Notice2022-15043
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, CA
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Published
July 14, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 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 Pacific Southwest Research Station. 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 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42207-42208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15043]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034196; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific
Southwest Research Station, 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
Pacific Southwest Research Station. 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 Pacific Southwest Research Station at the
address in this notice by August 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Jeff Irwin, Heritage Program Manager, Sierra National
Forest, 29688 Auberry Road, Prather, CA 93651, telephone (559) 855-5355
Ext. 3335, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d7bdb2b1b1a5b2aef9bea5a0beb997a2a4b3b6f9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="204a4546465245590e495257494e60555344410e474f56">[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 U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station,
Albany, CA, and in the physical custody of Fresno City College, Fresno,
CA. The human remains and associated
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funerary objects were removed from site CA-MAD-546, located on the San
Joaquin Experimental Range, Madera 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 Fresno City
College (FCC) and Forest Service professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians
of California (previously listed as Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians
of California); Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Middletown
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono
Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of
California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria,
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Table Mountain Rancheria
(previously listed as Table Mountain Rancheria of California); Tejon
Indian Tribe; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California. In addition, the California Valley Miwok
Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort
McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Ione Band of Miwok
Indians of California; and the Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians
(previously listed as Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California) were invited to consult, but did not participate.
Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to
as ``The Consulted Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1986 and 1990, human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed by Don Wren of Fresno Community College from
site CA-MAD-546 on the San Joaquin Experimental Range in Madera County,
CA. The excavations were part of an archeological field school led by
Wren. In January of 2017, an osteological examination of faunal
collections curated at FCC was conducted to determine if human remains
were present. That examination resulted in the identification of the
human remains listed in this notice. All the human remains are
fragmentary. A total of 79 bone fragments and teeth, representing a
minimum of four individuals, were identified. No known individuals were
identified. The 136 associated funerary objects include 117 beads (19
glass, 44 shell, 51 steatite, one bone, two unknown), 12 steatite
sherds, one steatite ring fragment, and six unmodified steatite
fragments.
Site CA-MAD-546 lies in the lower foothills of lands managed by the
Forest Service, in an area well-documented ethnographically as the
territory of foothill Yokuts peoples and situated in proximity to the
traditional territory and contemporary land of the Picayune Rancheria
of Chukchansi Indians of California. It includes features and artifacts
indicative of late-precontact through late 19th century indigenous
occupation.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Pacific Southwest Research Station have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 136 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 Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians 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
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 Jeff Irwin, Heritage Program Manager, Sierra
National Forest, 29688 Auberry Road, Prather, CA 93651, telephone (559)
855-5355 Ext. 3335, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aec4cbc8c8dccbd780c7dcd9c7c0eedbddcacf80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e141b18180c1b0750170c0917103e0b0d1a1f50191108">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 15, 2022.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California
may proceed.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific
Southwest Research Station is responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 6, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-15043 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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