[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 247 (Friday, December 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80959-80960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32662]


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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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    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 Central Valley and 
Mountain Reinterment Association on behalf of Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California.
    In 1968, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were recovered from CA-MAD-UNK, a site located in Madera, CA. 
Collections documentation indicates that the human remains were 
recovered by Mr. Pat O'Rourke of the Madera Tribune newspaper and were 
sent by him to San Francisco State University for curation at an 
unknown date. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    This individual is identified as Native American based on 
geographic, historical, and oral history evidence. The site is located 
in the historic territory of the Northern Valley Yokuts Indians, 
occupied by them at the time of Euro-American contact. Oral history 
evidence presented during consultation indicates that there is an 
association between the Yokuts and the present-day Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California.
    In 1968, human remains representing six individuals were recovered 
from CA-MER-66, located in Dos Palos, CA. Collections documentation 
indicates that the remains were recovered during archeological 
excavations conducted by San Francisco State University. No known 
individuals were identified. The 124 associated funerary objects are 
charm stones, haliotis pendants, bird bone ornaments, bone tools, 
olivella beads, and tivela beads.
    These individuals are identified as Native American based on 
geographic, archeological, and oral history evidence. The site is 
located in the historic territory of the Northern Valley Yokuts 
Indians, occupied by them at the time of Euro-American contact. The 
artifact assemblage is consistent with the Yokuts culture. Oral history 
evidence presented during consultation indicates that there is an 
association between the Yokuts and the present-day Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California.
    Around 1962, human remains representing a minimum of two 
individuals were recovered from CA-STA-133, a site located near 
Patterson, CA. Collections documentation indicates that the site was 
recorded in 1962 by Leonard Foote and that the remains were recovered 
during archeological survey and excavations conducted by students at 
San Francisco State University. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    These individuals are identified as Native American based on 
geographic and oral history evidence. The site is located in the 
historic territory of the Northern Valley Yokuts Indians, occupied by 
them at the time of Euro-American contact. Oral history evidence 
presented during consultation indicates that there is an association 
between the Yokuts and the present-day Santa Rosa Indian Community of 
the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California.
    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 nine individuals 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 124 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 Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Central Valley and 
Mountain Reinterment Association and 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 and associated funerary objects should

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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 Central 
Valley and Mountain Reinterment Association on behalf of the Santa Rosa 
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 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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