[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62320-62321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27523]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, 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. The 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the 
Redding Number 1 site (CA-Sha-47), Shasta County, CA, and the Frank 
Pierce site (CA-Tri-58), Trinity County, CA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of 
the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the 
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 catalog records and 
associated documents relevant to the human remains, was made by Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the 
Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina 
Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California; Grindstone Indian 
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; Paskenta Band of 
Nomlaki Indians of California; Redding Rancheria, California; Round 
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California; and 
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California.
    In 1935, human remains representing at least six individuals were 
removed from the Redding Number 1 site (CA-Sha-47), located on the east 
bank of the Sacramento River, Shasta County, CA, during excavations 
sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley. No known 
individuals were identified. The 27 associated funerary objects are 22 
shell beads, 2 shell pendants, 2 pieces of baked clay, and 1 piece of 
ochre.
    Based on the presence of chronologically diagnostic artifacts in 
the burials and in other areas of the site, the Redding Number 1 site 
is dated to circa A.D. 1600 and later.
    In 1957, human remains representing at least two individuals were 
removed from the Frank Pierce site (CA-Tri-58), on the Trinity River, 
Trinity County, CA, during excavations carried out by the University of 
California, Berkeley. No known individuals were identified. The 73 
associated funerary objects are 30 obsidian blanks, 22 obsidian flakes, 
6 obsidian points, 1 obsidian scraper, 1 glass bead, 5 shell beads, 6 
shell blanks, 1 pestle, and 1 bow fragment.
    Based on the presence of chronologically diagnostic objects in 
other parts of the site, and the presence of a glass bead in one of the 
two burials, the Frank Pierce site is dated to a period postdating 
European contact.
    Occupation of the Redding Number 1 site and the Frank Pierce site 
postdates the movement of Wintun people into the area at approximately 
A.D. 1000. Cultural affiliation with Wintun descendants, represented by 
the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community 
of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun 
Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki 
Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California; 
Redding Rancheria, California; Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round 
Valley Reservation, California; and Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun 
Indians of California is based on linguistic evidence, regional 
archeological evidence, and oral traditions that include references to 
local geographical features as part of the mythology.
    Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains 
described above represent the physical remains of at least eight 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 100 objects described 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 have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between the Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects and the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 
Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria 
of Wintun Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-
Wailaki Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of 
California; Redding Rancheria, California; Round Valley Indian Tribes 
of the Round Valley Reservation, California; and Rumsey Indian

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Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the 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) 642-6096, before December 3, 2003. 
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to 
the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community 
of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun 
Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki 
Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California; 
Redding Rancheria, California; Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round 
Valley Reservation, California; and Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun 
Indians of California may proceed after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
    The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 
Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria 
of Wintun Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-
Wailaki Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of 
California; Redding Rancheria, California; Round Valley Indian Tribes 
of the Round Valley Reservation, California; and Rumsey Indian 
Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: September 2, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 03-27523 Filed 10-31-03; 8:45 am]
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