Notice2023-08056
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
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Published
April 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Fullerton has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Kings County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23456-23457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08056]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035616; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University,
Fullerton, Fullerton, 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, Fullerton
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human
remains were removed from Kings County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Maria Estela Zarate, California State University, Fullerton,
2600 Nutwood Avenue, Suite 1060, Fullerton, CA 92831, telephone (657)
278-4514, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97faf6edf6e5f6e3f2d7d1e2fbfbf2e5e3f8f9b9f2f3e2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a373b203b283b2e3f1a1c2f36363f282e3534743f3e2f">[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
California State University, Fullerton. 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, Fullerton.
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Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Kings County, CA. The human remains were uncovered during
operations at a gypsum quarry that operated from 1954-1957 and from
1960-1962. The precise date of removal of the human remains is not
known. The owner of the quarry, Mr. Alva McPhaill, gave the human
remains to Mr. Richard Flewelling of The Flintkote Company. The precise
date of that transfer is not known. McPhaill reportedly collected
artifacts in the area of the gypsum quarry. At an unknown date, but
likely prior to 1980, Mr. Flewelling donated the human remains to
California State University, Fullerton. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: geographical 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, Fullerton has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria,
California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after May 17, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, California State University, Fullerton must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. California State University, Fullerton 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 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: March 29, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08056 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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