Notice2023-11691
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Published
June 1, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Placer and Sutter Counties, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 35910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11691]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035956; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
California, Davis, Davis, 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 University of California, Davis (UC
Davis) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The cultural items were removed from Placer and Sutter
Counties, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after July 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752-8501, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#462b2829242a230633252227302f3568232233"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="107d7e7f727c7550657374716679633e757465">[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 UC
Davis. 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 summary or related records held by UC Davis.
Description
The nine cultural items were removed from the Sugarpine area in
Placer County, CA (UC Davis Accession 87 and UCDA) and Bear River and
Robbins areas in Sutter County, CA (UCDA).
Between 1966 and 1976, cultural items were removed by UC Davis
Department of Anthropology from various sites in the Sugarpine
Reservoir area as a part of the Sugarpine Reservoir Archaeological
Survey Project, which was conducted for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation). Only in 2021 and 2022 did Reclamation determine that
these items are not under their control. The object of cultural
patrimony consists of one lot (approximately 178 items) of clay, stone,
and historic objects.
At an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from the Sugar
Pine area in Placer County, CA (UCDA). The circumstances surrounding
the collection of the items are unknown. The one object of cultural
patrimony is a metate.
At an unknown date, six cultural items were removed from the Bear
River area in Sutter County, CA (UCDA). The circumstances surrounding
the collection of the items are unknown. The six objects of cultural
patrimony are one quartzite biface, one scraper, one hammerstone, two
bifaces, and one whetstone.
In 1999, one cultural item was removed from the Robbins area in
Sutter County, CA (UCDA) by UC Davis Department of Anthropology
Professor Robert Bettinger and placed in the Department of Anthropology
Teaching Collections. The one object of cultural patrimony is a
hammerstone.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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 other relevant information or expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, UC Davis has determined that:
<bullet> The nine cultural items described above have ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the United Auburn
Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
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 July 3, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, UC Davis 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. UC Davis 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: May 24, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-11691 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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