Notice2023-00467
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
January 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Mono County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2118-2119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00467]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035096; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
The cultural items were removed from Mono County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#503d3537313e7e3d2522203829102533227e353425"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="234e4644424d0d4e5651534b5a635640510d464756">[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 the
University of California, Riverside. 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 summary or related records held by
the University of California, Riverside.
Description
Thirteen cultural items were removed from site CA-Mno-2122 in Mono,
CA, during an archeological excavation led by Brooke Arkush from the
University of California, Riverside. The primary objective of the
investigation was to track material cultural changes and subsistence
practices of the Mono Lake Paiute from the Late Archaic Period (circa
A.D. 500) to the Euro-American Settlement of the lake basin (A.D. 1850-
1920). The objects removed from the site represent approximately 1,500
years' worth of indigenous use and occupation of the landscape. Arkush
particularly focused on corral traps used by the Mono Lake Paiute for
hunting pronghorn.
The 13 objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of animal bones,
one lot of ceramic sherds and vessels, one lot of glass shards and
vessels, one lot of lithic flakes and arrowheads, one lot of metal
fragments, one lot of shell artifacts and unmodified shell, one lot of
wood artifacts, one lot of seed pods, one lot of mineralogical objects,
one lot of glass beads, one lot of stones for milling, one lot of
buttons (shell, metal, and wood), and one lot of fire-altered rock.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: archeological, geographical,
historical, kinship, oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Through consultation with tribal representatives, the University of
California, Riverside finds that this site is culturally affiliated
with the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation,
California, and the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony. The Utu Utu Gwaitu
Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California considers the
Owens Valley and Northern Paiute to be one related people and
indigenous to the areas in which they now reside.
The Mono Lake Kootzaduka'a Tribe, a non-federally recognized Indian
group that also was consulted, consider the Mono Lake Basin to be their
aboriginal territory, too. This group's representatives stated that
Mono Lake families are related to families who are now members of the
Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation,
California, and the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of California, Riverside has determined
that:
<bullet> The 13 cultural items described above have ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Utu Utu Gwaitu
Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California, and the
Bridgeport Indian Colony (previously listed as Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California).
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 13, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California, Riverside must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The University of
California, Riverside 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
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Dated: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-00467 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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