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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] 

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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 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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1,806 beads, 1 bird burial, 5 blades, 10 

can fragments, 9 choppers, 2 claws, 6 

concretions, 1 piece of cordage, 2 cores, 

1 cup, 1 cylinder, 9 dices, 1 disc, 5 

drills, 2 fishhooks, 187 obsidian and 

chert flakes, 1 iron guide, 5 knives, 2 

manos, the remains of 1 ‘‘meal,’’ 1 

metate, 1 iron nail, 14 flint and obsidian 

nodules, 5 pebbles, 1 pencil, 11 

pendants, 27 pestles, 7 lumps of 

pigment, 1 pipe, 62 points, 41 projectile 

points, 11 scrapers, 568 shells and shell 

fragments (approximate count), 8 shoe 

fragments, 12 shroud fragments, 1 skirt, 

9 slabs, 6 stones, 3 animal teeth, 4 twine 

fragments, and 1 whistle. 

Site CA-Teh–58 is a burial mound, 

associated with at least one permanent 

village site. The University of California 

Archaeological Survey started its 

excavation in 1953. Although, in 1948, 

the land was privately owned, the 

National Park Service provided the 

permit and the project funding under 

the River Basin Survey program. The 

historic age of the site is confirmed by 

the presence of glass beads and other 

metallic objects that are associated with 

some of the burials. Site CA-Teh–58 lies 

entirely within the Nomlaki aboriginal 

territory whose northern border extends 

to Cottonwood Creek almost 10 miles to 

the north of the site. Descendants of the 

Nomlaki are members of the Grindstone 

Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki 

Indians of California; Paskenta Band of 

Nomlaki Indians of California; and 

Round Valley Indian Tribes of the 

Round Valley Reservation, 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 100 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 2,912 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 

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. 

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 Grindstone Indian 

Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of 

California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki 

Indians of California; and Round Valley 

Indian Tribes of the Round Valley 

Reservation, California may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying the Grindstone Indian 

Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of 

California; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki 

Indians of California; and Round Valley 

Indian Tribes of the Round Valley 

Reservation, California that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: July 28, 2008. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–20095 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: St. 

Lawrence University, Department of 

Anthropology, Canton, NY 

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 possession of St. 

Lawrence University, Department of 

Anthropology, Canton, NY. The human 

remains were removed from St. 

Lawrence County, NY. 

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 remain. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remain was made by professional staff 

of the Department of Anthropology at 

St. Lawrence University in consultation 

with representatives of the Saint Regis 

Mohawk Tribe, New York (formerly the 

St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of 

New York). 

At an unknown date, but probably 

either in 1928 or 1948, a human remain 

representing a minimum of one 

individual was removed from private 

land near Gouverneur in St. Lawrence 

County, NY, by John Frank Murray. Mr. 

Murray kept the human remain safely 

stored in his basement until the 1980s. 

During the early 1980’s (1983 at the 

latest), Mr. Murray turned over the 

human remain to Lauren (Foster) 

French, who was a student at St. 

Lawrence University. Ms. French then 

turned the human remain over to Dr. 

John Barthelme of the Department 

Anthropology at St. Lawrence 

University. On January 16, 2008, Dr. 

Richard A. Gonzalez took custody of the 

human remain. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remain is the cranium of 

a single individual. After conducting 

morphological analysis on the cranium, 

Dr. Gonzalez determined that the 

cranium belonged to an individual of 

Native American descent, as the 

craniofacial features are consistent with 

features present in crania of individuals 

of Native American descent. 

Specifically, the cranium exhibits 

artificial remodeling of the occipital 

region of the cranium, which is 

consistent with cranial alterations 

resulting from cradle-boarding. Cradleboarding was commonly practiced 

among the Iroquois. 

The region of Gouverneur has been 

constantly occupied by Native 

Americans from 10,000 BP up to the 

historic period and beyond. The St. 

Lawrence River and its tributaries were 

continually used as part of Native 

American hunting and fishing grounds. 

During the French and Indian War, 

Native Americans who lived in the 

Oswegatchie River region (Oswegatchie 

is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River) 

were dislocated as a result of the war. 

Native American refugees were forced to 

settle at St. Regis, NY. Consultation with 

tribal representatives of the Saint Regis 

Mohawk Tribe, New York provided 

additional lines of evidence. 

Through ongoing consultation with 

Native American groups and Lauren 

French, examination of the human 

remains, and review of the available 

literature, officials of St. Lawrence 

University have determined that the 

human remain is Native American and 

most likely culturally affiliated with the 

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York. 

Officials of the Department of 

Anthropology at St. Lawrence 

University have determined that, 

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