Notice2023-15518
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
July 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Los Angeles has completed an inventory of human remains (hereafter referred to as "ancestors") in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the ancestors and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The ancestors were removed from Mariposa County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47164-47165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15518]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036218; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Los
Angeles, 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, Los Angeles has
completed an inventory of human remains (hereafter referred to as
``ancestors'') in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the ancestors and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The ancestors were removed from
Mariposa County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the ancestors in this notice will occur on or
after August 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Michele Bleuze, California State University, 5151 State
University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, telephone (323) 343-2440,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2548474940505f4065464449565144514049440b404150"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8c5cac4cdddd2cde8cbc9c4dbdcc9dccdc4c986cdccdd">[email protected]</span></a> and Amira Ainis, California State
University, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032,
telephone (323) 343-2449, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9afbfbf3f4f3e9a8daf9fbf6e9eefbeefff6fbb4fffeef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f594949c9b9c86c7b596949986819481909994db909180">[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, Los Angeles. 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
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by California State University, Los Angeles.
Description
A minimum of two ancestors were removed from two burials during
excavation at the Hackney Site (CA-MRP-283), in Mariposa County, CA. At
the time of the excavation, Mr. Ray Hackney was the landowner of the
property. The excavation was carried out by California State
University, Fresno and California State University, Los Angeles in
1972. That same year, Fred M. Reinman, a faculty member in the
Department of Anthropology at California State University, likely
brought the collection to California State University, Los Angeles.
Burial I was found tightly flexed and partially disturbed, and the
decedent is estimated to be a young male (~25 years of age) with an
estimated stature of 168 cm. Burial II was highly fragmentary, and the
decedent is estimated to be six years old. The above information was
reported by F. K. Mulligan and D. E. Sanburg, Jr., in 1972. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The ancestors 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: geographical, archeological,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, California State University, Los Angeles has determined
that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the ancestors described in
this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American ancestors described in this notice and the Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono
Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of
California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the ancestors in this notice
must be sent to the Responsible Officials 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
Nashville Enterprise Miwok-Maidu-Nishinam Tribe; Northern Valley
Yokuts; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; and the Wuksache Indian Tribe/
Eshom Valley Band, non-federally recognized Indian groups.
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 ancestors in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after August 21, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, California State University, Los Angeles
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the ancestors are considered a
single request and not competing requests. California State University,
Los Angeles 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: July 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15518 Filed 7-20-23; 8:45 am]
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