Notice2023-02058
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA
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Published
February 1, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program 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 Colusa County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6778-6779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02058]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035227; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Francisco
State University NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, 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 San Francisco State University NAGPRA
Program 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 Colusa County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after March 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Zay D. Latt, San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program,
1600 Holloway Avenue, Administration Building 5th Floor, ADM 562C, San
Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 405-3545, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#412f202631332001322732346f242534"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e58b8482959784a596839690cb808190">[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
San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program. 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 San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program.
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Description
In 1963, one cultural item was removed from archeological site CA-
COL-25 in Colusa County, CA, by San Francisco State College
archeologists. The site was documented by Dr. Adan E. Treganza of San
Francisco State College as part of a broader survey project undertaken
during 1963-1965, prior to construction of the Tehama-Colusa Canal. The
cultural item was housed at San Francisco State College, which is now
San Francisco State University, following completion of the survey
project. The object of cultural patrimony is a limestone or basalt
core.
Also in 1963, as part of the same Tehama-Colusa Canal survey
project, one cultural item was removed from archeological site CA-COL-
27 in Colusa County, CA. The object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
obsidian items.
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: anthropological,
geographical, and tribal expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program has
determined that:
<bullet> The two 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 Yocha Dehe
Wintun Nation, California (previously listed as Rumsey Indian Rancheria
of Wintun Indians 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 March 3, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the San Francisco State University NAGPRA
Program 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 San
Francisco State University NAGPRA Program is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe 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.
Dated: January 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02058 Filed 1-31-23; 8:45 am]
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