Notice2023-12857
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
June 16, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Sacramento 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 Tuolumne County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39454-39455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12857]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036002; 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), California State University, Sacramento 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 Tuolumne County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after July 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and
Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento,
6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone (916) 278-6504, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e0848899938f8ea083939593ce858495"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b5f53424854557b58484e48155e5f4e">[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, 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 California State University, Sacramento.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, were
removed from Cave Man Cave, in Tuolumne County, CA. The documentation
associated with these ancestral remains is limited. Possibly, Louis
Payen collected the human remains in the 1960s, during his cave survey
work in the vicinity. In 2022, the University of California, Riverside
(UC Riverside) informed California State University, Sacramento that
human remains from Cave Man Cave were at UC Riverside and were believed
to be under the control of California State University, Sacramento. (It
is not known who sent these human remains to UC Riverside or when, but
they were likely sent for radiocarbon dating.) In June of 2022, these
human remains were returned to California State University, Sacramento.
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: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical, 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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains in this notice and the
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California and the
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
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 July 17, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, California State University, Sacramento must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request
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and not competing requests. 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: June 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-12857 Filed 6-15-23; 8:45 am]
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