Notice2021-27357
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
December 17, 2021
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
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 Museum. 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 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033140; 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
Museum. 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 Museum at the address in this notice by
January 18, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Teeter, Fowler Museum at UCLA,
Box 951549, Los Angeles CA 90095, telephone (310) 825-1864, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a2d2e3f3f2e3f281a3b282e29742f39363b743f3e2f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="344340515140514674554640471a415758551a515041">[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 site RIV-156,
located east of Palm Springs in Riverside 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 Museum
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian
Reservation, California.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site RIV-156 in Riverside County, CA. During a survey
in Deep Canyon, east of Palm Springs, Gordon Redfeldt removed human
remains and cultural materials. In the Spring of 1956, Redfeldt and
Charles Rozaire donated this collection to the UCLA Archaeology
Collections. No known individual was identified. The 392 associated
funerary objects are 368 pieces of pottery (some of which appear to be
fire affected and two are painted), four ceramic disc fragments, one
hammerstone, two core tools, six scrapers, one projectile point tip,
one unmodified burned carnivore mandible fragment, one unmodified
burned deer metapodial, and eight unmodified burned faunal bone
fragments.
Determinations Made by the Fowler Museum at the University of
California, Los Angeles
Officials of the Fowler Museum at the University of 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 one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 392 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 Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian
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 Teeter, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box
951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095, telephone (310) 825-1864, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80f7f4e5e5f4e5f2c0e1f2f4f3aef5e3ece1aee5e4f5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bfcffeeeeffeef9cbeaf9fff8a5fee8e7eaa5eeeffe">[email protected]</span></a>, by January 18, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Agua Caliente Band
of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California
may proceed.
The Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles is
responsible for notifying the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of
the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California that this notice has
been published.
Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-27357 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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