[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24857]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and an Associated Funerary Object from Dry Lagoon State Park, CA in the 
Possession of the Anthropological Studies Center, Archeological 
Collections Facility, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA; and in 
the Control of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, 
Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service

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 and an associated 
funerary object in the possession of the Anthropological Studies Center 
(ASC), Archeological Collections Facility (ACF), Sonoma State 
University, Rohnert Park, CA; and in the control of the California 
Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by ASC and 
California Department of Parks and Recreation professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Yurok Tribe of California.
    In 1976, human remains representing four individuals were recovered 
from site CA-HUM-129 in Stone Lagoon, Dry Lagoon State Park, CA during 
salvage excavations conducted for bluff stabilization by Dr. David A. 
Fredrickson, Sonoma State University. These human remains were 
accessioned into the collections of the Archaeological Colletions 
Facility at Sonoma State University. No known individuals were 
identified. The one associated funerary object is an acorn.
    In 1978, human remains representing five individuals were recovered 
from site CA-HUM-129 in Stone Lagoon, Dry Lagoon State Park, CA during 
salvage excavations conducted for bluff stabilization by Dr. David A. 
Fredrickson, Sonoma State University. These human remains were 
accessioned into the collections of the Archaeological Collections 
Facility at Sonoma State University. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects were present.
    Based on material culture and C14 dates, these human remains have 
been identified as Native American dating to between 1490 and 215 B.P. 
Geographical, ethnographical, linguistic, and historical evidence 
indicates that this archeological site is located within the 
traditional Coast Yurok territory. Based on archeological evidence, 
continuity of occupation, ethnographic accounts, and consultation with 
representatives of the Yurok Tribe of California, site CA-HUM-129 has 
been affiliated with the present-day Yurok Tribe of California.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of Somoma State 
University and the California Department of Parks and Recreation have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains 
listed above represent the physical remains of nine individuals of 
Native American ancestry. Officials of Somoma State University and the 
California Department of Parks and Recreation have also determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the one object listed above 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. Lastly, officials of Somoma State University and the 
California Department of Parks and Recreation 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 associated funerary object and the Yurok Tribe of 
California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Yurok Tribe of 
California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and 
associated funerary objects should contact Paulette Hennum, NAGPRA 
Coordinator, California Department of Parks and Recreation, 1416- 9th 
Street, Room 1431, Sacramento, CA 95814; telephone: (916) 653-7976, 
before October 25, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary object to the Yurok Tribe of California may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: September 14, 1999.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Deputy Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-24857 Filed 9-23-99; 8:45 am]
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