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area. The tribes that have inhabited this 

area are the Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Fond du Lac Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Keeweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Lac Courte 

Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 

Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 

Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Mille Lacs Band of 

the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; and White 

Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota. 

Officials of the School District of 

Rhinelander have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the School District of 

Rhinelander also have determined that, 

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 Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Fond du Lac Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Keeweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Lac Courte 

Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 

Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 

Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Mille Lacs Band of 

the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; and White 

Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Terry Fondow, Principal, 

Rhinelander High School, 665 Coolidge 

Ave., Rhinelander, WI 54501, telephone 

(715) 365–9500, before April 6, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains has 

occurred to the Wisconsin Inter-tribal 

Repatriation Committee, which 

represents the Bad River Band of the 

Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Lac Courte 

Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 

Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 

Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. 

Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; and Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. 

The School District of Rhinelander is 

responsible for notifying the Bad River 

Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 

Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band 

(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Fond du Lac Band 

of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage 

Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation of 

Wisconsin; Keeweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Lac Courte 

Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 

Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 

Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Menominee Indian 

Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of 

the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Oneida Tribe of Indians of 

Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; and White 

Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: February 13, 2009. 

Sangita Chari, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Southwest Museum of the American 

Indian, Autry National Center, Los 

Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

in the control of the Southwest Museum 

of the American Indian, Autry National 

Center, Los Angeles, CA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Fresno, Kings and 

Tulare 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 and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Southwest 

Museum of the American Indian, Autry 

National Center professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Picayune Rancheria of the 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; 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. The 

Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians 

of California and Northfork Rancheria of 

Mono Indians of California were 

contacted, but did not participate in the 

consultations about the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing a minimum of four 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown site in Kingsburg, Fresno 

County, CA. The museum has no 


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additional information regarding the 

circumstances of the removal or the 

museum’s acquisition of the human 

remains. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site in Kettleman Hills, Kings 

County, CA. The museum has no 

additional information regarding the 

circumstances of the removal. On June 

26, 1942, the human remains were 

donated to the museum by Mrs. Frank 

S. Johnson for the Frank S. Johnson 

Collection. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site near Tulare Lake, 2 miles 

southwest of Burrell, Kings County, CA, 

during an excavation by a contractor’s 

bulldozer that was clearing ground for 

an oil well for the General Petroleum 

Company. On November 6, 1944, the 

human remains were donated to the 

museum by Edwin F. Walker. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of seven 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown site near Tule Lake, 

approximately 5 miles from Corcoran, 

Kings County, CA. The human remains 

were found in a bulldozed area near an 

irrigation project. At an unknown time 

and by unknown means, Mr. Charles 

Dirks acquired the human remains. On 

May 17, 1954, the human remains were 

donated to the museum by Mr. Dirks. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The three associated funerary objects are 

two obsidian arrow points and one 

obsidian dart point fragment. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site near the south end of Tule 

Lake Basin, Kings County, CA. At an 

unknown time and by unknown means, 

R.B. Luckey acquired the human 

remains. On January 10, 1955, the 

human remains were donated to the 

museum by R.B. Luckey. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a hard soil 

sample with embedded fresh-water 

shells. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site near the eastern Sierra 

foothills, Lost and Long Canyons, Tulare 

County, CA, by Mr. Henry F. Fuller. The 

site was on and/or nearby Mr. Fuller’s 

ranch in the Long Canyon area. On 

January 4, 1949, the human remains and 

associated funerary items were donated 

to the museum by Mr. Fuller. No known 

individual was identified. The 28 

associated funerary objects are 17 glass 

beads and 11 glass trade bead fragments. 

An additional three associated funerary 

objects (a biface mano, an obsidian 

biface blade fragment, and an obsidian 

uniface scrape) were documented with 

the burial, but have not been located in 

the collection. 

The ages of the above detailed human 

remains are unknown. Based on an 

archeological analysis, the individuals 

have been identified as Native 

American. Consultation with a tribal 

representative of the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California, confirmed that 

the provenience of the human remains 

is consistent with that of other 

discoveries of indigenous human 

remains in the area. Geographical and 

historical evidence indicates that the 

sites are located within the traditional 

territory of the Central Valley Yokuts 

and Monache people. The Central 

Valley Yokuts’ traditional territory 

extends from Tulare Lake to the Western 

Sierra Nevada Foothills. Descendants of 

the Central Valley Yokuts are members 

of the Picayune Rancheria of the 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; 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. The 

Monache’s traditional territory is in the 

proximity of the Western slope of the 

Sierra Nevada Mountains. Descendants 

of the Monache are members of the Big 

Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Cold Springs Rancheria of 

Mono Indians of California; and 

Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California. 

Officials of the Southwest Museum of 

the American Indian, Autry National 

Center have determined that, pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human 

remains described above represent the 

physical remains of at least 15 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Southwest 

Museum of the American Indian, Autry 

National Center also have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), 

the 32 objects 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. Lastly, 

officials of the Southwest Museum of 

the American Indian, Autry National 

Center have determined that, 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 

Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Cold Springs Rancheria of 

Mono Indians of California; Northfork 

Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Picayune Rancheria of the 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; 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. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Steven M. Karr, Ph.D., 

Ahmanson Curator of History and 

Culture and Interim Executive Director, 

234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles, CA 

90065, telephone (323) 221–2164, 

extension 241, or LaLena Lewark, 

Senior NAGPRA Coordinator, Autry 

National Center, 4700 Western Heritage 

Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone 

(323) 667–2000, extension 220, before 

April 6, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of 

the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Southwest Museum of the 

American Indian, Autry National Center 

is responsible for notifying the Big 

Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Cold Springs Rancheria of 

Mono Indians of California; Northfork 

Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Picayune Rancheria of the 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; 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 that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 13, 2009. 

Sangita Chari, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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