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97403–1224, telephone (541) 346–5120, 

email endzweig@uoregon.edu. 

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 under the control of 

the University of Oregon Museum of 

Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, 

OR. The human remains were removed 

from Hotchkiss Mound, Contra Costa 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Jackson Band of Miwuk 

Indians (previously listed as the Jackson 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California); Kletsel Dehe Band of 

Wintun Indians (previously listed as the 

Cortina Indian Rancheria and the 

Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun 

Indians of California); Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Shingle Springs Band of 

Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

Table Mountain Rancheria (previously 

listed as the Table Mountain Rancheria 

of California); Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

and Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 

of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 

Hotchkiss Mound in the lower 

Sacramento Valley, Contra Costa 

County, CA. It is unknown who 

originally donated the human remains 

to the museum. Accession records 

attribute the human remains to 

Hotchkiss Mound. Although there is no 

documentation regarding the transfer of 

the human remains to the Museum, it is 

likely that they were donated by the 

archeologist Robert F. Heizer, who 

donated several other items from this 

area to the Museum in the 1940s. The 

human remains consist of an adult male. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Historical documents, ethnographic 

sources, and oral history indicate that 

the Plains Miwok and Northern Valley 

Yokuts have occupied this area of the 

Lower Sacramento Valley since 

precontact times. Based on 

archeological context and skeletal 

evidence, the individual was 

determined to be of Native American 

ancestry and Plains Miwok and/or 

Northern Valley Yokuts. The Plains 

Miwok and Northern Valley Yokuts are 

represented today by The Tribes. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Oregon Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History 

Officials of the University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural History 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains 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 

remains and The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Dr. Pamela 

Endzweig, Director of Collections, 

Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History, 1224 University of Oregon, 

Eugene, OR 97403–1224, telephone 

(541) 346–5120, email endzweig@

uoregon.edu, by October 10, 2018. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the human remains to The Tribes may 

proceed. 

The University of Oregon Museum of 

Natural and Cultural History is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 3, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026130; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RPI4.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Alfred 

W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology, University of Idaho, 

Moscow, ID, and Museum of the 

Rockies at Montana State University, 

Bozeman, MT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology at the 

University of Idaho (‘‘Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology’’) and the 

Museum of the Rockies at Montana 

State University (‘‘Museum of the 

Rockies’’) have completed an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and have 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology or the 

Museum of the Rockies. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

stated in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology or Museum 

of the Rockies at the address in this 

notice by October 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred 

W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, 

875 Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow, 

ID 83844–4023, telephone (208) 885– 

1771, email leahe@uidaho.edu, or Lisa 

Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600 

West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT 

59717, telephone (406) 994–6622, email 

lisa.verwys@montana.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 


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

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology, Moscow, ID, and of 

associated funerary objects under the 

control of the Museum of the Rockies, 

Bozeman, MT. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Park County, MT. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Alfred W. 

Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and 

the Museum of the Rockies professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Blackfeet Tribe of 

the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 

Montana; Confederated Salish and 

Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead 

Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian 

Community of the Fort Belknap 

Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce 

Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce 

Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne 

Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana. The Assiniboine 

and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Chippewa Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana (previously listed as the 

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana); and Crow 

Tribe of Montana were invited to 

consult, but did not participate 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Invited 

and Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1929, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from a small cave in Park 

County, MT, by a private citizen. On 

November 1, 1988, the private citizen 

donated the human remains and objects 

to the Museum of the Rockies. Later that 

month, Carolyn A. Purcell, Museum of 

the Rockies Registrar, transferred the 

human remains to Dr. Roderick Sprague, 

Director of the Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology. The 

associated funerary objects were 

retained by the Museum of the Rockies. 

The human remains consist of a right 

and left female innominate and a right 

male humerus. No known individuals 

were identified. The eight associated 

funerary objects are six flaked stone 

projectile points, one flaked stone drill 

or knife, and one digging stick of pine 

or spruce. 

At the time of the excavation and 

removal of these human remains and 

associated funerary objects, the land 

from which the remains and objects 

were removed was not the tribal land of 

any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. In January 2018, Alfred W. 

Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology and 

Museum of the Rockies invited the 

Crow Tribe of Montana, who is 

recognized as aboriginal to the area from 

which these Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed, to consult. The Crow 

Tribe of Montana did not participate in 

consultation and did not agree to accept 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects. In April 

2018, the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory 

of Anthropology and Museum of the 

Rockies agreed to transfer control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Blackfeet Tribe of the 

Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 

Montana; Confederated Salish and 

Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead 

Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian 

Community of the Fort Belknap 

Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce 

Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce 

Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne 

Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana. 

Determinations Made by the Alfred W. 

Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology 

and the Museum of the Rockies 

Officials of the Alfred W. Bowers 

Laboratory of Anthropology and 

Museum of the Rockies have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on the 

associated funerary objects found with 

them. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the eight objects described in this notice 

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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(i), 

the disposition of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects may be 

to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet 

Indian Reservation of Montana; 

Confederated Salish and Kootenai 

Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; Fort 

Belknap Indian Community of the Fort 

Belknap Reservation of Montana; Nez 

Perce Tribe (previously listed as the Nez 

Perce Tribe of Idaho); and Northern 

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Leah Evans-Janke, Alfred W. 

Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, 875 

Perimeter Drive, MS 4023, Moscow, ID 

83844–4023, telephone (208) 885–1771, 

email leahe@uidaho.edu, or Lisa 

Verwys, Museum of the Rockies, 600 

West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT 

59717, telephone (406) 994–6622, email 

lisa.verwys@montana.edu, by October 

10, 2018. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to Blackfeet Tribe of the 

Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 

Montana; Confederated Salish and 

Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead 

Reservation; Fort Belknap Indian 

Community of the Fort Belknap 

Reservation of Montana; Nez Perce 

Tribe (previously listed as the Nez Perce 

Tribe of Idaho); and Northern Cheyenne 

Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana, may proceed. 

The Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology and Museum of the 

Rockies are responsible for notifying 

The Invited and Consulted Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 25, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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