FR Doc E7-18651
[Federal Register: September 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 183)]
[Notices]
[Page 54064-54065]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, 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 in the control of the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center, Los
Angeles, CA. The human remains were removed from Sacramento 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center
professional staff in consultation with representatives of Greenville
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (also known as the Tachi Yokut Tribe); Table
Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. The Berry Creek Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California (formerly the
Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
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California); Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok
Indians of California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; and Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California were contacted, but did not choose to participate in the
consultations.
In 1970, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from an undetermined site in the Pocket District of South
Sacramento on east side of Sacramento River in Sacramento County, CA.
Excavation for a river road was made and Indian skulls were unearthed.
The University of California was notified of the human remains and
removed many of the human remains, but did not collect some and set
them on top of the bank. At an unknown time and by unknown means,
Glenna and Don Geissinger acquired the human remains. The human remains
were donated by the Geissingers to the Southwest Museum in 1970. No
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The age of the human remains is unknown. Based on archeological
analysis, this individual has been identified as Native American.
Consultation with a representative of the Santa Rosa Indian Community
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California, confirmed that the provenience
of the human remains is consistent with that of other discoveries of
indigenous human remains in the area. Geographical and historical
evidence indicates that the site is located within the traditional
territory of the Northern Valley Yokut, Miwok people, Me-Wuk people,
and Maidu people. Descendants of the Northern Valley Yokut, Miwok
people, Me-Wuk people, and Maidu people are members of the Berry Creek
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Enterprise
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Greenville Rancheria of Maidu
Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Mooretown Rancheria
of Maidu Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria of
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California; and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California.
Officials of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-
10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center also
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 the Berry Creek Rancheria
of Maidu Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria
of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria,
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian
Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of
Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Duane H.
King, Ph.D., Executive Director, or LaLena Lewark, Senior NAGPRA
Coordinator, Southwest Museum of the American Indian, 234 Museum Drive,
Los Angeles, CA 90065, (323) 221-2164, [extension 241], before October
22, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center
is responsible for notifying the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria,
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Susanville Indian Rancheria,
California; Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian
Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of
Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 30, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-18651 Filed 9-20-07; 8:45 am]
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