[Federal Register: November 5, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 214)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9,
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects in the possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon and the Quartz
Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California.
    In 1925, human remains representing three individuals (catalog
numbers 12-11213, 12-11214, 12-11215) were recovered from a site ``one
mile from mouth of Williamson R. (N. side), E. side Klamath L.,
Oregon'' by Dr. Leslie

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Spier. Also in 1925, these human remains were acquired by the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology through university appropriation, a term
used to indicate that the human remains and associated funerary objects
were brought into the museum on university-sponsored projects with
funds provided by the Regents of the University of California. No known
individuals were identified. The 200 associated funerary objects
(catalog numbers 1-26560, 2-29527) are glass beads and nonhuman bone.
    Although these human remains are not clearly identifiable as to
tribal origin, given the preponderance of the evidence, these human
remains and associated funerary objects have been determined to be
culturally affiliated with the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon and the
Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Auartz Valley Reservation of
California. This determination has been based on strong geographical
evidence, linguistic evidence, regional archeological evidence
indicating cultural continuity perhaps as early as C.E. 700, and the
presence of historic-era funerary objects.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Phoebe
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology also have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 200 objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e),
there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably
traced between these Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects and the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon and the Quartz
Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Klamath Indian Tribe
of Oregon and the Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley
Reservation of California. Representatives of any other Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human
remains and associated funerary objects should contact C. Richard
Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 643-7884,
before December 5, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon and
the Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of
California may begin after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.

    Dated: October 3, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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