83_FR_63125 83 FR 62891 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

83 FR 62891 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 234 (December 6, 2018)

Page Range62891-62892
FR Document2018-26446

The Oakland Museum of California, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the Oakland Museum of California. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026950; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Oakland Museum of 
California, Oakland, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Oakland Museum of California, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural 
patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the 
Oakland Museum of California. If no additional claimants come forward, 
transfer of control of the cultural items 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 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Oakland Museum of California 
at the address in this notice by January 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Violetta Wolf, Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak 
Street, Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510) 318-8489, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given in accordance with 
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, that meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural 
patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    In the 19th or 20th century, one cultural item was removed by an 
unknown party from an unknown location in California. Sometime in the 
20th century, the object came into the possession of the father of Mr. 
William H. Bird, Sr. of Oakland, CA. The circumstances under which 
Bird's father acquired the cultural item are unclear. Bird gifted the 
cultural item to the Oakland Museum of California on September 26, 
1974, when he distributed his father's collection of Native American 
cultural items to the Oakland Museum of California, Merritt College, 
the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (now known as the Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology), and the Oakland Museum Women's Board White 
Elephant Sale. The one object of cultural patrimony is a xaa-ts'a' 
(mush bowl). The mush bowl (catalog number H74.285.6) was accessioned 
by the Oakland Museum of California in 1974. The mush bowl is woven 
from twined

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bear grass with a diamond pattern. It is approximately four inches tall 
and eight inches in diameter. The mush bowl was used by family groups.
    The cultural item has been identified as Tolowa in archival 
documents and the original gift documentation. Consultations from the 
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, 
California) and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California 
have both confirmed the Tolowa affiliation of this cultural item.
    In the 19th or 20th century, one cultural item was removed from the 
mouth of Smith River in Del Norte County, CA. On November 1, 1949, Mr. 
M. W. Dadey of Oakland, California, donated the item to the Oakland 
Public Museum. The circumstances under which the cultural item came 
into the possession of Mr. Dadey are unknown. In 1965, the collection 
of the Oakland Public Museum was merged with the collections of two 
other institutions to create the collection of the Oakland Museum of 
California. The one unassociated funerary object is a stone maul. The 
stone maul (catalog number H16.4389) is made from basalt or another 
igneous rock, is six inches long, and was made by pecking and grinding.
    The Tolowa Dee-ni' (previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, 
California) are culturally affiliated with the area from which the 
cultural item was removed. This is supported by archival records and 
reports, museum records, Department of the Interior sources, academic 
sources, and correspondence with Tolowa Dee-ni' representatives. 
Additional archival sources and correspondence with the Tolowa Dee-ni' 
(previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, California) describe 
this cultural item as being consistent with the known burial practices 
of the Tolowa.

Determinations Made by the Oakland Museum of California

    Officials of the Oakland Museum of California have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item 
identified as catalog number H16.4389 and described above is 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 and is 
believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from 
a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one cultural item 
identified as catalog number H74.285.6 and described above has ongoing 
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native 
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an 
individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the two 
cultural items described above and the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation 
(previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, 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 claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Violetta Wolf, Oakland Museum of California, 
1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510) 318-8489, email 
[email protected], by January 4, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
unassociated funerary object and the object of cultural patrimony to 
the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River 
Rancheria, California) may proceed.
    The Oakland Museum of California is responsible for notifying the 
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (previously listed as the Smith River Rancheria, 
California) that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 7, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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                                               removed from the Britt-Decora site (47–                 Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse                   additional claimants come forward,
                                               TR–0002) in Trempealeau County, WI.                     Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake                transfer of control of the cultural items
                                               Archeologist Leland Cooper, who was                     Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock                    to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
                                               associated with Hamline University in                   Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;                  or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
                                               Minnesota at the time, excavated the                    Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;                     in this notice may proceed.
                                               site in 1927, and recovered the partially               and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South                  DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                               cremated remains of a single adult from                 Dakota, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The                representatives of any Indian Tribe or
                                               one of the site’s 25 conical mounds. The                Aboriginal Land Tribes.’’                             Native Hawaiian organization not
                                               human remains were transferred from                       • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the               identified in this notice that wish to
                                               Hamline University to the Wisconsin                     disposition of the human remains and                  claim these cultural items should
                                               Historical Society in 1978. Neither field               associated funerary objects may be to                 submit a written request with
                                               notes nor reports from Cooper’s                         The Aboriginal Land Tribes.                           information in support of the claim to
                                               investigations were among the                                                                                 the Oakland Museum of California at
                                                                                                       Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                               transferred materials. No known                                                                               the address in this notice by January 4,
                                               individuals were identified. No                           Representatives of any Indian Tribe or              2019.
                                               associated funerary objects are present.                Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                                                                                                                             ADDRESSES: Violetta Wolf, Oakland
                                                                                                       identified in this notice that wish to
                                               Determinations Made by the Wisconsin                    request transfer of control of these                  Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street,
                                               Historical Society                                      human remains and associated funerary                 Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510)
                                                  Officials of the Wisconsin Historical                objects should submit a written request               318–8489, email vwolf@museumca.org.
                                               Society have determined that:                           with information in support of the                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                  • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                 request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin                   hereby given in accordance with the
                                               human remains described in this notice                  Historical Society, 816 State St,                     Native American Graves Protection and
                                               are Native American based on                            Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)                    Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                               Wisconsin Historical Society records,                   264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@                        3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
                                               burial location, archeological context,                 wisconsinhistory.org, by January 4,                   items under the control of the Oakland
                                               oral histories, and skeletal analysis.                  2019. After that date, if no additional               Museum of California, Oakland, CA,
                                                  • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                 requestors have come forward, transfer                that meet the definition of unassociated
                                               human remains described in this notice                  of control of the human remains and                   funerary objects or objects of cultural
                                               represent the physical remains of two                   associated funerary objects to The                    patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
                                               individuals of Native American                          Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.                      This notice is published as part of the
                                               ancestry.                                                 The Wisconsin Historical Society is                 National Park Service’s administrative
                                                  • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                  responsible for notifying The Aboriginal              responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                               the one object described in this notice                 Land Tribes and The Consulted Tribes                  U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
                                               is reasonably believed to have been                     that this notice has been published.                  this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                               placed with or near individual human                                                                          the museum, institution, or Federal
                                                                                                        Dated: November 7, 2018.
                                               remains at the time of death or later as                                                                      agency that has control of the Native
                                               part of the death rite or ceremony.                     Melanie O’Brien,                                      American cultural items. The National
                                                  • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a                   Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                     Park Service is not responsible for the
                                               relationship of shared group identity                   [FR Doc. 2018–26438 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am]           determinations in this notice.
                                               cannot be reasonably traced between the                 BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                               Native American human remains                                                                                 History and Description of the Cultural
                                               associated funerary objects and any                                                                           Items
                                               present-day Indian Tribe.                               DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                               In the 19th or 20th century, one
                                                  • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or                                                                           cultural item was removed by an
                                               Executive Orders, indicate that the land                National Park Service                                 unknown party from an unknown
                                               from which the Native American human                    [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026950;                          location in California. Sometime in the
                                               remains were removed is the aboriginal                  PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                          20th century, the object came into the
                                               land of the Assiniboine and Sioux                                                                             possession of the father of Mr. William
                                               Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian                          Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural               H. Bird, Sr. of Oakland, CA. The
                                               Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River                    Items: Oakland Museum of California,                  circumstances under which Bird’s father
                                               Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River                       Oakland, CA                                           acquired the cultural item are unclear.
                                               Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek                   AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.            Bird gifted the cultural item to the
                                               Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek                           ACTION:   Notice.                                     Oakland Museum of California on
                                               Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau                                                                          September 26, 1974, when he
                                               Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;                     SUMMARY:   The Oakland Museum of                      distributed his father’s collection of
                                               Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower                    California, in consultation with the                  Native American cultural items to the
                                               Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower                  appropriate Indian Tribes or Native                   Oakland Museum of California, Merritt
                                               Sioux Indian Community in the State of                  Hawaiian organizations, has determined                College, the Lowie Museum of
                                               Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe                           that the cultural items listed in this                Anthropology (now known as the
                                               (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux                  notice meet the definition of                         Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
                                               Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,                    unassociated funerary objects or objects              Anthropology), and the Oakland
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                                               South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian                    of cultural patrimony. Lineal                         Museum Women’s Board White
                                               Community in the State of Minnesota;                    descendants or representatives of any                 Elephant Sale. The one object of cultural
                                               Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud                      Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian                       patrimony is a xaa-ts’a’ (mush bowl).
                                               Indian Reservation, South Dakota;                       organization not identified in this notice            The mush bowl (catalog number
                                               Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;                          that wish to claim these cultural items               H74.285.6) was accessioned by the
                                               Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux                              should submit a written request to the                Oakland Museum of California in 1974.
                                               Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-                       Oakland Museum of California. If no                   The mush bowl is woven from twined


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                                               bear grass with a diamond pattern. It is                central to the Native American group or               of these human remains should submit
                                               approximately four inches tall and eight                culture itself, rather than property                  a written request to UC Davis. If no
                                               inches in diameter. The mush bowl was                   owned by an individual.                               additional requestors come forward,
                                               used by family groups.                                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there             transfer of control of the human remains
                                                 The cultural item has been identified                 is a relationship of shared group                     to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
                                               as Tolowa in archival documents and                     identity that can be reasonably traced                or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
                                               the original gift documentation.                        between the two cultural items                        in this notice may proceed.
                                               Consultations from the Tolowa Dee-ni’                   described above and the Tolowa Dee-ni’                DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                               Nation (previously listed as the Smith                  Nation (previously listed as the Smith                representatives of any Indian Tribe or
                                               River Rancheria, California) and the                    River Rancheria, California).                         Native Hawaiian organization not
                                               Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation,                                                                         identified in this notice that wish to
                                               California have both confirmed the                      Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                                                                                                                             request transfer of control of these
                                               Tolowa affiliation of this cultural item.                  Lineal descendants or representatives              human remains should submit a written
                                                 In the 19th or 20th century, one                      of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian                request with information in support of
                                               cultural item was removed from the                      organization not identified in this notice            the request to UC Davis at the address
                                               mouth of Smith River in Del Norte                       that wish to claim these cultural items               in this notice by January 4, 2019.
                                               County, CA. On November 1, 1949, Mr.                    should submit a written request with
                                                                                                                                                             ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA
                                               M. W. Dadey of Oakland, California,                     information in support of the claim to
                                               donated the item to the Oakland Public                  Violetta Wolf, Oakland Museum of                      Project Manager, University of
                                               Museum. The circumstances under                         California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland,                 California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One
                                               which the cultural item came into the                   CA 94607, telephone (510) 318–8489,                   Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
                                               possession of Mr. Dadey are unknown.                    email vwolf@museumca.org, by January                  telephone (530) 752–8501, email
                                               In 1965, the collection of the Oakland                  4, 2019. After that date, if no additional            mnoble@ucdavis.edu.
                                               Public Museum was merged with the                       claimants have come forward, transfer                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                               collections of two other institutions to                of control of the unassociated funerary               hereby given in accordance with the
                                               create the collection of the Oakland                    object and the object of cultural                     Native American Graves Protection and
                                               Museum of California. The one                           patrimony to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation                Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                               unassociated funerary object is a stone                 (previously listed as the Smith River                 3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                               maul. The stone maul (catalog number                    Rancheria, California) may proceed.                   of human remains under the control of
                                               H16.4389) is made from basalt or                           The Oakland Museum of California is                the University of California, Davis,
                                               another igneous rock, is six inches long,               responsible for notifying the Tolowa                  Davis, CA. The human remains were
                                               and was made by pecking and grinding.                   Dee-ni’ Nation (previously listed as the              removed from Lake County, CA.
                                                 The Tolowa Dee-ni’ (previously listed                 Smith River Rancheria, California) that                  This notice is published as part of the
                                               as the Smith River Rancheria,                           this notice has been published.                       National Park Service’s administrative
                                               California) are culturally affiliated with                                                                    responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                                                                        Dated: November 7, 2018.
                                               the area from which the cultural item                                                                         U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
                                                                                                       Melanie O’Brien,                                      this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                               was removed. This is supported by
                                                                                                       Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                     the museum, institution, or Federal
                                               archival records and reports, museum
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–26446 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am]           agency that has control of the Native
                                               records, Department of the Interior
                                               sources, academic sources, and                          BILLING CODE 4312–52–P                                American human remains. The National
                                               correspondence with Tolowa Dee-ni’                                                                            Park Service is not responsible for the
                                               representatives. Additional archival                                                                          determinations in this notice.
                                                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                               sources and correspondence with the                                                                           Consultation
                                               Tolowa Dee-ni’ (previously listed as the                National Park Service
                                               Smith River Rancheria, California)                                                                              A detailed assessment of the human
                                               describe this cultural item as being                    [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026943;                          remains was made by UC Davis
                                               consistent with the known burial                        PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                          professional staff in consultation with
                                               practices of the Tolowa.                                                                                      the Koi Nation of Northern California
                                                                                                       Notice of Inventory Completion:                       (previously listed as the Lower Lake
                                               Determinations Made by the Oakland                      University of California, Davis, Davis,               Rancheria, California). The Big Valley
                                               Museum of California                                    CA                                                    Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley
                                                  Officials of the Oakland Museum of                   AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.            Rancheria, California; Cloverdale
                                               California have determined that:                        ACTION:   Notice.                                     Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California;
                                                  • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),                                                                        Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of
                                               the one cultural item identified as                     SUMMARY:    The University of California,             California; Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo
                                               catalog number H16.4389 and described                   Davis (UC Davis), has completed an                    Indians, California (previously listed as
                                               above is reasonably believed to have                    inventory of human remains housed in                  the Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo
                                               been placed with or near individual                     the UC Davis Department of                            Indians of California); Elem Indian
                                               human remains at the time of death or                   Anthropology Museum, in consultation                  Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur
                                               later as part of the death rite or                      with the appropriate Indian Tribes or                 Bank Rancheria, California; Federated
                                               ceremony and is believed, by a                          Native Hawaiian organizations, and has                Indians of Graton Rancheria, California;
                                                                                                       determined that there is a cultural                   Guidiville Rancheria of California;
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                                               preponderance of the evidence, to have
                                               been removed from a specific burial site                affiliation between the human remains                 Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake,
                                               of a Native American individual.                        and present-day Indian Tribes or Native               California; Hopland Band of Pomo
                                                  • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),                  Hawaiian organizations. Lineal                        Indians, California (formerly Hopland
                                               the one cultural item identified as                     descendants or representatives of any                 Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland
                                               catalog number H74.285.6 and                            Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian                       Rancheria, California); Kashia Band of
                                               described above has ongoing historical,                 organization not identified in this notice            Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point
                                               traditional, or cultural importance                     that wish to request transfer of control              Rancheria, California; Lytton Rancheria


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ActionNotice.
DatesLineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to the Oakland Museum of California
FR Citation83 FR 62891 

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