[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30471-30472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11946]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032042; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The University of 
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of California, Berkeley, 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 and objects of cultural 
patrimony, respectively. 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 California, Berkeley. 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 California, 
Berkeley at the address in this notice by July 8, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Thomas Torma; The University of 
California, Berkeley; 119 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1500, 
telephone: (510) 672-5388, email: t.torma@berkeley,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 California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, that 
meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and objects of 
cultural patrimony, respectively, 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 1940 or 1941, one lot of beans was removed from Santa Clara 
Pueblo in Rio Arriba County, NM. At that time, George F. Carter 
collected the beans from representatives of the ``East Delaware Indians 
of Okla.'', a term used for the modern Delaware Tribe of Indians. The 
exact breed of bean is unknown. The one object of cultural patrimony is 
one vial of beans.
    In c. 1900, one hank of wampum was removed from an unknown location 
in Nebraska. It was collected by Frank B. Hutchens ``from Indians who 
were being relocated by the government.'' The items were made of shell, 
and the place of manufacture was recorded as New Jersey. The one object 
of cultural patrimony is a hank of wampum consisting of 27 strands of 
cylindrical shell beads.
    In 1904, 1,895 funerary objects were removed from the vicinity of 
Abbott Farm in Mercer County, NJ. These items were collected by Ernest 
Volk as part of his annual excavations in the area and sent to the 
University of California. The items collected were from funerary sites 
south of Trenton that stretch along Crosswicks Creek, from the Delaware 
River to Yardville, NJ. The 1,895 unassociated funerary objects are: 
842 items described as ``lithics and pottery''; three sets of faunal 
remains; 62 items described as ``hammerstones and flakes''; 511 
lithics; 21 items described as ``lithics and mica''; 27 items described 
as ``lithics, pottery, and bone''; 115 items described as ``lithics, 
pottery, and charcoal''; 93 items described as ``lithics, pottery, 
antler, and pipe''; 220 items described as ``lithics, pottery, bone, 
charcoal and botanical remains''; and one piece of pottery.

Determinations Made by the University of California, Berkeley

    Officials of the University of California, Berkeley have determined 
that:
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 1,895 cultural items 
collected from New Jersey and 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.
    <bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the two cultural items 
collected from

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New Mexico and Nebraska and 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.
    <bullet> 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 objects of cultural patrimony and the 
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the 
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin (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 claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Dr. Thomas Torma, The University of 
California, Berkeley, 119 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1500, 
telephone (510) 672-5388, email t.torma@berkeley,edu, by July 8, 2021. 
After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer 
of control of the unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural 
patrimony to The Tribes may proceed.
    The University of California, Berkeley is responsible for notifying 
The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 25, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-11946 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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