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remains are culturally affiliated with the 

Indian tribe listed above in Summary. 

Notification. The museum is 

responsible for sending copies of this 

notice to the Indian tribe listed above in 

Consultation.

Dated: August 16, 2004. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology, University of California, 

Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Humboldt 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. 

An assessment of the human remains, 

and catalog records and associated 

documents relevant to the human 

remains, was made by Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Bear River Band 

of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California; 

Blue Lake Rancheria, California; and 

Table Bluff Reservation-Wiyot Tribe, 

California. 

During the 1920s, human remains 

representing at least five individuals 

were removed from site CA-Hum-33, 

Humboldt County, CA, by H.H. Stuart, 

who donated the human remains to the 

Phoebe Hearst Museum during the 

1930s. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Site CA-Hum-33 is located near Mad 

River Slough. Mr. Stuart reported that 

glass beads and metal objects were 

found at the site, indicating that the 

occupation of the site post-dates 

Euroamerican contact. 

At an unknown time prior to 1902, 

human remains representing at least one 

individual were removed from site 

CA-Hum-67, Indian Island (formerly 

known as Gunther’s Island), Humboldt 

County, CA, by an unknown individual. 

In 1905, the human remains were 

donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum by Mr. Gunther. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1913, human remains representing 

at least 24 individuals were removed 

from CA-Hum-67, Humboldt County, 

CA, by L.L. Loud, an archeologist in the 

employ of the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum. No known individuals were 

identified. The 366 associated funerary 

objects are 4 mauls; 1 maul fragment; 4 

adze handle fragments; 6 flint knives; 8 

flint knife fragments; 10 flint points; 9 

flint point fragments; 3 flint drills; 37 

flint and quartz flakes and 2 lots of 

uncounted flakes; 4 olivella beads and 

3 lots of uncounted beads; 2 dentalium 

bead fragments and 2 lots of uncounted 

beads; 7 lots of uncounted pine nut 

beads; 3 lots of vibernum beads; 5 shell 

pendants; 2 stone pipes; 10 obsidian 

knives; 9 obsidian knife fragments; 23 

obsidian points; 5 obsidian point 

fragments; 1 obsidian drill; 3 obsidian 

flakes; 12 stone sinkers; 4 sinker 

fragments; 27 stone pestles; 2 pestle 

fragments; 1 hammerstone; 8 stones; 3 

serpentine clubs; 3 bone pendant 

fragments; 5 bone tool fragments; 1 bone 

bead; 7 complete or fragmentary chisels 

or gouges; 3 mammal bones; 22 bone 

whistle fragments; 1 fish bone; 2 lots of 

abalone fragments; 4 lots of marine shell 

fragments; 1 lot of basketry fragments; 1 

lot of organic material; 1 lot of vegetal 

fiber; 1 lot of floor fragments; 4 charcoal 

samples; 82 clay balls and 3 lots of clay 

ball fragments; 1 clay pipe fragment; 1 

crab claw; and 1 stone bowl fragment. 

Stylistic attributes of material culture 

found at site Ca-Hum-67 indicate that 

the site was occupied after A.D. 900. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing at least two individuals 

were removed from CA-Hum-112, 

Humboldt County, CA, by H.H. Stuart. 

Mr. Stuart donated the human remains 

to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum in the 

1930s. No known individuals were 

identified. The one associated funerary 

object is fused glass beads. 

In 1953, human remains representing 

at least one individual were removed 

from CA-Hum-112, Humboldt County, 

CA, by University of California 

Archaeology Survey staff James 

Bennyhoff and Albert Elsasser during 

excavations conducted following looting 

of the site. No known individual was 

identified. The 11 associated funerary 

objects are 9 lots of glass trade beads, 1 

piece of flaked bottle glass, and 1 piece 

of wood from a coffin. 

The circumstances of burial indicate 

that the human remains described above 

are Native American in origin. Oral 

history and continuities in material 

culture traits indicate that the Wiyot 

have lived in the vicinity of Humboldt 

and Arcata Bays, an area that includes 

the locations of sites CA-Hum-33, 

CA-Hum-67, and CA-Hum-112, for at 

least 600 years, pre-dating occupation of 

the sites. This evidence indicates that 

sites CA-Hum-33, CA-Hum-67, and 

CA-Hum-112 were occupied by Wiyot 

people. The modern-day representatives 

of the Wiyot are Table Bluff 

Reservation-Wiyot Tribe, California; and 

the Blue Lake Rancheria, California. 

Wiyot desendents also live in the Bear 

River Band of the Rohnerville 

Rancheria, California. 

Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology have 

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

3001 (9-10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of at least 33 individuals of 

Native American ancestry. Officials of 

the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology also have determined 

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

the 378 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 Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology have 

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

3001 (2), 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 Bear 

River Band of the Rohnerville 

Rancheria, California; Blue Lake 

Rancheria, California; and Table Bluff 

Reservation-Wiyot Tribe, California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact C. Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum 

of Anthropology, University of 

California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, before 

November 12, 2004. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Bear River Band of the 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue 

Lake Rancheria, California; and Table 

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Bluff Reservation-Wiyot Tribe, 

California may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying the Bear River Band of the 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue 

Lake Rancheria, California; and Table 

Bluff Reservation-Wiyot Tribe, 

California that this notice has been 

published.

Dated: September 15, 2004 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 04–22826 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology, University of California, 

Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Riverside 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. 

An assessment of the human remains, 

and catalog records and associated 

documents relevant to the human 

remains, was made by Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Agua Caliente 

Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua 

Caliente Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of the Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of the Augustine Reservation, 

California; Cabazon Band of Mission 

Indians, California; Cahuilla Band of 

Mission Indians of the Cahuilla 

Reservation, California; Los Coyotes 

Band of the Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians 

of the Los Coyotes Reservation, 

California; Morongo Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of the Morongo 

Reservation, California; Ramona Band or 

Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa 

Reservation, California; and 

Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of California. 

In 1948, human remains representing 

the cremated remains of at least one 

individual were removed from site 

CA-Riv-9, a village site located 2 miles 

west of Valerie, Riverside County, CA, 

by University of California employee 

Clement W. Meighan. Site CA-Riv-9 is a 

village settlement in the Coachella 

Valley, north of the Salton Sea. No 

known individual was identified. The 

128 associated funerary objects are 20 

olivella shells, 1 olivella bead, 2 

clamshell pendants, 1 bone scraper, 4 

projectile points, and 100 ceramic 

sherds. 

Stylistic characteristics of the 

ceramics associated with the cremation 

date the occupation to A.D. 1300–1700. 

The use of cremation as part of the 

mortuary ritual, and the nature of the 

associated funerary objects indicate that 

the human remains are of Native 

American origin. Oral history describes 

the area north of the Salton Sea as part 

of the traditional lands of Cahuilla 

speakers, which is corroborated by 

linguistic evidence that Cahuilla 

speakers moved into the region after 

A.D. 1000. It is most likely that site 

CA-Riv-9 was occupied by Cahuilla 

speakers. The modern-day descendants 

of the Cahuilla are the Agua Caliente 

Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua 

Caliente Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of the Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of the Augustine Reservation, 

California; Cabazon Band of Mission 

Indians, California; Cahuilla Band of 

Mission Indians of the Cahuilla 

Reservation, California; Los Coyotes 

Band of the Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians 

of the Los Coyotes Reservation, 

California; Morongo Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of the Morongo 

Reservation, California; Ramona Band or 

Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa 

Reservation, California; and 

Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of California 

Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology have 

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

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of at least one individual of 

Native American ancestry. Officials of 

the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology also have determined 

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

the 128 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 Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology have 

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

3001 (2), 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 

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians 

of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, 

California; Augustine Band of the 

Cahuilla Mission Indians of the 

Augustine Reservation, California; 

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 

California; Cahuilla Band of Mission 

Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation, 

California; Los Coyotes Band of the 

Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians of the Los 

Coyotes Reservation, California; 

Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of the Morongo Reservation, 

California; Ramona Band or Village of 

Cahuilla Mission Indians of California; 

Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of the Santa Rosa Reservation, 

California; and Torres-Martinez Band of 

Cahuilla Mission Indians of California. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact C. Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum 

of Anthropology, University of 

California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, before 

November 12, 2004. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Agua Caliente Band of 

Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente 

Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of the Cahuilla Mission 

Indians of the Augustine Reservation, 

California; Cabazon Band of Mission 

Indians, California; Cahuilla Band of 

Mission Indians of the Cahuilla 

Reservation, California; Los Coyotes 

Band of the Cahuilla & Cupeno Indians 

of the Los Coyotes Reservation, 

California; Morongo Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of the Morongo 

Reservation, California; Ramona Band or 

Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians of 

California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of the Santa Rosa 

Reservation, California; and 

Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla 

Mission Indians of California may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for