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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17400; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California State University, 

Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: California State University, 

Sacramento 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 California State 

University, Sacramento. 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 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. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

California State University, Sacramento. 

The human remains were removed from 

Sacramento and Yolo counties, 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 California State 

University, Sacramento professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of Buena Vista 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun 

Indians of the Colusa Indian 

Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 

California; California Valley Miwok 

Tribe, California; Ione Band of Miwok 

Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 

Susanville Indian Rancheria, California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California; 

Wilton Rancheria, California; and 

Nashville-Eldorado Miwok, a nonFederally recognized Native American 

group. Chicken Ranch Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Cortina 

Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 

California; Jackson Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Table Mountain Rancheria of 

California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California; Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

Wiyot Tribe, California (previously 

listed as the Table Bluff ReservationWiyot Tribe); Yocha Dehe Wintun 

Nation, California (previously listed as 

the Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun 

Indians of California); and the Miwok 

Tribe of the El Dorado Rancheria, a nonFederally recognized Native American 

group, were also contacted by California 

State University, Sacramento. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Sometime during the 1920s and 

1930s, human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual, were 

removed from private property on CA– 

SAC–157 (also known as Wamser 

Mound), located on the south bank of 

the American River near River Bend 

Park of Rancho Cordova in north-central 

Sacramento County, CA. The human 

remains were 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). No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Archeological data from the site 

indicates occupation occurred during 

the Middle and Late Horizons. 

Additional archeological data suggests 

occupation may have lasted into an 

unknown time during the Historic 

period. 

Sometime during the 1920s and 

1930s, human remains representing, at 

minimum, six individuals, were 

removed from CA–YOL–013 (also 

known as the Mustang site), located on 

the south bank of the Sacramento River 

at the confluence of the Sacramento 

River, Feather River, and Sacramento 

Slough in west-central Yolo County, CA. 

The human remains were 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). No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Archeological data indicates 

occupation of the site occurring as early 

as Phase 1 of the Late Horizon, lasting 

until an unknown time during the 

historic period. Ethnographic evidence 

suggest that CA–YOL–013 may be the 

site of a large historic Nisenan Village 

known as Hol’-lo-wi or a close 

association thereof. 

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 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 

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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 

available indicate that the burials 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 remains 

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 California State 

University, Sacramento have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 7 

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 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 request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request 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 requestors have 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains 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. 2015–02227 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17370; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

History Colorado, Formerly Colorado 

Historical Society, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: History Colorado, formerly 

Colorado Historical Society, 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 History Colorado. 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 History Colorado at the 

address in this notice by March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA 

Liaison, History Colorado, 1200 

Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone 

(303) 866–4561, email sheila.goff@

state.co.us. 

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 

History Colorado, Denver, CO. One set 

of remains was received through the 

Moffat County Coroner and is presumed 

to have originated in that county. One 

set of remains was the result of an 

inadvertent discovery in Mesa County, 

CO. 

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. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by History Colorado 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Crow Creek Sioux 

Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, 

South Dakota; Jicarilla Apache Nation, 

New Mexico; Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City 

Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of 

Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, 

Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and 

Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly 

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City 

Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of 

Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, 

Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and 

Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pueblo of 

San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Santa Clara, New Mexico; Shoshone 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of 

the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; 

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Indian Reservation, 

Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe (Uintah & 

Ouray Reservation), Utah; and Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & 

Utah. 

Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico 

(formerly the Pueblo of San Juan); 

Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico were invited to consult, but did 

not participate. Hereafter, all tribes 

listed above are referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

In March 2014, the Craig Colorado 

Police Department was contacted by a 

local public school because human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual, were found in a storage 

closet. A teacher recalled that the 

remains had been used for teaching in 

the distant past. Anecdotal information 

indicated that they were removed from 

a local, unnamed archeological site at an 

unknown time in the past. They were 

transferred to History Colorado and are 

identified as Office of Archaeology and 

Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case 

Number 303. Osteological analysis 

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