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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]

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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 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 

60664 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 12, 2004 / Notices 

notifying 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 that this 

notice has been published.

Dated: September 15, 2004 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 04–22838 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Hilo, HI

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 possession of the 

Department of Anthropology, University 

Hawai’i at Hilo, Hilo, HI. The human 

remains were removed from three 

locations on Hawai’i Island, HI. 

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 University of 

Hawai’i at Hilo professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Hawaii Island Burial Council, 

Department of Hawaiian Homelands, 

Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hui Malama 

Ola Na ’Oiwi, Hawaiian Civic Club of 

Ka’u, Ka ’Ohana Punalu’u, and the 

Punalu’u Preservation Association. 

In 1954, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from Keanapuhi’ula Cave, or 

‘‘Kawena’s Cave’’ (site H13), 

Kaunamano ahupua’a, Ka’u District, 

Hawai’i Island, HI, as part of joint 

excavation projects in the Ka’u area by 

the University of Hawai’i at Hilo and the 

Bernice P. Bishop Museum, HI. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The burial is a secondary burial. 

Secondary burial in caves was a 

common form of Native Hawaiian burial 

prior to European contact, and was not 

generally practiced by historic 

immigrant communities in the Hawaiian 

Islands. 

At an unknown time during the 

1950s, human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Pu’u Ali’i Sand Dune 

Site (site H1), Kamau’oa Pu’u’eo 

ahupua’a, Ka’u District, Hawai’i Island, 

HI, under the direction of Professor 

William Bonk at the University of 

Hawai’i at Hilo. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Pu’u Ali’i Sand Dune site is a 

Native Hawaiian fishing village dating 

to A.D. 1250–1350. The cemetery dates 

to pre-European contact. 

All other known human remains 

removed from the site and formerly 

stored at University of Hawai’i at Hilo 

were repatriated through the Hawai’i 

State Historic Preservation Division to 

Ka ’Ohana o Ka Lae before the passage 

of NAGPRA. 

In 1975, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Mahana Bay IV site, 

Kamau’oa Pu’u’eo ahupua’a, Ka’u 

District, Hawai’i Island, HI, as part of 

long-term excavations conducted 

between 1973 and 1977 under the 

direction of Professor William Bonk at 

the University of Hawai’i at Hilo. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Mahana Bay area is well 

documented as a Native Hawaiian 

fishing community from the prehistoric 

era through much of the historical era. 

Officials of the University of Hawai’i 

at Hilo have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human 

remains described above represent the 

physical remains of three individuals of 

Native Hawaiian ancestry. Officials of 

the University of Hawai’i at Hilo also 

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 

Hawaiian human remains and the 

Punalu’u Preservation Association and 

the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 

Representatives of any other Native 

Hawaiian Organization or Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Peter R. Mills, 

Department of Anthropology, Social 

Sciences Division, University of Hawai’i 

at Hilo, 200 West Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 

96720–4091, telephone (808) 974–7465, 

before November 12, 2004. Repatriation 

of the human remains jointly to the 

Punalu’u Preservation Association and 

the Office of Hawaiian Affairs may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The University of Hawai’i at Hilo is 

responsible for notifying the Hawai’i 

Island Burial Council, Department of 

Hawaiian Homelands, Office of 

Hawaiian Affairs, Hui Malama Ola Na 

’Oiwi, Hawaiian Civic Club of Ka’u, and 

Ka ’Ohana Punalu’u that this notice has 

been published.

Dated: September 1, 2004. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 04–22834 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Utah State Office, 

Salt Lake City, UT, and Southern Utah 

University, Cedar City, UT

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, Utah State Office, Salt 

Lake City, UT, and in the physical 

custody of Southern Utah University, 

Cedar City, UT. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from six locations on Federal 

land managed by the Bureau of Land 

Management in Kane and Washington 

Counties in southwestern Utah. 

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