[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 58 (Thursday, March 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15373-15374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6650]
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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 11
sites in and near Round Valley, Mendocino 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 Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big
Valley Rancheria, California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo
Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; Grindstone Indian
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; Guidiville Rancheria
of California; Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria,
California; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point
Rancheria, California; Lytton Rancheria of California; Manchester Band
of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, California;
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Pinoleville
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Potter Valley Rancheria of
Pomo Indians of California; Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Round
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California;
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Sherwood Valley
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; and Upper Lake Band of Pomo
Indians of Upper Lake Rancheria of California.
In 1939 and 1940, human remains representing at least three
individuals were removed from site CA-Men-1, Mendocino County, CA, by
C.E. Smith and W.D. Weymouth, and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology in 1940. No known individuals were identified.
The two associated funerary objects are two bone beads.
In 1940, human remains representing at least two individuals were
removed from site CA-Men-120, Mendocino County, CA, by W.D. Weymouth
and A.E. Treganza, and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology the same year. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1946, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed from site CA-Men-147, Mendocino County, CA, by University of
California staff as a result of a project funded by the Regents of the
University of California through the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology or the University of California. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1940, human remains representing at least two individuals were
removed from site CA-Men-164, Mendocino County, CA, by W.D. Weymouth
and A.E. Treganza, and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology the same year. No known individuals were identified. The
one associated funerary object is a stone pestle.
In 1941, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed from site CA-Men-183, Mendocino County, CA, by W.D. Weymouth
and A.E. Treganza, and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology the same year. No known individual was identified. The
seven associated funerary objects are four beads, one mortar, and two
pestles.
In 1941, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed from site CA-Men-183, Mendocino County, CA, by W.D. Weymouth,
and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology the
same year. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1946, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed from site CA-Men-183, Mendocino County, CA, by W.D. Weymouth,
and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology the
same year. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1939, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed from site CA-Men-183, Mendocino County, CA, by W.D. Weymouth,
and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology during
the 1940s. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present
In 1941, human remains representing at least 22 individuals were
removed from site CA-Men-187, Mendocino County, CA, during excavations
conducted by A.E. Treganza, R.K. Beardsley, W.D. Weymouth, and C.E.
Smith, who donated the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology the same year. No known
individuals were identified. The 1,112 associated funerary are 1
scraper, 1,004 glass beads, 50 pine nut beads, 55 shell beads, and 2
shell objects.
In 1940, human remains representing at least two individuals were
removed from site CA-Men-72, Mendocino County, CA, by W.D. Weymouth and
A.E. Treganza, and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology the same year. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1940, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed from site CA-Men-93, Mendocino County, CA, by W.D. Weymouth and
A.E. Treganza, and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology the same year. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1940, human remains representing at least two individuals were
removed, according to museum records, from a site ``within 4 mi radius
of Covelo'' (CA-Men-NL-4), Mendocino County, CA, by C.E. Smith, and
were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology the same
year. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1943, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed, according to museum records, from a site ``ca. 5 mi. N. of
Farley P.O.'' (CA-Men-NL-5), Mendocino County, CA, by an unknown
individual, and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology by Mrs. Russell Cummins the same year. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1963, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed, according to museum records, from a
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site ``10 mi. S.E. of Covelo'' (CA-Men-NL-8), Mendocino County, CA, by
an unknown individual, and were donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum
of Anthropology by Harriet H. Thomsen the same year. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Circumstances of burial identify the human remains listed here as
Native American. Historical evidence indicates that the geographical
region in which the sites are located is part of Yuki traditional
territory. Present-day representatives of the Yuki are the Round Valley
Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California. Oral history
of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation,
California tribal elders indicates that the Yuki have a long history of
habitation in this region of California. The oral history is
corroborated by archeological and linguistic research. Therefore, the
human remains and associated funerary objects described above are
determined to be culturally affiliated with the Round Valley Indian
Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California.
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 41
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 1,122 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 Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley
Reservation, 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,
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, before April 26, 2004.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation,
California may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley
Rancheria, California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo
Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; Grindstone Indian
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; Guidiville Rancheria
of California; Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria,
California; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point
Rancheria, California; Lytton Rancheria of California; Manchester Band
of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, California;
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Pinoleville
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Potter Valley Rancheria of
Pomo Indians of California; Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Round
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California;
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Sherwood Valley
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; and Upper Lake Band of Pomo
Indians of Upper Lake Rancheria of California that this notice has been
published.
Dated: January 27, 2004.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 04-6650 Filed 3-24-04; 8:45 am]
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