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however, other human remains and 

associated funerary objects also 

removed from this site are described in 

a Notice of Inventory Completion. The 

393 unassociated funerary objects are 

384 beads, 2 bifaces, 1 charmstone 

fragment, 4 round stones, 1 ornament 

and 1 quartz rock. There are an 

additional 30 missing unassociated 

funerary objects (30 beads). 

Multiple lines of evidence were used 

to determine the cultural affiliation of 

the CA–SJO–91 collection. 

Archeological evidence indicates that 

the site was occupied from the Early 

Horizon through the Late Horizon. Most 

of the burials were in two cemeteries 

that were located 60 meters apart. Other 

burials were located between the two 

cemeteries or are of uncertain horizontal 

provenience due to construction 

activities. Cemetery I was 

radiometrically dated to between 

1845±90 and 2985±160 years B.P. The 

burial patterns and artifact types in 

Cemetery I correspond to a transitional 

time period between the Early Horizon 

and Middle Horizon time periods. 

Cemetery II was not radiometrically 

dated. Based on mode of interment and 

artifact types, Cemetery II burials date 

slightly earlier to the Early Horizon, 

although there are similarities in 

constituents between the two 

cemeteries. A Late Horizon component 

(1500 B.P. to European contact) at CA– 

SJO–91 was essentially removed by 

construction activities before salvage 

excavations began. 

Biological, archeological, and 

linguistic evidence indicate that 

population movement occurred between 

the Early and Middle Horizon in the 

French Camp Slough area. It may be that 

the individuals buried in the Early 

Horizon Cemetery II represent an 

earlier, Utian speaking people 

(linguistic evidence supports a 

relationship of shared group identity 

between early Utian speaking peoples 

and contemporary Miwok tribes), while 

the individuals in the Middle Horizon 

Cemetery I may represent a more recent 

pre-Yokut speaking people. Historical 

and geographical lines of evidence 

indicate that CA–SJO–91 lies on the 

border of the traditional territory of the 

Plains Miwok and the Northern Valley 

Yokuts. At the time of first contact with 

Spanish missionaries in the early 19th 

century, the area is thought to have been 

occupied by the Passasime, a Northern 

Valley Yokuts people who were also 

related to the Plains Miwok. Oral and 

documentary evidence provided by 

representatives of Indian tribes during 

consultation demonstrates an interrelationship between Northern Valley 

Yokuts and Plains Miwok tribes. 

Officials of Caltrans and California 

State University, Sacramento, have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(B), that the 393 cultural items 

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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

Officials of Caltrans and California State 

University, Sacramento, also have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), that there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; California Valley 

Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (also known as the 

Tachi Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

Table Mountain Rancheria of California; 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California; Tuolumne 

Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 

Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 

Wilton Rancheria, California, as well as 

the non-Federally recognized Indian 

groups: The Southern Sierra Miwoks of 

California and Northern Valley Yokuts. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact Tina Biorn, 

Caltrans, P.O. Box 942874 (M.S. 27), 

Sacramento, CA 94274–0001, telephone 

(916) 653–0013, or Charles Gossett, 

Dean of the College of Social Sciences 

and Interdisciplinary Studies, California 

State University, Sacramento, CA, 

95819–6109, telephone (916) 278–6504, 

before April 14, 2011. Repatriation of 

the unassociated funerary objects to the 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; California Valley 

Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (also known as the 

Tachi Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

Table Mountain Rancheria of California; 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California; Tuolumne 

Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 

Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; 

and/or Wilton Rancheria, California, 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

California State University, 

Sacramento. is responsible for notifying 

the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; California Valley 

Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (also known as the 

Tachi Yokut Tribe); Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

Table Mountain Rancheria of California; 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California; Tuolumne 

Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 

Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; and 

Wilton Rancheria, California, as well as 

the non-federally recognized Indian 

groups: The Southern Sierra Miwoks of 

California, Northern Valley Yokuts, and 

Tubatulabals of Kern Valley, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5883 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate a 

Cultural Item: Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate a cultural item in the 

possession of the Arizona State 

Museum, University of Arizona, 


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Tucson, AZ, that meets the definition of 

sacred object and object of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The cultural item consists of a dance 

kilt and accoutrements, also known as 

jish (Medicine Bundle). The item is 

composed of sections of cloth with 

stitched decorative elements, bird 

feathers, and cloth streamers affixed to 

a loop of cotton string. The item was 

removed circa 1950 by Dr. Gwinn 

Vivian from the floor of an abandoned 

hogan located on private land east of 

Chaco Canyon, in McKinley County, 

NM. Dr. Vivian donated the cultural 

item to the Arizona State Museum in 

1971. 

According to the collector, refuse near 

the hogan indicated occupation during 

the late 1920s or early 1930s. This is 

consistent with the historically 

documented time period of Navajo 

occupation in this area. Consultations 

with representatives of the Navajo 

Nation have identified the object as a 

Navajo jish (Medicine Bundle) used in 

the T5’e ́e ́jı ́ (Night Way Ceremony). This 

ceremony is widely practiced by 

members of the Navajo Nation. 

The Navajo people believe that jish 

are alive and must be treated with 

respect. The primary purpose of the jish 

is to cure people of diseases, mental and 

physical illness, and to restore beauty 

and harmony. Accordingly, no single 

individual can truly own any jish. The 

right to control jish is outlined by 

Navajo traditional laws, which vest this 

responsibility in Hataa5ii (Medicine 

persons). Hataa5ii are not owners of jish, 

but only care, utilize, and bequeath 

them for the Navajo people. 

Officials of the Arizona State Museum 

have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(C), that the cultural item 

described above is a specific ceremonial 

object needed by traditional Native 

American religious leaders for the 

practice of traditional Native American 

religions by their present-day adherents. 

Officials of the Arizona State Museum 

also have determined, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), that the cultural item 

described above has ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. Lastly, officials 

of the Arizona State Museum have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), that there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the sacred 

object/object of cultural patrimony and 

the Navajo Nation of Arizona, New 

Mexico and Utah. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred object/object 

of cultural patrimony should contact 

John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

Arizona State Museum, University of 

Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone 

(520) 626–2950, before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the sacred object/object 

of cultural patrimony to the Navajo 

Nation of Arizona, New Mexico and 

Utah may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Arizona State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Navajo 

Nation of Arizona, New Mexico and 

Utah that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5882 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: California State University, 

Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of intent to 

repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of California State 

University, Sacramento, Sacramento, 

CA, that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects under 25 

U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In a companion Notice of Inventory 

Completion, the Native American 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects removed from Site CA–SAC–16 

are described. 

At an unknown time in the 1930s, 

cultural items were removed from site 

CA–SAC–16 on private property, in 

Sacramento County, CA. In 1951, the 

Zallio Collection, which included these 

objects, was donated to Sacramento 

State College (now California State 

University, Sacramento). The 14 

unassociated funerary objects currently 

in the collection are 13 projectile points 

and 1 stone tool. Five additional 

unassociated funerary objects (one bone 

awl and four projectile points) are 

missing. 

In 1953, cultural items were removed 

from Site CA–SAC–16 on private 

property, in Sacramento County, CA, 

during an excavation project by the 

university. The unassociated funerary 

object is one bead. Three additional 

unassociated funerary objects (one 

baked clay artifact and two beads) are 

missing. 

From 1961 to 1971, cultural items 

were removed during an excavation 

project at Site CA–SAC–16 on private 

property, in Sacramento County, CA. 

The American River College conducted 

the salvage excavation, and the 

collection was later transferred to 

California State University, Sacramento. 

The two unassociated funerary objects 

are one bead and one bag of debitage. 

Twenty-three additional unassociated 

funerary objects (2 bags of baked clay, 

1 bead, 2 bags of carbonized material, 13 

bags of faunal material, 1 piece of jasper, 

1 quartz crystal, 2 unidentified rocks, 

and 1 stone tool) are missing. 

In 1971, cultural items were removed 

during a salvage excavation project at 

Site CA–SAC–16 on private property, in 

Sacramento County, CA, by the 

university. The 510 unassociated 

funerary objects are 11 bags of baked 

clay, 420 beads, 10 bags of carbonized 

material, 11 bags of debitage, 2 

discoidals, 23 bags of faunal material, 3 

bags of fire cracked rocks, 2 bags of 

grave fill, 4 modified faunal bones, 4 

ornaments, 15 projectile points, and 5 

stone tools. Fifty-four additional 

unassociated funerary objects (1 bone 

awl, 30 beads, 1 bone tube, 16 bags of 

faunal material, 1 bag of fire fractured 

rock, 4 projectile points, and 1 stone 

tool) are missing. 

The artifact types and burial practices 

observed at Site CA–SAC–16 indicate 

that it was first occupied during the 

Middle Horizon, and was inhabited into 

the Historic Period. The presence of 

rough disk Olivella beads and glass 

trade beads associated with the Hudson 

Bay fur trappers suggests that some 

burials may date to the 1830s, when an 

epidemic attributed to malaria spread 

among Native populations along the 

Sacramento River. The lack of 


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