[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31523-31524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10810]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Three 
Rivers, CA and 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

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remains in the control of U.S. Department of the Interior, National 
Park Service, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, CA 
and in the possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The human remains 
were removed from within the boundaries of Sequoia & Kings Canyon 
National Parks.
    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 superintendent, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; 
Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria 
of Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria of California. Consultation was also carried out by Sequoia & 
Kings Canyon National Parks professional staff with the Dunlap Band of 
Mono Indians, Sierra Foothill Wuksachi Tribe, Sierra Nevada Native 
American Coalition, and Wukchumni Tribal Council; these groups, while 
not federally-recognized, represent traditionally associated peoples 
who have maintained interest in previous repatriation and reburial 
efforts for Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks.
    In 1960, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from site CA-Tul-24 (Hospital Rock) in Tulare County, CA, 
by J.C. von Werlhof. In 1961, Mr. von Werlhof transferred these 
fragmentary human remains to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, where they currently are secured. No known individuals 
were identified. No funerary objects are present.
    The Hospital Rock site is a pictograph and occupation site. 
Characteristics of material culture, including Desert series projectile 
points, steatite beads, and brownware ceramics indicate that the site 
was inhabited post- A.D. 1500, until circa A.D. 1860. This suite of 
artifact types is most strongly affiliated in the archeological record 
with Yokuts and Western Mono (Monache) cultural groups. Geographic and 
linguistic evidence places Yokuts and Western Mono (Monache) groups 
within the western foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada during this 
time period.
    Officials of Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology also 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 the Big 
Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria 
of Mono Indians of California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; 
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; 
Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the 
Tule River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains 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 July 1, 2005. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; 
Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Northfork 
Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of 
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria of California may proceed after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
    Officials of Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks are responsible 
for notifying the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; 
Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Northfork 
Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of 
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria of California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 20, 2005
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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