[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29300-29301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11092]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20962; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of California, Davis (UC Davis), has completed 
an inventory of human remains housed in the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife 
and Fish Biology, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of 
these human remains should submit a written request to UC Davis. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to UC Davis 
at the address in this notice by June 10, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, 
telephone (530) 752-8501, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under 
the control of the UC Davis, Davis, CA. The human remains were removed 
from Yolo 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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by UC 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 (previously 
listed as the Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 
California); and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California (previously 
listed as the Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California).

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime before 1940, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from site CA-YOL-118 in downtown Davis in Yolo 
County, CA. The human remains were collected by F.M. Hayes, and later 
donated by Mrs. F. Griffin to the UC Davis Zoology Department. The 
Zoology Department later became part of the College of Biological 
Sciences. The collections of the College of Biological Sciences were 
later transferred to the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology 
within the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The human remains have been determined to be Native American based 
on dental wear patterns and the archeological context of the site. The 
human remains were not removed as a part of a systematic excavation; 
however, multiple subsequent archeological excavations at site CA-YOL-
118 and surrounding sites yielded relevant information. The human 
remains are reasonably believed to date to Phase 2 of the Late Period 
(A.D. 1520-1770) or to the later Historic/Mission Period based on the 
presence of temporally diagnostic artifacts including clam shell disc 
beads, glass beads, and Olivella H series beads, as well as radiocarbon 
dating. Archeological and linguistic models suggest individuals of 
southern Wintun or Patwin descent were present at site CA-YOL-118 
during the Late and Historic Periods. The human remains described in 
this Notice are determined to be culturally affiliated with southern 
Wintun or Patwin, represented by the present day Cachil DeHe Band of 
Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 
California; Cortina Indian Rancheria (previously listed as the Cortina 
Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California); and the Yocha DeHe 
Wintun Nation, California (previously listed as the Rumsey Indian 
Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California).

Determinations Made by the University of California, Davis

    Officials of the University of California, Davis have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of 
the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; 
Cortina Indian Rancheria (previously listed as the Cortina Indian 
Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California); and the Yocha DeHe Wintun 
Nation, California (previously listed as the Rumsey Indian Rancheria of 
Wintun Indians of California).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Megon 
Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of California, Davis, 433 
Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, telephone (530) 752-
8501, email [email protected], by June 10, 2016. After that date, if 
no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa 
Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian 
Rancheria (previously listed as the Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun 
Indians of California); and the Yocha DeHe Wintun Nation, California 
(previously listed as the Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 
California) may proceed.
    UC Davis is responsible for notifying Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun 
Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 
California; Cortina Indian Rancheria (previously listed as the Cortina 
Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California); and the Yocha Dehe 
Wintun Nation, California (previously listed as the Rumsey Indian 
Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California) that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: April 27, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-11092 Filed 5-10-16; 8:45 am]
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