[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 43641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15841]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-21347; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, 
previously listed as the Office of the State Archaeologist Burials 
Program, has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program. 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 the 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program at the address 
in this notice by August 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 South Clinton Street, 
Iowa City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, 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 Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. The human remains were 
removed from Northern California.
    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 the Office 
of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program professional staff in 
consultation with the Native American Heritage Commission and 
representatives of the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of 
California (previously listed as the Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono 
Indians of California); the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians 
of California; the Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; the Jackson 
Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as the Jackson Rancheria of 
Me-Wuk Indians of California); the Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians 
of California; the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California; the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, 
Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; the Table 
Mountain Rancheria of California; the Tule River Indian Tribe of the 
Tule River Reservation, California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California, hereafter referred to 
as ``The Tribes''.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location, possibly in Northern 
California. The human remains were held by a private citizen, whose son 
donated the human remains to the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program in May 1997. The cranial remains represent an 
adult male, approximately 25 to 35 years old (Burial Project 1135). No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The overall condition of the bone suggests antiquity. Cranio-facial 
morphology and dental wear indicate the individual is Native American. 
Limited provenience information indicates the human remains are from 
northern California, a region occupied by Yokut-speaking peoples well 
before European contact. Archeological, linguistic, ethnographic and 
oral historical evidence suggests that the Yokuts and their ancestors 
inhabited the region since 500 B.C.

Determinations Made by the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program

    Officials of the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual 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 Tribes.

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 Dr. Lara 
Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, 
University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, 
telephone (319) 384-0740, email [email protected], by August 4, 
2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
    The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program is 
responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: June 20, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-15841 Filed 7-1-16; 8:45 am]
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