Notice2023-17130
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA
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Published
August 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) with the assistance of the Fowler Museum at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and 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 Los Angeles County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54350-54351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17130]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036324; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at University of
California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, 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 Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) with the assistance of the Fowler Museum at University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and 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 Los Angeles County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Emily Castano, California Department of Transportation, P.O.
Box 942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271-0001, telephone (916) 956-0098,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abcec6c2c7d285c8cad8dfcac5c4ebcfc4df85c8ca85ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8de8e0e4e1f4a3eeecfef9ece3e2cde9e2f9a3eeeca3eae2fb">[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
Caltrans. 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 Caltrans.
Description
In 1997, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from site CA-LAN-2233 in Los Angeles County, CA. Caltrans
initiated an emergency effort to recover burials located in the path of
a construction project to improve State Route 126. Following the
recovery, human remains and one associated funerary object were sent to
the University of California, Riverside (UCR) radiocarbon dating lab
for dating. In August of 2021, UCR sent the human remains and the
associated funerary object listed in this notice to the Fowler Museum
at UCLA. The one associated funerary object is an elk antler.
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,
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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,
geographical, historical, oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Caltrans has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object 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 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 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 September 11, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, Caltrans 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. Caltrans 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: August 2, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-17130 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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