Notice2023-13641
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 Tehama County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41656-41657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13641]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036074; 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 Tehama
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#dfbbadbaa8b0b3b6b1acb4b69fbcacaabcb7b6bcb0f1babbaa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6a2b4a3b1a9aaafa8b5adaf86a5b5b3a5aeafa5a9e8a3a2b3">[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 51
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from site CA-TEH-750 in Tehama County, CA. In 1971, this site was
recorded by M. Boyton after it was unknowingly trenched while testing
farm equipment. Upon the discovery, the landowner collected cultural
items and human remains from the site and donated them to CSU Chico.
Around the same time, Chico State surveyed the site once again, during
which no additional individuals were identified. The 79 associated
funerary objects are one debitage, eight modified stones, eight
modified shells, 61 glass beads, and one copper bell.
Accession 77
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Bambauer site (CA-TEH-247) in Tehama County, CA. In
1965, Keith Johnson recorded the site, and in 1965 and 1966, the
University of California, Los Angeles conducted excavations there. In
1974, excavation at the site was resumed by a CSU Chico field class
under the direction of Keith Johnson. Currently, CSU Chico houses the
records from the 1965-66 excavations and the human remains and
artifacts from the 1974 excavation. The 1,949 associated funerary
objects are one modified shell, one soil sample, one float sample, 12
charcoal samples, 14 projectile points, 15 organics, 25 unmodified
shells, 30 modified faunal elements, 91 modified stones, 94 faunal
remains, 303 lots consisting of debitage, and 1,362 unmodified faunal
elements.
Accession 83
Human remains representing, at minimum, 12 individuals were removed
from the Rumiano Ranch site (CA-TEH-676) in Tehama County, CA. In 1974,
the Tehama County Sherriff's Department collected human remains and
associated funerary objects that had been exposed by farm equipment.
Collections records state that the University of California, Davis
donated this collection to CSU Chico in November of 1974, suggesting
that the Sherriff's Department transferred control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the University of California, Davis
shortly after they were collected. The 10 associated funerary objects
are three lots consisting of debitage, four modified
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stone tools, one projectile point, and two modified shells.
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
organizations, CSU Chico has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 15 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 2,038 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 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 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 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 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: June 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13641 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
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