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archeological representation of the 

ethnographic Wintu, with a time-depth 

of circa A.D. 1050. Oral history evidence 

presented during consultation indicates 

that the Redding, CA area has been 

continuously occupied by the Wintu 

since the contact period and that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

Redding Rancheria, California and the 

ancestral Wintu people. 

Determinations Made by the San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program 

Officials of the San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA Program have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of eight 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 270 individual and 1 lot of 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 Redding Rancheria, California. 

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 Jeffrey Boland Fentress, 

San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program, c/o Department of 

Anthropology, San Francisco State 

University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San 

Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 

338–3075, email fentress@sfsu.edu, by 

December 17, 2014. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Redding Rancheria, 

California, may proceed. 

The San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program is responsible for 

notifying the Redding Rancheria, 

California, and the Pit River Tribe, 

California (includes XL Ranch, Big 

Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery 

Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias) 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: October 29, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27155 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17040; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA Program, 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 San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program. 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 San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program at the address in this 

notice by December 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Jeffrey Boland Fentress, San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program, c/o Department of 

Anthropology, San Francisco State 

University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San 

Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 

338–3075, email fentress@sfsu.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 San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program 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 

Based on the request for repatriation 

submitted by the Tuolumne Band of MeWuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria of California, each of the 

objects below meets the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects under 25 

U.S.C. 3001 and 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2)(ii), 

(d)(3), or (d)(4). Through the summary, 

consultation, and notification 

procedures in 43 CFR 10.14, the cultural 

affiliation of the cultural items below 

with the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California was established. 

Between 1970 and 1971, 2 cultural 

items were removed from site CA-TUO314, located on the southern bank of 

Moccasin Creek, near LaGrange, in 

Tuolumne County, CA, during 

archeological excavations conducted by 

San Francisco State University. The 2 

unassociated funerary objects are 

ground stone artifacts associated with 

human remains from Burial 5; the 

human remains are not present at San 

Francisco State University. The 

geographic location of the sites and 

archeological, historical, and oral 

history evidence indicate that these 

unassociated funerary objects are Native 

American. The objects are consistent 

with the material culture of the 

ancestral Sierra Miwok who occupied 

this area during the Euro-American 

contact period, and Ca-TUO-314 is 

located in an area that is documented as 

Central Sierra Miwok territory. Oral 

history evidence presented during 

consultation indicates that the area has 

been continuously occupied by the 

Miwok since the contact period and that 

there is cultural affiliation between the 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. 

Determinations Made by the San 

Francisco State University NAGPRA 

Program 

Officials of the San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA Program have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 2 unassociated funerary 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 and are believed, by a 


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preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• 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 the Tuolumne Band of MeWuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria of California. 

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 

Jeffrey Boland Fentress, San Francisco 

State University NAGPRA Program, c/o 

Department of Anthropology, San 

Francisco State University, 1600 

Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 

94132, telephone (415) 338–3075, email 

fentress@sfsu.edu, by December 17, 

2014. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the unassociated funerary 

objects to Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

California may proceed. 

The San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA Program is responsible for 

notifying the Tuolumne Band of MeWuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria of California that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: October 25, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27147 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17072; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Cherokee National 

Forest, Cleveland, TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, 

Cherokee National Forest, 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 USDA 

Forest Service, Cherokee National 

Forest. 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 USDA Forest Service, Cherokee 

National Forest at the address in this 

notice by December 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. JaSal Morris, Forest 

Supervisor, Supervisor’s Office, USDA 

Forest Service, Cherokee National 

Forest, 2800 Ocoee Street N., Cleveland, 

TN 37312, telephone (423) 476–9700. 

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 USDA 

Forest Service, Cherokee National 

Forest, Cleveland, TN, 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 1977 and 1978, 346 cultural items 

were removed from the Jackson Farm 

site (40Wg17) in Washington County, 

TN, by the Forest Service archeologist 

Dr. Howard Earnest. Dr. Earnest 

removed human remains at the same 

time, but the human remains are not 

associated with these cultural items. Dr. 

Earnest excavated 20 burial units that 

were extensively disturbed through 

massive sheet erosion of the site from 

flooding of the Nolichucky River in the 

fall of 1977. The cultural items removed 

by Dr. Earnest have been curated by 

Western Carolina University since 

excavation. The 346 unassociated 

funerary objects are 292 whole glass 

beads; 3 half glass beads; 3 marine shell 

gorgets; 25 tubular brass beads; 1 brass 

gorget; 1 brass animal effigy pendant 

with brass tear-shaped pendants; 1 

miniature brass effigy axe; 19 mica 

discs; and 1 brass cone or tinkler. 

Based on the location of the Jackson 

Farm site, it is reasonable to assume a 

relationship of shared group identity 

between these cultural items and the 

Cherokee people, currently represented 

by the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians, and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

Determinations Made by the USDA 

Forest Service Cherokee National 

Forest 

Officials of the USDA Forest Service, 

Cherokee National Forest have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 346 cultural items 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. 

• 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 the Cherokee Nation, the 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and 

the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

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 

Mr. JaSal Morris, Forest Supervisor, 

Supervisor’s Office, USDA Forest 

Service, Cherokee National Forest, 2800 

Ocoee Street N., Cleveland, TN 37312, 

telephone (423) 476–9700, by December 

17, 2014. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians, and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

The USDA Forest Service, Cherokee 

National Forest is responsible for 

notifying the Cherokee Nation, the 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and 

the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 


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