[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34228-34229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11968]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030237; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of the Pacific, Dugoni 
School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry 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 University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of 
Dentistry. 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 
University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry at the address in 
this notice by July 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Dorothy Dechant, Center for Dental History and Craniofacial 
Study, University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry, 155 Fifth 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-2919, telephone (415) 929-6627, 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 University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of 
Dentistry, San Francisco, CA. The human remains were removed from the 
SJO-91 Brown site in San Joaquin 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 the Center 
for Dental History and Craniofacial Study (CDHCS) professional staff at 
the University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry in 
consultation with representatives of the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of 
California; Picayune Rancheria of the 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 Table Mountain Rancheria of California); Tejon Indian Tribe; Tule 
River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; United 
Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Wilton 
Rancheria, California; and the Northern Valley Yokut, a non-federally 
recognized Indian group. The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk 
Indians (previously listed as Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California); Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria 
of California; as well as the Southern

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Sierra Miwuk Nation and the Tubatulabals of Kern Valley, California, 
non-federally recognized Indian groups, were invited but did not 
participate. Hereafter, all the above entities are referred to as ``The 
Consulted Tribes and Groups.''

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime in 1970 or 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, 
six individuals were removed from CA-SJO-91 Brown Site on private 
property, in San Joaquin County, CA. Sometime between 1970 and 1989 
these human remains were in the possession of Dr. John Stucky of Lodi, 
CA. Dr. Stucky had received these human remains from his neighbor who 
had been a construction superintendent for A. Teichert and Sons 
Construction. In 1989, on behalf of Dr. Stucky, these human remains 
were donated to the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry by 
Dr. Kenneth Holcombe, and accessioned into the school's Spencer R. 
Atkinson Library of Applied Anatomy skull collection. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In a 2004 Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register (69 FR 55454, September 14, 2004), the California Department 
of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, noted that CA-SJO-91 ``lie(s) 
within Yokuts territory,'' that the Yokuts ``are today represented by 
three groups of living areas: the Northern Valley Yokuts, Southern 
Valley Yokuts, and Foothill Yokuts,'' and that ``(a)rchaeological, 
ethnographic, historical and oral historical evidence link the Northern 
Valley Yokuts to the present-day Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi 
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; and Tule 
River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California.''
    In a 2011 Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register (76 FR 14055, March 15, 2011), the California State Department 
of Transportation (Caltrans), Sacramento, CA, and California State 
University, Sacramento, CA, noted that ``historical and geographical 
lines of evidence indicate that CA-SJO-91 lies on the border of the 
traditional territory of the Plains Miwok and the Northern Valley 
Yokuts.''
    Based on the above findings, as well as oral and documentary 
evidence presented during consultations, the University of the Pacific, 
Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco (including the Center for 
Dental History and Craniofacial Study) reasonably believes that the 
cultural affiliation of CA-SJO-91 is to the Northern Valley Yokuts and 
Plains Miwok.

Determinations Made by the University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of 
Dentistry

    Officials of the University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of 
Dentistry have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of six 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 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); Picayune Rancheria 
of the 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 Table Mountain Rancheria of 
California); Tejon Indian Tribe; 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; and the Wilton Rancheria, California 
(hereafter referred to as ``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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Dorothy 
Dechant, University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry, 155 
Fifth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-2919, telephone (415) 929-6627, 
email [email protected], by July 6, 2020. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to The Affiliated Tribes may proceed. If joined to a 
request from one or more of the Affiliated Tribes, the following non-
federally recognized Indian groups may receive transfer of control of 
the human remains: The Northern Valley Yokut, and the Southern Sierra 
Miwuk Nation.
    The University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry is 
responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes and Groups that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: April 23, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-11968 Filed 6-2-20; 8:45 am]
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