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Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe); Table Mountain Rancheria of 

California; Tule River Indian 

Reservation of the Tule River 

Reservation, California; and the 

Tubatulabals of Kern Valley, a nonFederally 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: 

Sabine River Authority of Texas, 

Quitman, TX 

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 Sabine River Authority 

of Texas, Quitman, TX. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Hunt County, TX. 

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 University of 

North Texas and the Sabine River 

Authority of Texas professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Comanche 

Nation, Oklahoma; and the Wichita and 

Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco 

and Tawakonie), Oklahoma. 

On or about June 16, 2006, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

lakebed of Lake Tawakoni, in Hunt 

County, TX, by an unknown person. 

The remains were exposed due to 

drought related low water levels in Lake 

Tawakoni in the Caddo Inlet, and 

subsequently reported to the Hunt 

County Sheriff’s Department. The 

Sheriff’s Department sent the remains to 

the University of North Texas, Denton, 

TX, for forensic evaluation. The human 

remains and non-human bone 

fragments, which are considered to be 

associated funerary objects, were turned 

over to the Sabine River Authority of 

Texas on July 6, 2006. No known 

individual was identified. The 20 

associated funerary objects are nonhuman bone fragments. 

Dr. Harrell Gill-King, Anthropologist, 

University of North Texas, performed an 

examination of the human and nonhuman remains at the request of the 

Hunt County Sheriff’s Department. Dr. 

King’s investigation determined that the 

human remains are of a 30–50-year-old 

male of Native American ancestry and 

estimated to be over 200 years old. 

The Texas Historical Commission 

suggested that the Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, 

Oklahoma; and the Wichita and 

Affiliated Tribes, Oklahoma, may have 

inhabited the region approximately 

200–300 years ago. Following initial 

correspondence with the Indian tribes, 

the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes have 

indicated that the remains are affiliated 

with their tribe based on the age of the 

remains and the tribe’s presence in the 

area during that time period. The Caddo 

Nation of Oklahoma agreed that the age 

of the remains and their location at the 

edge of the Caddo Nation’s original 

homelands, indicated that the remains 

were likely to be affiliated with the 

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. The 

Comanche Nation, Oklahoma indicated 

that if the remains were buried 200 

years ago, then the remains were 

probably not affiliated with the 

Comanche Nation. 

Officials of the Sabine River Authority 

of Texas have determined, pursuant to 

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

remains described above represent the 

physical remains of one individual of 

Native American ancestry. Officials of 

the Sabine River Authority of Texas also 

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

3001(3)(A), that the 20 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 Sabine 

River Authority of Texas 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 

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, 

Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Melvin Swoboda, Sabine River 

Authority of Texas, P.O. Box 579, 

Orange, TX 77631–0579, telephone 

(409) 746–2192, before April 14, 2011. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, 

Oklahoma, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

Sabine River Authority of Texas is 

responsible for notifying the Caddo 

Nation of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, 

Oklahoma; and the Wichita and 

Affiliated Tribes, Oklahoma, 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: 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession of California State 

University, Sacramento, Sacramento, 

CA. The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from Site 

CA–SAC–16, 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 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, professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of 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 


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Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; and United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California, as well as the non-Federally 

recognized Indian groups of the El 

Dorado Miwok Tribe and Nashville-El 

Dorado Miwok. The Wilton Rancheria, 

California, and Yocha Dehe Wintun 

Nation, California (formerly the Rumsey 

Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 

California) were also contacted, but did 

not participate in consultation on the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice. 

At an unknown time in the 1930s, 

human remains representing a 

minimum of four individuals were 

removed from private property on Site 

CA–SAC–16, in Sacramento County, 

CA. The human remains were in the 

possession of Anthony Zallio, the 

collector. In 1951, the human remains, 

along with the rest of the Zallio 

Collection, were donated to Sacramento 

State College (now California State 

University, Sacramento). No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1953, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from private property on Site 

CA–SAC–16, in Sacramento County, 

CA, during an excavation project. 

Faculty and students from Sacramento 

State College conducted the excavation. 

One additional individual is either 

missing from the collection or was not 

collected from the field. No known 

individuals were identified. The 583 

associated funerary objects are 545 

beads, 5 bags of debitage, 17 bags of 

faunal material, 2 modified faunal 

bones, 8 ornaments, and 6 projectile 

points. Eight additional associated 

funerary objects (three beads and five 

projectile points) are missing. 

From 1961 to 1971, human remains 

representing a minimum of 89 

individuals were removed from private 

property on Site CA–SAC–16, in 

Sacramento County, CA, during an 

excavation project. Faculty and students 

from American River College conducted 

the salvage excavation. The collection 

was later transferred to California State 

University, Sacramento. Seven 

additional individuals are either 

missing or were not collected from the 

field. No known individuals were 

identified. The one associated funerary 

object is a baked clay net sinker. Eight 

additional associated funerary objects 

(seven beads and one projectile point) 

are missing. 

In 1971, human remains representing 

a minimum of 26 individuals were 

removed from private property on Site 

CA–SAC–16, in Sacramento County, 

CA, during a salvage excavation project. 

Faculty and students from Sacramento 

State College conducted the salvage 

excavation. Thirteen additional 

individuals are either missing or were 

not collected from the field. No known 

individuals were identified. The 2,867 

associated funerary objects are 2 bone 

awls, 22 bags of baked clay, 2,747 beads, 

1 bone tube, 3 bags of carbonized 

material, 12 bags of debitage, 17 bags of 

faunal material, 1 piece of glass, 8 bags 

of grave fill, 2 pieces of metal, 10 

modified faunal bones, 29 ornaments, 6 

projectile points, 6 stone tools, and 1 

whistle. Thirty-two additional 

associated funerary objects (4 bone awls, 

2 bags of baked clay, 2 beads, 1 biface, 

1 bone tube, 1 bag of carbonized 

material, 1 bag of debitage, 15 bags of 

faunal material, 2 fire cracked rocks, 2 

modified faunal bones, and 1 whistle) 

are missing. 

In 1990, human remains representing 

two individuals were removed from Site 

CA–SAC–16, in Sacramento County, 

CA, during a test excavation project. 

The Far Western Anthropological 

Research Group Inc. conducted the test 

excavation. In 1991, the remains were 

deposited at the university. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

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 

archaeological and historical evidence 

for occupation of the site after the 

epidemic provides circumstantial 

support that the site was abandoned at 

this time. The surviving occupants of 

the site may have joined with 

neighboring groups to the south (in the 

vicinity of Sacramento), to the north 

(Verona), and to the east (in the 

foothills). 

Archeological evidence indicates that 

the lower Sacramento Valley and Delta 

regions were continuously occupied 

since at least the Early Horizon (5550– 

550 B.C.). Cultural changes indicated by 

artifact typologies and burial patterns, 

historical linguistic evidence, and 

biological evidence reveal that the 

populations in the region were not 

static, with both in situ cultural changes 

and migrations of outside populations 

into the area. Linguistic evidence 

suggests that ancestral-Penutian 

speaking groups related to modern day 

Miwok, Nisenan, and Patwin groups 

occupied the region during the Middle 

(550 B.C.–A.D. 1100) and Late (A.D. 

1100—Historic) Horizons, with some 

admixing between these groups and 

Hokan-speaking groups that occupied 

the region at an earlier date. The genetic 

data suggests that the Penutians may 

have arrived later than suggested by the 

linguistic evidence. 

Geographical data from ethnohistoric 

and ethnographic sources indicate that 

the site was most likely occupied by 

Nisenan-speaking groups at the 

beginning of the Historic Period, while 

Patwin-speakers occupied the valley 

west of the Sacramento River and 

Miwok-speakers resided south of the 

American River. Ethnographic data and 

expert testimony from the tribal 

representatives support the high level of 

interaction between groups in the lower 

Sacramento Valley and Delta regions 

that crosscut linguistic boundaries. 

Historic population movements resulted 

in an increased level of shifting among 

populations, especially among the 

Miwok and Nisenan, who were 

impacted by disease and Euro-American 

activities relating to Sutter’s Fort and 

later gold-rush activities. 

In summary, officials of California 

State University, Sacramento, together 

with the University’s College of Social 

Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies 

Committee on Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

Compliance (SSIS NAGPRA 

Committee), reasonably believe that the 

ethnographic, historical, and 

geographical evidence indicates that the 

historic burials and cultural items 

recovered from Site CA–SAC–16 are 

most closely affiliated with 

contemporary descendants of the 

Nisenan, and have more distant ties to 

neighboring groups, such as the Plains 

Miwok. Furthermore, the earlier cultural 

items from the Middle and Late 

Horizons share cultural relations with 

the Nisenan and Plains Miwok based on 

archeological, biological, and historical 

linguistic evidence. 

Officials of California State 

University, Sacramento, have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(9), the human remains described 

above represent a minimum of 123 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of California State 

University, Sacramento, also have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(A), that the 3,451 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 

California State University, Sacramento, 


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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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