SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

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Associated funerary objects have been identified. The 193 lots of associated funerary objects are ceramic artifacts, coal, flaked stone artifacts, groundstone, historic items, modified bone, organic ecofacts, red ochre, abalone pendant, rocks, and unidentified missing material. In 1981 and 1982, Philip Hines, California State Archaeologist, removed associated funerary objects (ACCN.P361) from CA-MRN-42, in the West Garrison Hospital Area, Angel Island, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California, during a sewer line project. In 1984, a docent removed associated funerary objects (ACCN.P628) from the surface of the same location.

Human remains representing, at least, 12 individuals have been identified. The 389 lots of associated funerary objects are bird bone whistles, clay, coal, earthenware, fire-affected rocks, flaked stone artifacts, groundstone, historic items, modified antler, modified bone, modified shell, modified stone, ocher, organic ecofacts, quartzite, rocks, shell beads, sinker stones, soil samples, stones, unknown, wood, and unidentified missing material. In 1982, Philip Hines, California State Archaeologist, removed associated funerary objects (ACCN.P400 and ACCN.P408) from CA-MRN-43 (Quarry Point), on the southeastern corner of Angel Island, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California, during the construction of a restroom and a landscaping project. In 1965 and 1966, Adan E. Treganza removed human remains and associated funerary objects from the same location (P2024). The human remains and associated funerary objects removed by Treganza were previously in the custody of San Francisco State University.

Associated funerary objects have been identified. The 824 lots of associated funerary objects are baked clay, bone beads, carbon samples, carved wood, flaked stone artifacts, floral samples, flotation samples, glass beads, groundstone, historic items, modified bone, modified shell; net weights, ocher, organic ecofacts, rocks, shell beads, soil samples, unbaked clay, unknown, and unidentified missing material. In 1982, Philip Hines, California State Archaeologist, removed associated funerary objects (ACCN.P407) from CA-MRN-44, Angel Island Immigration Station, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California, during the installation of a water line. In 2006 and 2007, Alex DeGeorgey, Sentinel Archaeological Research, LLC removed associated funerary objects (ACCN.P1499) from the same location during archaeological work in conjunction with an Immigration Station restoration project.

Human remains representing, at least, four individuals have been identified. The 65 lots of associated funerary objects are charcoal, flaked stone artifacts, historic items, organic ecofacts, rocks, and unidentified missing material. In 1966, Adan E. Treganza removed human remains and associated funerary objects (ACCN.P2142) from CA-MRN-45, Ayala Cove, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California. In 1983, Philip Hines, California State Archaeologist, removed ancestors and associated funerary objects (ACCN.P505) from the same location during site testing. In 1987, Philip Hines, California State Archaeologist, removed associated funerary objects (ACCN.P777) from the same location during the installation of a sprinkler system. The human remains and associated funerary objects removed by Treganza were previously in the custody of San Francisco State University.

Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been identified. The one lot of associated funerary objects are flaked stone tools. At an unknown date, an unknown person removed the human remains and associated funerary objects (ACCN.231-X) from an unknown location, likely on Angel Island, Marin County, California. Between 1999 and 2001, staff found the human remains and associated funerary objects at the State Parks collection storage facility at Ayala Cove, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California.

Associated funerary objects have been identified. The one lot of associated funerary objects are shell buttons. In ( printed page 48428) 1982, the shell buttons (ACCN.231-44) were found during reconstruction of Quarters 11 at Camp Reynolds (West Garrison), Angel Island, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California.

Associated funerary objects have been identified. The two lots of associated funerary objects include flaked stone artifacts and possible petroglyph or pecked stone found at the US Immigration Station (North Garrison), Angel Island, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California. In 1981, a flaked stone artifact (ACCN.231-41) was found by a school group on the beach. At an unknown date, a possible petroglyph or pecked stone was found in the maintenance yard. The item was not catalogued.

Associated funerary objects have been identified. The one lot of associated funerary objects are stone artifacts found near Perle's Beach, Angel Island, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California. In 1991, a projectile point (ACCN.231-26) was found at the beach. In 1994, a netweight (ACCN.231-27) was found along the road from Perle's Beach.

Associated funerary objects have been identified. The five lots of associated funerary objects are rocks, groundstone artifacts, flaked stone artifacts, beads, and unidentified missing material. stone artifacts found at multiple unknown locations on Angel Island, Angel Island State Park, Marin County, California, Angel Island. In 1999, a projectile point (ACCN.231-26) was found by students. At an unknown date, a projectile point (ACCN.231-1) was found by a park visitor. At unknown dates, unknown people found the remaining associated funerary objects. Those items were not catalogued.

Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been identified. The one lot of associated funerary objects are mammal bone. In 1963, an unknown person removed the human remains and associated funerary objects (ACCN.309-X) from site CA-MRN-1, in Sausalito, Marin County, California. At an unknown date, the California Department of Parks and Recreation acquired the human remains and associated funerary objects.

Human remains representing, at least, 12 individuals and 21 associated funerary objects have been reasonably identified in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on September 12, 2022, by The University of California, Berkeley and the California Department of Parks and Recreation (87 FR 55841-55842). The 371 lots of associated funerary objects listed in this notice are ceramic artifacts, charcoal samples, fire-affected rocks, flaked stone artifacts, flotation samples, glass artifacts, historic items, modified bone, modified shell, modified stone, organic ecofacts, rocks, shell beads, soil samples, unsorted residue, and unidentified missing material. On October 3, 1994, Thomas Wheeler, California State Parks archaeologist, removed the associated funerary objects (ACCN.P1110) from CA-MRN-284, along the coast of Tomales Bay at the northern end of Tomales Bay State Park, Marin County, California, during work to address erosion.

Marin County has been the ancestral territory of the Coast Miwok since time immemorial. Based on geographical, kinship, archeological, linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional, and historical information evidence, the present-day Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are culturally affiliated with the Coast Miwok in Marin County.

Cultural Affiliation

Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

The California Department of Parks and Recreation has determined that:

• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 1,853 lots of objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California.

Requests for Repatriation

Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:

1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.

Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 31, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California Department of Parks and Recreation must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The California Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.

Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

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