[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43550-43551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15552]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034237; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of California, Berkeley 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 the University of California, Berkeley. 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 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 the University of California, Berkeley at the 
address in this notice by August 22, 2022.

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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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of 
California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Marin 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 
University of California, Berkeley professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 
California, and the Guidiville Rancheria of California.

History and Description of the Remains

    Beginning in 1868, human remains representing, at minimum, 497 
individuals were removed from multiple identified sites in Marin 
County, CA, including CA-Mrn-10, CA-Mrn-123, CA-Mrn-139, CA-Mrn-163, 
CA-Mrn-164, CA-Mrn-165, CA-Mrn-168, CA-Mrn-17, CA-Mrn-201, CA-Mrn-209, 
CA-Mrn-232, CA-Mrn-242, CA-Mrn-26, CA-Mrn-266, CA-Mrn-271, CA-Mrn-275, 
CA-Mrn-280, CA-Mrn-3, CA-Mrn-301, CA-Mrn-302, CA-Mrn-307, CA-Mrn-315, 
CA-Mrn-34, CA-Mrn-342, CA-Mrn-345, CA-Mrn-35, CA-Mrn-353, CA-Mrn-39, 
CA-Mrn-65, CA-Mrn-7, CA-Mrn-76, CA-Mrn-92, as well as 14 unidentified 
sites in Marin County. These collections comprise 72 separate 
accessions.
    No known individuals were identified. The 49 associated funerary 
objects are one lot of awls and awl fragments, one lot of baked clay 
and clay objects, one lot of beads and bead fragments, one lot of beads 
and bone, one lot of bottles and bottle fragments, one lot of buttons, 
one lot of ceramics and fragments, one lot of chamstone and charmstone 
fragments, one lot of charred faunal remains, one lot of crockery 
fragments, one lot of crystal, one lot of currency, one lot of faunal 
remains, one lot of faunal remains and artifacts, one lot of figurine, 
one lot of fishing tools, one lot of glass objects and fragments, one 
lot of grindstones, one lot of handles, one lot of head scratchers, one 
lot of implements, one lot of iron fragments, one lot of metal tools 
and objects, one lot of midden sample, one lot of mixed faunal remains, 
one lot of mixed faunal, shell, and plant matter, one lot of mortars 
and pestles, one lot of ornament, one lot of paint, one lot of pencil, 
one lot of pendants, amulets, and bangles, one lot of picks, one lot of 
pipes and pipe fragments, one lot of plant matter, one lot of plant 
matter and soil samples, one lot of refuse, one lot of refuse samples, 
one lot of scrapers and scraper fragments, one lot of shell and shell 
fragments, one lot of soil samples, one lot of stones, one lot of 
textiles, one lot of tubes and tube fragments, one lot of unknown 
objects, one lot of whistles and whistle fragments, one lot of wood, 
one lot of worked bones, bone tools and objects, one lot of worked 
shell objects, and one lot of worked stone and stone tools/objects.
    Since time immemorial, Marin County, CA, has been the ancestral 
territory of the Coast Miwok, among whom are the Federated Indians of 
Graton Rancheria. Based on geographical, kinship, archeological, 
linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional, and historical information, 
the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California are culturally 
affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary objects 
listed in this notice.

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(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 497 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 49 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 
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 
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 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 requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects 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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