Notice2021-15252
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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July 19, 2021
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Abstract
The Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles (Fowler Museum at UCLA) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, 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 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 Fowler Museum at UCLA. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 135 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38118-38120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15252]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032263; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University
of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles
(Fowler Museum at UCLA) has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, 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
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
Fowler Museum at UCLA. 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 Fowler Museum at UCLA at the address in
this notice by August 18, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy G Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum
at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-
1864, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f585b4a4a5b4a5d6f4e5d5b5c015a4c434e014a4b5a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3a4a7b6b6a7b6a193b2a1a7a0fda6b0bfb2fdb6b7a6">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Fowler Museum at
the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from San Luis
Obispo 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Fowler
Museum at UCLA professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California and three non-federally recognized Indian
groups: The Barbare[ntilde]o/Venture[ntilde]o Band of Mission
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Indians, the yak tityu tityu yak ti[lstrok]hini--Northern Chumash
Tribe, and the Salinan Tribe of San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties
(hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes and Groups'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from CA-SLO-156 in San Luis Obispo County, CA. Fred
Reinman conducted excavations from June to August 1960 at this Late
Period site. These excavations were conducted in association with the
University of California Archaeological Survey under contract with the
State Division of Beaches and Parks, which is now the Department of
Parks and Recreation (State Parks). The excavations were initiated and
conducted prior to the construction of a dam that would flood the site.
The dam was designed and constructed by the State Department of Water
Resources (DWR) during the period October 1958 to April 1961. The
excavated materials were brought to UCLA Anthropology for analysis and
preparation of a report for State Parks and DWR. They were curated by
UCLA Anthropology until 1976, when, along with the rest of the
archeological collections at UCLA Anthropology, they were transferred
to the Fowler Museum. The fragmentary human remains, which were
recovered from the surface of the site, belong to an adult of
undetermined sex. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from CA-SLO-157 in San Luis Obispo County, CA. M.B.
McKusick and Frances Riddell conducted excavations at this Late Period
site in March of 1960, and the materials recovered from their
excavations are identified as Accession 290. Fred M. Reinman conducted
additional excavations at the site from June to August of 1960, and the
materials recovered from his excavations are identified as Accession
292. Both excavations were conducted in association with the University
of California Archaeological Survey under contract with the State
Division of Beaches and Parks, which is now the Department of Parks and
Recreation (State Parks). The excavations were initiated and conducted
prior to the construction of the above described dam. The excavated
materials were brought to UCLA Anthropology for analysis and
preparation of a report for State Parks and DWR. They were curated by
UCLA Anthropology until 1976, when, along with the rest of the
archeological collections at UCLA Anthropology, they were transferred
to the Fowler Museum. The human remains in Accession 290, Burial 1
belong to an adult, possibly male. The human remains in Accession 292,
Burials 2, 3, and 4 belong to two juveniles and one infant. In
addition, Accession 292 includes the fragmentary remains of an adult of
indeterminate sex that were recovered from the surface of the site. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present in Accession 290. The 78 associated funerary objects in
Accession 292 include two sandstone pestles, one sandstone hammerstone,
one basalt cobble, one quartzite core, one jasper projectile point, one
chert chopper/scraper, three jasper retouched flakes, one chert worked
flake, 48 unmodified shell fragments, three stone flakes, one chert
flake, seven stone fragments, seven unmodified animal bone fragments,
and one yellow ochre fragment.
In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from CA-SLO-159 in San Luis Obispo County, CA. Fred
Reinman conducted excavations from June to August of 1960 at this Late
Period site. These excavations were conducted in association with the
University of California Archaeological Survey under contract with the
State Division of Beaches and Parks, which is now the Department of
Parks and Recreation (State Parks). The excavations were initiated and
conducted prior to the construction of the above described dam. The
excavated materials were brought to UCLA Anthropology for analysis and
preparation of a report for State Parks and DWR. They were curated by
UCLA Anthropology until 1976, when, along with the rest of the
archeological collections at UCLA Anthropology, they were transferred
to the Fowler Museum. The fragmentary human remains, which were
recovered from the surface of the site, belong to an adult, possibly
female. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Through consultation, and consistent with ethnographic and historic
documentation, the sites detailed in the above paragraphs have been
determined to lie within the traditional territory of the Chumash.
Moreover, the associated funerary objects in this notice are consistent
with those used by groups that are ancestral to the present-day Chumash
people. While the material culture of the earlier groups living in the
area has passed through stages over the past 10,000 years, according to
many local archeologists, these changes reflect evolving ecological
adaptations and related developments in social organization of the same
populations, rather than population displacements or movements, and
explain why the same range of artifact types and materials were used
from the early pre-contact period until historic times. Similarly,
Native consultants explicitly state that population mixing (which did
occur on a small scale) would not alter the continuity of the shared
group identities of people associated with specific locales.
Consequently, continuity through time can be traced between the earlier
groups at the above listed sites and the present-day Chumash people.
Determinations Made by the Fowler Museum at the University of
California Los Angeles
Officials of the Fowler Museum at the University of the California
Los Angeles have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of seven individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 78 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.
<bullet> 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 Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
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 Wendy G Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler Museum at UCLA,
Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, telephone (310) 825-1864, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#750201101001100735140701065b001619145b101100"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1b6b5a4a4b5a4b381a0b3b5b2efb4a2ada0efa4a5b4">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 18, 2021. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California may
proceed.
The Fowler Museum at the University of the California Los Angeles
is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes and Groups that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: July 7, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-15252 Filed 7-16-21; 8:45 am]
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