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Aleutians to Anchorage, Alaska 

sometime prior to 2012. In 2018, when 

the human remains were transferred to 

the Bureau of Land Management in 

Anchorage, AK, the BLM placed them at 

the University Museum of the North, 

Fairbanks, AK, where they are currently 

located. The human remains for each of 

the six individuals vary as to 

completeness with none more than 10– 

15% complete. One individual is 

represented by a single mandible. The 

others are represented predominately by 

smaller bones, including some complete 

or fragmentary vertebrae, ribs, ulnas, 

femurs, metatarsals, and tibias. Some of 

the six individuals are also represented 

by innominate fragments, one pubis, 

one sacrum, and one scapula. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The remains of the six individuals 

removed from the Eider Point Site and 

the Amaknak Burial Site are all over 200 

years old; their actual age is unknown. 

The connection between the remains of 

these six individuals and today’s 

Unangan people is based on the above 

cited information. 

Sometime between the late 1940s and 

late 1970s, human remains representing, 

at minimum, four individuals were 

removed from an unknown site on 

Amaknak Island by William Laughlin 

who, during these years, was associated 

variously with several universities. 

These four sets of human remains were 

found at the Museum of 

Anthropological Archaeology at the 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 

They had been placed there at an 

unknown date due to Laughlin’s 

collaboration on Eastern Aleutian 

archeological work with Ted P. Bank II 

of the University of Michigan. The four 

individuals are represented by 13 teeth 

and a single long bone fragment. The 

four individuals include three adults 

and one subadult, all of unknown sex. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

The remains of the four individuals 

removed from Amaknak Island are all 

over 200 years old; their actual age is 

unknown. The connection between the 

remains of these six individuals and 

today’s Unangan people is based on the 

above cited information. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 11 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

is 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. 

• 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 object 

and the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. 

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 and associated 

funerary object should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Robert E. King, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office, 

222 W 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 

99513, telephone (907) 271–5510, email 

r2king@blm.gov, by August 23, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary object to the 

Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska may 

proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Alaska 

State Office is responsible for notifying 

the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 14, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15566 Filed 7–21–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032324; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology, 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 objects of cultural 

patrimony. 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 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. 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 University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology at the address in this 

notice by August 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Amati, University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E 

Asbury Avenue, Sturm Hall 146, 

Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871– 

2687, email anne.amati@du.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 

items under the control of the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO, that meet 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site in the state of Arizona. At an 

unknown date, the item came into the 

possession of Kohlberg’s Antique Store 

in Denver, CO, where it was purchased 

by Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees 

donated the item to the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology. The 

one object of cultural patrimony is a 

dipper (DU# 3887). It is in the Gila Plain 

style and was likely produced between 

A.D. 200–1450, which encompasses the 

Hohokam cultural sequence. 

At unknown dates, 16 cultural items 

were removed from unknown sites in 

the state of Arizona. At unknown dates, 

the items came into the possession of 


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Fallis F. Rees who, in 1967, donated the 

items to the University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology. The 16 

objects of cultural patrimony are one 

effigy bowl (DU# 3902), one miniature 

bowl (DU# 3906), one jar (DU# 3908), 

one shell needle (DU# 3916), one shell 

pendant (DU#3917a), two medicine 

stones (DU#3919a and b), one bowl 

(DU# 3926), one ax (DU# 3951), two 

figurine fragments (DU#3980 and 

3981b), one basket (DU# 5762), one jar 

(DU#3881), one miniature pitcher 

(DU#4108), one fragment of amber 

(DU#2669), and one stone ruler 

(DU#2671). The 16 objects of cultural 

patrimony are consistent with the 

material type and manufacture 

techniques of Hohokam material 

culture. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site in the state of Arizona. At an 

unknown date, the one item came into 

the possession of the Original Curio 

Store in Santa Fe, NM, where it was 

purchased by Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, 

Mr. Rees donated the item to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The one object of 

cultural patrimony is a ceremonial 

container (DU# 3922). It is consistent 

with the material type and manufacture 

techniques of Hohokam material 

culture. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site in the state of Arizona. At an 

unknown date, the item came into the 

possession of Gladys Hicks, who gifted 

it to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees 

donated the item to the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology. The 

one object of cultural patrimony is a 

pipe stem (DU# 4092). It is consistent 

with the material type and manufacture 

techniques of Hohokam material 

culture. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from Casa Malpais, 

near Springerville in Apache County, 

AZ. At an unknown date, the item came 

into the possession of Fallis F. Rees 

who, in 1967, donated the item to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The one object of 

cultural patrimony is a vesicular basalt 

phallus (DU# 3940). Casa Malpais is a 

late Mogollon habitation site which was 

occupied from A.D. 1250 to 1400 and 

encompasses the Hohokam sequence. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site in the Mojave Desert, either in 

Arizona or California. At an unknown 

date, G. and T. Cox obtained the item 

from the E.R. Callahan Collection. At an 

unknown date, G. and T. Cox gifted the 

item to Fallis F. Rees, and in 1967, Mr. 

Rees donated it to the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology. The 

one object of cultural patrimony is a 

human figure jar (DU#4109). It is 

consistent with the material type and 

manufacture techniques of Hohokam 

material culture. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site at Roosevelt Lake in Gila County, 

AZ. At an unknown date, the item came 

into the possession of Fallis F. Rees 

who, in 1967, donated the item to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The one object of 

cultural patrimony is a stone phallus 

(DU# 3977). It is consistent with the 

material type and manufacture 

techniques of Hohokam material 

culture. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site in Maricopa County, AZ. In 1951, 

the item was accessioned by the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The one object of 

cultural patrimony is a drum basket 

(DU#1675). It is consistent with the 

material type and manufacture 

techniques of Hohokam material 

culture. The form and decoration are 

consistent with items attributable to the 

Akimel O’odham, aka Pima, of the Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona. 

At an unknown date, two cultural 

items were removed from the Agua Fria 

River Cliffs in Maricopa County, AZ. 

According to museum records, the items 

were found ‘‘seven miles north of 

Highway 70, 80, and 93.’’ At an 

unknown date, the items came into the 

possession of Omar Turney, a Phoenix 

archeologist and engineer who studied 

prehistoric irrigation canals in the Salt 

River Valley. At an unknown date, 

Turney transferred the two items to 

Frank Midvale, a Casa Grande 

Monument ranger and archeologist who 

had been Turney’s student at Arizona 

State University (ASU). In 1963, 

Midvale was dispersing his collection to 

various museums and began sending 

material to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. 

Rees donated the item to the University 

of Denver Museum of Anthropology. 

The two objects of cultural patrimony 

are petroglyphs (DU# 4295a–b). They 

are consistent with the material type 

and manufacture techniques of 

Hohokam material culture. 

At an unknown date, two cultural 

items were removed from a location 

near La Ciudad (Grande) Ruin in 

Maricopa County, AZ. At unknown 

dates, one of the cultural items came 

into the possession of Fallis F. Rees and 

the other cultural item came into the 

possession of Frank Midvale. In 1963, 

Midvale was dispersing his collection to 

various museums and began sending 

material to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. 

Rees donated the two items to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The two objects of 

cultural patrimony are: One medicine 

stone (DU# 3979) and one stone phallus 

(DU#3975). La Ciudad (Grande) Ruin is 

a prehistoric Hohokam habitation site 

which was occupied from A.D. 200– 

1450. 

At an unknown date, two cultural 

items were removed from ‘‘Gila Bend 

Pyramid’’ in Maricopa County, AZ, by 

Dr. William Wasley. Based on archival 

research, museum staff believes that 

‘‘Gila Bend Pyramid’’ is a reference to 

the Hohokam Platform Mound at the 

Gatlin Site, located three miles north of 

Gila Bend, AZ. At an unknown date the 

items came into the possession of Frank 

Midvale. In 1963, Midvale was 

dispersing his collection to various 

museums and began sending material to 

Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees donated 

the items to the University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology. The two 

objects of cultural patrimony are copper 

bells (DU# 3914a&b). Gatlin site is a 

prehistoric Hohokam habitation site 

which was occupied from A.D. 800– 

1200. 

At an unknown date, two cultural 

items were removed from a ditch near 

Mesa Grande Ruin in Maricopa County, 

AZ. At an unknown date, the items 

came into the possession of Frank 

Midvale. In 1963, Midvale was 

dispersing his collection to various 

museums and began sending material to 

Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees donated 

the two items to the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology. The 

two objects of cultural patrimony are 

one jar (DU# 3888a) and one bowl sherd 

(DU# 3888b). Mesa Grande Ruin is a 

prehistoric Hohokam habitation site 

which was occupied from A.D. 1100– 

1400. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site near Phoenix in Maricopa County, 

AZ. At an unknown date, the item came 

into the possession of Fallis F. Rees 

who, in 1967, donated the item to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The one object of 

cultural patrimony is a stone censer 

(DU# 3978) identified as belonging to 

the Santa Cruz-Sacaton period—an 

identification consistent with the 

Hohokam cultural sequence—and 

produced between A.D. 800–1100. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from the ruins on the 

north side of the Salt River opposite 

Mesa, in Maricopa County, AZ. At an 

unknown date, the item came into the 


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possession of Frank Midvale. In 1963, 

Midvale was dispersing his collection to 

various museums and began sending 

material to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. 

Rees donated the item to the University 

of Denver Museum of Anthropology. 

The one object of cultural patrimony is 

a shell bracelet fragment (DU# 3982). It 

is consistent with the material type and 

manufacture techniques of Hohokam 

material culture. 

Between 1920 and 1947, three 

cultural items were removed from an 

unknown site northwest of Peoria in 

Maricopa County, AZ, by E.B. Renaud, 

during an archeological expedition 

sponsored by the University of Denver. 

Museum records document the site as 

‘‘on first level above wash, half mile 

square, pit house of transitional type 

(oblong with rounded corners) colonial 

and sedentary Hohokam.’’ The three 

objects of cultural patrimony are three 

stone palette fragments (DU# misc. coll. 

AZ25–2.2) identified as belonging to the 

Colonial-Sedentary period—an 

identification consistent with the 

Hohokam cultural sequence—and 

produced between A.D. 700–1150. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from Walker School 

Ruin near Phoenix, in Maricopa County, 

AZ. At an unknown date, the item came 

into the possession of Fallis F. Rees 

who, in 1967, donated the item to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The one object of 

cultural patrimony is red ochre (DU# 

3936). It is consistent with the material 

type and manufacture techniques of 

Hohokam material culture. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from the Salt River 

Valley near Phoenix, in Maricopa 

County, AZ. At an unknown date, the 

item came into the possession of Fallis 

F. Rees who, in 1967, donated the item 

to the University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The one object of 

cultural patrimony is a stone palette 

fragment (DU# 3985). The form and 

decoration are consistent with the 

Hohokam cultural sequence between 

300 B.C. to A.D. 1100. 

At an unknown date, two cultural 

items were removed from Cashion Ruin 

near the juncture of the Gila, Salt, and 

Fria Rivers, in Maricopa County, AZ. At 

an unknown date, the items came into 

the possession of Fallis F. Rees who, in 

1967, donated the items to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The two objects of 

cultural patrimony are figurine 

fragments (DU# 3918a & b). They are 

consistent with the material type and 

manufacture techniques of Hohokam 

material culture. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site at Blackwater in Pinal County, AZ. 

At an unknown date, the item came into 

the possession of Frank Midvale. In 

1963, Midvale was dispersing his 

collection to various museums and 

began sending material to Fallis F. Rees. 

In 1967, Rees donated the item to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. The one object of 

cultural patrimony is a bird figurine 

(DU# 4106). It is consistent with the 

material type and manufacture 

techniques of Hohokam material 

culture. 

At unknown dates, two cultural items 

were removed from unknown sites in 

the state of Arizona. At unknown dates, 

the items came into the possession of 

Frank Midvale, Casa Grande Monument 

ranger and archeologist. In 1963, 

Midvale was dispersing his collection to 

various museums and began sending 

material to Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Rees 

donated the items to the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology. The 

two objects of cultural patrimony are 

one figurine fragment (DU# 3983) and 

one bowl (DU# 3912). The figurine 

fragment (DU# 3983) is identified as 

belonging to the Estrella period and was 

produced between 300 B.C. to A.D. 550. 

The bowl (DU#3912) is identified as 

Santa Cruz red-on-buff ware and was 

produced between A.D. 700–900. Both 

objects fall within the Hohokam cultural 

sequence. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site in either southeastern Arizona or 

southwestern New Mexico. At an 

unknown date, the item came into the 

possession of Fallis F. Rees who, in 

1967, donated the item to the University 

of Denver Museum of Anthropology. 

The one object of cultural patrimony is 

one lot of beads (DU# 4299). This object 

is consistent with the material type and 

manufacture techniques of Hohokam 

material culture. 

At unknown dates, eight cultural 

items were removed from unknown 

sites either near the Gila River or in the 

Gila Valley, in southwestern Arizona. At 

unknown dates, the items came into the 

possession of Fallis F. Rees who, in 

1967, donated them to the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology. The 

eight objects of cultural patrimony are 

one sandstone ball (DU# 3964), one 

mano (DU# 3974), one medicine stone 

(DU# 4204), four pendants (DU# 3931a– 

b & e–f), and one ram-head figurine 

(DU# 3981a). 

The ram-head figurine (DU# 3981a) is 

an effigy form associated with the Gila 

River area near the Estrella Mountains 

(Komadke) and South Mountain Range 

(Muahadag).The sandstone ball (DU# 

3964) is culturally affiliated with the 

Akimel O’odham, aka Pima, of the Gila 

River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona. The 

mano (DU# 3974), medicine stone (DU# 

4204), and four pendants (DU# 3931a– 

b & e–f) are consistent with the material 

type and manufacture techniques of 

Hohokam material culture. 

All of the cultural items described 

above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River 

Reservation, Arizona and the Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona 

rather than being property owned by an 

individual. 

The Gila River Indian Community of 

the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona, and the Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt 

River Reservation, Arizona have 

requested the repatriation of the cultural 

items described above as follows: The 

Gila River Indian Community of the Gila 

River Indian Reservation, Arizona, has 

requested DU#s 1675, 1691, 2669, 2671, 

3881, 3906, 3908, 3912, 3936, 3940, 

3951, 3964, 3974, 3978, 3979, 3982, 

3983, 3985, 4106, 4204, 4299, 3917a, 

3918a–b, 3931a–b, 3931e–f, 3981a–b, 

and misc. coll. AZ25–2.2; the Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona, has 

requested DU#s 3926, 3975, 3977, 

3888a–b, 3914a–b, 3919a–b, and 4295a– 

b; and jointly, the Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River Indian 

Reservation, Arizona, and the Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona, 

have requested DU#s 3887, 3902, 3916, 

3922, 3980, 4092, 4108, 4109, and 5762. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Denver Museum of Anthropology 

Officials of the University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the 52 cultural items described above 

have ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the objects of cultural 

patrimony and the Gila River Indian 

Community of the Gila River 

Reservation, Arizona and the Salt River 

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of 

the Salt River Reservation, Arizona 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 


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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 

Anne Amati, University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E 

Asbury Avenue, Sturm Hall 146, 

Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871– 

2687, email anne.amati@du.edu, by 

August 23, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

objects of cultural patrimony to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 14, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15571 Filed 7–21–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032322; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: California Department of 

Transportation, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans), assisted by 

the Fowler Museum at the University of 

California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the 

San Luis Obispo County Archaeological 

Society Research and Collections 

Facility (SLOCAS), 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 

California Department of 

Transportation. 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 California Department of 

Transportation at the address in this 

notice by August 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Allred, California Department of 

Transportation, P.O. Box 942874, MS 

27, Sacramento, CA 94271, telephone 

(916) 956–5506, email Sarah.Allred@

dot.ca.gov. 

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 California 

Department of Transportation, 

Sacramento, CA, and in the physical 

custody of the Fowler Museum at the 

University of California Los Angeles, 

Los Angeles, CA, and the San Luis 

Obispo County Archaeological Society 

Research and Collections Facility, San 

Luis Obispo, CA, 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 

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 1965 and 1966, a total of 2,589 

unassociated funerary objects were 

removed from CA–SLO–175 in San Luis 

Obispo County, CA. David Abrams and 

Nelson Leonard, in association with the 

University of California Archeological 

Survey, began excavations when 

Caltrans sought to widen Highway 1, 

which would significantly impact this 

Middle-to-Late Period site. The land 

was originally owned by the Hearst 

Corporation. Caltrans purchased the 

right-of-way in June 1966. All laboratory 

work was completed at UCLA. Abrams 

reported on the site and the excavations 

in the MA thesis he submitted to the 

University of California Davis. 

In March of 1973, UCLA sent the 

materials collected from CA–SLO–175 

to SLOCAS (then located at Cuesta 

College) for further study and analysis, 

with the exception of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

Subsequently, additional materials 

associated with the site were found at 

UCLA, and in May 1978, they were sent 

to SLOCAS for permanent curation. On 

July 14, 2017, UCLA sent the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to SLOCAS to unite the entire collection 

for an inventory, and to look for missing 

and loaned artifacts with the assistance 

of Chumash community members. The 

2,589 unassociated funerary objects are 

composed of 2,463 objects present in the 

UCLA collections and 126 objects that 

are currently missing. The 2,463 

unassociated funerary objects are seven 

pieces and one bag of asphaltum, one 

bag of charcoal, 717 pieces and 77 bags 

of unmodified faunal bone, one 

modified shell, 18 pieces of modified 

bone, 11 awls, 375 flakes, one etched 

stone, 367 scrapers, 179 cores, 34 

choppers, 19 anvils, 160 points, one 

arrow shaft straightener, seven stone 

balls, 33 bifaces, 55 shell beads, three 

stone pendants and one bag of stone 

beads, one sharpening stone, 54 stone 

bowls, six burins, nine pieces of 

debitage, 14 drills, two fishhooks, two 

pieces of ochre, one quartz crystal, six 

perforators/picks, 18 pieces and five 

bags of unmodified shell, 104 knives, 35 

grinding stones, 24 hammerstones, 61 

manos/pestles, 32 net weights, 10 

pecked stones, six tarring pebbles, and 

five other stone tools. The California 

Department of Transportation continues 

to look for the missing 126 unassociated 

funerary objects, which are two 

unmodified animal bones, one mortar, 

two stone bowls, four hammerstones, 13 

knives, three manos, one net weight, 

three pestles, 26 points, three tarring 

pebbles, two shell beads, 33 stone 

flakes, two shells with asphaltum, eight 

cores, three scrapers, one pick, one drill, 

11 pieces of charcoal, three modified 

animal bones, three burins, and one 

chopper. 

Following consultation with 

representatives of the Santa Ynez Band 

of Chumash Mission Indians of the 

Santa Ynez Reservation, California and 

three non-federally recognized Indian 

groups—the Barbaren ̃ o/Venturen ̃ o Band 

of Mission Indians, the yak tityu tityu 

yak ti5hini/Northern Chumash Tribe, 

and the Salinan Tribe of San Luis 

Obispo and Monterey Counties— 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted 

Tribes and Groups’’), the California 

Department of Transportation has 

determined that CA–SLO–175 lies 

within the traditional territory of the 

Chumash and Salinan people. This 

determination is based on geographical, 

ethnographic, historical, oral traditional, 

and archeological information. 

Determinations Made by the California 

Department of Transportation 

Officials of the California Department 

of Transportation have determined that: 


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