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affiliated with the associated funerary 

object should contact Ben Simons, Chief 

Curator, Nantucket Historical 

Association, P.O. Box 1016, Nantucket, 

MA 02554, telephone (508) 228–1894, 

ext. 303, before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary object to the 

Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation 

on behalf of the Mashpee Wampanoag 

Tribe, Massachusetts; Wampanoag Tribe 

of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of 

Massachusetts; and the Assonet Band of 

the Wampanoag Nation, Massachusetts, 

a non-Federally recognized Indian 

group, may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The University of Massachusetts, 

Department of Anthropology, and 

Nantucket Historical Association are 

responsible for notifying the Mashpee 

Wampanoag Tribe, Massachusetts; 

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; and 

Assonet Band of the Wampanoag 

Nation, Massachusetts, a non-Federally 

recognized Indian group, that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Sequoia National Forest, 

Porterville, 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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession and control of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Sequoia National Forest, 

Porterville, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Kern 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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Sequoia National 

Forest professional staff in consultation 

with representatives of the Santa Rosa 

Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe), and the Tule River Indian Tribe 

of the Tule River Reservation, 

California. 

In 1948, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from CA–KER–14, in Kern 

County, CA, by two archeologists 

conducting river basin surveys for the 

Smithsonian Institute. The two sets of 

human remains and a single tooth from 

a third individual and their associated 

artifacts were transferred to the Phoebe 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 

University of California at Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA, for research and storage. 

While conducting NAGPRA inventories 

for the Sequoia National Forest, it was 

discovered that the CA–KER–14 

collection was still in storage at the 

Phoebe Hearst Museum and it was 

subsequently transferred to the Sequoia 

National Forest. Examination of the 

remains by Phoebe Hearst Museum staff 

indicated that one set of human remains 

was from an adult male between 35 and 

50 years of age. The second set of 

human remains was from a female 

between 21 and 25 years of age. The 

single tooth from a third individual was 

of indeterminate age and sex. No known 

individuals were identified. The 23 

associated funerary objects are 4 

obsidian points, 1 olivella shell bead, 1 

lot of abalone shell fragments, 1 scraper 

manufactured from a historic brown 

glass whiskey bottle, 1 bone sewing awl 

(non-human bone), 1 scapula bone tool 

scraper (non-human bone), 4 obsidian 

scrapers, 1 quartzite scraper, 1 green 

chert point, 2 pottery sherds, 1 steatite 

bead, 1 chopper, 1 thin chalcedony 

knife base with hafting adhesive 

attached, 1 large obsidian bifacial knife, 

1 steatite bowl fragment, and 1 large 

grinding metate. 

The presence of a flaked scraper made 

from a historic brown whiskey bottle 

would suggest a proto-historic or 

historic age for the remains. Tubatulabal 

occupation for this time frame in the 

vicinity of CA–KER–14 is well 

documented through tribal oral tradition 

and formal ethnographic study. 

Ethnographic data places the CA– 

KER–14 site close to the village hamlets 

of the Tubatulabal (Voegelin 1938). The 

habitation sites of the Tubatulabal once 

spanned the drainage area of the Kern 

and South Fork Kern rivers from near 

Mount Whitney to just below the 

junction of the two rivers in Kern 

County, CA. Three discrete bands, the 

Pahkanapil (living along the South Fork 

Kern riverbanks), the Palagewan 

(situated in the Kern River valley) and 

the Bankalachi (living a few miles west 

of the Palagewan in Yokut territory) 

compose the Tubatulabal (Smith 1978). 

Burial customs based on ethnographic 

data illustrated that the dead were 

buried in shallow graves approximately 

1⁄8 mile from the living quarters on 

rocky hillsides under shelving rocks 

(Voegelin 1938). Geographic proximity 

of CA–KER–14 to the various village 

hamlets noted in Voegelin’s work, and 

the archeological evidence that this 

burial site was located in a rock shelter 

and close to another extensively used 

site, indicates the strong possibility of a 

settlement correlation. 

Historical documentation, based on 

early European travel accounts, tell of 

contact between the Tubatulabal and 

Francisco Garces when Garces 

journeyed to the lower reaches of the 

Kern Valley in 1776 (Smith 1978). 

Contacts with the Euro-Americans 

expanded in the form of trading trips 

when the native people would travel to 

the coast to trade with the coastal tribes 

and came into contact with the 

Spaniards at the missions. Between 

1850 and 1858, white settlers moved 

into the Kern Valley to seek gold and 

established mining camps and towns, 

and when the gold rush ended, ranching 

became the next wave of economic 

development. With the intrusion into 

the Tubatulabal territory by white 

settlers, some of the Pahkanapil moved 

from the Hot Springs Valley to the 

eastern end of the South Fork Kern 

Valley (Smith 1978). In 1863, a group of 

about 40 Tubatulabal men were 

massacred by American soldiers 

following white ranchers’ complaints 

that their cows were being stolen by the 

local tribe (Smith 1978). By 1875, most 

of the Tubatulabal men worked for 

white ranchers, and by 1893, the 

surviving Palagewan and Pahkanapil 

bands were allotted land in the Kern 

and South Fork Kern Valleys 

(Theodoratus 2009). From 1900 to 1972, 

many Tubatulabal moved to adjacent 

tribes. Adjacent tribes with cultural 

affiliation to these remains include the 

Tule River Indian Reservation 

(established in 1873), north of the Kern 

Valley region; the Paiute-Shoshone 

Indians of the Bishop Community of the 

Bishop Colony (Bishop Tribe), east of 

the Kern Valley Region; and the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe), west of the Kern Valley (Smith 

1978). 


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Ethnohistorical and official 

documents link the inhabitants of the 

Kern and South Fork Kern river 

drainages to the Tule River Indian 

Reservation; Tachi Yokut Tribe and the 

Bishop Tribe. Based on the intrusion of 

white settlers in the valley of the Kern 

River, which brought diseases and loss 

of native cultures, many Tubatulabal left 

their land and sought refuge with the 

other native groups, such as the Yokuts 

at the Tule River Indian Reservation and 

Tachi Tribe, as well as the Paiute of the 

Bishop Tribe. It can be reasonably 

concluded that the Tubatulabal 

intermarried with the Yokut and Paiute 

in the Kern County region. Descendants 

of these Yokuts and Paiutes are 

members of the Federally-recognized 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Indian Reservation, California; 

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California; and Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe). Finally, representatives of all 

three tribes provided documentation 

including oral tradition that supported 

cultural affiliation. 

Officials of the Sequoia National 

Forest have determined, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(9), that the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Sequoia National Forest also have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(A), that the 23 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 

Sequoia National Forest 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 Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the Tule 

River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 

Reservation, California; PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California; and the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe). 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Karen Miller, Forest 

Archeologist, Sequoia National Forest, 

1839 South Newcomb St., Porterville, 

CA 93257, telephone (559) 784–1500, 

before April 14, 2011. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Tule River Indian 

Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 

California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of 

the Bishop Community of the Bishop 

Colony, California; and the Santa Rosa 

Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe), may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Sequoia National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe); and the Tule River Indian Tribe 

of the Tule River Reservation, 

California, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of the State Archaeologist, Michigan 

Historical Center, Lansing, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the State 

Archaeologist, Michigan Historical 

Center has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains and associated 

funerary objects may contact the Office 

of the State Archaeologist, Michigan 

Historical Center. Disposition of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribe 

stated below may occur if no additional 

requestors come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains and/ 

or associated funerary objects should 

contact the Office of the State 

Archaeologist, Michigan Historical 

Center at the address below by April 14, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Scott M. Grammer, 

Michigan State Historic Preservation 

Office, P.O. Box 30740, 702 W. 

Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909–8240, 

telephone (517) 373–4765. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 

Office of the State Archaeologist, 

Michigan Historical Center, Lansing, MI. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Fayette Historic State Park (20DE19), 

Delta County, MI. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Office of the 

State Archaeologist professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad 

River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; Bois 

Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation, Montana; Fond du Lac 

Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, 

Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Menominee 

Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs 

Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 


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