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the Carnegie Institution of Washington 

under the direction of Earl Morris. The 

item was transferred from the Carnegie 

Institution to the Arizona State Museum 

in 1957. 

Consultations with representatives of 

the Navajo Nation have identified the 

object as a Navajo jish (Medicine 

Bundle) used in the Ho ́ cho ́’ı ́jı ́ (Evil Way 

Ceremony). The identification is 

supported by detailed information 

provided by traditional Navajo religious 

practitioners regarding the use and 

origin of the object and its contents. 

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. The jish 

was discovered in the fill of a pithouse 

at the archeological site of Broken Flute 

Cave, but may have been intrusive from 

a later time period. According to 

information provided by traditional 

religious practitioners, jish have 

occasionally been placed in previously 

existing archeological contexts for 

safekeeping. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 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 U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 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 

Garry Cantley, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Western Regional Office, 2600 N. 

Central Ave., 12th floor, Phoenix, AZ 

85004, telephone (602) 379–6750, 

ext.1256, 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 U.S. Department of Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: San 

Francisco State University, San 

Francisco, 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 in the control of San Francisco 

State University, San Francisco, CA. 

The human remains 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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by San Francisco 

State University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 

Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi 

Yokut Tribe), and the Tubatulabals of 

Kern Valley, a non-Federally recognized 

Indian group. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site (Ca-Ker-UNK (Lake 

Isabella)), in Kern County, CA. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The human remains were found in a 

box labeled ‘‘No Site No., Bones, Lake 

Isabella, Box 1 of 1,’’ indicating removal 

from a Native American archeological 

site near Lake Isabella, which is located 

in Kern County, CA. In addition, the 

human remains were determined to be 

Native American because the 

mandibular dentition displayed 

significant attrition consistent with a 

prehistoric population. Native American 

origin was also indicated by the 

presence of red ochre on some of the 

skeletal elements. Based on 

ethnographic study and consultation 

with the Tubatulabals of Kern Valley, a 

non-Federally recognized Indian group, 

Lake Isabella is located in the 

historically documented territory of the 

Tubatulabal people. Based on 

consultation with the Tubatulabals of 

Kern Valley, a non-Federally recognized 

Indian group, and the Federallyrecognized Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe), the Tubatulabal people from the 

Lake Isabella area are intermarried with 

Yokuts in the Kern County area. 

Descendants of these Yokuts and 

Tubatulabals are members of the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe) and/or the Tubatulabals of Kern 

Valley, a non-Federally recognized 

Indian group. 

Officials of San Francisco State 

University 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 

San Francisco State University 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 the Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe), and the Tubatulabals of Kern 

Valley, a non-federally recognized 

Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Jeffrey Boland Fentress, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, San Francisco 

State University, Admin. 447, 1600 

Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 

95132, telephone (415) 338–3075, before 

April 14, 2011. Repatriation of the 

human remains to 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. 

San Francisco State University is 

responsible for notifying the Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5877 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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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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