[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47228-47229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18679]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology Museum
at the University of California, Davis, Davis, 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 Department of Anthropology Museum at
the University of California, Davis, Davis, CA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Colusa and Yolo 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
Department of Anthropology Museum at the University of California,
Davis 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; and Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of
California.
In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from Miller Mound (CA-COL-1), Colusa County, CA, by the
University of California, Davis archeological field school. No known
individuals were identified. The 6,871 associated funerary objects are
177 clamshell disk beads, 1 lot of approximately 5,000 clamshell disk
beads, 1 bone awl, 6,452 trade beads and fragments, 5 lots of trade
beads and fragments (totaling over 10,000), 168 abalone shell pendants,
2 magnesite cylinders, 7 buttons, 1 clamshell bead necklace fragment, 1
basket fragment, 3 coin[sol]clamshell bead necklace fragments, 41
coins, 4 metal fragments, 1 square nail, 2 animal bones, 4 lots of
textile[sol]bead matrix, and 1 hat.
Based on burial context and site characteristics, the human remains
described above from Colusa County are determined to be Native American
in origin. The presence of clamshell disk beads with one of the burials
indicates that it dates to Phase 2 of the Late Period (approximately
A.D. 1500-1790). The presence of historic items indicates that the
other burial dates to the Historic Period (prior to A.D. 1790).
Linguistic evidence indicates that the Patwin (Southern Wintun) moved
southward from the vicinity of the California-Oregon border into the
Sacramento Valley sometime around A.D. 0, and then spread into the
surrounding foothills sometime before the beginning of Phase 2 of the
Late Period. Robert Heizer documented the Miller Mound site as an
ethnographic village site inhabited by the River Patwin at least
through the Historic Period, or since A.D. 1770, until it was abandoned
in A.D. 1872. The archeological assemblage from the Miller Mound also
indicates an occupation that is consistent with the ethnographic
Patwin. Based on geographical location and age of the associated
funerary objects, the human remains and associated funerary objects are
culturally affiliated with descendants of the Patwin.
In 1969 and 1971, human remains representing a minimum of five
individuals were removed from CA-COL-11 in Colusa County, CA, by two
University of California, Davis archeological field schools. The
collection was accessioned by the museum in 1971. No known individuals
were identified. The 21 associated funerary objects are 1 Haliotis
ornament, 5 clamshell disk beads, 1 lot of at least 2,500 clamshell
disk beads, 12 Olivella beads, and 2 pestles.
Based on burial context and site characteristics, the human remains
described above from Colusa County are determined to be Native American
in origin. The artifact assemblage at this site, which includes
clamshell disk beads and arrow points, indicates that the human remains
and associated funerary objects date to no earlier than Phase 2 of the
Late Period (or roughly A.D. 1500-1790). Linguistic evidence indicates
that the Patwin (Southern Wintun) moved southward from the vicinity of
the California-Oregon border into the Sacramento Valley sometime around
A.D. 0, and then spread into the surrounding foothills sometime before
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the beginning of Phase 2 of the Late Period. The archeological
assemblage from CA-COL-11 also indicates an occupation that is
consistent with the ethnographic Patwin. Based on geographical location
and age of the associated funerary objects, the human remains and
associated funerary objects are culturally affiliated with descendants
of the Patwin.
In 1967, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from CA-YOL-17 in Yolo County, CA, by the University of
California, Davis archeological field school. No known individual was
identified. The 25 associated funerary objects are 21 Haliotis sp.
shell beads, 2 clamshell disk beads, and 2 steatite beads.
Based on burial context and site characteristics, the human remains
described above from Yolo County are determined to be Native American
in origin. The presence of clamshell disk beads indicates that the
human remains dates to Phase 2 of the Late Period (approximately A.D.
1500-1790). Linguistic evidence indicates that the Patwin (Southern
Wintun) moved southward from the vicinity of the California-Oregon
border into the Sacramento Valley sometime around A.D. 0, and then
spread into the surrounding foothills sometime before the beginning of
Phase 2 of the Late Period. The archeological assemblage from CA-YOL-17
also indicates an occupation that is consistent with the ethnographic
Patwin. Based on geographical location and age of the associated
funerary objects, the human remains and associated funerary objects are
culturally affiliated with descendants of the Patwin.
Officials of the Department of Anthropology Museum at the
University of California, Davis have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Department of Anthropology Museum at the University of
California, Davis also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the 6,917 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 Department of Anthropology Museum at the University of
California, Davis 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; 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 Elizabeth Guerra, Department of Anthropology
Museum, 330 Young Hall, One Shields Avenue, University of California,
Davis, CA 95616, telephone (530) 754-6280, before September 12, 2008.
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; and Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of
California may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Department of Anthropology Museum at the University of
California, Davis 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;
and Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 16, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-18679 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
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