Notice2023-05727
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items Amendment: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA
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Published
March 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Parks and Recreation has amended a Notice of Intent to Repatriate published in the Federal Register on December 24, 2002. This notice amends the cultural affiliation for a collection removed from Lake County, California.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17007-17008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05727]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035481; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items Amendment:
California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Parks and
Recreation has amended a Notice of Intent to Repatriate published in
the Federal Register on December 24, 2002. This notice amends the
cultural affiliation for a collection removed from Lake County,
California.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after April 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Leslie L. Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, California
Department of Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 942896, Sacramento, CA
94296-0001, telephone (916) 653-5910, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4b89187989d91dabc9586808e919898b48495869f87da9795da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6ba93859a9f93d8be9784828c939a9ab68697849d85d89597d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
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National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
California Department of Parks and Recreation. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
summary or related records held by the California Department of Parks
and Recreation.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Intent to Repatriate in the Federal Register (67 FR 78508, December 24,
2002). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Intent to
Repatriate has not occurred. After the original notice was published, a
request for the repatriation of the sacred objects listed in the notice
was made by an individual claiming to be the direct lineal descendant
of the individual who owned the sacred objects, and a preponderance of
evidence supports this request.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the California Department of Parks and Recreation has
determined that:
<bullet> The 59 cultural items are specific ceremonial objects
needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the
practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day
adherents.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items in this notice and
Robert Geary, a lineal descendant.
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 April 20, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California Department of Parks and
Recreation 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 California
Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the lineal descendant 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,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-05727 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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