Notice2023-17131
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, and California State University, Chico, Chico, 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 Parks and Recreation and California State University, Chico have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have 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 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54349-54350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17131]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036325; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks
and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, and 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 Department of Parks and
Recreation and California State University, Chico have completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have
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 September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Leslie Hartzell, Cultural Resources Division at California
State Parks 715 P Street, Suite 13, Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone
(415) 831-2700, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#620e07110e0b074c0a03101618070e0e2212031009114c01034c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="660a03150a0f03480e0714121c030a0a261607140d1548050748010910">[email protected]</span></a> and 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#fd998f988a929194938e9694bd9e8e889e95949e92d3989988"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdd9cfd8cad2d1d4d3ced6d4fddecec8ded5d4ded293d8d9c8">[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 the
California Department of Parks and Recreation and California State
University, 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 the California
Department of Parks and Recreation and California State University,
Chico.
Description
CA-BUT-3820/H
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Butte County, CA. In the spring of 1976, Bidwell Adobe
(CA-BUT-3820/H) was excavated by M. Kowta and other archeologists
affiliated with California State University, Chico. This site is part
of the Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park and under the legal control
of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The human
remains, funerary objects, and other items from this excavation are in
the custody of California State University, Chico. The 3,822 associated
funerary objects are 285 organics, 81 lots consisting of debitage, 15
modified stone fragments, two lots of projectile points, two shell
fragments, 1,281 samples of charcoal, one sample of soil, 2,055 faunal
elements, 72 modified faunal elements, 20 pieces of clay, three
modified fragments of clay, one lot of basalt flakes, one lot of cobble
core-tools, one lot of flakes, one lot of beads, and one lot of
pestles.
In 1987, Bidwell Adobe (CA-BUT-3820/H) was excavated by Keith
Johnson and other archeologists affiliated with California State
University, Chico under agreement with the California Department of
Parks and
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Recreation. This site is part of the Bidwell Mansion State Historic
Park and under the legal control of California Department of Parks and
Recreation. The funerary objects and other items from this excavation
are in the custody of the California Department of Parks and
Recreation. The five associated funerary objects are one lot of basalt
flakes, one lot of flake scrapers, one lot of glass beads, one lot of
hammerstone, and one lot of projectiles. There were no human remains
recorded.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Butte County, CA. In 1990, Bidwell Adobe (CA-BUT-3820/H) was
excavated by Keith Johnson and other archeologists affiliated with
California State University, Chico under agreement with the California
Department of Parks and Recreation. This site is part of the Bidwell
Mansion State Historic Park and under the legal control of the
California Department of Parks and Recreation. The funerary objects and
other items from this excavation are in the custody of the California
Department of Parks and Recreation. The three associated funerary
objects are one lot of basalt flakes, one lot of obsidian flakes, and
one lot of projectile points.
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, the California Department of Parks and Recreation and
California State University, Chico have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 3,830 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.
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, the California
Department of Parks and Recreation and California State University,
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. The California Department of Parks and Recreation
and California State University, 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: August 2, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-17131 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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