[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71656-71657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27359]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033142; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of 
California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of California, Berkeley, in consultation with 
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the 
definition of a sacred object and object of cultural patrimony. Lineal 
descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim this 
cultural item should submit a written request to the University of 
California, Berkeley. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer 
of control of the cultural item 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 
claim this cultural item should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the University of California, 
Berkeley at the address in this notice by January 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison, 
University of California, Berkeley; Government and Community Relations, 
Office of the Chancellor; University of California, Berkeley; 200 
California Hall, Room 215A, Berkeley, CA 94720, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the 
control of the University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA, that 
meets the definition of a sacred object and object of cultural 
patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural item. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item

    In 1904, one cultural item was removed from Valley Center in San 
Diego County, CA. The object in question is a basket that was 
transferred to the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley) by 
Philip Stedman Sparkman. Sparkman ran a general store in Valley Center, 
which is located a short distance from the Rincon Reservation. It came 
to Berkeley as part of a package that was sent to Kroeber in August or 
September of 1904 and was accessioned in 1905. While there is no 
information in the letter accompanying the package about how Sparkman 
came to have the basket, some language in his letters to Kroeber 
suggests that he did not pay for it.
    The item does not appear to have left the museum since it was 
accessioned in 1905. The one sacred object and object of cultural 
patrimony is a basket.
    The one cultural item listed above is culturally affiliated with 
the Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, 
California. This affiliation is supported by museum records, 
ethnographic sources, historical sources and newspapers, oral 
tradition, and other information provided through consultation with 
tribal representatives.

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(3)(C), the one cultural item 
described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by traditional 
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional 
Native American religions by their present-day adherents.

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     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one cultural item 
described above has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural 
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, 
rather than property owned by an individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the sacred 
object and object of cultural patrimony and the Rincon Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians of Rincon 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 claim 
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in 
support of the claim to Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison, University of 
California, Berkeley; Government and Community Relations, Office of the 
Chancellor; University of California, Berkeley; 200 California Hall, 
Room 215A, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 672-5388, email 
[email protected], by January 18, 2022. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
sacred object and object of cultural patrimony to the Rincon Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, California may proceed.
    The University of California, Berkeley is responsible for notifying 
the Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, 
California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-27359 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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