[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55841-55842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19619]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034482; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, 
Berkeley; Berkeley, CA, and California Department of Parks and 
Recreation, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of California, Berkeley and the California 
Department of Parks and Recreation have completed an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have 
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 October 12, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Thomas Torma, The University of 
California, Berkeley; 50 University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, 
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 672-5388, email 
[email protected] or Dr. Leslie L. Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, 
California Department of Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 942896, 
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001, telephone (916) 653-5910, 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 that are, variously, under the control of 
the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, and the 
California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, 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 and the California Department of 
Parks and Recreation 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

    In March of 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, 43 
individuals were removed from sites CA-MRN-80 and CA-MRN-78 in Marin 
County, CA, by Adam Treganza. These actions appear to have been 
undertaken at the behest of Robert Power, a restaurateur and collector. 
Power divided the collection from these sites between California State 
Parks and the Lowie Museum, now the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology. There is no record of whether the collection was intended 
to be managed by each recipient separately or by both parties jointly. 
Additional collections from CA-MRN-80 were made by Fritz A. Riddell on 
December 29, 1955, and by Albert B. Elsasser in the spring of 1956. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In 1952 and 1953, human remains representing, at minimum, 12 
individuals were removed from site CA-MRN-284, located in Tomales Bay 
State Park, Marin County, CA, under the auspices of the University of 
California Archaeological Survey, by Aubrey Neasham and Clement W. 
Meighan. No known individuals were identified. The 21 associated 
funerary objects are one lot of beads, one lot of buttons, one lot of 
cartridge shells, one lot of charmstones and charmstone fragments, one 
lot of crystals, one lot of faunal remains, one lot of figurines and 
figurine fragments, one lot of glass fragments, one lot of metal 
fragments, one lot of mortars and pestles, one lot of nails, one lot of 
pendants, one lot of pestles, one lot of pipe fragments, one lot of 
plant matter, one lot of porcelain fragments, one lot of saws, one lot 
of shells, one lot of sinkers, one lot of stones, and one lot of worked 
stones and stone tools/objects.
    On February 15, 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location on Angel Island in 
Marin County, CA, by Ad[aacute]n Eduardo Treganza and Albert B. 
Elsasser. No known individuals were identified. The two associated 
funerary objects are one lot of buttons and one lot of wood fragments.
    Marin County has been the ancestral territory of the Coast Miwok 
since time immemorial. Based on geographical, kinship, archeological, 
linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional, and historical information 
evidence, the present-day Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are 
culturally affiliated with the Coast Miwok in Marin County.

Determinations Made by the University of California, Berkeley and 
California Department of Parks and Recreation

    Officials of the University of California, Berkeley and California 
Department of Parks and Recreation have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 56

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individuals of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 23 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 Dr. Thomas Torma, The University of 
California, Berkeley; 50 University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, 
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 672-5388, email 
[email protected], or Dr. Leslie L. Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, 
California Department of Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 942896, 
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001, telephone (916) 653-5910, email 
[email protected], by October 12, 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 and the California 
Department of Parks and Recreation are responsible for notifying the 
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California and the Guidiville 
Rancheria of California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 1, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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