[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 247 (Friday, December 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80958-80959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32661]


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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 Department of 
Anthropology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, 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 Department of Anthropology, 
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, 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 the 
Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Round Valley Indian 
Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California.
    In 1966, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from CA-MEN-748, a site located in Williams Valley, CA, that was 
excavated by San Francisco State University during the Etsel-Franciscan 
Reservoir Project. No known individual was identified. The 11 
associated funerary objects are olivella beads, trade beads, and chert 
flakes.
    The geographic location of the site and archeological, historical, 
and oral history evidence indicate that these human remains and 
associated funerary objects are likely to be Native American and 
associated with the Yuki Indians. The area of Williams Valley is 
recognized as being in the historic territory of the Yuki at the time 
of Euro-American contact. The location of the site on a terrace above a 
valley is consistent with a contact-period pattern of settlement in 
which the Yuki relocated to secondary sites after being displaced from 
their traditional lands. Evidence presented during consultation 
indicates that the materials recovered

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are consistent with Yuki material culture.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University 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 Department of Anthropology, San 
Francisco State University also have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 11 objects 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 the Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University 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 associated funerary objects and the 
Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Round Valley Indian 
Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California. Representatives of 
any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact 
Jeff Fentress, NAGPRA Coordinator, Department of Anthropology, San 
Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 
94132, telephone (415) 338-2046, before January 22, 2001. Repatriation 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Round 
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California may 
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: December 14, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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