Notice2023-14378
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
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Published
July 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University Chico (CSU Chico) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and 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 Butte, Glenn, and Tehama Counties, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43391-43393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14378]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036071; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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), California State University Chico (CSU
Chico) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and 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 Butte, Glenn, and Tehama Counties, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after August 7, 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#9afee8ffedf5f6f3f4e9f1f3daf9e9eff9f2f3f9f5b4fffeef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e682948391898a8f88958d8fa6859593858e8f8589c8838293">[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 summary or related records held by CSU Chico.
Description
Accession 5
The 216 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from Butte
County, CA. The cultural items were accumulated by Clarence N. Jackson,
who collected items in Alaska, Nebraska, the Ozarks, Butte County,
California, and San Mateo County, California. These cultural items were
donated to the Chico State Anthropology Department in October of 1960.
The 216 objects of cultural patrimony are one lot consisting of
debitage, one modified faunal element, 58 modified stones, and 156
projectile points.
Accession 14
The six unassociated funerary objects were removed from site CA-
BUT-167 in
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Butte County, CA. This site consists of a partially destroyed mound on
private land that contains human remains. It was recorded by Dorothy
Hill on October 25,1963. The cultural items were donated to the Chico
State Anthropology Department on November 18, 1965. The six
unassociated funerary objects are four modified stones and two lots
consisting of debitage.
Accession 20
The 19 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from site CA-BUT-
402 in Butte County, CA. This site was recorded on June 22, 1962, by
Dorothy Hill, who was affiliated with the Chico State Anthropology
Department. Hill collected items from the surface of the site and
donated them to the Chico State Anthropology Department in 1965. The 19
objects of cultural patrimony are two lots consisting of debitage, 10
modified stones, two oversized stone tools, three projectile points,
and two modified shells.
Accession 28
The 13 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from a location
near the town of Paradise, in Butte County, CA. The cultural items were
collected by H.M. Doerchuck and donated to the Chico State Anthropology
Department in 1967. The 13 objects of cultural patrimony are modified
stones.
Accession 56
The 60 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from Tehama
County, CA. These items were collected on March 20, 1972, and March 27,
1972, during a survey of Panther Springs by a Chico State Anthropology
class led by Professor Makato Kowta. The 60 objects of cultural
patrimony are 27 lots consisting of debitage, one unmodified faunal
element, 27 modified stones, one oversized stone tool, and four
projectile points.
Accession 66
The 105 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from site CA-
GLE-018 in Glenn County, CA. This site was excavated by a Chico State
Anthropology class led by Professor Keith Johnson in the summer of
1973. The 105 objects of cultural patrimony are 30 beads, 25 lots
consisting of debitage, 11 unmodified faunal elements, two modified
faunal elements, 15 modified stones, 11 organics, and 11 unmodified
shells.
Accession 89
The 32 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from site CA-BUT-
116 in Butte County, CA. This site was recorded by Fritz A. Riddell on
March 12, 1961. In 1975, cultural items were removed from the site by
Richard Markley, who was affiliated with the Chico State Anthropology
Department. The 32 objects of cultural patrimony are one charcoal
sample, seven lots consisting of debitage, five modified stones, one
organic, five projectile points, and 13 soil samples.
Accession 90
The 16 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from site CA-BUT-
117 in Butte County, CA. This site was recorded by Fritz A. Riddell on
March 12, 1961. In 1975, cultural items were removed from the site by
Richard Markley. The 16 objects of cultural patrimony are three
projectile points, five lots of debitage, one unmodified faunal
element, and seven lots of soil.
Accession 91
The 25 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from site CA-BUT-
118 in Butte County, CA. This site was recorded by Fritz A. Riddell on
March 12, 1961. In 1975, cultural items were removed from the site by
Richard Markley. The 25 objects of cultural patrimony are 18 lots
consisting of debitage, four modified stones, two projectile points,
and one lot of charcoal.
Accession 154
The 17 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from sites, CA-
BUT-634, CA-BUT-636 and CA-BUT-639 in Butte County, CA. All three sites
were found during the Woodworth Survey. CA-BUT-634 and CA-BUT-636 were
recorded by Donald Storm and R. Meeks on May 1, 1978, and CA-BUT-639
was recorded by Donald Storm, R. Meeks, and E. Royat on May 7, 1978.
Donald Storm removed several cultural items from the three sites and
donated them to the Chico State Anthropology Department on November 3,
1978. The 17 objects of cultural patrimony are nine lots consisting of
debitage and eight modified stones.
Accession 162
The 428 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from site CA-
BUT-619 in Butte County, CA. This site was recorded by Eric W. Ritter
on July 7, 1977. Ritter collected items from the surface of the site
and donated the collection to the Chico State Anthropology Department
in 1978 or 1979. The 428 objects of cultural patrimony are 413 lots
consisting of debitage, one unmodified faunal element, 13 modified
stones, and one oversized stone tool.
Accession 385
The 13,032 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from the Big
Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER) in Butte County, CA. The BCCER
is owned by Chico State. Between 2001 and 2010, Drs. Frank Bayham and
Antoinette Martinez of the Chico State Anthropology Department led
classes at several archeological sites within the BCCER. In 2005, as
part of a cooperative agreement with the Mechoopda Tribe of Chico, Dr.
Martinez conducted a test excavation at BCCER-02 with a class. The
13,032 objects of cultural patrimony are 145 charcoal samples, 9,903
lots consisting of debitage, 1,113 unmodified faunal elements, 1,112
modified faunal elements, 505 modified stones, 167 organics, four
fragments of petrified wood, 30 projectile points, 23 unmodified shell
fragments, and 30 soil samples.
Accession 419
The 99 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from the Big
Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER) in Butte County, CA. The BCCER
is owned by Chico State. Between 2001 and 2010, Drs. Frank Bayham and
Antoinette Martinez of the Chico State Anthropology Department led
classes at several archeological sites within the BCCER. The 99 objects
of cultural patrimony are 28 charcoal samples, 23 lots consisting of
debitage, 17 unmodified faunal elements, 12 modified clay fragments,
three modified stones, eight organics, two fragments of petrified wood,
one projectile point, and five soil samples.
Accession 429
The 147 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from Butte,
Glenn, and Tehama Counties, CA. Accession 429 consists of cultural
items accumulated by private collector Dale Ritter, who collected
throughout northern California. In 2019, these cultural items were
donated to the Chico State Anthropology Department by Dale's son, Eric
Ritter. The 147 objects of cultural patrimony are 146 modified stones
and one lot consisting of debitage.
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. (We also note here that the Konkow
Valley Band of Maidu, a non-federally recognized Indian group,
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considers portions of Butte County to be their aboriginal territory.)
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 six cultural items described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> The 14,209 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 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
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 August 7, 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 cultural items 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: June 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14378 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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