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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 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; Ione Band of 

Miwok Indians of California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; and Wilton Rancheria, 

California, as well as the non-Federally 

recognized Indian groups of the El 

Dorado Miwok Tribe and Nashville-El 

Dorado Miwok. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Charles Gossett, Dean of the 

College of Social Sciences and 

Interdisciplinary Studies, CSUS, 6000 J 

St., Sacramento, CA 95819–6109, 

telephone: (916) 278–6504, before April 

14, 2011. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; Ione Band of 

Miwok Indians of California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; and 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; Cortina Indian 

Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; Shingle Springs Band of 

Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; 

Wilton Rancheria, California; and Yocha 

Dehe Wintun Nation, California, as well 

as the non-federally recognized Indian 

groups of the El Dorado Miwok Tribe 

and Nashville-El Dorado Miwok 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 the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, White River Field 

Office, Meeker, CO and Colorado State 

University, Laboratory of Public 

Archaeology, Fort Collins, CO 

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 control of the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Land 

Management, White River Field Office, 

Meeker, CO, and in the possession of 

the Colorado State University, 

Laboratory of Public Archaeology, Fort 

Collins, CO. The human remains were 

removed from the Canyon Pintado 

National Historic District, Rio Blanco 

County, CO. 

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 the Bureau of 

Land Management, White River Field 

Office, and Colorado State University 

professional staff, in consultation with 

representatives of the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 

Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Navajo Nation, Arizona, 

New Mexico & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of 

Utah; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; 

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 

Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of 

the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & 

South Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; and 

Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes’’). 

In 1977, human remains representing 

a minimum number of one individual 

were removed from site 5RB699, in Rio 

Blanco County, CO, on public lands 

administered by the Bureau of Land 

Management, White River Field Office. 

The remains are represented by a single 

human tooth that was recovered from an 

excavation trench during excavations 

conducted by the Colorado State 

University, Laboratory of Public 

Archaeology. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1977, human remains representing 

a minimum number of one individual 

were removed from site 5RB761, in Rio 

Blanco County, CO, on public lands 

administered by the Bureau of Land 

Management, White River Field Office. 

The remains are represented by a partial 

skeleton and associated hide and 

cordage that were recovered from a rock 

crevice burial during excavations 

conducted by the Colorado State 

University, Laboratory of Public 

Archaeology. No known individual was 

identified. The two associated funerary 

objects are a hide and cordage. 

In 2009, Colorado State University, 

Laboratory of Public Archaeology, 

located the two sets of remains in their 

holdings and informed the Bureau of 

Land Management. Subsequently, the 

Bureau of Land Management moved the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects from the Colorado State 

University, Laboratory of Public 

Archaeology facility to more secure 

storage at the Bureau of Land 

Management’s Federal collections 

depository at the Museum of Western 

Colorado pending repatriation. 

The Bureau of Land Management has 

determined that the preponderance of 

evidence shows that the human remains 

are Native American and have Ute 

cultural affiliation. Visual inspection by 

Colorado State University, Laboratory of 

Public Archaeology, of the skeletal 

morphology of the burial individual 

from site 5RB761 demonstrated tooth 

wear likely associated with Native 

Americans. Rock crevice burials are 

strongly associated with Native 

American practices, in particular with 

Ute tribes. Also, the burial was located 

directly underneath a rock art panel that 

is consistent with the Early Ute Historic 

Style of rock art found in the region. 

Site 5RB699 dated Fremont and Ute 

occupations. Finally, both site 5RB761 

and site 5RB699 are located within 

lands that were traditionally occupied 

by the Ute band that is now represented 

by the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & 

Ouray Reservation, Utah. 

Officials of the Bureau of Land 

Management, White River Field Office, 


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and Colorado State University, 

Laboratory of Public Archaeology, have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(9), that the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Bureau of Land Management, White 

River Field Office, and the Colorado 

State University, Laboratory of Public 

Archaeology, have also determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that 

the two objects described above are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

with or near individual human remains 

at the time of death. Lastly, officials of 

the Bureau of Land Management, White 

River Field Office, and Colorado State 

University, Laboratory of Public 

Archaeology, 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 

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Dan Haas, State Archaeologist, 

Bureau of Land Management, Colorado 

State Office, 2850 Youngfield St., 

Lakewood, CO 80215–7076, telephone 

(303) 239–3647 before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah, may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Bureau of Land Management is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5874 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California State Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans), Sacramento, 

CA, and California State University, 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the control of the California 

Department of Transportation (Caltrans), 

Sacramento, CA, and in the possession 

of California State University, 

Sacramento, CA. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from Site CA–SJO–91, also 

known as French Camp Slough Site, San 

Joaquin 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 California State 

University, Sacramento, and Caltrans 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Buena Vista 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; and Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (also known as the 

Tachi Yokut Tribe), as well as the nonFederally recognized Indian groups: The 

Southern Sierra Miwoks of California, 

Northern Valley Yokuts, and 

Tubatulabals of Kern Valley. The 

Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 

California; Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

and Wilton Rancheria, California, were 

also contacted, but did not participate in 

consultation about the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

In 1970, human remains representing 

498 individuals were removed from 

CA–SJO–91 on private property, in San 

Joaquin County, CA, during a salvage 

excavation project. Faculty and students 

from what was then Sacramento State 

College (now California State 

University, Sacramento) were brought in 

by the California Division of Highways 

(now California Department of 

Transportation [Caltrans]) to conduct 

salvage excavations. No known 

individuals were identified. The 4,667 

associated funerary objects are 3,967 

beads, 16 bifaces, 4 pieces of charcoal, 

1 charmstone fragment, 1 silicate core, 

2 lots of debitage, 490 faunal bones, 2 

flake tools, 61 tule mat impressions, 20 

modified bones, 1 modified shell, 2 

modified stones, 20 pieces of ochre, 14 

ornaments, 3 pestles, 20 projectile 

points, 35 quartz crystals and pebbles, 6 

soil samples, and 2 whistles. In 

addition, there are 187 missing 

associated funerary objects (156 beads, 1 

piece of charcoal, 1 igneous core, 15 lots 

of debitage, 5 faunal bones, 1 flake tool, 

1 modified bone, 1 quartz rock, 1 

steatite ring, and 5 bone whistles). 

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. 


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