[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20825]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the 
Anthropological Studies Center, Archaeological Collections Facility, 
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA; and in the Control of the 
California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Anthropological Studies 
Center (ASC), Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State 
University, Rohnert Park, CA; and in the control of the California 
Department of Transportation (CALTRANS), Sacramento, CA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by ASC 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Santa 
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California.
    In 1962, human remains representing a minimum of five individuals 
were recovered from site CA-KIN-10, King County, CA during salvage 
excavations related to overpass and canal construction along Highway 
198. These excavations were conducted by David Fredrickson of the 
Central California Archaeological Foundation. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on artifact analysis, site CA-KIN-10 has been identified as 
an occupation dating from A.D. 1600-1800. Based on archeological 
evidence and material culture of the site, these individuals have been 
identified as Native American. Geographical, ethnographic, linguistic, 
and historical evidence indicates site CA-KIN-10 is located within the 
traditional Southern Valley Yokut territory. Based on archeological 
evidence, continuity of occupation, and ethnographic accounts, these 
individuals have been affiliated with the Santa Rosa Indian Community 
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, present-day Southern Valley 
Yokuts.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
California Department of Transportation have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of a minimum of five individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the California Department of Transportation also 
have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between these Native American human remains and the Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California. This notice has been 
sent to officials of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Tina Biorn, Environmental Program, Department of 
Transportation, P.O. Box 942094 (M.S. 19), Sacramento, CA 94274-0001, 
telephone (916) 653-0013, before September 15, 2000. Repatriation of 
the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: August 9, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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