FR Doc E6-1274
[Federal Register: February 1, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 21)]
[Notices]
[Page 5368-5369]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the control of San
Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. The human remains were
removed from an unknown site in Stanislaus 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by San
Francisco State University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (also known as the Tachi Yokut Tribe).
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown site (CA-Sta-UNK) in Stanislaus
County, CA. The human remains were encased in a soil matrix inside a
box marked ``Sta-?'' indicating removal from a Native American
archeological site in Stanislaus County. In addition, the morphology of
the malar, or cheekbone area, indicates Native American ancestry. No
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Based on ethnography and consultation with the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California and the Tuolumne Band
of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California, it has been
determined that Stanislaus County is within the historically documented
territory of the Northern Valley Yokut and Central Sierra Miwok tribes,
represented by the present-day Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of
the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
Officials of San Francisco State University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of San Francisco State University also have
determined that, 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 the Santa Rosa Indian
Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California and the Tuolumne Band
of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. The Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California has
claimed the human remains from site Ca-Sta-UNK.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Jeff
Fentress, NAGPRA Coordinator, Department of
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Anthropology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San
Francisco, CA 95132, telephone (415) 338-3075, before March 3, 2006.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Rosa Indian Community of
the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
San Francisco State University is responsible for informing the
Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California and
the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
California that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 9, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Progam.
[FR Doc. E6-1274 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
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