Notice2022-15551
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Published
July 21, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The University of California, Berkeley, 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 objects of cultural patrimony. 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 University of California, Berkeley. 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 87, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43549-43550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15551]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034236; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The University of California, Berkeley, 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 objects of cultural patrimony. 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 University of California,
Berkeley. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control
of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
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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 University of California,
Berkeley at the address in this notice by August 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Torma, University of
California, Berkeley; 50 University Hall, 2199 Addison Street,
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 672-5388, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4b0eab0abb6a9a584a6a1b6afa1a8a1bdeaa1a0b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="60144e140f120d01200205120b050c05194e050415">[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 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, that
meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony 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
Beginning in 1872, 34 cultural items were removed from multiple
identified sites in Marin County, CA, including CA-Mrn-100, CA-Mrn-102,
CA-Mrn-104, CA-Mrn-11, CA-Mrn-111, CA-Mrn-114, CA-Mrn-115, CA-Mrn-117,
CA-Mrn-138, CA-Mrn-140, CA-Mrn-141, CA-Mrn-142, CA-Mrn-144, CA-Mrn-160,
CA-Mrn-162, CA-Mrn-170, CA-Mrn-173, CA-Mrn-202, CA-Mrn-207, CA-Mrn-210,
CA-Mrn-226, CA-Mrn-230, CA-Mrn-235, CA-Mrn-237, CA-Mrn-238, CA-Mrn-239,
CA-Mrn-254, CA-Mrn-260, CA-Mrn-269, CA-Mrn-273, CA-Mrn-274, CA-Mrn-277,
CA-Mrn-278, CA-Mrn-283, CA-Mrn-287, CA-Mrn-289, CA-Mrn-290, CA-Mrn-303,
CA-Mrn-340, CA-Mrn-344, CA-Mrn-346, CA-Mrn-354, CA-Mrn-355, CA-Mrn-365,
CA-Mrn-366, CA-Mrn-368, CA-Mrn-397, CA-Mrn-59, CA-Mrn-8, CA-Mrn-91, as
well as 24 unidentified sites in Marin County. These collections
comprise 71 separate accessions.
The 34 objects one lot of awls and awl fragments; one lot of baked
clay and ceramics; one lot of basketry fragments; one lot of beads; one
lot of bottles and bottle fragments; one lot of bow; one lot of
charmstones and charmstone fragments; one lot of crystal; one lot of
currency; one lot of faunal remains; one lot of figurines and figurine
fragments; one lot of flake, beads, and sinker; one lot of glass
fragments; one lot of metal tools, objects, and fragments; one lot of
mixed faunal bones and plant matter; one lot of modern refuse; one lot
of mortars and pestles; one lot of non-native; one lot of ornaments;
one lot of pendant; one lot of pendants; one lot of pipes and pipe
fragments; one lot of plant material; one lot of plant material and
charcoal; one lot of plant matter; one lot of quartz; one lot of
shells; one lot of sinkers; one lot of soil sample; one lot of stone;
one lot of textiles and clothing; one lot of wood fragments (some
charred); one lot of worked bone; and one lot of worked stone, stone
tools and objects.
Based on geographical, kinship, archeological, linguistic,
folkloric, oral traditional, and historical information since time
immemorial the whole of Marin County has been the ancestral territory
of the Coast Miwok, among whom are the Federated Indians of Graton
Rancheria, California. Tribal consultation has established that the
items listed in this notice are culturally affiliated with the
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California and are objects of
cultural patrimony.
Determinations Made by the University of California, Berkeley
Officials of the University of California, Berkeley have determined
that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 34 cultural items
described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an 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 objects
of cultural patrimony and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
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 Thomas Torma, University of California,
Berkeley; 50 University Hall, 2199 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94720,
telephone (510) 672-5388, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2652085249544b47664443544d434a435f08434253"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f084de849f829d91b09295829b959c9589de959485">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 22,
2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward,
transfer of control of the objects of cultural patrimony to the
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California may proceed.
The University of California, Berkeley is responsible for notifying
the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California, and the
Guidiville Rancheria of California that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-15551 Filed 7-20-22; 8:45 am]
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