Notice2023-04260
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 Sacramento County, CA.
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<body><pre>[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13147-13148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04260]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035424; 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 Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and
Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento,
6000 J
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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 the
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 the California State University, Sacramento.
Description
In 1965, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site CA-SAC-113 (known, variously, as Calhoun #1,
Calquhoun 1, and Sukididi) in Sacramento County, CA, by Dr. William
Beeson for Sacramento State College (now California State University,
Sacramento). Occupation of site SAC-113 is estimated to have occurred
during the Late Horizon, with possible use during the Historic period.
No known individual was identified. The 323 associated funerary objects
include baked clay; faunal remains; flaked and ground stone; historic
material; and modified bone, stone, and shell. Of this number, 129
objects are currently missing from the collection. California State
University, Sacramento continues to look for these 129 missing objects.
In 1967 and 1972-73, human remains representing, at minimum, 378
individuals were removed from site CA-SAC-127 (known, variously, as
Augustine Mound, Rooney Site, and Oo'Le-Waymah), which is located along
Deer Creek in Sacramento County, CA. The 1967 excavations, located in a
cemetery area known as the Rooney Extension, were led by William Beeson
and Mark Grady for Sacramento State College (now California State
University, Sacramento). The 1972-73 excavations, located in an area
adjacent to the cemetery, were led by Jerald Johnson for Sacramento
State College (now California State University, Sacramento). The
landowner, Rooney Brothers, Inc., gifted the collections to Sacramento
State. Occupation of the site is estimated to range from the Middle
Horizon through Historic periods. The 24,850 associated funerary
objects include baked clay; faunal and floral remains; flaked and
ground stones; historic materials; modified shells, bones, stone, and
wood; non-cultural items; soil samples; ash; charcoal; pigment;
unidentified materials; unmodified stone; and thermally altered rock.
Of this number, 136 objects are currently missing from the collection.
California State University, Sacramento continues to look for these 136
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, the California State University, Sacramento has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 379 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 25,173 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of
Miwuk Indians; 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.
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, the 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. The 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: February 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-04260 Filed 3-1-23; 8:45 am]
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