[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22575-22576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08120]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033703; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Channel Islands National Park 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 Channel Islands National Park. 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 Channel 
Islands National Park at the address in this notice by May 16, 2022.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ethan McKinley, Superintendent, 
Channel Islands National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001, 
telephone (805) 658-5700, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park 
Service, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, CA, and in the 
physical custody of the Fowler Museum at the University of California 
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. The human remains were removed from 
Anacapa Island, Ventura 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 
Superintendent, Channel Islands National Park.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Channel 
Islands National Park professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of 
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date in the 1970s or 1980s, human remains 
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown 
location on Anacapa Island in Ventura County, CA. An unknown individual 
illegally collected a human cranium and mandible and transferred them 
to Dr. Donald Weissman DDS, a member of the faculty of the UCLA School 
of Dentistry, Dental Radiology Department, in the 1970s and 1980s, for 
use as a teaching demonstration. The human remains were donated by the 
professor's son, Dr. Albert Weissman, DDS, MSD, to the Fowler Museum at 
the University of California Los Angeles in 2017. Based on osteological 
analysis by specialists at the Fowler Museum, the human remains were 
identified as Native American and appear to be those of a young adult 
female. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Anacapa Island is 2.9 km\2\ and has 27 known archeological sites, 
all of which are considered associated with the Chumash based on 
historic records, ethnographic place names, and material culture.

Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National 
Park Service, Channel Islands National Park

    Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park 
Service, Channel Islands National Park 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 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 Ethan 
McKinley, Superintendent, Channel Islands National Park, 1901 Spinnaker 
Drive, Ventura, CA 93001, telephone (805) 658-5700, email 
[email protected], by May 16, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Channel 
Islands National Park is responsible for notifying the Santa Ynez Band 
of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: April 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-08120 Filed 4-14-22; 8:45 am]
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