Notice2023-18508
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
August 28, 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 Clark County, NV.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58605-58606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18508]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036471; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Los
Angeles, 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
Clark County, NV.
DATES: Repatriation of the ancestors in this notice will occur on or
after September 27, 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#e588878980909f80a586848996918491808984cb808190"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="08656a646d7d726d486b69647b7c697c6d6469266d6c7d">[email protected]</span></a>; 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#6504040c0b0c165725060409161104110009044b000110"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e08181898e8993d2a083818c93948194858c81ce858495">[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
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in the inventory or related records held by California State
University, Los Angeles.
Description
A minimum of two ancestors were removed from Clark County, NV.
Sometime in the mid-1970s (the exact date is unclear), California State
University, Los Angeles conducted excavations at the CK2003 Mill Point
#1 site, also referred to as the Fremont Point site. The descriptions
of the two burials are based on a 1994 osteological report from Judy M.
Suchey of the Department of Anthropology at California State
University, Fullerton and a 2005 NAGPRA inventory, likely completed by
Patricia Martz of the Department of Anthropology at California State
University, Los Angeles. Burial 1 is a nearly complete burial of an
estimated female over 30 years of age who was between 4' 11'' and 5'
2'' in stature. Marked vertebral lipping and heavy dental attrition and
alveolar resorption were noted. Burial 2 is a nearly complete burial of
an estimated female over 30 years of age who was between 5' 4'' and 5'
7'' in stature. Heavy vertebral lipping on the lower thoracic and
lumbar vertebrae and minimal dental attrition on the maxillary teeth
were noted. None of the current faculty at California State University,
Los Angeles has conducted any analyses on these ancestors. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on documentation in the Department of Anthropology,
California State University, Los Angeles, officials at California State
University, Fullerton determined that the CK2003 Mill Point #1 site
dates to A.D. 530-1070. A site report from 1979 by R.F. Perkins
indicates a radiocarbon-14 date of A.D. 680.
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,
expert opinion, and other information.
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 Colorado River
Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and
California; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon; Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the
Fort Independence Reservation, California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of
Arizona, California & Nevada; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the
Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians
of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of
the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; and the Paiute Indian Tribe
of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band
of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of
Paiutes).
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 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 ancestors in this notice to a requestor will
occur on or after September 27, 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: August 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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