Notice2023-08058
Notice of Inventory Completion: Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, 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), Lindsay Wildlife Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from an unknown location but were likely removed from in or around Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23460-23461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08058]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035669; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut
Creek, 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), Lindsay Wildlife Museum has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human
remains were removed from an unknown location but were likely removed
from in or around Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Christina Schwandt, Curator of Education, Lindsay Wildlife
Museum, 1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94530, telephone (925) 627-
2913, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f29181919a85939c9686b29e9b9c9681938b859b9e969e9b9497dc9d8095"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aac9d9c9c2ddcbc4cedeeac6c3c4ced9cbd3ddc3c6cec6c3cccf84c5d8cd">[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
Lindsay Wildlife Museum. 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 Lindsay
Wildlife Museum.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were
removed from unknown location(s). These partial human remains were at
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the Lindsay Wildlife Collection before 1965 when the museum started
keeping records for its collection. The Lindsay Wildlife Collection
started as a private collection by Alexander ``Sandy'' Lindsay to share
his curiosity and passion for the natural world with the people of
Walnut Creek, CA. Mr. Lindsay focused his collection on specimens and
objects acquired in or around Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from unknown geographic locations, most likely near Walnut
Creek, Contra Costa County, CA. This location is the aboriginal lands
of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to
identify the aboriginal land: treaties.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Lindsay Wildlife
Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Scotts Valley Band of Pomo
Indians of California; and the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
River Reservation, California.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after May 17, 2023. If competing requests for
disposition are received, Lindsay Wildlife Museum must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Lindsay Wildlife Museum 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 and
10.11.
Dated: April 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08058 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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