[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1506-1507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-735]


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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.
    An assessment of the human remains and catalogue records and 
associated documents relevant to the human remains was made by Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of Big Lagoon Rancheria, California; Resighini 
Rancheria, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad 
Rancheria, California; and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, 
California.
    In 1924, human remains representing at least one individual were 
recovered from site CA-Hum-NL-2, Humboldt County, CA, and donated to 
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology the same year by A. L. 
Kroeber. No known individual was identified. The one associated 
funerary object is a grooved stone sinker.
    Based on consultation and geographic, linguistic, and 
archaeological evidence, including the presence of site-specific 
artifacts site CA-Hum-NL-2 has been identified as a Yurok site.
    During the 1920s, human remains representing at least two 
individuals were removed from site CA-Hum-NL-4, Trinidad, Humboldt 
County, CA, and donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology 
in 1931 by Dr. Herbert H. Stuart. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present in the Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology collections.
    Based on consultation and geographic, linguistic, archaeological, 
and ethnographic evidence site CA-Hum-NL-4 has been identified as a 
Yurok site.
    During the 1920s, human remains representing at least three 
individuals were recovered from site CA-Hum-NL-9, Big Lagoon, Humboldt 
County, CA, and donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology 
in 1931 by Dr. Herbert H. Stuart. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present in the Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology collections.
    Based on consultation and geographic, linguistic, archaeological, 
historic, and ethnographic evidence site CA-Hum-NL-9 has been 
identified as a Yurok 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 at least six 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 one object listed 
above is 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 Big Lagoon Rancheria, California; 
Resighini Rancheria, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of 
the Trinidad Rancheria, California; and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok 
Reservation, California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Big Lagoon Rancheria, 
California; Resighini Rancheria, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian 
Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; and the Yurok Tribe of 
the Yurok Reservation, California. Representatives of any other Indian 
tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains and the associated funerary object should contact C. Richard 
Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 643-7884, 
before February 11, 2002. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Big Lagoon Rancheria, California; 
Resighini Rancheria, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of 
the Trinidad Rancheria, California; and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok 
Reservation, California may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.


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    Dated: December 13, 2001.
Robert Stearns,
Program Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-735 Filed 01-10-02; 8:45 am]
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