[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 90 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27433-27435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09909]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030132; 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 and associated funerary objects housed in 
the UC Davis Department of Anthropology Museum, 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

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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 UC 
Davis. 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 UC Davis at the address in this notice by 
June 8, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
California, Davis, 412 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of 
California, Davis, Davis, CA. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from Calaveras 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 and associated funerary 
objects was made by UC Davis professional staff in consultation with 
Indian Tribes. The following Tribes were consulted or invited to 
consult: Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, 
California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; 
Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria; California Valley Miwok 
Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad 
Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Coyote 
Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo 
Indians, California (previously listed as Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo 
Indians of California); Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the 
Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; Guidiville Rancheria of California; 
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, California; Hopland Band of Pomo 
Indians, California (previously listed as Hopland Band of Pomo Indians 
of the Hopland Rancheria, California); Ione Band of Miwok Indians of 
California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as Jackson 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California); Kashia Band of Pomo Indians 
of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California; Lytton Rancheria of 
California; Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester 
Rancheria, California (previously listed as Manchester Band of Pomo 
Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, California); 
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria 
of Chukchansi Indians of California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, 
California (previously listed as the Pinoleville Rancheria of Pomo 
Indians of California); Potter Valley Tribe, California; Redding 
Rancheria, California; Redwood Valley or Little River Band of Pomo 
Indians of the Redwood Valley Rancheria California (previously listed 
as Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California); Reno-Sparks 
Indian Colony, Nevada; Robinson Rancheria (previously listed as 
Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, California and the Robinson 
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California); Santa Rosa Indian Community 
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Scotts Valley Band of Pomo 
Indians of California; Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of 
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Susanville Indian Rancheria, 
California; Table Mountain Rancheria (previously listed as Table 
Mountain Rancheria of California); Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 
River Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the 
Auburn Rancheria of California; Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California 
(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart 
Community & Washoe Ranches); and the Wilton Rancheria, California 
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes Consulted or Invited to 
Consult'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals 
were removed from a site near Mokelumne Hill in Calaveras County, CA 
(Accession 442). The burials were inadvertently discovered during the 
construction of a tennis court on private property. Field records 
indicate that two burials, an adult and a juvenile, were identified and 
exhumed. In 1995, UC Davis reported that the two burials represent a 
minimum of three individuals. In 2018, human remains recovered from the 
site were reviewed in consultation with one consulting Tribe. UC Davis 
determined the human remains represented a minimum of five individuals 
based on age classification. No known individuals were identified. The 
47 associated funerary objects are 33 flakes, three cobble fragments, 
one quartz crystal, one mineral, seven faunal remains, and two bifaces.
    The human remains have been determined to be Native American based 
on the archeological context of the site. Radiocarbon dates indicates 
that the burials date to approximately A.D. 134-410. Geographic, 
anthropological, archeological, historical, linguistic, and oral 
traditional sources provide evidence of cultural affiliation between 
the human remains and contemporary Miwok people. The following Indian 
Tribes identify as Eastern, Plains, or Sierra Miwok and are culturally 
affiliated with the above human remains and associated funerary 
objects: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; 
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of 
Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; 
Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as Jackson Rancheria 
of Me-Wuk Indians of California); Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne 
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United 
Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; and the 
Wilton Rancheria, California (hereafter referred to as ``The Affiliated 
Tribes'').

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 five

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individuals of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 47 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 
Affiliated 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 and associated 
funerary objects 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 8, 2020. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to The Affiliated Tribes may proceed.
    The University of California, Davis is responsible for notifying 
The Tribes Consulted or Invited to Consult that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: April 3, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-09909 Filed 5-7-20; 8:45 am]
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