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possible mouth piece; 1 clam shell 

necklace with 10 large beads; 1 olla; 11 

abalone ornaments; 72 shell ornaments 

(8 abalone, 42 Olivella, 16 clam, 5 

steatite, and 1 trade); 1 possible palette; 

8 pendants (4 abalone, 2 mica, and 2 

bead pendants); 1 pestle; 1 pestle 

fragment; 7 pigment fragments; 1 

obsidian point fragment; 6 post 

fragments; 1 piece of quartz; 1 vial of 

sand from the site; 1 pair of scissors; 8 

scrapers; 1 sweat scraper; 1 container of 

a soil sample; 1 metal spoon; 1 wooden 

spoon; 2 stones; 2 beaver teeth; 1 seal 

tooth; 2 crushed water bottles; and 2 

water bottle fragments. 

Historically, a Yokuts village 

extended along the north shore, on a 

sand spit, at the outlet of Buena Vista 

Lake. The Elk Hills Cemetery is located 

approximately 1,000 feet due north of 

this sand spit and Yokut village. The 

funerary objects removed from site P– 

15–000116 (CA-KER–116) illustrate that 

this burial site was in use during the 

Historic Period, approximately between 

the years A.D. 1780 and 1818. 

The burial contexts identify the 

human remains removed from sites in 

Kern County, CA, as being Native 

American. Linguistic evidence indicates 

that this region of California was 

inhabited by Native American Yokut 

speakers. Consultation with a tribal 

representative of the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California, confirmed that 

these burial sites were within an area, 

documented by Yokuts oral history, of 

continued habitation that include the 

Protohistoric and Historic Periods. 

Historical sources corroborate this oral 

history. Modern descendants of Yokut 

speakers 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 of California; and 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. 

Officials of the Southwest Museum of 

the American Indian, Autry National 

Center have determined that pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 5,508 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. 

Officials of the Southwest Museum of 

the American Indian, Autry National 

Center 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 unassociated funerary objects and 

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 of 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 unassociated 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 

unassociated 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 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 of 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. 

[FR Doc. E9–4673 Filed 3–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arizona State University, School of 

Human Evolution & Social Change, 

Tempe, AZ 

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 in the control of the Arizona 

State University, School of Human 

Evolution & Social Change (formerly 

Department of Anthropology), Tempe, 

AZ. The human remains were removed 

from Maricopa County, AZ. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Arizona State 

University, School of Human Evolution 

& Social Change professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

In 1980, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from Site AZ T:08:0039 (ASU) 

in Maricopa County, AZ, during 

research by Museum of Northern 

Arizona staff that was being sponsored 

by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 

preparation for the construction of the 

Adobe Dam and the Arizona State 

University Deer Valley Rock Art Center. 

The project collection is curated at 

Arizona State University, School of 

Human Evolution & Social Change 

through agreement of the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers is not responsible for 

this collection. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Site AZ T:08:0039 (ASU) dates to the 

Sedentary Period (A.D. 900–1150). The 

human remains had been cremated. 

Based on the cremation burial practice 

and age of the site, the human remains 

are affiliated with the archeologically 

defined Hohokam culture. Descendants 

of the Hohokam culture are the Hopi 

Tribe of Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 

Officials of the Arizona State 

University 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 Arizona State University 

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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni 


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Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Arleyn W. Simon, 

School of Human Evolution & Social 

Change, Box 872402, Tempe, AZ 85287– 

2402, telephone (480) 965–9231, before 

April 6, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico, may proceed after that 

date if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The Arizona State University is 

responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of 

Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–4680 Filed 3–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arizona State University, School of 

Human Evolution & Social Change, 

Tempe, AZ 

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 in the control of the Arizona 

State University, School of Human 

Evolution & Social Change (formerly the 

Department of Anthropology), Tempe, 

AZ. The human remains were removed 

from the vicinity of the New River Dam, 

Maricopa County, AZ. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Arizona State 

University, School of Human Evolution 

& Social Change professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

In 1981, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from Site AZ T:08:0001 (ASU) 

(NA 16, 757), Maricopa County, AZ, by 

Museum of Northern Arizona staff 

during research for the New River Dam 

Site that was being sponsored by the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 

cremated human remains were removed 

from the site during test excavations. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1981, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from Site AZ T:08:0023 (ASU) 

(NA 16, 759), Maricopa County, AZ, by 

Museum of Northern Arizona staff 

during research for the New River Dam 

Site that was being sponsored by the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 

cremated remains were removed from 

contexts exposed on the surface during 

test excavations. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1981, human remains representing 

a minimum of six individuals were 

removed from site AZ T:08:0024 (ASU) 

(NA 16, 760), Maricopa County, AZ, by 

Museum of Northern Arizona staff 

during research for the New River Dam 

Site that was being sponsored by the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 

human remains were removed from 

cremation contexts during test 

excavations. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains from the three 

sites were recovered as part of 

archeological investigations at the New 

River Dam Site by the Museum of 

Northern Arizona staff under contract 

with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

The project collection is curated at the 

Arizona State University, School of 

Human Evolution & Social Change 

under agreement with the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers is not responsible for 

this collection. 

Occupation of the three sites dates to 

the Late Colonial and Sedentary Periods 

(A.D. 800–1150). Based on the burial 

practice of cremation and the age of the 

sites, the human remains are affiliated 

with the archeologically defined 

Hohokam culture. Descendants of the 

Hohokam culture are the Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Tohono O’odham Nation of 

Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

Officials of the Arizona State 

University have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 11 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Arizona State 

University 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Arleyn Simon, 

School of Human Evolution & Social 

Change, Arizona State University, Box 

872402, Tempe, AZ 85287–2402, 

telephone (480) 965–9231, before April 

6, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

The School of Human Evolution & 

Social Change is responsible for 

notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona; 

and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, 

New Mexico, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–4681 Filed 3–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Raymond M. Alf Museum of 

Paleontology, Claremont, 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 in the control of the Raymond 

M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, 

Claremont, CA. The human remains 

were removed from San Juan County, 

WA, and British Columbia, Canada. 

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 


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