48176 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 152 / Monday, August 8, 2011 / Notices 

ADDRESSES: Rebecca Carruthers, 

NAGPRA Coordinator, California 

Department of Parks and Recreation, 

1416 9th St., Room 902, Sacramento, CA 

95814, telephone (916) 215–5018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate a 

cultural item in the possession of the 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, Sacramento, CA, that meets 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

object under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural item. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Item 

At an unknown date, a cremation, 

representing one individual, and one 

stone bead were likely removed from 

Site CA–SAC–16, also known as the 

Bennett Mound, Sacramento County, 

CA. Subsequently, they became part of 

the collection at the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation. 

There is no specific excavation or donor 

information listed. However, a 1986 

inventory of the CA–SAC–16 objects has 

a tag that reads: ‘‘Remains of cremation 

burial from Bennett Mound, Sacramento 

Valley.’’ Based on this record, it is 

reasonably believed that the cremation 

and object were removed from Site CA– 

SAC–16. Currently, the cremated 

individual is missing from the 

collection. Therefore, the stone bead 

now meets the definition of an 

unassociated funerary object. 

Site CA–SAC–16 has been excavated 

numerous times. The first documented 

excavation was by Anthony Zallio in 

1923. In 1926 to 1927, Benjamin W. 

Hathaway excavated the site. 

Sacramento Junior College excavated 

from July to November 1933, and again 

in 1936 to 1937. Later excavations were 

conducted by Sacramento State College 

in 1953. Between 1966 and 1971, the 

American River College excavated 

under the direction of Charles Gebhardt. 

Site CA–SAC–16 was occupied from 

the Middle Horizon (circa 1000 B.C.) to 

historic contact. Archeologists believe 

that the Penutian-speaking Maidu and 

Miwok are descended from what have 

been identified as the Windmiller 

people who occupied the Central Valley 

of California from 3,000 to 4,000 years 

ago. No lineal descendant has been 

identified. Geographic affiliation is 

consistent with the historically 

documented use of the area by the 

Nisenan (Southern Maidu) and the 

Plains Miwok. The determination that 

this collection could be affiliated with 

either the historic Nisenan or the Plains 

Miwok is based on the movement of 

both groups near the borders of what is 

now identified as their historic 

territories. 

Determinations Made by the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation 

Officials of the California Department 

of Parks and Recreation have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B) the 

one cultural item described above is 

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 and is 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

object and 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 

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

object should contact Rebecca 

Carruthers, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, 1416 9th St., Room 902, 

Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (916) 

215–5018, before September 7, 2011. 

Repatriation of the unassociated 

funerary object to The Tribes may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The California Department of Parks 

and Recreation is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 2, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19994 Filed 8–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at UCLA 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian tribes. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains may contact 

the Fowler Museum at UCLA. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Indian tribes stated below may occur 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact the Fowler Museum at 

UCLA at the address below by 

September 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., 

Curator of Archaeology, Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los 

Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone 

(310) 825–1864. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los 

Angeles, CA. The human remains were 

removed from Maricopa County, AZ. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Ak Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt 

River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

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Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 

Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona, has submitted a 

repatriation claim for the individual 

described in this notice, on behalf of 

itself and the Ak Chin Indian 

Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; and 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona 

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The Four 

Southern Tribes of Arizona’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1940, a human remain representing 

a minimum of one individual was 

removed from the Van Liere Ranch Site, 

in Maricopa County, AZ, during 

excavations by J.W. Simmons. The 

collection was donated to the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA by Thomas Hinton in 

1956. The human remain is an infant’s 

tooth that was found in the collection. 

No known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The Van Liere Ranch site was a burial 

ground with numerous Hohokam 

cremations and other features. This site 

is dated from A.D. 300–1500 based on 

the cultural materials found at the site, 

which are identified by archeologists 

and cultural experts as consistent with 

Hohokam culture. There are burial 

records that describe the excavation of 

each burial and include field and 

artifact photos, drawings, and site maps. 

Except for this individual, the human 

remains were not removed from the 

ground. Based on museum 

documentation and information during 

consultation, it is reasonable to believe 

this individual is Native American and 

of Hohokam ancestry. 

The Four Southern Tribes of Arizona 

assert a ‘‘close relationship of shared 

group identity that can be traced both 

historically and prehistorically between 

the Four Southern Tribes of Arizona and 

the people that inhabited the south 

central Arizona and the northern region 

of present day Mexico from time 

immemorial.’’ Therefore, The Four 

Southern Tribes of Arizona claim 

cultural affiliation to this individual 

based on geographical, archeological, 

linguistic, oral tradition, and historical 

evidence. 

The Hopi Tribe ‘‘claims cultural and 

ancestral affiliation to all human 

remains, associated and unassociated 

funerary objects, sacred objects, and 

objects of cultural patrimony that were 

collected from Paleo-Indian, Archaic, 

Basketmaker, Hisatsinom (Anasazi), 

Mogollon, Hohokam, Sinaguan, 

Fremont, Mimbres, and Salado, 

prehistoric and historic cultures of the 

Southwest.’’ 

Based on, ‘‘Zuni oral teachings and 

tradition, ethnohistoric documentation, 

historic documentation, archaeological 

documentation, and other evidence, the 

Zuni Tribe claims cultural affiliation 

with prehistoric cultures of the 

Southwestern United States that 

include, and are known as, Paleo 

Indian, Archaic, Basketmaker, Puebloan, 

Freemont, Anasazi, Mogollon (including 

Mimbres and Jornada), Hohokam, 

Sinagua, Western Pueblo, and Salado.’’ 

Therefore, the oral tradition, kinship 

system, and archeology all indicate that 

The Four Southern Tribes of Arizona, 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona, and the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, identify with the archeological 

Hohokam tradition. Finally, multiple 

lines of evidence, including treaties, 

Acts of Congress, and Executive Orders, 

indicate that the land from which the 

Native American human remain was 

removed is the aboriginal land of The 

Four Southern Tribes of Arizona, Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona, and the Zuni Tribe of 

the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Determinations Made by the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA 

Officials of the Fowler Museum at 

UCLA have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remain described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• 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 

remain and The Four Southern Tribes of 

Arizona, Hopi Tribe of Arizona, and the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remain should 

contact Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., Curator 

of Archaeology, Fowler Museum at 

UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 

90095–1549, telephone (310) 825–1864, 

before September 7, 2011. Repatriation 

of the human remain to the Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona, on 

behalf of The Four Southern Tribes of 

Arizona, may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Fowler Museum at UCLA is 

responsible for notifying The Four 

Southern Tribes of Arizona, Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona, and the Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 2, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Washington State Department of 

Natural Resources, Olympia, WA, and 

University of Washington, Department 

of Anthropology, Seattle, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Washington State 

Department of Natural Resources and 

the University of Washington, 

Department of Anthropology have 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and an associated funerary 

object, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, and have 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary object and 

present-day Indian tribes. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains and associated 

funerary object may contact the 

Washington State Department of Natural 

Resources. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary object 

to the Indian tribe named below may 

occur if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact the Washington State 

Department of Natural Resources at the 

address below by September 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Maurice Major, Cultural 

Resource Specialist, Washington State 

Department of Natural Resources, P.O. 

Box 47000, 1111 Washington St., SE., 

Olympia, WA 98504–7000, telephone 

(360) 902–1298. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 an associated 

funerary object in the control of the 

Washington State Department of Natural 

Resources, Olympia, WA, and in the 

possession of the University of 

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