Notice2023-13816
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
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Published
June 29, 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 124 (Thursday, June 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42098-42099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13816]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036097; 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 31, 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#7612041301191a1f18051d1f36150503151e1f151958131203"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7b3a5b2a0b8bbbeb9a4bcbe97b4a4a2b4bfbeb4b8f9b2b3a2">[email protected]</span></a>.
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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 47
Human remains representing, at minimum, 14 individuals were removed
from site CA-BUT-323 in Butte County, CA. This site was first recorded
by John R. Sterling in 1962. It was re-recorded by M. Boyton of Chico
State College (now CSU Chico) in 1971, by which time it had been nearly
destroyed. Collections records indicate that artifacts and human
remains were collected by Chico State College in 1971. The 8,800
associated funerary objects are three antler awls, two charcoal
samples, 4,655 fragments of debitage, 98 modified faunal elements, 33
modified shells, 182 modified stone tools, nine oversized stone tools,
115 projectile points, 10 soil samples, five clay samples, 3,316
unmodified faunal elements, 220 unmodified shell fragments, and 152
organics.
Accession 48
Human remains representing, at minimum, 67 individuals were removed
from the Cana Highway site (CA-BUT-288) in Butte County, CA. This site
was first recorded by Dorothy Hill and Keith Johnson in 1966. From 1971
to 1974, it was excavated by a CSU Chico field class supervised by
Professor Makato Kowta. The 7,513 associated funerary objects are 13
organics, 3,165 lots consisting of debitage, 948 modified stones, 150
projectile points, 332 unmodified shells, 32 modified shells, 145 ash
samples, 246 charcoal samples, 35 soil samples, 386 faunal remains, 97
modified faunal remains, 157 clay samples, and 1,807 pieces of modified
clay.
Accession 79
Human remains representing, at minimum, eight individuals were
removed from Butte County, CA. In 1974, after four burials were exposed
by land levelling operations, these human remains were collected from
The Carmen Ranch Site by John Furry, who was likely a student at CSU
Chico. The collection has been at CSU Chico since that time. The 18
associated funerary objects are one bone awl, one stone core, 10
modified stones, five unmodified animal bones, and one antler wedge.
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 89 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 16,331 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 Mechoopda Indian Tribe of
Chico Rancheria, 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 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 31, 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 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13816 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
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