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control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Regional Office at the address in this 

notice by October 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA 

Specialist/Physical Anthropologist, 

Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of 

Reclamation, MP–153, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone 

(916) 978–5526, email emryan@

usbr.gov. 

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 associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 

of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional 

Office, Sacramento, CA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Fresno 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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Regional Office professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi 

Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California; Table Mountain 

Rancheria (previously listed as the 

Table Mountain Rancheria of 

California); Tejon Indian Tribe; and 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California, hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1951, human remains representing, 

at minimum, three individuals, were 

removed from Site CA–FRE–105, 

located near Firebaugh, within the 

current Firebaugh Wastewater of the 

Delta-Mendota Canal, Fresno County, 

CA. Site CA–FRE–105 was encountered 

at the bottom of a waste way at its 

juncture with the main canal. The 

‘‘material (was) scooped up from 7 feet 

deep in wet clay, from an area that was 

approximately 200 yards in diameter’’. 

The site record describes the site as 

‘‘clay soil containing human remains 

and artifacts.’’ Human remains and 

artifacts were collected by Robert E. 

Greengo of the University of California, 

Berkeley, and acquired by the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 

University of California, Berkeley, 

through University Appropriation in 

1951 (Accession UCAS–314). The 

human remains from Site CA–FRE–105 

consist of three partially complete 

Native American individuals, including 

one possible male adolescent 

(approximately 15–20 years) and two 

adults of indeterminate sex. No known 

individuals were identified. The three 

associated funerary objects are: one 

greywacke sandstone slab mortar 

fragment, one large obsidian flake and 

one unmodified faunal long bone. An 

additional associated funerary object, a 

large obsidian point, is currently 

missing from the collection. 

In 1952, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Site CA–FRE–106, Fresno 

County, CA, by M.A. Baumhoff of the 

University of California, Berkeley, and 

were acquired through University 

Appropriation in June 1952 (Accession 

UCAS–157). Museum records describe 

nearly complete remains of two 

individuals recovered from a vertically 

truncated midden site. Individual 1 is 

an adult female and Individual 2 is an 

adult male. Both burials were excavated 

and exhumed, and three additional 

burials were noted but left in situ. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

two associated funerary objects are one 

large, extensively-shaped greywacke 

sandstone bowl mortar and one 

unmodified deer rib bone. 

Geographical affiliation is consistent 

with the historically documented 

territory of the Northern Valley Yokut. 

Multiple lines of evidence including 

oral tradition, ethnographic, 

archeological, historic, and linguistic 

information demonstrate continuity and 

a shared group identity between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice and the Yokut 

tribes. No lineal descendant has been 

identified. The Tribes identify as Yokut, 

and are culturally affiliated with the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice. 

Determinations Made by the 

Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional 

Office 

Officials of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Regional Office, have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of five 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the five 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), 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 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA 

Specialist/Physical Anthropologist, 

Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of 

Reclamation, MP–153, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone 

(916) 978–5526, email emryan@

usbr.gov, 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 The Tribes may proceed. 

The Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Regional Office is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 3, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19529 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026174; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

University of Oregon Museum of 

Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, 

OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural History 


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has completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. 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 to the University of 

Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural 

History. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 the University of Oregon 

Museum of Natural and Cultural History 

at the address in this notice by October 

10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: 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. 

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 the Tularosa River region, NM. 

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 

Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1900, human remains representing, 

at minimum, nine individuals were 

removed from the Tularosa River region 

in New Mexico. The human remains 

were donated to the museum by a 

private party in 1946 and accessioned 

into the museum’s collection. The 

human remains consist of isolated 

elements from six adult individuals of 

indeterminate sex (cat. #s 11–202, 11– 

204, 11–205, 11–206, 11–207, and 11– 

210), one indeterminate adolescent (cat. 

#11–203), and two adult females (cat. 

#11–208, 11–209). Because of their 

fragmentary nature, it is not impossible 

that the remains represent fewer than 

nine individuals. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Historical documents, ethnographic 

sources, and oral history indicate that 

the Chiricahua Apache have occupied 

the Tularosa River region since 

precontact times. Based on presumed 

archeological context and/or skeletal 

evidence, the nine individuals 

represented by the human remains were 

determined to be of Native American 

ancestry and Chiricahua Apache. The 

Chiricahua Apache are represented 

today by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of 

Oklahoma. 

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 nine 

individuals 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 Fort Sill Apache Tribe 

of Oklahoma. 

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 Fort Sill 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma may 

proceed. 

The University of Oregon Museum of 

Natural and Cultural History is 

responsible for notifying the Fort Sill 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 3, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19524 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026172; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any 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 should submit a written 

request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains 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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs at the address in this notice by 

October 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum 

Program Manager/NAGPRA 

Coordinator, U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, 

Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– 

6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

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


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