[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44535-44536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21068]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Woodlake, CA in the Possession of the Los Angeles County Museum of 
Natural History, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from Woodlake, CA in 
the possession of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los 
Angeles, CA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Los Angeles 
County Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation and the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria.
    In 1932, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from the Robla Lomas Ranch, Woodlake, CA under unknown circumstances by 
person(s) unknown. In 1972, these human remains were donated to the Los

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Angeles County Museum of Natural History by Helen Phillips Spears. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Collections documentation indicates this individual was found with 
ten other individuals on the Robla Lomas Ranch. Documentation also 
suggests that these human remains are probably those of an individual 
killed by the Spanish during a battle known to have occured at the 
Robla Lomas Ranch in 1832. Ethnohistoric information indicates that the 
Robla Lomas Ranch is within the historic territory traditionally 
occupied by the Southern Valley Yokuts, now represented by the present-
day Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation. Consultation 
with representatives of the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation confirm that these human remains are affiliated with the 
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Los 
Angeles County Museum of Natural History have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these 
Native American human remains and the Tule River Indian Tribe of the 
Tule River Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Tule River Indian 
Tribe of the Tule River Reservation and the Santa Rosa Indian Community 
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria. Representatives of any other Indian tribe 
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains should contact Dr. Margaret A. Hardin, Anthropology Section, 
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los 
Angeles, CA 90007; telephone: (213) 763-3382; e-mail: M[email protected], 
before September 15, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation may begin after 
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 10, 1999.
Richard Waldbauer,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-21068 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
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