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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 234 / Thursday, December 6, 2018 / Notices 62893 of California; Manchester Band of Pomo traditional sources provide evidence of Reservation, California); Scotts Valley Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, cultural affiliation between the human Band of Pomo Indians of California; and California (previously listed as the remains and contemporary Pomo the Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the people. Anthropological sources Indians of California; hereafter referred Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, designate Clear Lake as the aboriginal to as ‘‘The Affiliated Tribes.’’ The California); Middletown Rancheria of territory of Pomo and Lake Miwok closest affiliation of CA–LAK–471 is to Pomo Indians of California; Pinoleville groups. The Southern Clear Lake/Lower the Southeastern Pomo represented by Pomo Nation, California (previously Lake area is attributed to the the Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians listed as the Pinoleville Rancheria of Southeastern Pomo (Kroeber 1925, of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, Pomo Indians of California); Potter McCarthy 1985, McLendon and Lowy California and the Koi Nation of Valley Tribe, California; Redwood 1978, McLendon and Oswalt 1978; Northern California (previously listed as Valley or Little River Band of Pomo Swanton 1952; White et al. 2002). the Lower Lake Rancheria, California). Indians of the Redwood Valley Linguistic evidence suggests that Clear Rancheria California (previously listed Determinations Made by the University Lake is the proto-Pomo homeland (Golla of California, Davis as the Redwood Valley Rancheria of 2007, Oswalt 1964, Whistler1984). Pomo Indians of California); Robinson Information provided by the Koi Nation Officials of the University of Rancheria (previously listed as the California, Davis have determined that: indicates that this area is the center of • Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Koi ancestral lands and the tribe’s pre- Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Indians, California and the Robinson contact political, cultural, and spiritual human remains described in this notice Rancheria of Pomo Indians of center. Pomo are represented today by represent the physical remains of two California); Round Valley Indian Tribes, the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of individuals of Native American Round Valley Reservation, California the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of ancestry. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there (previously listed as the Round Valley the Big Valley Rancheria, California; is a relationship of shared group Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians identity that can be reasonably traced Reservation, California); Scotts Valley of California; Coyote Valley Band of between the Native American human Band of Pomo Indians of California; and Pomo Indians of California; Dry Creek the Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo remains and The Affiliated Tribes. Rancheria of Pomo Indians, California Indians of California, hereafter referred (previously listed as the Dry Creek Additional Requestors and Disposition to as ‘‘The Tribes Invited to Consult,’’ Rancheria of Pomo Indians of were invited to consult on the NAGPRA Lineal descendants or representatives California); Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Inventory and either deferred or did not of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, respond. organization not identified in this notice California; Federated Indians of Graton that wish to request transfer of control History and Description of the Remains Rancheria, California; Guidiville of these human remains should submit In 1977, human remains representing, Rancheria of California; Habematolel a written request with information in at minimum, two individuals were Pomo of Upper Lake, California; support of the request to Megon Noble, removed from CA–LAK–471 on the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of southeastern shore of Clear Lake, California (formerly Hopland Band of California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One adjacent to Anderson Marsh in Lake Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria, Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, County, CA. The site was disturbed California); Kashia Band of Pomo telephone (530)752–8501 email during installation of a sewage Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, [email protected], by January 4, treatment system. The State Water California; Koi Nation of Northern 2019. After that date, if no additional Resources Control Board, Division of California (previously listed as the requestors have come forward, transfer Water Quality contracted Ann Peak and Lower Lake Rancheria, California), The of control of the human remains to The Associates to perform a test excavation Consulted Tribe; Lytton Rancheria of Affiliated Tribes may proceed. of the site. Human remains were California; Manchester Band of Pomo UC Davis is responsible for notifying identified and reinterred at the time of Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, The Tribes Invited to Consult and The the excavation in cooperation with the California (previously listed as the Affiliated Tribes that this notice has Elem Indian Colony. In 1981–1982, the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the been published. collection was transferred to the UC Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, Dated: November 7, 2018. Davis Department of Anthropology California); Middletown Rancheria of Museum. In 2016, human remains were Pomo Indians of California; Pinoleville Melanie O’Brien, newly identified within faunal Pomo Nation, California (previously Manager, National NAGPRA Program. collections from the site. No known listed as the Pinoleville Rancheria of [FR Doc. 2018–26445 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am] individuals were identified. No Pomo Indians of California); Potter BILLING CODE 4312–52–P associated funerary objects are present. Valley Tribe, California; Redwood The human remains have been Valley or Little River Band of Pomo determined to be Native American Indians of the Redwood Valley DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR based on the archeological context of Rancheria California (previously listed the site. Cultural material from the site as the Redwood Valley Rancheria of National Park Service includes projectile points, bifaces, Pomo Indians of California); Robinson [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026945; flakes, fauna, and groundstone. One Rancheria (previously listed as the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] radiocarbon date indicate occupation of Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo the site approximately 3,500 to 2,100 Indians, California and the Robinson Notice of Inventory Completion: years ago. Projectile points indicates a Rancheria of Pomo Indians of Department of Anthropology, Southern broad temporal range, from 10,000 years California); Round Valley Indian Tribes, Methodist University, Dallas, TX ago to the late prehistoric period. Round Valley Reservation, California AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Geographic, anthropological, (previously listed as the Round Valley ACTION: Notice. archeological, historical, linguistic, and Indian Tribes of the Round Valley VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:35 Dec 04, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1 khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES 62894 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 234 / Thursday, December 6, 2018 / Notices SUMMARY: The Department of University professional staff in individuals were identified. No Anthropology, Southern Methodist consultation with representatives of the associated funerary objects are present. University has completed an inventory Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, and the Archeologists Mark E. Huff, Jr. and of human remains, in consultation with Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Norman Briggs have dated the the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. Whiterock Spillway site to the Wylie Hawaiian organizations, and has History and Description of the Remains Focus of the Middle to Late Caddo determined that there is a cultural Periods (A.D. 1200–1680). The final, affiliation between the human remains Sometime in the 1960s, human published report affiliates this site with and present-day Indian Tribes or Native remains representing, at minimum, one the ancestral Caddo. The Caddo Nation Hawaiian organizations. Lineal individual were removed from the R.A. of Oklahoma claims Dallas County, TX, descendants or representatives of any Watts site (41CP14) in Camp County, as an area of interest. Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Texas. The individual was excavated by In 1965, human remains representing, organization not identified in this notice R. L. Turner, an amateur archeologist at minimum, three individuals were that wish to request transfer of control and private collector. Subsequently removed from the Lower Rockwall Site of these human remains should submit (possibly during the 1960s or 1970s (41RW1; also known as 27B1–2, RW2) a written request to the Department of when the Department of Anthropology, in Rockwall County, TX. The site was Anthropology, Southern Methodist Southern Methodist University was excavated by the Department of University. If no additional requestors conducting investigations for the Titus Anthropology, Southern Methodist come forward, transfer of control of the County Fresh Water Supply District No. University under contract to the human remains to the lineal 1 in Camp County, TX), Turner National Park Service. The human descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native transferred these human remains to the remains from Burial 1 consist solely of Hawaiian