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individual were removed from the 

Bartron farm (21GD2), near Red Wing, 

Goodhue County, MN, by Edward 

Schmidt, an avocational archeologist No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site records in the Minnesota Office 

of the State Archaeologist indicate that 

the Bartron Site is a village site of 

Oneota cultural affiliation. Based on 

continuities of material culture, 

historical documents, and oral history, 

the Oneota phase of the Mississippian 

archeological culture has been 

determined to be ancestral to the 

present-day Otoe and Ioway. 

In 1960–62, human remains 

representing a minimum of five 

individuals were removed from the Fort 

Sweney site (21GD86), Goodhue 

County, MN, during archeological 

excavations conducted by the Science 

Museum of Minnesota. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site records in the Minnesota office of 

the State Archaeologist indicate that 

Fort Sweney is a multi-component 

cemetery and habitation site with Late 

Woodland and Oneota components. The 

mortuary styles of the burials excavated 

in 1960–62 indicate that they are 

associated with the Oneota component 

of the site. Based on continuities of 

material culture, historical documents, 

and oral history, the Oneota phase of the 

Mississippian archeological culture has 

been determined to be ancestral to the 

present-day Otoe and Ioway. 

In 1998, human remains representing 

a minimum of two individuals were 

removed from the Vosburg site (21FA2), 

Faribault County, MN, during 

archeological excavations conducted by 

the University of Minnesota. No known 

individual was identified. The one 

associated funerary object is a segment 

of rib from a large mammal. 

Site records in the Minnesota office of 

the State Archaeologist indicate that the 

Vosburg site is a cemetery and 

habitation site classified as belonging to 

the Blue Earth/Oneota phase. Based on 

continuities of material culture, 

historical documents, and oral history, 

the Oneota phase of the Mississippian 

archeological culture has been 

determined to be ancestral to the 

present-day Otoe and Ioway. 

Descendants of the Otoe and Ioway are 

members of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas 

and Nebraska, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 

and Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of 10 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(A), the one object described 

above 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. Lastly, officials of the 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 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 object and the Iowa 

Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Iowa 

Tribe of Oklahoma, and Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary object should 

contact James L. (Jim) Jones, Jr., Cultural 

Resource Director, Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji Avenue 

North, Suite 5, Bemidji, MN 56601, 

telephone (218) 755–3223, before 

September 29, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and 

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 

is responsible for notifying the Iowa 

Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Iowa 

Tribe of Oklahoma, and Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology, University of California, 

Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 possession of the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Siskiyou County, CA. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administration 

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. 

An assessment of documents 

associated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects was made by 

professional staff of the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon; 

and Quartz Valley Indian Community of 

the Quartz Valley Reservation of 

California. 

In 1955, human remains representing 

a minimum of 21 individuals were 

removed from CA-Sis–262 (also known 

as the Foster site), a site located along 

Bogus Creek in Siskiyou County, CA, by 

J. Foster, the landowner, and J.A. 

Bennyhoff and A.B. Elsasser of the 

University of California Archaeological 

Survey. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

accessioned into the museum later that 

same year (Accession UCAS–357). No 

known individuals were identified. The 

31,970 associated funerary objects are 4 

lots of animal bones (including horse 

and dog burials); 3 arrow points; 1 

fragment of baked clay; 2 bangles; 55 

basketry fragments; 31,246 beads 

(approximate count); 73 bells; 1 belt 

fragment; 3 blades; 13 bracelets; 2 

buckles; 226 buttons; 100 charcoal 

fragments (approximate count); 2 china 

fragments; 1 obsidian flake; 2 clappers; 

32 cloth fragments; 12 cordage 

fragments; 1 glass fragment; 2 handles; 

1 harness; 2 hatched handles; 2 hooks; 

5 iron fragments; 1 lead or pewter 

fragment; 1 piece of leather; 2 nail 

fragments; 65 pendants; 2 pestles; 1 pipe 

fragment; 2 porcelain fragments; 2 pots; 

1 rivet; 1 rod; 1 scissors fragment; 1 

screw; 1 sheat; 1 shell fragment; 2 

sherds; 1 shoe sole; 2 shots; 1 spool; 3 

spoon fragments; 21 animal teeth; 66 

thimbles; and 1 wire fragment. 

CA-Sis–262 was an historic cemetery 

located on the west bank of Bogus 

Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River, 

about 1 mile south of Foster’s Ranch. 

The site was destroyed during the 

process of diverting Bogus Creek from 

its original course between May 7 and 

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May 12, 1955. Prior to the site’s 

destruction, the University of California 

Archaeological Survey received 

permission to excavate the site by the 

landowner who had earlier removed 

human remains and artifacts. Museum 

documents indicate that some of the 

artifacts were kept by the landowner 

while all the human remains were given 

to the museum without, however, any 

accompanying documentation. 

The antiquity of CA-Sis–262 is known 

through the presence of Desert side 

notched points that indicate that the site 

was in use during the Tule Lake Phase 

(after A.D. 1500). The recovery of some 

coins minted in A.D. 1776, 1781, and 

1860, further refine the chronological 

timeline of some of the burials. Two 

newspaper articles, which were 

published at the time of the University 

of California Archaeological Survey 

excavation, reported that a woman of 

Indian descent recalled the story of a 

deadly ambush that happened sometime 

between 1863 and 1866 when a German 

peddler and a group of Shasta were 

killed by members of the Modoc 

(Sacramento Bee, May 11, 1955; 

Oakland Tribune, May 29, 1955). After 

the soldiers came and ran off the 

Modoc, the Shasta went back and buried 

their dead with the exception of the 

German peddler who was buried by the 

soldiers in a different location. These 

newspaper accounts suggest that (at 

least part of) the site is the result of a 

deadly skirmish between the Modoc and 

the Shasta sometime between 1863 and 

1866. 

The Shasta language belongs to the 

Hokan stock, which is probably the 

oldest language stock in California 

(Shipley 1978). At the time of contact 

with the Europeans, Shasta-speakers 

inhabited Siskiyou County, as well as 

parts of Oregon’s Jackson and Klamath 

Counties. The first contact with 

Europeans came in the early part of the 

19th century in the form of fur trappers, 

as indicated by the Shasta word for 

‘‘White,’’ which is the Chinook Jargon 

word for ‘‘Boston’’ (Silver 1978:212). 

The first published personal account of 

the Shasta came from the United States 

Exploring Expedition that passed 

through Shasta territory in 1841 on its 

way to San Francisco (Dixon 1907:389). 

For the area and the native population, 

the biggest impact came with the Gold 

Rush in the 1850s. The destruction of 

food sources and the general hostility of 

the miners led to a rapid decline in the 

Shasta population. In 1851, the Shasta 

signed one of the infamous unratified 

treaties. In the agreement, their 

reservation was to be in Scott Valley, 

CA. In 1856, however, the Shasta were 

taken first to the Grande Ronde and then 

to the Siletz reservations in Oregon. In 

1962, only a small number of surviving 

members were living on the Quartz 

Valley Rancheria in California, which is 

located in Siskiyou County (Silver 

1978:212). The descendants of the 

Shasta are members of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the 

Siletz Reservation, Oregon; and Quartz 

Valley Indian Community of the Quartz 

Valley Reservation of California. 

Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of 21 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology have also determined 

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

the 31,970 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 Phoebe A. Hearst 

Museum of Anthropology 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 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon; 

and Quartz Valley Indian Community of 

the Quartz Valley Reservation 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 Judd King, Interim Director of 

the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology, University of California, 

Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, 

telephone (510) 642–3682, before 

September 29, 2008. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Confederated Tribes of the 

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon; and Quartz Valley 

Indian Community of the Quartz Valley 

Reservation of California may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon; and Quartz Valley 

Indian Community of the Quartz Valley 

Reservation of California that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: July 28, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–20092 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology, University of California, 

Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with of 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 possession of the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Tehama County, 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. 

An assessment of documents 

associated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects was made by 

professional staff of the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Grindstone Indian Rancheria of WintunWailaki Indians of California; Paskenta 

Band of Nomlaki Indians of California; 

and Round Valley Indian Tribes of the 

Round Valley Reservation, California. 

Between 1953 and 1955, human 

remains representing a minimum of 100 

individuals were removed from CATeh–58, a site located on the northwest 

bank of the Sacramento River 

approximately 2.25 miles east of Red 

Bluff, Tehama County, CA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were accessioned into the museum in 

1953 and 1955 (Accessions UCAS–246 

and UCAS–337). No known individuals 

were identified. The 2,912 associated 

funerary objects are 18 animal bone and 

fragments, 6 abalone fragments, 8 

abraders, 19 acorns, 1 arrow point, 1 

arrow shaft straightener, 7 awls, 1 bar, 

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