Notice2025-07422
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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April 30, 2025
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In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17962-17964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07422]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040015; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, University of California, Berkeley, 200
California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 570-0964, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#355b545245475418405657755750475e5059504c1b505140"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85ebe4e2f5f7e4a8f0e6e7c5e7e0f7eee0e9e0fcabe0e1f0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
University of California, Berkeley, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, 1,382 individuals have been
identified. 7,662 associated funerary objects have been identified.
Between 1939 and 1956, ancestral remains representing, at least, 62
individuals (one missing) and 1,057 associated funerary belongings were
removed from 12 Fresno County sites by various individuals and
subsequently accessioned into the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (Phoebe
A. Hearst Museum). The ancestors and their associated funerary
belongings were removed from the following sites in Fresno County: CA-
Fre-27, CA-Fre-30, CA-Fre-42, CA-Fre-45, CA-Fre-47, CA-Fre-48, CA-Fre-
49, CA-Fre-67, CA-Fre-73, CA-Fre-74, CA-Fre-103, and CA-Fre-125. The
1,057 associated funerary belongings are abraders, acorn anvils, awls,
baked clay objects, bangles, beads (one missing), blades, bone tools,
botanical remains, bottle fragments, bowls, cartridges (ammunition
cases), charmstones, choppers, cores, corks (stoppers), dice, drills,
faunal remains (four missing), flakers, flakes, glass shards, gravers,
ground stone, hammerstones, knives, mammal bones, manos, metates,
mineral and rock samples, mortars, nails, ornaments, paint, pendants,
pestles, pins, potsherds, projectile points, rings, saws, scrapers,
soil samples (two missing), vessels, weights, worked bone, worked
shell, and worked stone.
Between 1899 and 1965, ancestral remains representing, at least,
475 individuals (two missing) and 2,163 associated funerary belongings
were removed from 24 sites in Kern County by various individuals and
subsequently accessioned into the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (Phoebe
A. Hearst Museum). The ancestors and their associated funerary
belongings were removed from the following sites in Kern County: CA-
Ker-30, CA-Ker-31, CA-Ker-33, CA-Ker-34, CA-Ker-35, CA-Ker-36, CA-Ker-
39, CA-Ker-40, CA-Ker-41, CA-Ker-45, CA-Ker-46, CA-Ker-47, CA-Ker-49,
CA-Ker-51, CA-Ker-52, CA-Ker-53, CA-Ker-74, and seven unspecified
locations (identifiable within museum records under CA-Ker-NL-3, CA-
Ker-NL-4, CA-Ker-NL-5, CA-Ker-NL-6, CA-Ker-NL-10, CA-Ker-NL-11, and CA-
Ker-NL-14). The 2,163 associated funerary belongings are abraders,
arrow straighteners, awls, bags, baked clay and baked clay objects,
basket impressions, basketry and baskets (one missing), beads (13
missing), buttons, blades, bone tools and tubes, botanical remains,
bowls, brushes, charcoal samples, charmstones, cores, dishes, drills,
ear ornaments, faunal remains, flakers, flakes, ground stone,
hammerstones, harpoons, knives, labrets, mammal bones, mats, metates,
mineral and rock samples, mortars, mullers, nets, ornaments, paint and
painting supplies, pendants, pestles, pins, potsherds and pottery,
projectile points (one missing), rings, ropes, scrapers, shell samples,
soil samples (18 missing), spearheads, stone axes (one missing), stone
drills, textile samples, vessels, whistles, wooden
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objects, worked bone, worked shell, and worked stone.
In June 1939, 43 associated funerary belongings were removed from
15 Kings County sites CA-Kin-1, CA-Kin-2, CA-Kin-4, CA-Kin-6, CA-Kin-8,
CA-Kin-10, CA-Kin-11, CA-Kin-12, CA-Kin-13, CA-Kin-15, CA-Kin-16, CA-
Kin-17, CA-Kin-18, CA-Kin-19, and CA-Kin-20 by various individuals and
subsequently accessioned into the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (Phoebe
A. Hearst Museum). The 43 associated funerary belongings are beads,
buttons, faunal remains, flakes, knives, manos, mineral and rock
samples, mortars, painting supplies, pendants, potsherds, projectile
points, rings, shell samples, and soil samples.
In June and July of 1939, ancestral remains representing, at least,
four individuals and 20 associated funerary belongings were removed
from Madera County sites CA-Mad-3, CA-Mad-4, CA-Mad-11, and one unknown
site (known by CA-Mad-NL-1 in museum records) by various individuals
and subsequently accessioned into the Lowie Museum of Anthropology
(Phoebe A. Hearst Museum). The 20 associated funerary belongings are
awls, baked clay objects, flakes, manos, metates, mineral and rock
samples, mortars, pestles, potsherds, projectile points, and worked
stone.
In April 1928, ancestral remains representing, at least, 11
individuals were removed from two unspecified Mariposa County sites
(documented as CA-Mrp-NL-1 and CA-Mrp-NL-2 within museum records), by
various individuals and subsequently accessioned into the Lowie Museum
of Anthropology (Phoebe A. Hearst Museum).
In 1939 and 1956, ancestral remains representing, at least, seven
individuals and 12 associated funerary belongings were removed from
Merced County sites CA-Mer-7, CA-Mer-45, CA-Mer-48, CA-Mer-59, and CA-
Mer-69, by various individuals and subsequently accessioned into the
Lowie Museum of Anthropology (Phoebe A. Hearst Museum). The 12
associated funerary belongings are beads, flakes, hammerstones, manos,
metates, mineral and rock samples, mortars, ornaments, pestles, and
projectile points.
Between 1899 and 1975, ancestral remains representing, at least,
750 individuals (one missing) and 3,731 associated funerary belongings
were removed from 20 San Joaquin County sites by various individuals
and subsequently accessioned into the Lowie Museum of Anthropology
(Phoebe A. Hearst Museum). The ancestors and their associated funerary
belongings were removed from CA-SJo-3, CA-SJo-4, CA-SJo-5, CA-SJo-6,
CA-SJo-9, CA-SJo-10, CA-SJo-42, CA-SJo-43, CA-SJo-56, CA-SJo-68, CA-
SJo-69, CA-SJo-70, CA-SJo-83, CA-SJo-94, CA-SJo-105, CA-SJo-145, CA-
SJo-148 and three unknown sites (documented as CA-SJo-NL-3, CA-SJo-NL-
4, CA-SJo-NL-5 in museum records). The 3,731 associated funerary
belongings are abraders, acorn anvils, awls, baked clay objects (one
missing), bangles, basket impressions, baskets, beads (two missing),
bifaces, blades (one missing), bone samples, bone tools, bone tubes,
botanical remains, bowls, charmstones (one missing), choppers, cooking
stones, cores, dice, dishes, drills, ear ornaments, faunal remains
(nine missing), figurines, fishhooks, flakers, flakes (two missing),
glass shards, gorge hooks, gorgets/ornaments (one missing), gouges,
ground stone (one missing), hammerstones, harpoons, knives, manos,
metates, mineral and rock samples (eight missing), mortars, mullers,
needles, ornaments (nine missing), paint, palettes, pendants (two
missing), pestles (one missing), pins, pipes, projectile points (nine
missing), rings, saws, scrapers, shell beads, shell samples, slate
pencils, soil samples, spearheads (one missing), spoons, Stockton
curves (three missing), stone tools, weights, whistles, worked bone,
worked shell, and worked stone (one missing).
Between 1912 and 1961, ancestral remains representing, at least, 24
individuals and 593 associated funerary belongings were removed from
seven Stanislaus County sites CA-Sta-10, CA-Sta-26, CA-Sta-27, CA-Sta-
28, CA-Sta-29, CA-Sta-44 (also known by CA-Sta-45), and one unknown
site (documented as CA-Sta-NL-1 within museum records), by various
individuals and accessioned into the Lowie Museum of Anthropology
(Phoebe A. Hearst Museum). The 593 associated funerary belongings are
awls, baked clay objects, beads, bifaces, blades, bone tools, botanical
remains, charmstones, choppers, cooking stones, cores, faunal remains
(one missing), flakes, flakes, hammerstones, knives, manos, mineral and
rock samples, mortars, pendants, pestles, pins, pipes, projectile
points, scrapers, slate pencils, soil samples, stone picks, stone
tools, weights, worked bone, and worked stone (one missing).
Between 1904 and 1964, ancestral remains representing, at least, 49
individuals and 43 associated funerary belongings were removed from
seven Tulare County sites CA-Tul-18, CA-Tul-151, and five unknown sites
(documented as CA-Tul-NL-1, CA-Tul-NL-2, CA-Tul-NL-3, CA-Tul-NL-4, and
CA-Tul-NL-5 within museum records), by various individuals and
accessioned into the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum).
The 43 associated funerary belongings are beads, bowls, manos,
metates, mortars, ornaments, pestles, potsherds, soil samples, and
spoons.
Collections and collection spaces at the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of
Anthropology were treated with substances for preservation and pest
control, some potentially hazardous. No records have been found to date
at the Museum to indicate whether or not chemicals or natural
substances were used prior to 1960.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of California, Berkeley has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 1,382 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 7,662 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Big Sandy
Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California; Buena Vista Rancheria
of Me-Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe,
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk
Indians; 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; Tejon Indian Tribe; Tule River Indian Tribe
of the Tule River Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton
Rancheria, California.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 30,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
University of California, Berkeley must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The University of California,
Berkeley is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 15, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-07422 Filed 4-29-25; 8:45 am]
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