[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71655-71656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27358]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033141; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University 
of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles 
(Fowler Museum at UCLA) 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 Fowler Museum at UCLA. 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 
Fowler Museum at UCLA at the address in this notice by January 18, 
2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy G Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum 
at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-
1864, 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 Fowler Museum at the University of California Los 
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from San Luis Obispo 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 Fowler 
Museum at UCLA professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 
Reservation, California and three non-federally recognized Indian 
groups: The Barbare[ntilde]o/Venture[ntilde]o Band of Mission Indians, 
Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, and the yak tityu tityu yak 
ti[lstrok]hini--Northern Chumash Tribe (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Consulted Tribe and Groups'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1958, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual was 
removed from the surface of site SLO-237 near Arroyo Grande Creek, in 
San Luis Obispo County, CA. Excavations in preparation for a planned 
dam were conducted on private land by William Wallace of the University 
of Southern California (U.S.C.) at the request of the National Park 
Service. Sixty-nine archeological sites were identified

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through survey, and seven of them were further tested with 5' x 5' 
excavation pits. The collection was originally at U.S.C., but it was 
transferred to UCLA and accessioned (no. 449) when William Wallace 
retired in 1964. The site dates to the Late Period (A.D. 1300-1500). 
The human remains consist of the fragmentary left ulna belonging to an 
adult of unidentified sex. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects were either identified or collected.
    Through consultation, and consistent with ethnographic and historic 
documentation, the Fowler Museum has determined that SLO-237 lies 
within the traditional territory of the Chumash. Because the same range 
of artifact types and materials were used from the early pre-contact 
period until historic times, many local archeologists assert that any 
changes in the material culture of the earlier groups living in this 
area over the past 10,000 years reflect evolving ecological adaptations 
and related changes in social organization of the same populations, 
rather than population displacement or movement. Moreover, Native 
consultants explicitly state that, while population mixing did occur on 
a small scale, it would not have altered the continuity of the shared 
group identities of people associated with specific locales. Based on 
this evidence, shared group identity may reasonably be traced between 
the earlier group at these sites and present-day Chumash people.

Determinations Made by the Fowler Museum at the University of 
California Los Angeles

    Officials of the Fowler Museum at the University of the California 
Los Angeles 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 associated funerary objects and the Santa 
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Wendy G. 
Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 
90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-1864, email [email protected], by 
January 18, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Santa 
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 
California may proceed.
    The Fowler Museum at the University of the California Los Angeles 
is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribe and Groups that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-27358 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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