[Federal Register: July 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 132)]
[Notices]
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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 Colusa,
Napa, and Solana Counties, 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.
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 two individuals were
removed from the Howells Point site (CA-Col-2) in Colusa County, CA, by
Waldo R. Wedel, who donated the human remains to the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology the following year. The Howells Point site is an
occupation site and cemetery located 13 miles southwest of Arbuckle,
near the Sacramento River, Colusa County, CA. No known individuals were
identified. The 366 associated funerary objects are 1 burial wrapping,
1 button, 1 stone fragment, 100 glass beads, 240 clamshell disc beads,
14 olivella shell beads, 8 abalone pendant and pendant fragments, and 1
lot of basketry.
The Howells Point site is dated to the post-European contact period
based on the presence of glass beads in the burials.
In 1936, human remains representing at least 47 individuals were
removed from the Miller site (site CA-Col-1) in Colusa County, CA, by
R.F. Heizer and A.D. Krieger. Mr. Heizer and Mr. Krieger donated the
human remains to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology that same
year. The Miller site is an occupation site and cemetery located 12
miles southwest of Arbuckle, on the west bank of the Sacramento River,
Colusa County, CA. No known individuals were identified. The 7,993
associated funerary objects are 6,380 clamshell disc beads, 1,519
olivella beads, 1 lot of vegetal matting, 5 organic materials, 1 kinfe
fragment, 2 iron nails, 1 antler fragment, 1 obsidian fragment, 5
projectile points, 1 bone object, 22 beads, 3 awls and fragments, 3
pebbles and fragments, and 49 pendants.
The Miller site is dated to the post-European contact period based
on the presence of iron nails in the burials.
In 1947, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed from the Tulukai site (CA-Nap-39), located on the northern bank
of Tulukai Creek, 1 mile south of Napa in Napa County, CA. The human
remains were collected by R.F. Heizer and an anthropology class and
were acquired by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1947 by
``university appropriation,'' a term used to indicate that the cultural
items came to the museum from a university-sponsored project with funds
provided by The Regents of California. Additional items were collected
by R.F. Heizer and C.W. Meighan in 1951. No known individual was
identified. The 12 associated funerary objects are 3 clamshell disc
beads, 7 obsidian fragments, 1 mortar, and 1 faunal bone.
Stylistic characteristics of the associated funerary objects
indicate that the burial dates to the Protohistoric period (post-A.D.
1500).
In 1973, cremated human remains representing at least one
individual were removed from Suscol Mound Number 1 (CA-Nap-16) in Napa
County, CA, during archeological excavations carried out by University
of California, Berkeley anthropology field school. Suscol Mound Number
1 is located on the south bank of Suscol Creek, 4 miles southeast of
Napa. No known individual was identified. The 501 associated
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funerary objects are a mortar (in which the human remains and
associated funerary objects were placed), 2 milling stones, 4 lots of
charcoal, 1 shell fragment, 1 stone bead, 18 obsidian fragments, 1 bone
bead, 1 olivella shell bead, 262 clamshell disc beads and fragments,
and 210 beads and fragments of unknown material.
Stylistic characteristics of the associated funerary objects
indicate that the burial dates to the Protohistoric period (post-A.D.
1500).
In 1946, human remains representing at least one individual were
removed from Cross Slough Mound (CA-Sol-13) located on an island at the
confluence of Cross and Nurse Sloughs on the northeastern side of
Suisun Bay in Solano County, CA. The human remains and cultural items
were collected by the Standard Oil Company and donated to the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1946. No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary object is an obsidian
projectile point.
Stylistic characteristics of the associated funerary object
indicate that the burial dates to the Protohistoric period (post-A.D.
1500).
Based on burial context and site characteristics, the human remains
described above from Colusa, Napa, and Solano Counties are determined
to be Native American in origin. The sites date to a relatively late
time period, after the migration of Wintun people into the region circa
A.D. 700-900. The present-day descendents of the Wintun are the Cachil
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the
Colusa Rancheria, California; Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun
Indians; 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.
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 52
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 8,873 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
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,
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, before August 11, 2005.
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: June 14, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program
[FR Doc. 05-13594 Filed 7-11-05; 8:45 am]
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