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by Pueblo Grande Museum, have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 16 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 29 objects described in this notice 

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. 

• 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 Ak-Chin Indian Community 

[previously listed as Ak Chin Indian 

Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) 

Indian Reservation, Arizona]; Gila River 

Indian Community of the Gila River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe 

of Arizona, Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham 

Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe 

of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 

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

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 objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, 

Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E 

Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, 

telephone (602) 534–1572, email 

lindsey.vogel-teeter@phoenix.gov, by 

September 24, 2021. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to The Tribes may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, assisted by the 

Pueblo Grande Museum, is responsible 

for notifying The Tribes that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: August 11, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18268 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032449; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA, and the United States 

Army Corps of Engineers, San 

Francisco District, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of California, 

Berkeley and the United States Army 

Corps of Engineers, San Francisco 

District have jointly completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and have determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the University of California, 

Berkeley or the United States Army 

Corps of Engineers, San Francisco 

District. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the University of California, 

Berkeley or the United States Army 

Corps of Engineers, San Francisco 

District at the address in this notice by 

September 24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Liaison, 

Office of the Vice Chancellor for 

Research, 119 California Hall, Berkeley, 

CA 94720–1500, telephone (512) 672– 

5388, email t.torma@berkeley.edu and/ 

or Kathleen Ungvarsky, M.A., RPA, 

United States Army Corps of Engineers, 

San Francisco District, 450 Golden Gate 

Avenue, Suite 4–201, San Francisco, CA 

94103–1001, telephone (415) 503–6842, 

email kathleen.ungvarsky@

usace.army.mil. 

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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

University of California, Berkeley; 

Berkeley, CA, and the United States 

Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco 

District, San Francisco, CA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from around Humboldt 

Bay, Humboldt County, CA, and they 

are presently located at the University of 

California, Berkeley. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

California, Berkeley and the United 

States Army Corps of Engineers, San 

Francisco District professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Wiyot Tribe, California [previously 

listed as Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot 

Tribe]. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In October 1953, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 20 

individuals were removed from CA– 

HUM–112 in Humboldt County, CA, by 

Albert B. Elsasser and James Allan 

Bennyhoff. The human remains had 

been discovered by F. Hodgkinson, the 

night editor for the Humboldt Times. 

The remains likely were exposed as a 

result of a United States Army Corps of 

Engineers, San Francisco District 

(USACE) project nearby, but whether 

they were removed from USACEcontrolled property is unclear. Some 

museum records suggest that they were 

under the control of the USACE, while 

others suggest that they were under the 

jurisdiction of the Humboldt County 

Sheriff. Because the matter of control is 

unclear, this notice is being submitted 

jointly by the University of California, 

Berkeley and the United States Army 

Corps of Engineers, San Francisco 

District. As most of the human remains 

were sorted by skeletal element, the age 

and the sex of the individuals were not 


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recorded. No known individuals were 

identified. 

The 136 associated funerary objects 

are counted and described according to 

individual catalog entries as follows: 59 

entries described as ‘‘Beads’’; 25 entries 

described as ‘‘Bead’’; 33 entries 

described as ‘‘Ornament’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Ornament Fragment’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Dentalia’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Arrowhead Fragment’’; 

two entries described as ‘‘Flake’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Sinker (Fishing)’’; 

one entry described as ‘‘Worked Stone’’; 

one entry described as ‘‘Flakes’’; two 

entries described as ‘‘Bone (tools)’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Potsherd’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Ceramic Fragment’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Knife’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Hook and Eye’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Rod’’; one entry described 

as ‘‘Metal Fragments’’; one entry 

described as ‘‘Cloth Fragments’’; one 

entry described as ‘‘Tooth (elk)’’; and 

one entry described as ‘‘Bone and 

beads.’’ Based on the condition of the 

human remains, the concentration of 

European-American manufactured 

goods, and the location of the human 

remains, these human remains likely 

belong to the victims of the Indian 

Island Massacre, which took place on 

February 26, 1860. 

Most of the sites around Humboldt 

Bay date to the creation of the Bay 

approximately 5000–7000 years ago. 

Based on archeological and Wiyot oral 

traditional evidence, Wiyot have 

occupied this area since before the 

creation of Humboldt Bay. Wiyot 

culture is represented by the Bear River 

Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, the 

Blue Lake Rancheria, and the Wiyot 

Tribe. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of California, Berkeley and the United 

States Army Corps of Engineers, San 

Francisco District 

Officials of the University of 

California, Berkeley and the United 

States Army Corps of Engineers, San 

Francisco District have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of at 

least 20 individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 136 objects described in this notice 

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. 

• 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 Bear River Band of the 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue 

Lake Rancheria, California; and the 

Wiyot Tribe, California [previously 

listed as Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot 

Tribe]. 

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 objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Dr. Thomas Torma, 

NAGPRA Liaison, Office of the Vice 

Chancellor for Research, 119 California 

Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720–1500, 

telephone (512) 672–5388, email 

t.torma@berkeley.edu and/or Kathleen 

Ungvarsky M.A., RPA, San Francisco 

District Archaeologist, 450 Golden Gate 

Avenue, Suite 4–201, San Francisco, CA 

94103, telephone (415) 503–6842, email 

kathleen.ungvarsky@usace.army.mil, by 

September 24, 2021. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Bear River Band of the 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue 

Lake Rancheria, California; and the 

Wiyot Tribe, California [previously 

listed as Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot 

Tribe] may proceed. 

The University of California, Berkeley 

and the United States Army Corps of 

Engineers, San Francisco District is 

responsible for notifying the Bear River 

Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, 

California; Blue Lake Rancheria, 

California; and Wiyot Tribe, California 

[previously listed as Table Bluff 

Reservation—Wiyot Tribe] that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 11, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032455; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History, Jackson, MS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Mississippi Department 

of Archives and History 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 the Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History. 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 the Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History at 

the address in this notice by September 

24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meg 

Cook, Director of Archaeology 

Collections, Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History, Museum 

Division, 222 North Street, P.O. Box 

571, Jackson, MS 39205, telephone (601) 

576–6927, email mcook@mdah.ms.gov. 

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 

the Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History, Jackson, MS. The human 

remains were removed from the Coastal 

Pine Meadow region of Mississippi, in 

Hancock County, MS. 

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 human 

remains was made by the Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives from the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas [previously 

listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of 

Texas]; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 


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