[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17191-17192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08232]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027459; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of California, Berkeley, has completed an 
inventory of human remains and an associated funerary object, 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 object 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 object should submit a 
written request to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary object 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 object should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology 
at the address in this notice by May 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Jordan Jacobs, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 
University of California Berkeley, 103 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley, CA 
94720-3712, telephone (510) 643-8230, email [email protected].

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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 object under the control of the Phoebe A. Hearst 
Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. The 
human remains and associated funerary object were removed from San 
Nicolas Island, Ventura 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 object. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Pala 
Band of Mission Indians (previously listed as the Pala Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California); Pauma Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, 
California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon 
Reservation, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of 
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; and the Soboba Band of Luiseno 
Indians, California; hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1901, two sets of human remains were removed from an unknown 
location on San Nicolas Island, Ventura County, CA, by Philip Mills 
Jones, who was under contract by Phoebe Apperson Hearst to collect 
archeological material from southern California. The human remains were 
subsequently donated to the University of California by Phoebe Apperson 
Hearst in 1901. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Between 1897 and 1902, 24 sets of human remains were removed from 
San Nicolas Island, Ventura County, CA, by Mrs. Blanche Trask and 
subsequently donated to the museum in 1902. No known individuals were 
identified. The one associated funerary object is an abalone shell.
    An examination of the human remains by officials of the Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology have determined the individuals to be of 
Native American origin. Archeological data, oral history, material 
culture, and religious cultural practices indicate that the Santa Ynez 
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 
California, can trace their ancestry back to the people who previously 
occupied the Channel Islands. Linguistic and religious evidence 
together with evidence from the oral traditions indicate that the 
Pechanga Band of Luise[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Pechanga 
Reservation, California, can trace their ancestry back to the people 
who previously occupied the Channel Islands.

Determinations Made by the University of California, Berkeley

    Officials of the University of California, Berkeley have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent 26 sets of human remains of Native American 
ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 object and the Santa 
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 
California, and the Pechanga Band of Luise[ntilde]o Mission Indians of 
the Pechanga Reservation, 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 and associated 
funerary object should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Jordan Jacobs, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California Berkeley, 103 Kroeber Hall, 
Berkeley, CA 94720-3712, telephone (510) 643-8230, email [email protected], by May 24, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary object to the Santa Ynez Band of 
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California, and 
the Pechanga Band of Luise[ntilde]o Mission Indians of the Pechanga 
Reservation, California, may proceed.
    The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 11, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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