82_FR_11660 82 FR 11624 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Army, United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA

82 FR 11624 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Army, United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)

Page Range11624-11626
FR Document2017-03618

The U.S. Department of the Army, United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Army, 
United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Army, United States Army Garrison, 
Presidio of Monterey 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request to the United States 
Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects 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 and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey at 
the address in this notice by March 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Colonel Lawrence Brown, Department of the Army, United 
States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, 1759 Lewis Road, Suite 210, 
Monterey, CA 93944-3223, email [email protected], 
telephone (831) 242-7926.

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 United States Army 
Garrison, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from the Presidio of Monterey, 
Monterey 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 
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 United 
States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey professional staff, with the 
assistance of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis 
District, Mandatory Center of Expertise in the Curation and Management 
of Archaeological Collections, and in consultation with representatives 
of Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa 
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 
California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian 
Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California, and the following non-
federally recognized Indian group: Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation. The 
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of

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the Tuolumne Rancheria of California was also invited to consult but 
chose to not participate.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1910, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were purportedly collected by an individual named Heath in the vicinity 
of El Castillo, site CA-MNT-101, in Monterey County, CA. A.R. Pilling 
stated that Heath gave him the human remains when Pilling donated them 
to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of 
California, Berkeley, CA, in 1947. The human remains were identified as 
two adult males and one sub-adult of indeterminate sex. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In 1947 and 1953, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual, were found by A.R. Pilling at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum 
of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, stored within 
faunal collections associated with El Castillo (CA-MNT-101), Monterey 
County, CA. The human remains were identified as one adult of 
indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, 
were purportedly collected from the vicinity of El Castillo (CA-MNT-
101), Monterey County, CA. The human remains were donated to the 
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA by Donald 
Howard. The catalog card states that the human remains were from ``the 
Presidio of Monteray (sic) near the intersection of Foam and Lighthouse 
above the cliff.'' The human remains were identified as an adult of 
indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals, 
were excavated from El Castillo (CA-MNT-101), Monterey County, CA. The 
excavations resulted from a proposal to establish a State Park or 
Monument at El Castillo, for which the CA Department of Parks and 
Recreation and the National Park Service contracted the Central 
California Archaeological Foundation to survey and excavate the 
proposed site. Collections from the excavation were curated at the 
California State Parks, Department of Parks and Recreation, California 
State Museum Resource Center, now titled the California Statewide 
Museum Collections Center, McClellan, CA. The human remains were 
identified as three adults (one male, one female and one of 
indeterminate sex), two sub-adults of indeterminate sex and four 
infants of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. The 
122 associated funerary objects include: 1 andesite chipped stone 
scrapper or preform, 2 complete hammer stones (1 is basalt), 1 gray 
chert core, 1 antler flaking tool (burned), 1 incomplete antler tool, 1 
fragmented antler tine, 3 Olivella shell bead fragments, 1 shell 
fishhook fragment, 1 possible Haliotis ornament preform, 1 fragmented 
clam shell ornament, 19 unmodified mammal bones, 4 unmodified bird 
bones, 3 unmodified fish bones, 3 unmodified crustacean shells, and 80 
unmodified shells (including fragments of Haliotis, Olivella and Turban 
and few complete Haliotis, some of which may be modified).
    In 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were excavated from El Castillo (CA-MNT-101), Monterey County, CA. The 
archeological test excavations were conducted by Archaeological 
Consulting and Research Services to determine the effect on cultural 
resources of a proposed easement along Lighthouse Avenue, with a 
connection to Van Buren Street. The collection was originally stored at 
Fort Ord, Seaside, CA. In 1994, Cultural Resources Management Services 
(CRMS) inventoried archeological collections from the Presidio of 
Monterey. These collections were temporarily stored at their laboratory 
in Paso Robles, CA until they were moved to the San Diego 
Archaeological Center, Escondido, CA in 2003. The human remains were 
identified as one adult and one sub-adult of indeterminate sex. No 
known individuals were identified. The 188 associated funerary objects 
include: 3 chert projectile points, 1 granite and 1 metavolcanic 
hammerstone, 4 granite pestle fragments, 1 chert and 1 metavolcanic 
chopper, 1 siltstone scrapper, 10 biface fragments, 67 chipped stone 
debitage, 2 bone awl tips, 6 Mytilus fish hook fragments, 30 Olivella 
shell beads, 12 Haliotis shell pendant fragments, 1 modified Mytilus 
shell fragment, and 48 unmodified Olivella shell and shell fragments.
    In the 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were excavated from CA-MNT-932, Monterey County, CA. The excavations 
were undertaken by Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. to 
evaluate the site's eligibility for inclusion in the National Register 
of Historic Places. The collection was originally curated at San Jose 
State University, Department of Anthropology, San Jose, CA. In 1994, 
CRMS inventoried archeological collections from the Presidio of 
Monterey and stored them at their laboratory in Paso Robles, CA, until 
they were moved to the SDAC, Escondido, CA in 2003. SDAC inventoried 
the collection, and only at that time was the bone material in the 
collection positively identified as human. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the United States Army Garrison, Presidio of 
Monterey

    Officials of the United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey 
have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on morphological 
characteristics and the archeological context of the sites from which 
they were removed.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 17 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 310 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.
     A treaty signed in 1851 identified Indian lands to be 
ceded to the United States in exchange for compensation, and included 
the land from which the Native American human remains and associated 
funerary objects listed in this notice were removed. That treaty was 
one of 18 such treaties between the United States and Indian entities 
in California that were negotiated and signed in 1851 and 1852, wherein 
certain Indian lands were ceded to the U.S. in exchange for 
compensation. On July 8, 1852, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify any of 
those 18 treaties. Nonetheless, the United States proceeded to take the 
lands to be ceded, but without paying compensation.
     According to the California Indians Jurisdictional Act of 
1928 (45 Stat. 602), Congress declared that the uncompensated taking of 
these lands, including the land from which the Native American human 
remains and associated funerary objects listed in this notice were 
removed, provided grounds for granting equitable relief to

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descendants of the Indian entities that signed those treaties.
     According to a final judgment of the Indian Claims 
Commission (8 Ind. Cl. Comm. 39a) and a final judgment of the Court of 
Federal Claims (102 Ct. C1. 837), the Indian entities in California 
that signed those 18 treaties held aboriginal title to the lands to be 
ceded, including the land from which the Native American human remains 
and associated funerary objects listed in this notice were removed. 
Consequently, the Court and the Commission awarded compensation to the 
descendants of the Indian entities that signed those treaties.
     The present-day Indian tribes that are descended from the 
Indian entities that signed the 1851 treaty ceding the land from which 
the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects 
listed in this notice were removed are the Picayune Rancheria of the 
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria of California.
     According to an Act of Congress and final judgments of the 
Indian Claims Commission and the Court of Federal Claims, the land from 
which the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed is the aboriginal land of the Picayune Rancheria of the 
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria of California.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to Picayune 
Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain 
Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 
Tuolumne Rancheria of 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Colonel 
Lawrence Brown, Department of the Army, United States Army Garrison, 
Presidio of Monterey, 1759 Lewis Road, Suite 210, Monterey, CA 93944-
3223, email [email protected], telephone (831) 242-
7926, by March 27, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors 
have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi 
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule 
River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and, if 
joined to one or more of the afore-mentioned tribes, to the Santa Ynez 
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 
California and the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation, a non-federally 
recognized Indian group, may proceed.
    The United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey is 
responsible for notifying the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi 
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of 
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria of California, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: January 30, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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                                                    individual was identified. No associated                Additional Requestors and Disposition                 organizations stated in this notice may
                                                    funerary objects were present.                             Lineal descendants or representatives              proceed.
                                                    Diagnostic artifacts found at site                      of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                DATES: Representatives of any Indian
                                                    3WA823 indicate that these human                        organization not identified in this notice            tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
                                                    remains were probably buried during                     that wish to request transfer of control              not identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    the Prehistoric Period (11,650 B.C.–A.D.                of these human remains and associated                 request transfer of control of these
                                                    1541).                                                  funerary objects should submit a written              human remains and associated funerary
                                                       In 1981, human remains representing,                 request with information in support of                objects should submit a written request
                                                    at minimum, one individual were                         the request to Dr. George Sabo, Director,             with information in support of the
                                                    recovered from site 3WH276 in White                     Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475                   request to the United States Army
                                                    County, AR. No known individual was                     North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR                  Garrison, Presidio of Monterey at the
                                                    identified. No associated funerary                      72704, telephone (479) 575–3556, by                   address in this notice by March 27,
                                                    objects were present. Diagnostic artifacts              March 27, 2017. After that date, if no                2017.
                                                    at site 3WH276 indicate that these                      additional requestors have come                       ADDRESSES: Colonel Lawrence Brown,
                                                    human remains were probably buried                      forward, transfer of control of the                   Department of the Army, United States
                                                    during the Mississippi Period (A.D.                     human remains and associated funerary                 Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey,
                                                    950–1541).                                              objects to The Osage Nation (previously               1759 Lewis Road, Suite 210, Monterey,
                                                       At an unknown date, human remains                    listed as the Osage Tribe) may proceed.               CA 93944–3223, email
                                                    representing, at minimum, one                              The Arkansas Archeological Survey is               laura.a.prishmontquimby.civ@mail.mil,
                                                    individual were recovered from an                       responsible for notifying The Osage                   telephone (831) 242–7926.
                                                    unknown location in the state of                        Nation (previously listed as the Osage                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                    Arkansas. No known individual was                       Tribe) that this notice has been                      here given in accordance with the
                                                    identified. No associated funerary                      published.                                            Native American Graves Protection and
                                                    objects were present. Diagnostic artifacts                                                                    Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                                                                             Dated: January 17, 2017.
                                                    found in Northwest Arkansas indicate                                                                          3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                                    that these human remains were                           Melanie O’Brien,
                                                                                                            Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                     of human remains and associated
                                                    probably buried during the Prehistoric                                                                        funerary objects under the control of the
                                                    Period (11,650 B.C.–A.D. 1541).                         [FR Doc. 2017–03616 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                  United States Army Garrison, Presidio
                                                       This notice includes a variety of terms              BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                                                                                                                                  of Monterey, Monterey, CA. The human
                                                    commonly used in discussions of                                                                               remains and associated funerary objects
                                                    Arkansas archeology and the historical                                                                        were removed from the Presidio of
                                                    trajectories that gave rise to specific                 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                                                                                                  Monterey, Monterey County, CA.
                                                    Native American communities                                                                                      This notice is published as part of the
                                                                                                            National Park Service
                                                    identified in the historical record. Based                                                                    National Park Service’s administrative
                                                    on the archeological context for these                  [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22827;                               responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                    sites and what is presently known about                 PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                                                                                                                                  U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
                                                    the peoples who pre-date the historic                                                                         The determinations in this notice are
                                                    Osage and occupied the sites listed in                  Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
                                                                                                            Department of the Army, United States                 the sole responsibility of the museum,
                                                    this notice, the Arkansas Archeological                                                                       institution, or Federal agency that has
                                                    Society has determined the human                        Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey,
                                                                                                            Monterey, CA                                          control of the Native American human
                                                    remains listed in this notice are                                                                             remains and associated funerary objects.
                                                    culturally affiliated with The Osage                    AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.            The National Park Service is not
                                                    Nation (previously listed as the Osage                  ACTION:   Notice.                                     responsible for the determinations in
                                                    Tribe).                                                                                                       this notice.
                                                    Determinations Made by the Arkansas                     SUMMARY:   The U.S. Department of the
                                                                                                            Army, United States Army Garrison,                    Consultation
                                                    Archeological Survey
                                                                                                            Presidio of Monterey has completed an                   A detailed assessment of the human
                                                       Officials of the Arkansas                            inventory of human remains and                        remains was made by the United States
                                                    Archeological Survey have determined                    associated funerary objects, in                       Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey
                                                    that:                                                   consultation with the appropriate                     professional staff, with the assistance of
                                                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                 Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                      the United States Army Corps of
                                                    human remains described in this notice                  organizations, and has determined that                Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory
                                                    represent the physical remains of 107                   there is no cultural affiliation between              Center of Expertise in the Curation and
                                                    individuals of Native American                          the human remains and associated                      Management of Archaeological
                                                    ancestry.                                               funerary objects and any present-day                  Collections, and in consultation with
                                                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                  Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                      representatives of Picayune Rancheria of
                                                    the four objects described in this notice               organizations. Representatives of any                 the Chukchansi Indians of California;
                                                    are reasonably believed to have been                    Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                       Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
                                                    placed with or near individual human                    organization not identified in this notice            Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa
                                                    remains at the time of death or later as                that wish to request transfer of control              Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians
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                                                    part of the death rite or ceremony.                     of these human remains and associated                 of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
                                                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there               funerary objects should submit a written              California; Table Mountain Rancheria of
                                                    is a relationship of shared group                       request to the United States Army                     California; Tule River Indian Tribe of
                                                    identity that can be reasonably traced                  Garrison, Presidio of Monterey. If no                 the Tule River Reservation, California,
                                                    between the Native American human                       additional requestors come forward,                   and the following non-federally
                                                    remains and associated funerary objects                 transfer of control of the human remains              recognized Indian group: Ohlone/
                                                    and The Osage Nation (previously listed                 and associated funerary objects to the                Costanoan-Esselen Nation. The
                                                    as the Osage Tribe).                                    Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                      Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of


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                                                    the Tuolumne Rancheria of California                    indeterminate sex), two sub-adults of                 CRMS inventoried archeological
                                                    was also invited to consult but chose to                indeterminate sex and four infants of                 collections from the Presidio of
                                                    not participate.                                        indeterminate sex. No known                           Monterey and stored them at their
                                                                                                            individuals were identified. The 122                  laboratory in Paso Robles, CA, until they
                                                    History and Description of the Remains
                                                                                                            associated funerary objects include: 1                were moved to the SDAC, Escondido,
                                                       In 1910, human remains representing,                 andesite chipped stone scrapper or                    CA in 2003. SDAC inventoried the
                                                    at minimum, three individuals were                      preform, 2 complete hammer stones (1                  collection, and only at that time was the
                                                    purportedly collected by an individual                  is basalt), 1 gray chert core, 1 antler               bone material in the collection
                                                    named Heath in the vicinity of El                       flaking tool (burned), 1 incomplete                   positively identified as human. No
                                                    Castillo, site CA–MNT–101, in                           antler tool, 1 fragmented antler tine, 3              known individuals were identified. No
                                                    Monterey County, CA. A.R. Pilling                       Olivella shell bead fragments, 1 shell                associated funerary objects are present.
                                                    stated that Heath gave him the human                    fishhook fragment, 1 possible Haliotis
                                                    remains when Pilling donated them to                    ornament preform, 1 fragmented clam                   Determinations Made by the United
                                                    the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of                          shell ornament, 19 unmodified mammal                  States Army Garrison, Presidio of
                                                    Anthropology, University of California,                 bones, 4 unmodified bird bones, 3                     Monterey
                                                    Berkeley, CA, in 1947. The human                        unmodified fish bones, 3 unmodified                     Officials of the United States Army
                                                    remains were identified as two adult                    crustacean shells, and 80 unmodified                  Garrison, Presidio of Monterey have
                                                    males and one sub-adult of                              shells (including fragments of Haliotis,              determined that:
                                                    indeterminate sex. No known                             Olivella and Turban and few complete                    • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                    individuals were identified. No                         Haliotis, some of which may be                        human remains described in this notice
                                                    associated funerary objects are present.                modified).                                            are Native American based on
                                                       In 1947 and 1953, human remains                         In 1985, human remains representing,               morphological characteristics and the
                                                    representing, at minimum, one                           at minimum, two individuals were                      archeological context of the sites from
                                                    individual, were found by A.R. Pilling                  excavated from El Castillo (CA–MNT–                   which they were removed.
                                                    at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of                       101), Monterey County, CA. The                          • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                    Anthropology, University of California,                 archeological test excavations were                   human remains described in this notice
                                                    Berkeley, CA, stored within faunal                      conducted by Archaeological Consulting                represent the physical remains of 17
                                                    collections associated with El Castillo                 and Research Services to determine the
                                                    (CA–MNT–101), Monterey County, CA.                                                                            individuals of Native American
                                                                                                            effect on cultural resources of a                     ancestry.
                                                    The human remains were identified as                    proposed easement along Lighthouse
                                                    one adult of indeterminate sex. No                                                                              • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
                                                                                                            Avenue, with a connection to Van                      the 310 objects described in this notice
                                                    known individuals were identified. No                   Buren Street. The collection was
                                                    associated funerary objects are present.                                                                      are reasonably believed to have been
                                                                                                            originally stored at Fort Ord, Seaside,
                                                       In 1960, human remains representing,                                                                       placed with or near individual human
                                                                                                            CA. In 1994, Cultural Resources
                                                    at minimum, one individual, were                                                                              remains at the time of death or later as
                                                                                                            Management Services (CRMS)
                                                    purportedly collected from the vicinity                                                                       part of the death rite or ceremony.
                                                                                                            inventoried archeological collections
                                                    of El Castillo (CA–MNT–101), Monterey                                                                           • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
                                                                                                            from the Presidio of Monterey. These
                                                    County, CA. The human remains were                      collections were temporarily stored at                relationship of shared group identity
                                                    donated to the Pacific Grove Museum of                  their laboratory in Paso Robles, CA until             cannot be reasonably traced between the
                                                    Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA by                   they were moved to the San Diego                      Native American human remains and
                                                    Donald Howard. The catalog card states                  Archaeological Center, Escondido, CA                  associated funerary objects and any
                                                    that the human remains were from ‘‘the                  in 2003. The human remains were                       present-day Indian tribe.
                                                    Presidio of Monteray (sic) near the                     identified as one adult and one sub-                    • A treaty signed in 1851 identified
                                                    intersection of Foam and Lighthouse                     adult of indeterminate sex. No known                  Indian lands to be ceded to the United
                                                    above the cliff.’’ The human remains                    individuals were identified. The 188                  States in exchange for compensation,
                                                    were identified as an adult of                          associated funerary objects include: 3                and included the land from which the
                                                    indeterminate sex. No known                             chert projectile points, 1 granite and 1              Native American human remains and
                                                    individuals were identified. No                         metavolcanic hammerstone, 4 granite                   associated funerary objects listed in this
                                                    associated funerary objects are present.                pestle fragments, 1 chert and 1                       notice were removed. That treaty was
                                                       In 1967, human remains representing,                 metavolcanic chopper, 1 siltstone                     one of 18 such treaties between the
                                                    at minimum, nine individuals, were                      scrapper, 10 biface fragments, 67                     United States and Indian entities in
                                                    excavated from El Castillo (CA–MNT–                     chipped stone debitage, 2 bone awl tips,              California that were negotiated and
                                                    101), Monterey County, CA. The                          6 Mytilus fish hook fragments, 30                     signed in 1851 and 1852, wherein
                                                    excavations resulted from a proposal to                 Olivella shell beads, 12 Haliotis shell               certain Indian lands were ceded to the
                                                    establish a State Park or Monument at                   pendant fragments, 1 modified Mytilus                 U.S. in exchange for compensation. On
                                                    El Castillo, for which the CA                           shell fragment, and 48 unmodified                     July 8, 1852, the U.S. Senate refused to
                                                    Department of Parks and Recreation and                  Olivella shell and shell fragments.                   ratify any of those 18 treaties.
                                                    the National Park Service contracted the                   In the 1984, human remains                         Nonetheless, the United States
                                                    Central California Archaeological                       representing, at minimum, one                         proceeded to take the lands to be ceded,
                                                    Foundation to survey and excavate the                   individual were excavated from CA–                    but without paying compensation.
                                                    proposed site. Collections from the                     MNT–932, Monterey County, CA. The                       • According to the California Indians
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                                                    excavation were curated at the                          excavations were undertaken by Far                    Jurisdictional Act of 1928 (45 Stat. 602),
                                                    California State Parks, Department of                   Western Anthropological Research                      Congress declared that the
                                                    Parks and Recreation, California State                  Group, Inc. to evaluate the site’s                    uncompensated taking of these lands,
                                                    Museum Resource Center, now titled                      eligibility for inclusion in the National             including the land from which the
                                                    the California Statewide Museum                         Register of Historic Places. The                      Native American human remains and
                                                    Collections Center, McClellan, CA. The                  collection was originally curated at San              associated funerary objects listed in this
                                                    human remains were identified as three                  Jose State University, Department of                  notice were removed, provided grounds
                                                    adults (one male, one female and one of                 Anthropology, San Jose, CA. In 1994,                  for granting equitable relief to


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                                                    11626                         Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 36 / Friday, February 24, 2017 / Notices

                                                    descendants of the Indian entities that                 Department of the Army, United States                 organization not identified in this notice
                                                    signed those treaties.                                  Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey,                  that wish to request transfer of control
                                                      • According to a final judgment of the                1759 Lewis Road, Suite 210, Monterey,                 of these human remains and associated
                                                    Indian Claims Commission (8 Ind. Cl.                    CA 93944–3223, email                                  funerary objects should submit a written
                                                    Comm. 39a) and a final judgment of the                  laura.a.prishmontquimby.civ@mail.mil,                 request to the Ohio History Connection.
                                                    Court of Federal Claims (102 Ct. C1.                    telephone (831) 242–7926, by March 27,                If no additional requestors come
                                                    837), the Indian entities in California                 2017. After that date, if no additional               forward, transfer of control of the
                                                    that signed those 18 treaties held                      requestors have come forward, transfer                human remains and associated funerary
                                                    aboriginal title to the lands to be ceded,              of control of the human remains and                   objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
                                                    including the land from which the                       associated funerary objects to the                    tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
                                                    Native American human remains and                       Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi                  stated in this notice may proceed.
                                                    associated funerary objects listed in this              Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian              DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                                    notice were removed. Consequently, the                  Community of the Santa Rosa                           representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                    Court and the Commission awarded                        Rancheria, California; Table Mountain                 Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                    compensation to the descendants of the                  Rancheria of California; Tule River                   identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    Indian entities that signed those treaties.             Indian Tribe of the Tule River                        request transfer of control of these
                                                      • The present-day Indian tribes that                  Reservation, California; and, if joined to            human remains and associated funerary
                                                    are descended from the Indian entities                  one or more of the afore-mentioned                    objects should submit a written request
                                                    that signed the 1851 treaty ceding the                  tribes, to the Santa Ynez Band of                     with information in support of the
                                                    land from which the Native American                     Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa                  request to the Ohio History Connection
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                   Ynez Reservation, California and the                  at the address in this notice by March
                                                    objects listed in this notice were                      Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation, a                    27, 2017.
                                                    removed are the Picayune Rancheria of                   non-federally recognized Indian group,
                                                    the Chukchansi Indians of California;                                                                         ADDRESSES: Bradley Lepper, Ohio
                                                                                                            may proceed.
                                                    Santa Rosa Indian Community of the                         The United States Army Garrison,                   History Connection, 800 East 17th
                                                    Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table                 Presidio of Monterey is responsible for               Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211,
                                                    Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule                  notifying the Picayune Rancheria of the               telephone (614) 298–2064, email
                                                    River Indian Tribe of the Tule River                    Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa               blepper@ohiohistory.org.
                                                    Reservation, California; and Tuolumne                   Rosa Indian Community of the Santa                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                    Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the                           Rosa Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez                here given in accordance with the
                                                    Tuolumne Rancheria of California.                       Band of Chumash Mission Indians of                    Native American Graves Protection and
                                                      • According to an Act of Congress                     the Santa Ynez Reservation, California;               Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                    and final judgments of the Indian                       Table Mountain Rancheria of California;               3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                                    Claims Commission and the Court of                      Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule                   of human remains and associated
                                                    Federal Claims, the land from which the                 River Reservation, California; and                    funerary objects under the control of the
                                                    Native American human remains and                       Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of                    Ohio History Connection, Columbus,
                                                    associated funerary objects were                        the Tuolumne Rancheria of California,                 OH. The human remains and associated
                                                    removed is the aboriginal land of the                   that this notice has been published.                  funerary objects were removed from
                                                    Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi                     Dated: January 30, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                  Newcomers Town and Cemetery,
                                                    Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian                                                                      Tuscarawas County, OH.
                                                                                                            Melanie O’Brien,
                                                    Community of the Santa Rosa                                                                                      This notice is published as part of the
                                                                                                            Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                     National Park Service’s administrative
                                                    Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
                                                    Rancheria of California; Tule River                     [FR Doc. 2017–03618 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]           responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                    Indian Tribe of the Tule River                          BILLING CODE 4312–52–P                                U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
                                                    Reservation, California; and Tuolumne                                                                         this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                                    Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the                                                                                 the museum, institution, or Federal
                                                    Tuolumne Rancheria of California.                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            agency that has control of the Native
                                                      • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the                 National Park Service                                 American human remains and
                                                    disposition of the human remains and                                                                          associated funerary objects. The
                                                    associated funerary objects may be to                   [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0022686;                          National Park Service is not responsible
                                                    Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi                    PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                          for the determinations in this notice.
                                                    Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian
                                                                                                            Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio                  Consultation
                                                    Community of the Santa Rosa
                                                                                                            History Connection, Columbus, OH                        A detailed assessment of the human
                                                    Rancheria, California; Table Mountain
                                                    Rancheria of California; Tule River                     AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.              remains was made by the Ohio History
                                                    Indian Tribe of the Tule River                          ACTION: Notice.                                       Connection professional staff in
                                                    Reservation, California; and Tuolumne                                                                         consultation with representatives of the
                                                    Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the                           SUMMARY:    The Ohio History Connection               Delaware Nation, Oklahoma.
                                                    Tuolumne Rancheria of California.                       has completed an inventory of human
                                                                                                            remains and associated funerary objects,              History and Description of the Remains
                                                    Additional Requestors and Disposition                   in consultation with the appropriate                    In July 1934, construction activities
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                                                      Representatives of any Indian tribe or                Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                      relating to the installation of sewer and
                                                    Native Hawaiian organization not                        organizations, and has determined that                waterlines along Mulvane Street in
                                                    identified in this notice that wish to                  there is a cultural affiliation between the           Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County,
                                                    request transfer of control of these                    human remains and associated funerary                 OH, uncovered human remains.
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                   objects and present-day Indian tribes or              Emerson F. Greenman, Curator of
                                                    objects should submit a written request                 Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal                 Archaeology for the Ohio History
                                                    with information in support of the                      descendants or representatives of any                 Connection investigated the discovery
                                                    request to Colonel Lawrence Brown,                      Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                       and collected human remains and


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Document Created: 2017-02-24 01:17:26
Document Modified: 2017-02-24 01:17:26
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.
DatesRepresentatives 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 United States Army Garrison, Presidio of Monterey at
FR Citation82 FR 11624 

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