81 FR 78847 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 217 (November 9, 2016)

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 should submit a written request to the University of California, Berkeley. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26981]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22248; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University 
of California, Berkeley 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. 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 should submit a 
written request to the University of California, Berkeley. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the University 
California, Berkeley at the address in this notice by December 9, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Jordan Jacobs, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 
Kroeber Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-
3712, telephone (510) 643-8230, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Adapting the notification procedures of the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, notice is here given of the completion of an inventory of 
human remains and associated funerary objects in the physical custody 
of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, at the University of 
California, Berkeley. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from the Cardinal Site (CA-Sjo-154) in Stockton, San 
Joaquin 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) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has 
physical custody 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 
professional staff of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, at 
the University of California, Berkeley in consultation with the Buena 
Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; California Valley 
Miwok Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the 
Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk 
Indians of California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of 
Miwuk Indians (previously listed as the Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk 
Indians of California); Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of 
California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; 
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; 
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria 
(Verona Tract), California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; 
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; 
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 
California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 
California; and Wilton Rancheria, California.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1976, 36 sets of human remains were removed from the Cardinal 
Site (CA-Sjo-154) in Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA, by Drs. Richard 
Hughes and James Bennyhoff. Michael Hoffman, then Curator of Human 
Osteology at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, was independently 
contracted by Hughes and Bennyhoff to conduct analysis, and the human 
remains were loaned to the Lowie Museum for the duration of the study. 
Subsequent transfers of the human remains occurred to researchers at 
Colorado College and Cornell University for study. Following the 
studies, the human remains were transferred to the physical custody of 
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of 
California, Berkeley (formerly Lowie Museum) in 1995.
    The 106 associated funerary objects are 49 lots of unsorted shell, 
lithic

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fragments, baked clay fragments, faunal remains, and plant matter; 29 
lots of shell beads; 7 lots of lithic fragments; 7 lots of shell 
ornaments and fragments; 4 lots of fish spears and fragments; 2 lots of 
baked clay fragments; 2 lots of olivella shells; 2 stone pestles; 1 lot 
of polished bone fragments; 1 bone awl; 1 bone hair pin; and 1 bone 
harpoon.

Determinations Made by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

    Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on geographical, biological, 
archeological, linguistic, folklore, oral tradition, and 
anthropological evidence.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent 36 sets of physical human remains of Native 
American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 106 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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian tribe.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, Executive Orders, evidence 
submitted via consultation, and anthropological sources indicate that 
the land from which the Native American human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Buena Vista 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok 
Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad 
Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Ione 
Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians 
(previously listed as the Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California); Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; 
Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa 
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle 
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona 
Tract), California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River 
Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band 
of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United 
Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 
Wilton Rancheria, California.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights 
Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Federated Indians of Graton 
Rancheria, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; 
Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as the Jackson 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California); Middletown Rancheria of 
Pomo Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 
California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria 
of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria 
of California; and Wilton Rancheria, California.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Jordan Jacobs, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 
Berkeley, CA 94720-3712, telephone (510) 643-8230, email [email protected], by December 9, 2016. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights 
Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Federated Indians of Graton 
Rancheria, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; 
Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as the Jackson 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California); Middletown Rancheria of 
Pomo Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 
California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria 
of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria 
of California; and Wilton Rancheria, California, may proceed.
    The University of California, Berkeley assumes responsibility for 
notifying the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; 
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian 
Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Federated Indians of Graton 
Rancheria, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; 
Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as the Jackson 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California); Middletown Rancheria of 
Pomo Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 
California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria 
of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria 
of California; and Wilton Rancheria, California, that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: October 18, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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