[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 71669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25576]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034910; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and 
associated funerary object were removed from Suffolk County, NY.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 23, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Alex Lucas, University of California, Berkeley; 50 
University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, 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 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.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Suffolk County, NY. They were excavated at an unknown date 
by F. (Frank) M. Smith, head of the Pacific Coast Borax Company. 
Originally from Wisconsin, his Borax mining operations were based in 
Death Valley. He resided in Oakland, but he had a summer residence on 
Shelter Island in Suffolk County, NY. The individuals and associated 
funerary items were donated and accessioned to the University in 1910. 
The one associated funerary object is a lot of faunal bones.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: archeological, geographical, historical, kinship, oral 
traditional, and expert opinion.

Determinations

    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 described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of at least two individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     The one object described in this notice is 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 
object described in this notice and the Shinnecock Indian Nation.

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 December 23, 2022. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
California, Berkeley 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 Tribe 
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, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: November 16, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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