[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65728-65729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27642]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027072; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The State Center Community 
College District--Fresno City College, Fresno, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State Center Community College District--Fresno City 
College has completed an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects, 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 associated funerary 
objects 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request to the State Center 
Community College District--Fresno City College. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the State Center Community College District--
Fresno City College at the address in this notice by January 22, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Mary Beth Miller, Interim Dean of Social Sciences, in care 
of Jill Minar, Ph.D., Fresno City College of The State Center Community 
College District, 1101 E University Avenue, Fresno, CA 93741, telephone 
(559) 442-8210, 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the State Center 
Community College District--Fresno City College, Fresno, CA. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Sihugatic 
site, Madera 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 and associated funerary objects. 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 State 
Center Community College District--Fresno City College professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Big Sandy Rancheria 
of Western Mono Indians of California (previously listed as the Big 
Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California); Buena Vista Rancheria 
of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians 
of California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; 
Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria 
of Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Table 
Mountain Rancheria (previously listed as the Table Mountain Rancheria 
of California) Tejon Indian Tribe; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 
River Reservation, California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
    An invitation to consult was extended to the California Valley 
Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort 
McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Ione

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Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians 
(previously listed as the Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California); Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, 
Nevada; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Walker River Paiute Tribe of 
the Walker River Reservation, Nevada; and the Yerington Paiute Tribe of 
the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada. For a variety of 
reasons, they did not engage in consultation.
    Two non-federally recognized groups, the Dunlap Band of Mono 
Indians and Traditional Choinumni Tribe, participated in consultation. 
One non-federally recognized group, the Wukchumni Tribe, was invited to 
consult, but did not respond.
    Hereafter, all the Indian tribes and non-federally recognized 
Indian groups listed in this section are referred to as ``The Consulted 
and Notified Tribes and Groups.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1974 and 1975, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from the Sihugatic site, which is located on 
private property along Whiskey Creek, between the town of South Fork 
and Redinger Lake in Madera County, CA. Fresno City College 
Anthropology instructor Don Wren led a field class that excavated the 
site. In January 2017, funded by a 2016 NAGPRA Consultation/
Documentation grant awarded to the State Center Community College 
District, an osteological examination of the faunal collections was 
conducted to determine if human remains were present. That examination 
resulted in the identification of the human remains described in this 
notice. The human remains belong to one adult and two sub-adults of 
indeterminate sex. These individuals are represented by 317 bone and 
tooth fragments, and six teeth. No known individuals were identified. 
The nine associated funerary objects are three steatite beads, one lot 
bone bead fragments, one lot shell bead fragments, one glass bead, and 
three steatite fragments.

Determinations Made by the State Center Community College District--
Fresno City College

    Officials of the State Center Community College District--Fresno 
City College 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 based on archeological context.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the nine objects 
described in this notice 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.
     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 
Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California, based on geographic 
information and oral tradition.

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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Mary Beth Miller, Interim Dean of Social 
Sciences, in care of Jill Minar, Ph.D., Fresno City College of The 
State Center Community College District, 1101 E University Avenue, 
Fresno, CA 93741, telephone (559) 442-8210, email 
[email protected], by January 22, 2019. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Northfork 
Rancheria of Mono Indians of California may proceed.
    The State Center Community College District--Fresno City College is 
responsible for notifying The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 28, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-27642 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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