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currently unknown. The unassociated 

funerary object was in the possession of 

Anthony Zallio, a private collector, who 

posthumously donated his collection in 

1951 to the Department of Anthropology 

at Sacramento State College, CA (now 

California State University, 

Sacramento). The unassociated funerary 

object is one projectile point. Although 

the exact site location for Rose Spring 

Mound in Placer County, CA, is 

unknown, the site is within the 

aboriginal territory of the Nisenan. 

Archeological evidence indicates that 

the lower Sacramento Valley and Delta 

regions were continuously occupied 

since at least the Early Horizon (5550– 

550 B.C.). Cultural changes indicated by 

artifact typologies and burial patterns, 

historical linguistic evidence, and 

biological evidence reveal that the 

populations in the region were not 

static, with both in situ cultural changes 

and migrations of outside populations 

into the area. Linguistic evidence 

suggests that ancestral-Penutian 

speaking groups related to modern day 

Miwok, Nisenan, and Patwin groups 

occupied the region during the Middle 

(550 B.C.–A.D. 1100) and Late (A.D. 

1100–Historic) Horizons, with some 

admixing between these groups and 

Hokan-speaking groups that occupied 

the region at an earlier date. The genetic 

data suggests that the Penutians may 

have arrived later than what is 

suggested by the linguistics. 

Geographical data from ethnohistoric 

and ethnographic sources indicate that 

the site was most likely occupied by 

Nisenan-speaking groups at the 

beginning of the historic period, while 

Patwin-speakers occupied the valley 

west of the Sacramento River and 

Miwok-speakers resided south of the 

American River. Ethnographic data and 

expert testimony from Tribes support 

the high level of interaction between 

groups in the lower Sacramento Valley 

and Delta regions that crosscut 

linguistic boundaries. Historic 

population movements resulted in an 

increased level of shifting among 

populations, especially among 

populations who were impacted by 

disease, violence, and Euro-American 

activities relating to Sutter’s Fort and 

later gold-rush activities. 

In summary, the ethnographic, 

historical, and geographical evidence 

indicate that the funerary objects listed 

above are most closely affiliated with 

contemporary descendants of the 

Nisenan with more distant ties to 

neighboring groups, such as Miwok, 

Patwin, and Yokut. The earlier cultural 

items from the Middle and Late 

Horizons share cultural relations with 

the Plains Miwok, Nisenan, and Yokut 

based on archeological, biological, and 

historical linguistic evidence. 

Determinations Made by California 

State University, Sacramento 

Officials of the California State 

University, Sacramento have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 14 cultural items 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 and 

are 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 Shingle Springs Band of 

Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

and United Auburn Indian Community 

of the Auburn Rancheria of California. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Orn Bodvarsson, Dean of the College of 

Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary 

Studies, CSUS, 6000 J Street, 

Sacramento, CA 95819–6109, telephone 

(916) 278–4864, email obbodvarsson@

csus.edu, by March 6, 2015. After that 

date, if no additional claimants have 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, 

Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona 

Tract), California and United Auburn 

Indian Community of the Auburn 

Rancheria of California may proceed. 

California State University, 

Sacramento is responsible for notifying 

the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 

Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria 

(Verona Tract), California, and United 

Auburn Indian Community of the 

Auburn Rancheria of California that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: December 29, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02180 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–16405; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Chugach National 

Forest, Anchorage, AK, and the 

Thomas Burke Memorial Washington 

State Museum, University of 

Washington, Seattle, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, 

Chugach National Forest and the 

Thomas Burke Memorial Washington 

State Museum (Burke Museum), 

University of Washington, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the Chugach 

National Forest. If no additional 

claimants come forward, transfer of 

control of the cultural items 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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Chugach National Forest at the 

address in this notice by March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Terri Marceron, Chugach 

National Forest, 161 East 1st Ave., Door 

8, Anchorage, AK 99501, telephone 

(907) 743–9525, email tmarceron@

fs.fed.us. 

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 cultural 

items under the control of the USDA 

Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, 

Anchorage, AK, and in the physical 

custody of the Burke Museum, Seattle, 

WA, that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects under 25 

U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

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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 items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1933, Drs. Kaj Birket-Smith and 

Frederica de Laguna performed 

archeological survey and excavations in 

Prince William Sound, AK, under the 

auspices of University of Pennsylvania 

Museum and the Danish National 

Museum. The University of 

Pennsylvania Museum and the Danish 

National Museum transferred objects 

from the expedition to the Burke 

Museum in 1935. There was no archival 

documentation included with the 

transferred materials. In 2011, it was 

brought to the Burke Museum’s 

attention that these objects could be 

funerary objects. During tribal 

consultation, it was brought to the 

Burke Museum’s attention that two of 

these sites, 49–COR–001 and 49–SEW– 

048, were located on Chugach Forest 

Service land at the time of excavation. 

Site 49–COR–001 has since been 

patented to the Chugach Alaska 

Corporation. 

In 1933, cultural items were removed 

from 49–COR–001 during systematic 

excavations in Prince William Sound, 

AK, by Drs. Kaj Birket-Smith and 

Frederica de Laguna. Based on 

archeological records and reports, 12 of 

the transferred cultural items were 

found to be in close proximity to known 

burials, or were identified through 

consultation as typical funerary objects. 

The 12 unassociated funerary objects 

are: 1 grinding stone, 2 slate awls, 1 

bone harpoon point, 1 bird bone awl, 2 

bird bone tubes, 1 bird bone tool, 1 

modified bird bone fragment, 1 

unmodified bear tooth, 1 lot of shell 

beads, and 1 bone bead. 

Site 49–COR–001 was a main village 

for one of the eight original Chugach 

tribes (de Laguna 1956). Ethnographic 

evidence indicates that 49–COR–001 is 

ancestral to the present day Chugach 

villages. Additionally, oral tradition and 

ethnographic information presented 

during consultation supports this 

affiliation with the Chugach villages. 

In 1933, cultural items removed from 

49–SEW–048 during systematic 

excavations in Prince William Sound, 

AK, by Drs. Kaj Birket-Smith and 

Frederica de Laguna were placed in the 

Burke Museum. The unassociated 

funerary object is one canoe, which is 

currently in 12 pieces. 

Site 49–SEW–048 is in the territory of 

the Kiniklik people (de Laguna 1956). 

Edmond Meany, who had previously 

worked in the area, noted that canoes 

were traditionally placed with the 

remains as part of burial practices (de 

Laguna 1956). Archeological evidence 

indicates that 49–SEW–048 is ancestral 

to the present day Chugach villages. 

Additionally, oral tradition and 

ethnographic information presented 

during consultation supports this 

affiliation with the Chugach villages. 

Archeological data, ethnographic 

information, and oral tradition all 

support these sites being ancestral to the 

present-day Chugach villages of the 

Native Village of Eyak (Cordova), the 

Native Village of Chenega (aka 

Chanega), and the Native Village of 

Tatitlek. 

Determinations Made by the Chugach 

National Forest and the Burke Museum 

Officials of the Chugach National 

Forest and the Burke Museum have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 13 cultural items 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 and 

are 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 

objects and the Native Village of Eyak 

(Cordova), the Native Village of Chenega 

(aka Chanega), and the Native Village of 

Tatitlek. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Terri Marceron, Chugach National 

Forest, 161 East 1st Ave., Door 8, 

Anchorage, AK 99501, telephone (907) 

743–9525, email tmarceron@fs.fed.us, 

by March 6, 2015. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Native Village of Eyak (Cordova), the 

Native Village of Chenega (aka 

Chanega), and the Native Village of 

Tatitlek may proceed. By signed 

delegated authority, and on behalf of the 

Native Village of Eyak, the Native 

Village of Chenega, and the Native 

Village of Tatitlek, items will be 

repatriated through the Chugach Alaska 

Corporation. 

The Chugach National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Native 

Village of Eyak (Cordova), the Native 

Village of Chenega (aka Chanega), and 

the Native Village of Tatitlek that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02223 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17403: 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: California State University, 

Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: California State University, 

Sacramento, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to 

California State University, Sacramento. 

If no additional claimants come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

cultural items 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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

California State University, Sacramento 

at the address in this notice by March 

6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Orn Bodvarsson, Dean of 

the College of Social Sciences and 

Interdisciplinary Studies, CSUS, 6000 J 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95819–6109, 

telephone (916) 278–4864, email 

obbodvarsson@csus.edu. 

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 cultural 

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