Notice2023-13640
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
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Published
June 27, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University Chico (CSU Chico) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Butte County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41657-41658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13640]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036073; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University,
Chico, Chico, 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 Chico (CSU
Chico) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Butte
County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dawn Rewolinski, California State University, Chico, 400 W
1st Street, Chico, CA 95929, telephone (530) 898-3090, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c584e594b535055524f57557c5f4f495f54555f5312595849"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="14706671637b787d7a677f7d54776761777c7d777b3a717061">[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 CSU
Chico. 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 CSU Chico.
Description
Accession 1
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from five sites in the city of Chico, in Butte County, CA (CA-BUT-0168,
CA-BUT-0186, CA-BUT-0226, CA-BUT-0284, and CA-BUT-0286). In 1940, these
sites were visited by Meigs (who was affiliated with Chico State), and
in 1955, they were visited by Burchard. Both men collected cultural
items from the sites. The sites were formally recorded in the spring of
1964 by Dorothy Hill and Professor Keith Johnson, who led a Chico State
Anthropology Department Archaeological Survey class. During this
survey, additional items were collected. Items removed during the three
collection events were accessioned by the Chico State Department of
Anthropology in March of 1964. The 33 associated funerary objects are
one cordage sample, one lot consisting of debitage, five modified
faunal elements, nine modified stones, 14 projectile points, and three
modified shells.
Accession 80
Human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were
removed by workers at Butte Farms, in Butte County, CA. In 1974, the
property donated the burial collection to CSU Chico. The one associated
funerary object is an edge modified flake.
Accession 253
Accession 253 consists of humans remains representing, at minimum,
four individuals. These human remains derive from archeological
recoveries, public donations, and forensic cases. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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, historical, and expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
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organizations, CSU Chico has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 34 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu
Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of
California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California;
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; and the Paskenta
Band of Nomlaki Indians of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 identified in this notice
and, if joined to a request from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the
Konkow Valley Band of Maidu, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 27, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, CSU Chico must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. CSU Chico 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 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13640 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
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