FR Doc 03-27523
[Federal Register: November 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 212)]
[Notices]
[Page 62320-62321]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice
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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 in the possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the
Redding Number 1 site (CA-Sha-47), Shasta County, CA, and the Frank
Pierce site (CA-Tri-58), Trinity 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 within 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 within
this notice.
An assessment of the human remains, and catalog records and
associated documents relevant to the human remains, was made by Phoebe
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the
Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina
Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California; Grindstone Indian
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; Paskenta Band of
Nomlaki Indians of California; Redding Rancheria, California; Round
Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation, California; and
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California.
In 1935, human remains representing at least six individuals were
removed from the Redding Number 1 site (CA-Sha-47), located on the east
bank of the Sacramento River, Shasta County, CA, during excavations
sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley. No known
individuals were identified. The 27 associated funerary objects are 22
shell beads, 2 shell pendants, 2 pieces of baked clay, and 1 piece of
ochre.
Based on the presence of chronologically diagnostic artifacts in
the burials and in other areas of the site, the Redding Number 1 site
is dated to circa A.D. 1600 and later.
In 1957, human remains representing at least two individuals were
removed from the Frank Pierce site (CA-Tri-58), on the Trinity River,
Trinity County, CA, during excavations carried out by the University of
California, Berkeley. No known individuals were identified. The 73
associated funerary objects are 30 obsidian blanks, 22 obsidian flakes,
6 obsidian points, 1 obsidian scraper, 1 glass bead, 5 shell beads, 6
shell blanks, 1 pestle, and 1 bow fragment.
Based on the presence of chronologically diagnostic objects in
other parts of the site, and the presence of a glass bead in one of the
two burials, the Frank Pierce site is dated to a period postdating
European contact.
Occupation of the Redding Number 1 site and the Frank Pierce site
postdates the movement of Wintun people into the area at approximately
A.D. 1000. Cultural affiliation with Wintun descendants, represented by
the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community
of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun
Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki
Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California;
Redding Rancheria, California; Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round
Valley Reservation, California; and Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun
Indians of California is based on linguistic evidence, regional
archeological evidence, and oral traditions that include references to
local geographical features as part of the mythology.
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of at least eight
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 100 objects described above 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.
Lastly, officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, 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 Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian
Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria
of Wintun Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-
Wailaki Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of
California; Redding Rancheria, California; Round Valley Indian Tribes
of the Round Valley Reservation, California; and Rumsey Indian
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Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact C. Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley,
CA 94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, before December 3, 2003.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community
of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun
Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki
Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California;
Redding Rancheria, California; Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round
Valley Reservation, California; and Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun
Indians of California may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian
Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria
of Wintun Indians of California; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-
Wailaki Indians of California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of
California; Redding Rancheria, California; Round Valley Indian Tribes
of the Round Valley Reservation, California; and Rumsey Indian
Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 2, 2003.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 03-27523 Filed 10-31-03; 8:45 am]
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