[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10234-10236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03742]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033404; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) 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 associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to UC Davis. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects 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

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identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of 
these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to UC Davis 
at the address in this notice by March 25, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, 
University of California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, 
Davis, CA 95616, telephone (530) 752-8501, 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 University of 
California, Davis, Davis, CA. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from Solano or Yolo 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 and associated funerary objects. 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 UC Davis 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Yocha 
Dehe Wintun Nation, California [previously listed as Rumsey Indian 
Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California]. The following Indian Tribes 
were invited to consult in 1995, or later, but did not participate: Big 
Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, California; 
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cachil DeHe Band 
of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa 
Rancheria, California; Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria; 
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian 
Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo 
Indians of California; Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of 
California; Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, California 
[previously listed as Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of 
California]; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank 
Rancheria, California; Guidiville Rancheria of California; Habematolel 
Pomo of Upper Lake, California; Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, 
California [previously listed as Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the 
Hopland Rancheria, California]; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians 
[previously listed as Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California]; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point 
Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians [previously 
listed as Cortina Indian Rancheria]; Lytton Rancheria of California; 
Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, California 
[previously listed as Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the 
Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, California]; Middletown Rancheria of 
Pomo Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 
California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California [previously listed as 
Pinoleville Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California]; Potter Valley 
Tribe, California; Redding Rancheria, California; Redwood Valley or 
Little River Band of Pomo Indians of the Redwood Valley Rancheria 
California [previously listed as Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo 
Indians of California]; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Robinson 
Rancheria [previously listed as Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo 
Indians, California]; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 
Rancheria, California; Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of 
California; Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; 
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria 
(Verona Tract), California; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; 
Table Mountain Rancheria [previously listed as Table Mountain Rancheria 
of California]; 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; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California (Carson Colony, 
Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & Washoe 
Ranches); and the Wilton Rancheria, California.
    Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed in this section are 
referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from site CA-SOL-364 (UC Davis Accession 426) in Solano 
County, CA, by UC Davis Faculty member Robert Bettinger, Ph.D., and 
graduate student Michael Delacorte at the request of the County 
Coroner. The human remains were uncovered during the excavation of a 
trench for utility cables. The complete skeleton of at least one 
individual and the disturbed remains of possibly eight additional 
individuals were removed from the trench. All the human remains 
recovered from this site were transferred to the Native American 
Heritage Commission except for a single bone fragment. No known 
individual was identified. The 23 associated funerary objects are three 
pieces of groundstone, one biface, two cores, one core tool, eight 
pieces of debitage, one flake tool, five pieces of baked clay, and two 
fragments of freshwater mussel shell.
    CA-SOL-364, located in the Suisun Valley, is situated within the 
southern North Coast Ranges. According to a post-1985 excavation, it 
was a single component, Early Middle Period (approximately 2,200 B.P. 
to 1,600 B.P.) habitation and burial site. That excavation revealed an 
additional 335 Native American burials. Based on historic and 
anthropological evidence, all human remains and associated funerary 
objects from this site are affiliated with Patwin cultural groups. The 
following present-day Indian Tribes are Patwin: The Cachil DeHe Band of 
Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 
California; Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians [previously listed as 
Cortina Indian Rancheria]; and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California 
[previously listed as Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 
California]. Hereafter, they are referred to as ``The Affiliated 
Tribes.''
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from an unknown site along the Monticello 
Canal (UC Davis Accession 431) in either Solano or Yolo County, CA. The 
details of the exhumation are unknown. No known individuals were 
identified. The four associated funerary objects are unidentified 
lithics.
    Monticello Canal lies in the heart of Patwin aboriginal occupation. 
Based on historic and anthropological evidence, the human remains and 
associated funerary objects are affiliated with Patwin cultural groups.
    In the 1930s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were found along Putah Creek, probably near Davis, in Yolo 
County, CA (UC Davis Accession 428), by Jack Underhill, and 
subsequently, they were transferred to UC Davis. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

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    The site lies in the heart of Patwin aboriginal occupation. Based 
on historic and anthropological evidence, the human remains are 
affiliated with Patwin cultural groups.
    In 1923, human remains representing one individual were found along 
Putah Creek, probably in Solano or Yolo County, CA (UC Davis Accession 
434). No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    The site lies in the heart of Patwin aboriginal occupation. Based 
on historic and anthropological evidence, the human remains are 
affiliated with Patwin cultural groups.

Determinations Made by the University of California, Davis

    Officials of the University of California, Davis have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of five individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 27 objects described 
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony.
     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 
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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, 
University of California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, 
Davis, CA 95616, telephone (530) 752-8501 email [email protected], by 
March 25, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to The Affiliated Tribes may proceed.
    The University of California, Davis is responsible for notifying 
The Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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