Notice2021-27358
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, 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 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 should submit a written request to the Fowler Museum at UCLA. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71655-71656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27358]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033141; 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, 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 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
should submit a written request to the Fowler Museum at UCLA. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains 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 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 January 18,
2022.
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#2d5a59484859485f6d4c5f595e03584e414c03484958"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c0b08191908190e3c1d0e080f52091f101d52191809">[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 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. 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 Indians,
Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, and the yak tityu tityu yak
ti[lstrok]hini--Northern Chumash Tribe (hereafter referred to as ``The
Consulted Tribe and Groups'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1958, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual was
removed from the surface of site SLO-237 near Arroyo Grande Creek, in
San Luis Obispo County, CA. Excavations in preparation for a planned
dam were conducted on private land by William Wallace of the University
of Southern California (U.S.C.) at the request of the National Park
Service. Sixty-nine archeological sites were identified
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through survey, and seven of them were further tested with 5' x 5'
excavation pits. The collection was originally at U.S.C., but it was
transferred to UCLA and accessioned (no. 449) when William Wallace
retired in 1964. The site dates to the Late Period (A.D. 1300-1500).
The human remains consist of the fragmentary left ulna belonging to an
adult of unidentified sex. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects were either identified or collected.
Through consultation, and consistent with ethnographic and historic
documentation, the Fowler Museum has determined that SLO-237 lies
within the traditional territory of the Chumash. Because the same range
of artifact types and materials were used from the early pre-contact
period until historic times, many local archeologists assert that any
changes in the material culture of the earlier groups living in this
area over the past 10,000 years reflect evolving ecological adaptations
and related changes in social organization of the same populations,
rather than population displacement or movement. Moreover, Native
consultants explicitly state that, while population mixing did occur on
a small scale, it would not have altered the continuity of the shared
group identities of people associated with specific locales. Based on
this evidence, shared group identity may reasonably be traced between
the earlier group at these sites and 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 one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<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 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#1c6b68797968796e5c7d6e686f32697f707d32797869"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e295968787968790a283909691cc97818e83cc878697">[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 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 Tribe and Groups that this
notice has been published.
Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-27358 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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