[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 198 (Friday, October 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62444-62445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22337]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034710; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley, has 
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register on February 2, 2005. This notice amends both the number of 
associated funerary objects and the cultural affiliation of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects removed from Sonoma County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 14, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Alex Lucas; University of California, Berkeley; Office of 
Government and Community Relations, 120 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 
94720, telephone (925) 791-7231, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
University of California, Berkeley. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the amendments and determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records held by the University of California, Berkeley.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (70 FR 5466-5467, February 
2, 2005). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory 
Completion has not occurred.
    Following additional consultation, this notice amends both the 
number of associated funerary objects and the cultural affiliation of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects removed from site CA-
Son-5 in Sonoma County, CA.
    The four associated funerary objects (previously identified as 
three associated funerary objects) are one stone pestle, one clam shell 
bead, one lot of shells, and one lot of stone blades and flakes.
    Site CA-Son-5 is located in a region that has been occupied by Pomo 
speakers since approximately 5,000 B.C. Based on geographical location, 
age of the burial, and information provided during consultation, the 
human remains are culturally affiliated with descendants of the Pomo. 
The modern-day representatives of the Pomo in Sonoma County are the 
Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek Rancheria 
of Pomo Indians, California (previously listed as Dry Creek Rancheria 
of Pomo Indians of California); Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 
California; Guidiville Rancheria of California; Kashia Band of Pomo 
Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, California; Lytton Rancheria 
of California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; 
Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California (previously listed as Pinoleville 
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California); and the Robinson Rancheria 
(previously listed as Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, 
California).

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of California, Berkeley has determined 
that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of one 
individual of Native American ancestry.
     The four objects 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects and the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Dry 
Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians, California (previously listed as Dry 
Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California); Federated Indians of 
Graton Rancheria, California; Guidiville Rancheria of California; 
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, 
California; Lytton Rancheria of California; Middletown Rancheria of 
Pomo Indians of California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California 
(previously listed as Pinoleville Rancheria of Pomo Indians of 
California); and the Robinson Rancheria (previously listed as Robinson 
Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, California).

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 14, 2022. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
California, Berkeley

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must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The University of California, Berkeley is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
10.13, and 10.14.

    Dated: October 5, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-22337 Filed 10-13-22; 8:45 am]
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