[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60663-60664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22838]


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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 
Riverside 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 in 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 in 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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of 
the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine Band of the 
Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Augustine Reservation, California; 
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla Band of Mission 
Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation, California; Los Coyotes Band of 
the Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation, 
California; Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo 
Reservation, California; Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission 
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 
the Santa Rosa Reservation, California; and Torres[macr]Martinez Band 
of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California.
    In 1948, human remains representing the cremated remains of at 
least one individual were removed from site CA[macr]Riv[macr]9, a 
village site located 2 miles west of Valerie, Riverside County, CA, by 
University of California employee Clement W. Meighan. Site 
CA[macr]Riv[macr]9 is a village settlement in the Coachella Valley, 
north of the Salton Sea. No known individual was identified. The 128 
associated funerary objects are 20 olivella shells, 1 olivella bead, 2 
clamshell pendants, 1 bone scraper, 4 projectile points, and 100 
ceramic sherds.
    Stylistic characteristics of the ceramics associated with the 
cremation date the occupation to A.D. 1300-1700.
    The use of cremation as part of the mortuary ritual, and the nature 
of the associated funerary objects indicate that the human remains are 
of Native American origin. Oral history describes the area north of the 
Salton Sea as part of the traditional lands of Cahuilla speakers, which 
is corroborated by linguistic evidence that Cahuilla speakers moved 
into the region after A.D. 1000. It is most likely that site 
CA[macr]Riv[macr]9 was occupied by Cahuilla speakers. The modern-day 
descendants of the Cahuilla are the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine 
Band of the Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Augustine Reservation, 
California; Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla Band 
of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation, California; Los Coyotes 
Band of the Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation, 
California; Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo 
Reservation, California; Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission 
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 
the Santa Rosa Reservation, California; and Torres[macr]Martinez Band 
of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 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 one 
individual 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 128 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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua 
Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine Band of the Cahuilla 
Mission Indians of the Augustine Reservation, California; Cabazon Band 
of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the 
Cahuilla Reservation, California; Los Coyotes Band of the Cahuilla & 
Cupeno Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation, California; Morongo Band 
of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation, California; 
Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California; Santa 
Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation, 
California; and Torres[macr]Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission 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, 
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 642[macr]6096, before November 12, 
2004. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente 
Indian Reservation, California; Augustine Band of the Cahuilla Mission 
Indians of the Augustine Reservation, California; Cabazon Band of 
Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the 
Cahuilla Reservation, California; Los Coyotes Band of the Cahuilla & 
Cupeno Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation, California; Morongo Band 
of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation, California; 
Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California; Santa 
Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation, 
California; and Torres[macr]Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians 
of California may proceed after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.
    The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for

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notifying the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua 
Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine Band of the Cahuilla 
Mission Indians of the Augustine Reservation, California; Cabazon Band 
of Mission Indians, California; Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the 
Cahuilla Reservation, California; Los Coyotes Band of the Cahuilla & 
Cupeno Indians of the Los Coyotes Reservation, California; Morongo Band 
of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Morongo Reservation, California; 
Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of California; Santa 
Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation, 
California; and Torres[macr]Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians 
of California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 15, 2004
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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