[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40056-40057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13594]


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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 Colusa, 
Napa, and Solana Counties, 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 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 two individuals were 
removed from the Howells Point site (CA-Col-2) in Colusa County, CA, by 
Waldo R. Wedel, who donated the human remains to the Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology the following year. The Howells Point site is an 
occupation site and cemetery located 13 miles southwest of Arbuckle, 
near the Sacramento River, Colusa County, CA. No known individuals were 
identified. The 366 associated funerary objects are 1 burial wrapping, 
1 button, 1 stone fragment, 100 glass beads, 240 clamshell disc beads, 
14 olivella shell beads, 8 abalone pendant and pendant fragments, and 1 
lot of basketry.
    The Howells Point site is dated to the post-European contact period 
based on the presence of glass beads in the burials.
    In 1936, human remains representing at least 47 individuals were 
removed from the Miller site (site CA-Col-1) in Colusa County, CA, by 
R.F. Heizer and A.D. Krieger. Mr. Heizer and Mr. Krieger donated the 
human remains to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology that same 
year. The Miller site is an occupation site and cemetery located 12 
miles southwest of Arbuckle, on the west bank of the Sacramento River, 
Colusa County, CA. No known individuals were identified. The 7,993 
associated funerary objects are 6,380 clamshell disc beads, 1,519 
olivella beads, 1 lot of vegetal matting, 5 organic materials, 1 kinfe 
fragment, 2 iron nails, 1 antler fragment, 1 obsidian fragment, 5 
projectile points, 1 bone object, 22 beads, 3 awls and fragments, 3 
pebbles and fragments, and 49 pendants.
    The Miller site is dated to the post-European contact period based 
on the presence of iron nails in the burials.
    In 1947, human remains representing at least one individual were 
removed from the Tulukai site (CA-Nap-39), located on the northern bank 
of Tulukai Creek, 1 mile south of Napa in Napa County, CA. The human 
remains were collected by R.F. Heizer and an anthropology class and 
were acquired by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1947 by 
``university appropriation,'' a term used to indicate that the cultural 
items came to the museum from a university-sponsored project with funds 
provided by The Regents of California. Additional items were collected 
by R.F. Heizer and C.W. Meighan in 1951. No known individual was 
identified. The 12 associated funerary objects are 3 clamshell disc 
beads, 7 obsidian fragments, 1 mortar, and 1 faunal bone.
    Stylistic characteristics of the associated funerary objects 
indicate that the burial dates to the Protohistoric period (post-A.D. 
1500).
    In 1973, cremated human remains representing at least one 
individual were removed from Suscol Mound Number 1 (CA-Nap-16) in Napa 
County, CA, during archeological excavations carried out by University 
of California, Berkeley anthropology field school. Suscol Mound Number 
1 is located on the south bank of Suscol Creek, 4 miles southeast of 
Napa. No known individual was identified. The 501 associated

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funerary objects are a mortar (in which the human remains and 
associated funerary objects were placed), 2 milling stones, 4 lots of 
charcoal, 1 shell fragment, 1 stone bead, 18 obsidian fragments, 1 bone 
bead, 1 olivella shell bead, 262 clamshell disc beads and fragments, 
and 210 beads and fragments of unknown material.
    Stylistic characteristics of the associated funerary objects 
indicate that the burial dates to the Protohistoric period (post-A.D. 
1500).
    In 1946, human remains representing at least one individual were 
removed from Cross Slough Mound (CA-Sol-13) located on an island at the 
confluence of Cross and Nurse Sloughs on the northeastern side of 
Suisun Bay in Solano County, CA. The human remains and cultural items 
were collected by the Standard Oil Company and donated to the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1946. No known individual was 
identified. The one associated funerary object is an obsidian 
projectile point.
    Stylistic characteristics of the associated funerary object 
indicate that the burial dates to the Protohistoric period (post-A.D. 
1500).
    Based on burial context and site characteristics, the human remains 
described above from Colusa, Napa, and Solano Counties are determined 
to be Native American in origin. The sites date to a relatively late 
time period, after the migration of Wintun people into the region circa 
A.D. 700-900. The present-day descendents of the Wintun are the Cachil 
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the 
Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun 
Indians; 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.
    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 52 
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 8,873 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 
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, 
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, before August 11, 2005. 
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: June 14, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program
[FR Doc. 05-13594 Filed 7-11-05; 8:45 am]
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