[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 201 (Friday, October 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65872-65873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22918]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030988; 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 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 present-day 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 Vice Chancellor for 
Research, University of California Berkeley. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to 
the 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 Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California 
Berkeley November 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison, Office of the Vice 
Chancellor for Research, University of California Berkeley, 119 
California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1500, telephone (510) 672-5388, 
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

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University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The human remains were 
removed from a burial cave on the island of Hawaii, HI.
    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 
University of California Berkeley NAGPRA Advisory Committee staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs 
(OHA). The OHA was established in 1978, through amendments to the 
Hawaii State Constitution, to achieve self-governance and to represent 
the lawful interests of Native Hawaiians. Under NAGPRA, the OHA is a 
Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO).

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1905, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a burial cave on the island of Hawaii by Annie M. 
Alexander. The individual is represented by a mandible. Ms. Alexander, 
who founded the University of California, Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate 
Zoology, donated the mandible to the museum, where it comprises part of 
a larger legacy collection. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

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(10), the human remains 
described in this notice represent the physical remains of one 
individual of Native Hawaiian 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 
Hawaiian human remains and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Additional Requesters 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Dr. 
Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison, Office of the Vice Chancellor for 
Research, University of California Berkeley, 119 California Hall, 
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500, telephone (510) 672-5388, email 
[email protected], by November 16, 2020. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs may proceed.
    The University of California Berkeley is responsible for notifying 
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 28, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-22918 Filed 10-15-20; 8:45 am]
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