[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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 Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley, 
Berkeley, 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 Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Karuk Tribe of California.
    In 1939, human remains representing at least one individual (Cat. 
12-5990) were recovered from site CA-Hum-NL-12, Humboldt County, CA, 
and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology by W.E. 
Schenck and E.W. Gifford. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on the condition of these human remains, this individual has 
been identified as Native American. Based on geographic and linguistic 
evidence, these human remains have been affiliated with the Karuk Tribe 
of California. Museum records indicate that these human remains were 
found near Chinach, an important Karuk ethnographic village site.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology 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 
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology 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 Karuk Tribe of California. This notice has been 
sent to officials of the Karuk Tribe of California. Representatives of 
any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact C. Richard Hitchcock, Interim 
NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University 
of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 643-7884, before 
July 5, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains to the Karuk Tribe of 
California may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: May 11, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 01-14071 Filed 6-4-01; 8:45 am]
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