[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5368-5369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1274]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University, 
San Francisco, 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 in the control of San 
Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. The human remains were 
removed from an unknown site in Stanislaus 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. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by San 
Francisco State University professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California (also known as the Tachi Yokut Tribe).
    On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual were removed from an unknown site (CA-Sta-UNK) in Stanislaus 
County, CA. The human remains were encased in a soil matrix inside a 
box marked ``Sta-?'' indicating removal from a Native American 
archeological site in Stanislaus County. In addition, the morphology of 
the malar, or cheekbone area, indicates Native American ancestry. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on ethnography and consultation with the Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California and the Tuolumne Band 
of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California, it has been 
determined that Stanislaus County is within the historically documented 
territory of the Northern Valley Yokut and Central Sierra Miwok tribes, 
represented by the present-day Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 
Rosa Rancheria, California and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
    Officials of San Francisco State University have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9-10), the human remains described above 
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of San Francisco State University 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 Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California and the Tuolumne Band 
of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. The Santa 
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California has 
claimed the human remains from site Ca-Sta-UNK.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Jeff 
Fentress, NAGPRA Coordinator, Department of

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Anthropology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San 
Francisco, CA 95132, telephone (415) 338-3075, before March 3, 2006. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of 
the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California may proceed after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
    San Francisco State University is responsible for informing the 
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California and 
the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 
California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: January 9, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Progam.
[FR Doc. E6-1274 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
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