Notice2023-04259
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
March 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento 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 Yolo County, CA.
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<body><pre>[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13148-13149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04259]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035426; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento
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 Yolo County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 3, 2023.
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ADDRESSES: 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
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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
California State University, Sacramento. 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 California State University, Sacramento.
Description
Sometime in the 1950s, human remains representing, at minimum, five
individuals were removed from two sites in Yolo County, CA, site CA-
YOL-15 (also known as McCants Mound) and site CA-YOL-106 (also known as
Jones 1), by students of Sacramento State College (now California State
University, Sacramento) under the direction of Dr. Reeves. The
collections have been housed at California State University, Sacramento
since this excavation. No known individuals were identified. The 520
associated funerary objects removed from these sites include baked
clay; faunal remains; flaked and ground stone; historic material;
modified bone, stone, and shell; non-cultural objects; pigment;
manuports; a geologic sample; and an ash sample. Of this number, 67
objects are currently missing from the collection. California State
University, Sacramento continues to look for these 67 missing objects.
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, folkloric, geographical,
historical, kinship, linguistic, oral, traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, California State University, Sacramento has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 520 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 Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria
(Previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); and the
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 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 April 3, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, California State
University, Sacramento 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. California State University, Sacramento 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: February 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-04259 Filed 3-1-23; 8:45 am]
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