[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 214 (Monday, November 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55955-55956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27704]


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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, 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, 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 Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon and the Quartz 
Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California.
    In 1925, human remains representing three individuals (catalog 
numbers 12-11213, 12-11214, 12-11215) were recovered from a site ``one 
mile from mouth of Williamson R. (N. side), E. side Klamath L., 
Oregon'' by Dr. Leslie

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Spier. Also in 1925, these human remains were acquired by the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology through university appropriation, a term 
used to indicate that the human remains and associated funerary objects 
were brought into the museum on university-sponsored projects with 
funds provided by the Regents of the University of California. No known 
individuals were identified. The 200 associated funerary objects 
(catalog numbers 1-26560, 2-29527) are glass beads and nonhuman bone.
    Although these human remains are not clearly identifiable as to 
tribal origin, given the preponderance of the evidence, these human 
remains and associated funerary objects have been determined to be 
culturally affiliated with the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon and the 
Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Auartz Valley Reservation of 
California. This determination has been based on strong geographical 
evidence, linguistic evidence, regional archeological evidence 
indicating cultural continuity perhaps as early as C.E. 700, and the 
presence of historic-era funerary objects.
    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 three individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of 
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 200 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 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 associated 
funerary objects and the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon and the Quartz 
Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Klamath Indian Tribe 
of Oregon and the Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley 
Reservation of California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe 
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains and associated funerary objects should contact C. Richard 
Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 643-7884, 
before December 5, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon and 
the Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of 
California may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: October 3, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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