Notice2022-25130
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Published
November 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Colusa County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69314-69315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25130]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034885; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis,
Davis, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC
Davis) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Colusa
County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752-8501, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#315c5f5e535d5471445255504758421f545544"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="34595a5b5658517441575055425d471a515041">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of UC
Davis. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by UC Davis.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 14 individuals were removed
from Colusa County, CA. In 1962 and 1963, CA-COL-1 (UC Davis Accession
38) was excavated by Dr. Martin Baumhoff and Walt Brown as a part of a
UC Davis Field School. No known individuals were identified. Of the 649
associated funerary objects listed in this notice, 559 objects are
present and accounted for in the UC Davis collections and 90 objects
are currently missing. The 559 associated funerary objects are 13
Olivella beads or shells, one shell pendant, two clamshell beads or
clamshell disc beads, one historic bead, one bone bead, two stone
beads, one stone ``tinkler,'' 70 projectile points, 85 bone awls, three
bone pins, one incised bone (possible whistle), 13 bone tubes, six bone
flakers, seven bone wedges, seven bone spatulas, 104 miscellaneous
worked bones, 30 chipped stone items (bifaces, debitage, flake tools,
and stone scrapers), 14 miscellaneous worked stone items, six
miscellaneous worked shells, four groundstone items (including one
pestle), one piece of historic metal, three pieces of charcoal or ash,
two unmodified rocks, 46 lots of unmodified shell, 10 lots of clay
(including baked clay), and 126 lots of animal bone fragments. UC Davis
continues to look for the following 90 missing associated funerary
objects: 19 Olivella beads or shells, one shell pendant, one shell bead
(unknown type), six clamshell beads or clamshell disc beads, one stone
bead, 11 projectile points, four bone awls, one bone pin, one bone
harpoon, one bone tube, 14 misc. worked bones, eight chipped stones,
six miscellaneous worked stones, one miscellaneous worked shell, four
groundstone items, one piece of charcoal, one miscellaneous ceramic
item (possibly an ear plug), one lot of unmodified shell, seven lots of
clay, and one lot of animal bone fragments.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological, archeological, biological, geographical,
historical, linguistic, and oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, UC Davis has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 649 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun
Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria,
California; Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians (previously listed as
Cortina Indian Rancheria); and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California
(previously listed as Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of
California).
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 19, 2022.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. UC Davis is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: November 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-25130 Filed 11-17-22; 8:45 am]
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