[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81883-81884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32917]


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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 Office of the 
State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

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 Office of the State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
    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 Office 
of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, professional staff in 
consultation with the California Native American Heritage Commission 
and representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 
Rosa Rancheria, California; the Table Mountain Rancheria of California; 
the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; 
the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; the Cold Springs 
Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; the Northfork Rancheria of 
Mono Indians of California; the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of 
California; the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; the Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; the 
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria 
(Verona Tract), California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing four individuals 
were removed from unknown locations in the San Joaquin Valley, CA, by 
John Morrie, of Fort Madison, IA. In 1994, the Morrie family 
transferred these human remains to the Office of the State 
Archaeologist Burials Program. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Morphological evidence indicates that these individuals are Native 
American based on dental wear and cranial features. The limited 
accession information indicates that these human remains were collected 
within the San Joaquin Valley, CA, and are identified as late 
precontact to early historic Yokuts Indians. Yokuts-speaking peoples 
occupied the entire San Joaquin Valley at the time of European contact, 
and had been living in the valley for a long time. Archeological, 
linguistic, ethnographic, and oral historical evidence suggests that 
the Yokuts and their ancestors inhabited the region since 500 B.C.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of Office of 
the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of four individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Also, officials of the Office of the State Archaeologist, 
University of Iowa, 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; the Table 
Mountain Rancheria of California; the Tule River Indian Tribe of the 
Tule River Reservation, California; the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono 
Indians of California; the Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; the Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; the 
Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; the Chicken Ranch Rancheria 
of Me-Wuk Indians of California; the Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk 
Indians of California; the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, 
Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; and the Tuolumne 
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the California Native 
American Heritage Commission; the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; the Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; the 
Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; the Northfork 
Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; the Ione Band of Miwok Indians 
of California; the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; the Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; the 
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria 
(Verona Tract),

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California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria of California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Shirley Schermer, Burials Program Director, Office of 
the State Archaeologist, 700 Clinton Street Building, University of 
Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, before January 26, 
2001. Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; the Table Mountain 
Rancheria of California; the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation, California; the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; the Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; 
the Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; the Ione Band of 
Miwok Indians of California; the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk 
Indians of California; the Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California, may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: November 20, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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