[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43549-43550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15551]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034236; 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 items listed in this notice meet the 
definition of objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items 
should submit a written request to the University of California, 
Berkeley. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control 
of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,

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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 these cultural items 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 August 22, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Torma, University of 
California, Berkeley; 50 University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, 
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 cultural items under the 
control of the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, that 
meet the definition of objects 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 items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    Beginning in 1872, 34 cultural items were removed from multiple 
identified sites in Marin County, CA, including CA-Mrn-100, CA-Mrn-102, 
CA-Mrn-104, CA-Mrn-11, CA-Mrn-111, CA-Mrn-114, CA-Mrn-115, CA-Mrn-117, 
CA-Mrn-138, CA-Mrn-140, CA-Mrn-141, CA-Mrn-142, CA-Mrn-144, CA-Mrn-160, 
CA-Mrn-162, CA-Mrn-170, CA-Mrn-173, CA-Mrn-202, CA-Mrn-207, CA-Mrn-210, 
CA-Mrn-226, CA-Mrn-230, CA-Mrn-235, CA-Mrn-237, CA-Mrn-238, CA-Mrn-239, 
CA-Mrn-254, CA-Mrn-260, CA-Mrn-269, CA-Mrn-273, CA-Mrn-274, CA-Mrn-277, 
CA-Mrn-278, CA-Mrn-283, CA-Mrn-287, CA-Mrn-289, CA-Mrn-290, CA-Mrn-303, 
CA-Mrn-340, CA-Mrn-344, CA-Mrn-346, CA-Mrn-354, CA-Mrn-355, CA-Mrn-365, 
CA-Mrn-366, CA-Mrn-368, CA-Mrn-397, CA-Mrn-59, CA-Mrn-8, CA-Mrn-91, as 
well as 24 unidentified sites in Marin County. These collections 
comprise 71 separate accessions.
    The 34 objects one lot of awls and awl fragments; one lot of baked 
clay and ceramics; one lot of basketry fragments; one lot of beads; one 
lot of bottles and bottle fragments; one lot of bow; one lot of 
charmstones and charmstone fragments; one lot of crystal; one lot of 
currency; one lot of faunal remains; one lot of figurines and figurine 
fragments; one lot of flake, beads, and sinker; one lot of glass 
fragments; one lot of metal tools, objects, and fragments; one lot of 
mixed faunal bones and plant matter; one lot of modern refuse; one lot 
of mortars and pestles; one lot of non-native; one lot of ornaments; 
one lot of pendant; one lot of pendants; one lot of pipes and pipe 
fragments; one lot of plant material; one lot of plant material and 
charcoal; one lot of plant matter; one lot of quartz; one lot of 
shells; one lot of sinkers; one lot of soil sample; one lot of stone; 
one lot of textiles and clothing; one lot of wood fragments (some 
charred); one lot of worked bone; and one lot of worked stone, stone 
tools and objects.
    Based on geographical, kinship, archeological, linguistic, 
folkloric, oral traditional, and historical information since time 
immemorial the whole of Marin County has been the ancestral territory 
of the Coast Miwok, among whom are the Federated Indians of Graton 
Rancheria, California. Tribal consultation has established that the 
items listed in this notice are culturally affiliated with the 
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California and are objects of 
cultural patrimony.

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)(D), the 34 cultural items 
described above have 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 objects 
of cultural patrimony 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 claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Thomas Torma, University of California, 
Berkeley; 50 University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94720, 
telephone (510) 672-5388, email [email protected], by August 22, 
2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, 
transfer of control of the objects of cultural patrimony to the 
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California may proceed.
    The University of California, Berkeley is responsible for notifying 
the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California, and the 
Guidiville Rancheria of California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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