31 October, 1995

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects for Accession 33, a Collection in the Possession of the Department of Anthropology Museum at the University of California, Davis

To Whom it May Concern:

Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), of the completion of an inventory for Native American human remains and associated funerary objects from a site in Yolo County, California currently in the possession of the Department of Anthropology Museum at the University of California, Davis (the Museum).

A detailed inventory and assessment has been made by members of the professional and technical staff of the Museum. Members of the following Tribes were also invited to participate in the completion of the inventory:

Representative / Tribe / Address
Mr. Delbert Benjamin / Colusa Rancheria / P.O. Box 8
Colusa, CA 95932
Ms. Mary Norton / Cortina Rancheria / P.O. Box 7470
Citrus Heights, CA 95621-7470
Mr. Phillip Knight / Rumsey Rancheria / P.O. Box 18
Brooks, CA 95606
Ms. Lucille Lucero / Buena Vista Rancheria / 4650 Calmine Road
Ione, CA 95640
Ms. Loren Mathieson / Chicken Ranch Rancheria / P.O. Box 1669
Jamestown, CA 95327
Ms. Margaret Dalton / Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians Jackson Rancheria / P.O. Box 150
Jackson, CA 95642
Ms. Elsie Shilin / Shingle Springs Rancheria / P.O. Box 1340
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
Ms. Carol Ervin / Trinidad Rancheria / P.O. Box 630
Trinidad, CA 95570
Chairperson / Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of California / Sheep Ranch, CA
Representative / Tribe / Address
Ms. Lucille Lucero / Buena Vista Rancheria / 4650 Calmine Road
Ione, CA 95640
Ms. Loren Mathieson / Chicken Ranch Rancheria / P.O. Box 1669
Jamestown, CA 95327
Ms. Margaret Dalton / Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians Jackson Rancheria / P.O. Box 150
Jackson, CA 95642
Ms. Elsie Shilin / Shingle Springs Rancheria / P.O. Box 1340
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
Ms. Carol Ervin / Trinidad Rancheria / P.O. Box 630
Trinidad, CA 95570
Mr. Sonny Hendricks / Tuolumne Band of Me-wuk Indians / 19595 Miwuk Street
Tuolumne, CA 95379
Chairperson / Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of California / Sheep Ranch, CA
Mr. Phillip Knight / Rumsey Rancheria / P.O. Box 18
Brooks, CA 95606
Mr. Gaylan Azbill / Round Valley Reservation / P.O. Box 448
Covelo, CA 95428
Mr. Manuel Gomez / Big Valley Rancheria / P.O. Box 153
Finley, CA 95453
Mr. John Santana / Cloverdale Rancheria / 285 Santana Drive
Cloverdale, CA 95424
Ms. Doris Renick / Coyote Valley Reservation / P.O. Box 39
Redwood Valley, CA 95470-0039
Mr. Sandy Cordova / Dry Creek Rancheria / P.O. Box 607
Geyserville, CA 95441
Mr. Delbert L. Thomas, Jr. / Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians / Sulphur Bank Rancheria
P.O. Box 618
Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423
Mr. Keith R. Pike / Guidiville Rancheria / P.O. Box 339
Talmage, CA 95481
Mr. Donald Ray / Hopland Reservation / P.O. Box 610
Hopland, CA 95449
Mr. Bert Sloan, Jr. / Laytonville Rancheria / P.O. Box 48
Laytonville, CA 95454
Suzanne Steele-Tiger / Lyton Rancheria / P.O. Box 519
Crescent City, CA 95531
Mr. Harry N. Pinola / Manchester/Point Arena Rancheria / P.O. Box 623
Point Arena, CA 95468
Mr. Larry Simon / Middletown Rancheria / P.O. Box 292
Middletown, CA 95461
Ms. Marie Pollock / Pinoleville Rancheria / 367 North State St., Suite 204
Ukiah, CA 95482
Shirley Laiwa / Potter Valley Rancheria / 2191 South State Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Ms. Rita Hoel / Redwood Valley Rancheria / P.O. Box 499
Redwood Valley, CA 95470
Mr. Marcus N. Anderson, Jr. / Robinson Rancheria / P.O. Box 1119
Nice, CA 95464
Leslie Miller / Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians / 149 N. Main St., Suite 200
Lakeport, CA 95433
Mr. Mike Knight / Sherwood Valley Tribal Council / 2197 South State Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Mr. Leslie Marrufo, Jr. / Stewarts Point Rancheria / P.O. Box 54
Stewarts Point, CA 95480
Ms. Phyllis Harden / Upper Lake Rancheria / P.O. Box 245272
Sacramento, CA 95820
Ms. Barbara Murphy / Redding Rancheria / 2000 Rancheria Road
Redding, CA 96001-5528
Mr. Nick Padilla / Susanville Rancheria / P.O. Drawer U
Susanville, CA 96130
Mr. Arlan Melendez / Reno-Sparks Indian Council / 98 Colony Road
Reno, NV 89502
Ms. Jody Barber Steele / Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California / 919 Highway 395 South
Gardnerville, NV 89410
Mr. Clarence Atwell, Jr. / Santa Rosa Rancheria / PO Box 8
Lemoore, CA 93245
Mr. Lewis Barnes / Table Mountain Rancheria / P.O. Box 445
Friant, CA 93626
Ms. Nicola Larsen / Tule River Reservation / P.O. Box 589
Porterville, CA 93258
Mr. Gilbert Codero / Picayune Rancheria / P.O. Box 269
Highway 41
Coarsegold, CA 93614

In 1967, site CA-YOL-17 was excavated by a University of California, Davis Field School under the direction of Jerald Johnson. CA-YOL-17 is a habitation site located on private land near the town of Rumsey in Yolo County, California. The collections resulting from this excavation were accessioned by the Museum in 1967.

Human remains of an infant were recovered during the excavation. The remains are fragmentary, only 40% of the skeleton is represented. A total of 25 objects were found associated with the remains, including 21 Haliotis sp. shell beads, 2 Clam Shell Disk beads, and 2 Steatite beads.

The presence of Clam Shell Disk beads indicates that this burial dates to Phase 2 of the Late Period (or roughly AD 1500 - 1790).

Linguistic evidence indicates that the Patwin moved southward from the vicinity of the California-Oregon border into the Sacramento Valley sometime around AD 0, and then spread into the surrounding foothills sometime before the beginning of Phase 2 of the Late Period. The archaeological assemblage from CA-YOL-17 also indicates a congruent occupation that is consistent with the ethnographic Patwin.

Based on this information, there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these human remains and associated funerary objects and the Patwin Indians from the Rumsey Rancheria, the Cortina Rancheria, and the Colusa Rancheria.

This notice has been sent to officials of the Tribes listed above. Representatives of any other Indian Tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary objects should contact Lisa Deitz, Department of Anthropology Museum, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, telephone (916)752-8280/(916)752-0745 before [thirty days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register]. Repatriation of these human remains to the Tribes listed above may begin after this date if no additional claimants come forward.

Sincerely,

Dr. Robert Bettinger

Chairman of the Committee for the Treatment of Skeletal Remains