonial knowledge. Further, these indigenous areas are 
identified by some tribal consultants to be relational with clans or 
associations of traditional practitioners of specific kinds of 
indigenous medicinal and ceremonial practices. Some tribal consultants 
identified these clans as existing in the pre-contact period and 
identified some clans as also existing in the present day. Other tribal 
consultants do not recognize present-day geographical divisions to be 
related to clans of traditional practitioners. However, they do state 
that Chumash, Tataviam, and Gabrielino/Tongva territories were and are 
occupied by socially distinct, yet interrelated, groups which have been 
characterized by anthropologists. Ethnographic evidence suggests that 
the social and political organization of the pre-contact Channel 
Islands were primarily at the village level, with a hereditary chief, 
in addition to many other specialists who wielded power.
    The associated funerary objects described in this notice are 
consistent with those of groups ancestral to the present-day Chumash, 
Tataviam, and Gabrielino/Tongva people. The material cultures of 
earlier groups living in the geographical areas mentioned in this 
notice are characterized by archeologists

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as having passed through stages over the past 10,000 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 early pre-contact period until historic 
times. Tribal consultants explicitly state that population mixing, 
which did occur on a small scale, 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 in this notice with present-day Chumash people, 
specifically the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the 
Santa Ynez Reservation, California.

Determinations Made by the California Department of Transportation

    Officials of the California Department of Transportation have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 130 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 792 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 Tina Biorn, California Department of 
Transportation, P.O. Box 942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271-0001, 
telephone (916) 653-0013, email [email protected], by February 26, 
2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 
Reservation, California, may proceed.
    The California Department of Transportation is responsible for 
notifying the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 
Ynez Reservation, California, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 21, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-01594 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    mask reads: ‘‘Broken Nose, Seneca                       Preservation Office may proceed after                  DATES:  Lineal descendants or
                                                    Nation, Snapping Turtle Clan, Six                       that date if no additional claimants                   representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                    Nations Reservation—Ontario.’’ The                      come forward.                                          Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                    mask is carved wood with a black face                     Binghamton University is responsible                 identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    with a red mouth, with a hole on one                    for notifying the Cayuga Nation;                       request transfer of control of these
                                                    side (right side, facing out), and a                    Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware                    human remains and associated funerary
                                                    pointed chin. The mask face has holes                   Tribe of Indians; Oneida Nation of New                 objects should submit a written request
                                                    in the nose and metal eye inlays                        York; Oneida Tribe of Indians of                       with information in support of the
                                                    surrounding center eyeholes. The face is                Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation; Saint                      request to the California Department of
                                                    framed with yellow hair, and there are                  Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed                  Transportation at the address in this
                                                    carved lines on the face.                               as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk                        notice by February 26, 2016.
                                                       On March 11, 2003, Binghamton                        Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of                 ADDRESSES: Tina Biorn, California
                                                    University hosted a consultation                        Indians (previously listed as the Seneca               Department of Transportation, P.O. Box
                                                    meeting for federally recognized tribes                 Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga                     942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271–
                                                    to review NAGPRA summaries as part of                   Tribe of Oklahoma; Stockbridge Munsee                  0001, telephone (916) 653–0013, email
                                                    the process of determining cultural                     Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda                        tina.biorn@dot.ca.gov.
                                                    affiliation. A group of traditional                     Band of Seneca (previously listed as the
                                                    representatives from the Cayuga Nation;                 Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                    Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously                    New York); and Tuscarora Nation that                   here given in accordance with the
                                                    listed as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk                  this notice has been published.                        Native American Graves Protection and
                                                    Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of                                                                         Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                                                                             Dated: December 28, 2015.                             3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                                    Indians (previously listed as the Seneca                Melanie O’Brien,
                                                    Nation of New York); Tonawanda Band                                                                            of human remains and associated
                                                                                                            Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                      funerary objects in the physical custody
                                                    of Seneca (previously listed as the
                                                    Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2016–01591 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am]            of the Fowler Museum at UCLA and
                                                    New York); and the Tuscarora Nation,                    BILLING CODE 4312–50–P                                 under the control of the California
                                                    met privately after the open                                                                                   Department of Transportation. The
                                                    consultation. In January of 2013, letters                                                                      human remains and associated funerary
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                             objects were removed from Santa
                                                    were sent to Seneca representatives
                                                    asking for comments or claims on the                                                                           Barbara and Ventura Counties, CA.
                                                                                                            National Park Service                                     This notice is published as part of the
                                                    mask. On September 22, 2015, Scott
                                                    Abrams, Acting Director of the Seneca                   [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20020;                                National Park Service’s administrative
                                                                                                            PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                           responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                    Nation of Indians Tribal Historic
                                                    Preservation Officer contacted                                                                                 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
                                                                                                            Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler                 this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                                    Binghamton University and formally                      Museum at the University of California
                                                    requested repatriation of the Seneca                                                                           the museum, institution, or Federal
                                                                                                            Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and                      agency that has control of the Native
                                                    mask. Binghamton University asked                       California Department of
                                                    other Seneca representatives if they                                                                           American human remains and
                                                                                                            Transportation, Sacramento, CA                         associated funerary objects. The
                                                    agreed. No comments were received.
                                                                                                            AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.             National Park Service is not responsible
                                                    Determinations Made by Binghamton                       ACTION:   Notice.                                      for the determinations in this notice.
                                                    University
                                                                                                            SUMMARY:    The Fowler Museum at the                   Consultation
                                                       Officials of Binghamton University
                                                    have determined that:                                   University of California Los Angeles                     A detailed assessment of the human
                                                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),                  (UCLA) and the California Department                   remains was made by the Fowler
                                                    the one cultural item described above is                of Transportation have completed an                    Museum at UCLA professional staff in
                                                    a specific ceremonial object needed by                  inventory of human remains and                         consultation with representatives of
                                                    traditional Native American religious                   associated funerary objects, in                        Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
                                                    leaders for the practice of traditional                 consultation with the appropriate                      Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
                                                    Native American religions by their                      Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                       California, and the following
                                                    present-day adherents.                                  organizations, and have determined that                nonfederally recognized Indian groups:
                                                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there               there is a cultural affiliation between the            Barbareno Chumash Council;
                                                    is a relationship of shared group                       human remains and associated funerary                  Barbareno/Ventureno Band of Mission
                                                    identity that can be reasonably traced                  objects and present-day Indian tribes or               Indians; Coastal Band of the Chumash
                                                    between the sacred object and the                       Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal                  Nation; Fernandeño Tataviam Band of
                                                    Seneca Nation.                                          descendants or representatives of any                  Mission Indians; Gabrielino/Tongva
                                                                                                            Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                        Indians of California Tribe; Gabrielino/
                                                    Additional Requestors and Disposition                   organization not identified in this notice             Tongva Nation; Gabrieleno/Tongva
                                                       Representatives of any other Indian                  that wish to request transfer of control               Tribal Council; Northern Chumash
                                                    tribe that believes itself to be culturally             of these human remains and associated                  Tribe; San Gabriel Band of Mission
                                                    affiliated with the sacred object should                funerary objects should submit a written
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                                                                                                                                                                   Indians; Ti’at Society; and the
                                                    contact Nina M. Versaggi, Public                        request to the California Department of                Traditional Council of Pimu.
                                                    Archaeology Facility, Binghamton                        Transportation. If no additional
                                                    University, Binghamton, NY 13902–                       requestors come forward, transfer of                   History and Description of the Human
                                                    6000, telephone (607) 777–4786, before                  control of the human remains and                       Remains and Associated Funerary
                                                    February 26, 2016. Repatriation of the                  associated funerary objects to the lineal              Objects
                                                    sacred object to the Seneca Nation of                   descendants, Indian tribes, or Native                    In 1966 and 1967, human remains
                                                    Indians (previously listed as the Seneca                Hawaiian organizations stated in this                  representing at minimum, 108
                                                    Nation of New York) Tribal Historic                     notice may proceed.                                    individuals were removed from Xucu


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                                                    (CA–SBA–1) in Santa Barbara County,                     Further investigation of the trench failed             chipped stone flakes and tools, 1 fire
                                                    CA. Excavations were undertaken by a                    to show the exact burial location. No                  cracked rock, and 1 pestle.
                                                    UCLA field course directed by Patrick                   known individuals were identified. No                     The sites detailed in this notice have
                                                    Finnerty for the State Division of                      associated funerary objects were                       been identified through tribal
                                                    Highways prior to construction of                       identified.                                            consultation to be within the traditional
                                                    Highway 101. This work continued in                        From 1961 to 1963, human remains                    territory of the Chumash people. These
                                                    1967, in addition to excavations led by                 representing, at minimum, five                         locations are consistent with
                                                    Gary Stickel within an adjacent                         individuals were removed from Rincon                   ethnographic and historic
                                                    cemetery. Both sets of collections were                 Point (CA–SBA–119) in Santa Barbara                    documentation of the Chumash people.
                                                    curated upon completion of analysis as                  County, CA. Excavations in 1961 and                       The Chumash territory,
                                                    provided in the permits. Not all of the                 1962 were led by Patrick Finnerty while                anthropologically defined first on the
                                                    1966 burials were curated at UCLA, and                  still in high school. Most of the human                basis of linguistic similarities, and
                                                    their current location is unknown.                      remains and artifacts have not been                    subsequently on broadly shared material
                                                    Radiocarbon dates have occupation                       located, however at least some of three                and cultural traits, reaches from San
                                                    from 5500 B.C. through Spanish contact                  burials and objects have been found and                Luis Obispo to Malibu on the coast,
                                                    periods. In 1966, formal burials and                    curated at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.                  inland to the western edge of the San
                                                    fragmentary human remains were                          In 1963, excavations were directed by                  Joaquin Valley, to the edge of the San
                                                    discovered and removed for curation.                    Keith Johnson with the UCLA                            Fernando Valley, and includes the four
                                                    The total minimum number of                             Archaeological Survey preliminary as a                 Northern Channel Islands. At the
                                                    individuals represented are 28,                         salvage excavation due to the re-location              southern and southeastern boundaries
                                                    identified as 16 adults (1 male, 1 female,              of U.S. Highway 101 which would pass                   of the territory there is evidence of the
                                                    and 14 unidentified), 2 sub-adults, 2                                                                          physical co-existence of Chumash,
                                                                                                            through the site. The collection was
                                                    juvenile, and 3 infants. Another 5                                                                             Tataviam, and Gabrielino/Tongva
                                                                                                            curated at UCLA upon completion of
                                                    individuals were too fragmentary to                                                                            languages and beliefs systems. At the
                                                                                                            the field work. The site dates from 1735
                                                    identify age or sex. In 1967, 43 burials                                                                       northern boundary of the territory there
                                                                                                            to 1320 B.C. The human remains consist
                                                    were formally identified, however                                                                              is evidence of the physical co-existence
                                                                                                            of a single burial with a minimum of
                                                    several where left in-situ after recording                                                                     of Chumash and Salinan groups. The
                                                                                                            two individuals: A sub-adult male and
                                                    them. In addition, fragmentary human                                                                           sites in this notice are located in
                                                                                                            an adult, sex unknown. The three
                                                    remains were recovered. In total, a                                                                            Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and
                                                                                                            relocated burials represent a minimum
                                                    minimum number of 80 individuals can                                                                           fall within the geographical area
                                                                                                            of three individuals, one adult male, one
                                                                                                                                                                   identified as Chumash. Some tribal
                                                    be identified as 60 adults, 3 sub-adults,               juvenile, and one adult with                           consultants state that these areas were
                                                    12 juveniles, 3 infants, and 2 perinatal.               undetermined sex. No known                             the responsibility of regional leaders,
                                                    In addition 21 were identifiable as male                individuals were identified. The 16                    who were themselves organized into a
                                                    and 11 as female. No known individuals                  associated funerary objects include 8                  pan-regional association of both
                                                    were identified. No associated funerary                 sandstone mortar fragments from a 1962                 political power and ceremonial
                                                    objects were identified for the burials                 burial and 2 shell fragments, 1 bone                   knowledge. Further, these indigenous
                                                    found in 1966. The 726 associated                       hairpin, 3 biface, 1 unmodified animal                 areas are identified by some tribal
                                                    funerary objects excavated in 1967                      bone, and 1 serpentine pendant from a                  consultants to be relational with clans
                                                    included 19 pieces and 1 bag of                         1963 burial.                                           or associations of traditional
                                                    asphaltum fragments; 20 pieces of                          In 1968 and 1969, human remains                     practitioners of specific kinds of
                                                    worked bone; 189 pieces and 3 bags of                   representing, at minimum, 16                           indigenous medicinal and ceremonial
                                                    unmodified animal bone; 1 piece of                      individuals were removed from Pitas                    practices. Some tribal consultants
                                                    charcoal; 12 pieces of hematite; 14                     Point (CA–VEN–27) in Ventura County,                   identified these clans as existing in the
                                                    pieces of limonite; 1 fragment of a paper               CA. Excavations were conducted by a                    pre-contact period and identified some
                                                    candlewick; 2 bags of soil samples; 1                   University of California Archaeological                clans as also existing in the present day.
                                                    wood fragment; 123 pieces and 2 bags                    Survey crew under the direction of                     Other tribal consultants do not
                                                    of unmodified shell; 2 asphaltum                        Chester King. The excavation was part                  recognize present-day geographical
                                                    plugged abalone shells; 22 shell beads;                 of a salvage project for the realignment               divisions to be related to clans of
                                                    7 bowl/mortar fragments; 167                            of Highway 101, and took place on land                 traditional practitioners. However, they
                                                    groundstone tools and fragments; 139                    owned by Caltrans. This collection was                 do state that Chumash, Tataviam, and
                                                    chipped stone tools and flakes; and 1                   curated at UCLA after analysis was                     Gabrielino/Tongva territories were and
                                                    steatite pipe.                                          complete. Analysis of the artifacts                    are occupied by socially distinct, yet
                                                       In 1969–1970, human remains                          places the site occupation to A.D. 1000–               interrelated, groups which have been
                                                    representing, at minimum, one                           1550. Three formal burials and                         characterized by anthropologists.
                                                    individual were removed from Kasil                      fragmentary human remains recovered                    Ethnographic evidence suggests that the
                                                    (CA–SBA–87) in Santa Barbara County,                    from midden contexts include 13 adults                 social and political organization of the
                                                    CA. Excavations by G. James West                        (2 male, 1 female, and 10 unidentified),               pre-contact Channel Islands were
                                                    occurred at the request of the Division                 1 juvenile, and 1 infant. One                          primarily at the village level, with a
                                                    of Highways as a salvage project                        fragmentary remain could not be aged or                hereditary chief, in addition to many
                                                    undertaken prior to highway                             sex determined. No known individuals                   other specialists who wielded power.
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                                                    construction on Highway 101.                            were identified. The 50 associated                        The associated funerary objects
                                                    Collections were accessioned at UCLA                    funerary objects include 2 bags and 6                  described in this notice are consistent
                                                    as they returned from the field. The                    pieces of unmodified animal bone, 2                    with those of groups ancestral to the
                                                    village dates from A.D. 300 to 1500.                    worked bone fragments, 1 bag of                        present-day Chumash, Tataviam, and
                                                    Human remains consist of a single                       charcoal, 6 bags of asphaltum, 1 bag and               Gabrielino/Tongva people. The material
                                                    burial representing an adult male. The                  2 individual tarring pebbles, 5 bags of                cultures of earlier groups living in the
                                                    burial was disturbed when a bulldozer                   unmodified shell, 1 shell fishhook                     geographical areas mentioned in this
                                                    cut a trench on the upper terrace.                      fragment, 1 shell bead fragment, 21                    notice are characterized by archeologists


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                                                    4648                       Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2016 / Notices

                                                    as having passed through stages over the                  The California Department of                         Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                    past 10,000 years. Many local                           Transportation is responsible for                      3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
                                                    archeologists assert that the changes in                notifying the Santa Ynez Band of                       items under the control of the California
                                                    the material culture reflect evolving                   Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa                   Department of Transportation that meet
                                                    ecological adaptations and related                      Ynez Reservation, California, that this                the definition of unassociated funerary
                                                    changes in social organization of the                   notice has been published.                             objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
                                                    same populations and do not represent                    Dated: December 21, 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                      This notice is published as part of the
                                                    population displacements or                                                                                    National Park Service’s administrative
                                                                                                            Melanie O’Brien,
                                                    movements. The same range of artifact                                                                          responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                                                                            Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                      U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
                                                    types and materials were used from the
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2016–01594 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am]            this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                                    early pre-contact period until historic
                                                    times. Tribal consultants explicitly state              BILLING CODE 4312–50–P                                 the museum, institution, or Federal
                                                    that population mixing, which did                                                                              agency that has control of the Native
                                                    occur on a small scale, would not alter                                                                        American cultural items. The National
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                             Park Service is not responsible for the
                                                    the continuity of the shared group
                                                    identities of people associated with                                                                           determinations in this notice.
                                                                                                            National Park Service
                                                    specific locales. Based on this evidence,                                                                      History and Description of the Cultural
                                                    continuity through time can be traced                   [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20021;
                                                                                                            PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                                                                                                                                   Items
                                                    for all sites listed in this notice with
                                                    present-day Chumash people,                                                                                       In February 1997, 4,280 burial objects
                                                                                                            Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural                were removed from CA–LAN–2233 in
                                                    specifically the Santa Ynez Band of
                                                                                                            Items: Fowler Museum at the                            Los Angeles County, CA. The California
                                                    Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa
                                                                                                            University of California Los Angeles,                  Department of Transportation initiated
                                                    Ynez Reservation, California.
                                                                                                            Los Angeles, CA, and California                        an emergency recovery effort of burials
                                                    Determinations Made by the California                   Department of Transportation,                          in the path of construction to improve
                                                    Department of Transportation                            Sacramento, CA                                         State Route 126. An archeologist had
                                                                                                                                                                   previously found a burial on an adjacent
                                                       Officials of the California Department               AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                                                                                                                                   private property and notified the
                                                    of Transportation have determined that:                 ACTION:   Notice.                                      California Department of Transportation
                                                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                                                                        (Caltrans) as construction began. During
                                                    human remains described in this notice                  SUMMARY:   The Fowler Museum at the
                                                                                                            University of California Los Angeles                   staff efforts to locate the burial, evidence
                                                    represent the physical remains of 130                                                                          of additional burials were found. Staff
                                                    individuals of Native American                          (UCLA) and California Department of
                                                                                                            Transportation, in consultation with the               terminated the exploratory effort and
                                                    ancestry.                                                                                                      came back with a crew consisting of
                                                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                  appropriate Indian tribes or Native
                                                                                                            Hawaiian organizations, have                           trained osteologists from the
                                                    the 792 objects described in this notice                                                                       Archaeological Research Center,
                                                    are reasonably believed to have been                    determined that the cultural items listed
                                                                                                            in this notice meet the definition of                  California State University, Sacramento,
                                                    placed with or near individual human                                                                           and Caltrans staff, under the direction of
                                                    remains at the time of death or later as                unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
                                                                                                            descendants or representatives of any                  Dr. Georgie Waugh, to recover the
                                                    part of the death rite or ceremony.                                                                            burials. In August 1997, six more burials
                                                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there               Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                                                                            organization not identified in this notice             were found during highway
                                                    is a relationship of shared group                                                                              construction and additional recovery
                                                    identity that can be reasonably traced                  that wish to claim these cultural items
                                                                                                            should submit a written request to the                 excavations were conducted by Dr.
                                                    between the Native American human                                                                              Phillip Walker and students of
                                                    remains and associated funerary objects                 California Department of
                                                                                                                                                                   University of California (UC) Santa
                                                    and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash                      Transportation. If no additional
                                                                                                                                                                   Barbara. Over the course of the project,
                                                    Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez                       claimants come forward, transfer of
                                                                                                                                                                   a total of 45 burials were located and
                                                    Reservation, California.                                control of the cultural items to the lineal
                                                                                                                                                                   transported to UC Santa Barbara for
                                                                                                            descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
                                                    Additional Requestors and Disposition                                                                          analysis. All human remains and non-
                                                                                                            Hawaiian organizations stated in this
                                                                                                                                                                   artifactual and artifactual grave
                                                       Lineal descendants or representatives                notice may proceed.
                                                                                                                                                                   associated items identified were
                                                    of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                  DATES: Lineal descendants or                           reburied as directed by the Most Likely
                                                    organization not identified in this notice              representatives of any Indian tribe or                 Descendant designated by the California
                                                    that wish to request transfer of control                Native Hawaiian organization not                       Native American Heritage Commission.
                                                    of these human remains and associated                   identified in this notice that wish to                 Recent consultations resulted in the
                                                    funerary objects should submit a written                claim these cultural items should                      identification of additional funerary
                                                    request with information in support of                  submit a written request with                          objects because of their proximity to the
                                                    the request to Tina Biorn, California                   information in support of the claim to                 burials. The unassociated funerary
                                                    Department of Transportation, P.O. Box                  the California Department of                           objects are 1 stone core, 1,415 pieces of
                                                    942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271–                     Transportation at the address in this                  stone debitage, 3 pieces of modified
                                                    0001, telephone (916) 653–0013, email                   notice by February 26, 2016.                           bone, 2,828 pieces of unmodified faunal
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                    tina.biorn@dot.ca.gov, by February 26,                  ADDRESSES: Tina Biorn, California                      bone, 1 soil sample, 6 bags of charcoal
                                                    2016. After that date, if no additional                 Department of Transportation, P.O. Box                 samples, and 24 fragments and 2 bags of
                                                    requestors have come forward, transfer                  942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271–                    seed/nut pieces. Two components were
                                                    of control of the human remains and                     0001, telephone (916) 653–0013, email                  identified: An earlier Millingstone
                                                    associated funerary objects to Santa                    tina.biorn@dot.ca.gov.                                 adaptation that occurred at least prior to
                                                    Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                   2000 years ago, and perhaps as early as
                                                    of the Santa Ynez Reservation,                          here given in accordance with the                      3000–4000 years ago, and a later
                                                    California, may proceed.                                Native American Graves Protection and                  component securely dated to at least


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Document Created: 2018-02-02 12:39:55
Document Modified: 2018-02-02 12:39:55
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesLineal 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 California Department of Transportation
FR Citation81 FR 4646 

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