Notice2021-20913
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
September 27, 2021
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The California State University, Sacramento has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the California State University, Sacramento. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 184 (Monday, September 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53343-53344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20913]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032655; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The California State University, Sacramento has completed an
inventory of associated funerary objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control of these associated funerary
objects should submit a written request to the California State
University, Sacramento. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
the California State University, Sacramento at the address in this
notice by October 27, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College
of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, California State
University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone
(916) 278-6504, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cfaba7b6bca0a18facbcbabce1aaabba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f2b27363c20210f2c3c3a3c612a2b3a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 associated funerary
objects under the control of the California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, CA. The associated funerary objects were
removed from CA-SAC-16 (also known as the Bennett Mound, Willey Mound,
or Mound Ranch) in Sacramento County, CA.
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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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the associated funerary objects was made
by the California State University, Sacramento professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians [previously listed as Cortina
Indian Rancheria]; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; and two non-federally
recognized Indian groups, the Miwok Tribe of El Dorado Rancheria and
the Nashville-Eldorado Rancheria. The Wilton Rancheria, California and
the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California [previously listed as Rumsey
Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California] were invited to
consult but did not participate. Hereafter, all the above entities are
referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes and Groups.''
History and Description of the Associated Funerary Objects
On March 15, 2011, human remains and associated funerary objects
from site CA-SAC-16 in Sacramento County, CA, were listed in a Notice
of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register (76 FR 14052-
14054, March 15, 2011). Subsequently, these human remains and objects
were repatriated to the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California. Following repatriation,
428 additional funerary objects associated with the previously
repatriated human remains were found in the collections of California
State University, Sacramento. They include 425 associated funerary
objects from the 1971 Sacramento State College excavation led by Ann
Peak and three associated funerary objects from the 1960s American
River College excavations directed by Charles Gebhardt (which had been
transferred from American River College to California State University
Sacramento). The 425 funerary objects from the 1971 excavation are one
lot of ash, 11 pieces of baked clay, two shell beads, four lots of
charcoal, two pieces of debitage, one edge modified flake, one
groundstone fragment, nine invertebrate remains, two pieces of historic
metal, two shell ornaments, one unmodified stone, 17 thermally altered
rocks, two bird bone tubes, and 370 faunal remains. The three funerary
objects from the 1960s excavations are two shell beads and one animal
bone.
Temporally diagnostic artifacts recovered from CA-SAC-16 indicate
that the site was used from the Middle Horizon up until the early
Historic Period. Linguistic evidence suggests that ancestral-Penutian
speaking groups related to modern day Miwok, Nisenan, and Patwin groups
occupied the region during the Middle (550 B.C.--A.D. 1100) and Late
(A.D. 1100--Historic) Horizons, while ethnohistoric and ethnographic
sources indicate that the site was most likely historically occupied by
Nisenan-speaking groups. Consequently, officials of California State
University, Sacramento reasonably believe that the ethnographic,
historical, and geographical evidence indicates that the burials and
cultural items recovered from Site CA-SAC-16 are most closely
affiliated with contemporary descendants of the Nisenan, and have more
distant ties to neighboring groups, such as the Plains Miwok and
Patwin.
Determinations Made by the California State University, Sacramento
Officials of the California State University, Sacramento have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 428 objects
described in this notice 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.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
associated funerary objects and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria
(Verona Tract), California; United Auburn Indian Community of the
Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and
Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento,
6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone (916) 278-6504, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2969a8b819d9cb291818781dc979687"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e2a26373d21200e2d3d3b3d602b2a3b">[email protected]</span></a>, by October 27, 2021. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the associated
funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed. If joined to a request from
one or more of The Tribes, the following non-federally recognized
Indian groups may also receive transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects: The Miwok Tribe of El Dorado Rancheria
and the Nashville-Eldorado Rancheria.
The California State University, Sacramento is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Invited Tribes and Groups that this notice
has been published.
Dated: September 21, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-20913 Filed 9-24-21; 8:45 am]
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