[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 201 (Friday, October 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65870-65871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22919]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030989; 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 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 California Berkeley. 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 California Berkeley at the address in this notice by 
November 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison, Office of the Vice 
Chancellor for Research, University of

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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 under 
the control of the University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The 
human remains were removed from Marin 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 
University of California Berkeley professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 
California.

History and Description of the Remains

    In November 1938, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from a shell mound near the Point Reyes Coast 
Guard Station in Marin County, CA, by Lloyd Travis Jr., a well-known 
biologist. The human remains were put in the collection of Milton 
Hildebrand, a graduate student at the University of California 
Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in the 1940's. When Hildebrand 
went to the University of California Davis to teach in the Zoology 
Department, he created his own teaching collection for comparative 
anatomy. In the 1980's, after he retired, Hildebrand gave his 
collection to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 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(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual 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 Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 
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 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 Federated Tribes of Graton Rancheria, California 
may proceed.
    The University of California Berkeley is responsible for notifying 
the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: September 28, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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