Notice2021-15565
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA
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Published
July 22, 2021
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), assisted by the Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society Research and Collections Facility (SLOCAS), 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 California Department of Transportation. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 138 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38758-38759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15565]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032322; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California
Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans),
assisted by the Fowler Museum at the University of California Los
Angeles (UCLA) and the San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society
Research and Collections Facility (SLOCAS), 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 California Department of
Transportation. 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 California Department of
Transportation at the address in this notice by August 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Allred, California Department of
Transportation, P.O. Box 942874, MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271, telephone
(916) 956-5506, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#66350714070e48270a0a1403022602091248050748010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dcefceffcf5b3dcf1f1eff8f9ddf9f2e9b3fefcb3faf2eb">[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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA,
and in the physical custody of the Fowler Museum at the University of
California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and the San Luis Obispo County
Archaeological Society Research and Collections Facility, San Luis
Obispo, CA, 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 1965 and 1966, a total of 2,589 unassociated funerary objects
were removed from CA-SLO-175 in San Luis Obispo County, CA. David
Abrams and Nelson Leonard, in association with the University of
California Archeological Survey, began excavations when Caltrans sought
to widen Highway 1, which would significantly impact this Middle-to-
Late Period site. The land was originally owned by the Hearst
Corporation. Caltrans purchased the right-of-way in June 1966. All
laboratory work was completed at UCLA. Abrams reported on the site and
the excavations in the MA thesis he submitted to the University of
California Davis.
In March of 1973, UCLA sent the materials collected from CA-SLO-175
to SLOCAS (then located at Cuesta College) for further study and
analysis, with the exception of the human remains and associated
funerary objects. Subsequently, additional materials associated with
the site were found at UCLA, and in May 1978, they were sent to SLOCAS
for permanent curation. On July 14, 2017, UCLA sent the human remains
and associated funerary objects to SLOCAS to unite the entire
collection for an inventory, and to look for missing and loaned
artifacts with the assistance of Chumash community members. The 2,589
unassociated funerary objects are composed of 2,463 objects present in
the UCLA collections and 126 objects that are currently missing. The
2,463 unassociated funerary objects are seven pieces and one bag of
asphaltum, one bag of charcoal, 717 pieces and 77 bags of unmodified
faunal bone, one modified shell, 18 pieces of modified bone, 11 awls,
375 flakes, one etched stone, 367 scrapers, 179 cores, 34 choppers, 19
anvils, 160 points, one arrow shaft straightener, seven stone balls, 33
bifaces, 55 shell beads, three stone pendants and one bag of stone
beads, one sharpening stone, 54 stone bowls, six burins, nine pieces of
debitage, 14 drills, two fishhooks, two pieces of ochre, one quartz
crystal, six perforators/picks, 18 pieces and five bags of unmodified
shell, 104 knives, 35 grinding stones, 24 hammerstones, 61 manos/
pestles, 32 net weights, 10 pecked stones, six tarring pebbles, and
five other stone tools. The California Department of Transportation
continues to look for the missing 126 unassociated funerary objects,
which are two unmodified animal bones, one mortar, two stone bowls,
four hammerstones, 13 knives, three manos, one net weight, three
pestles, 26 points, three tarring pebbles, two shell beads, 33 stone
flakes, two shells with asphaltum, eight cores, three scrapers, one
pick, one drill, 11 pieces of charcoal, three modified animal bones,
three burins, and one chopper.
Following 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 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''), the California Department of
Transportation has determined that CA-SLO-175 lies within the
traditional territory of the Chumash and Salinan people. This
determination is based on geographical, ethnographic, historical, oral
traditional, and archeological information.
Determinations Made by the California Department of Transportation
Officials of the California Department of Transportation have
determined that:
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<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 2,589 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.
<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 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 claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Sarah Allred, California Department of
Transportation, P.O. Box 942874, MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271-0001,
telephone (916) 956-5506, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f7c4e5d4e47016e43435d4a4b6f4b405b014c4e01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db88baa9bab3f59ab7b7a9bebf9bbfb4aff5b8baf5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 23,
2021. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward,
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California may proceed.
The California Department of Transportation is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes and Groups that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 14, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-15565 Filed 7-21-21; 8:45 am]
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