Notice2023-18139
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
August 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2003. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects and the cultural affiliation in a collection removed from Riverside County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 57475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18139]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036441; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of
California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside has
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal
Register on May 2, 2003. This notice amends the number of associated
funerary objects and the cultural affiliation in a collection removed
from Riverside County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b161e1c1a1555160e090b13023b0e1809551e1f0e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45282022242b6b283037352d3c053026376b202130">[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
University of California, Riverside. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the amendments and determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records held by the University of California, Riverside.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (68 FR 23495, May 2,
2003). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory
Completion has not occurred. This amendment is being made to reflect a
change in cultural affiliation and the identification of newly
discovered associated funerary objects for the archeological collection
CA-RIV-102 (accession 58).
The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California have been newly
identified as being culturally affiliated with CA-RIV-102. Also,
objects have been newly identified as associated funerary objects
(previously, no associated funerary objects were identified). The 6,600
associated funerary objects are 4,003 animal bones, one ceramic sherd,
two pieces of clay, 16 pieces of charcoal, one seed pod bead, five
seeds, one glass object, 14 fire-affected rocks, 1,201 pieces of lithic
materials, 43 flaked stone tools, 87 ground stone tools, 44 crystals,
one piece of ochre, six battered stones, two stone beads, 1,151
unmodified lithic pieces, five shell beads, 12 unmodified shells, and
five metates.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of California, Riverside has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 6,600 objects described in this amended 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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla
Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine
Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians
(Previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California);
Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno
Indians, California; Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California;
Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla
Indians, California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California; and
the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, 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 22, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California, Riverside 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 University of California, Riverside 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,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18139 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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