[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11572-11573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4524]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[2253-665]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bishop Museum has completed an inventory of human remains 
in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribe, and has determined 
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and a 
present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains may 
contact the Bishop Museum. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
tribe 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 Bishop 
Museum at the address below by March 28, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Betty Lou Kam, Vice President, Cultural Collections, Bishop 
Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817, telephone (808) 848-4144.

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 Bishop Museum. The human remains were removed from 
western North America, most likely from north-central California.
    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 Bishop 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California 
(Tachi Yokut Tribe). Correspondence in support of the assessment also 
was provided by the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 
California. In addition, the Bishop Museum contacted the Table Mountain 
Rancheria of California.

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History and Description of the Remains

    In June of 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were given to Dr. Alan Zeigler by Dr. Grover Krantz, while 
Dr. Zeigler was studying at the University of California, Berkeley. No 
information is provided as to the origins of the remains, other than a 
note in Zeigler's 1966 catalog listing the location as western North 
America. However, at the time, all of Dr. Zeigler's work focused around 
the Alameda County and Fresno areas in California. Presumably, these 
human remains were given to Zeigler to complement his research 
collection. Remains representing a minimum of two individuals were 
accompanied by a tag that reads, ``Sex? Imm. (2863 A.C. Zeigler) Coll? 
Rec'd from G. Krantz Western North America--No other data. (No meas's 
or wt.) Rec'd Jun-, 1966. Composite part, skeleton only, homo 
sapiens.'' No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    During his time at the University of California, Berkeley, much of 
Dr. Zeigler's collecting was focused on the Alameda, Fresno and 
Northern/Central California areas. In 1968, Dr. Zeigler published 
``Quasi-agriculture in North-central California and its effect on 
aboriginal social structure'' in Kroeber Anthropological Society 
Papers, No. 38, pp. 52-67. Thus, the specimens given to Dr. Zeigler by 
Dr. Krantz probably were from these regions and were given to Dr. 
Zeigler in support of his studies. The geographic locations described 
lie within Yokut territories, which run from the San Pablo Bay shores 
to Tahachapi, and encompass Dr. Zeigler's work area, most notably in 
the East Bay area.

Determinations Made by the Bishop Museum

    Officials of the Bishop Museum have determined that:
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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 Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 
Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut Tribe).

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Betty Lou 
Kam, Vice-President, Cultural Resources, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice 
St., Honolulu, HI 96817, telephone (808) 848-4144, before March 28, 
2012. Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian 
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut Tribe) 
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Bishop Museum is responsible for notifying the Santa Rosa 
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 
Tribe) that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 22, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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