Notice2023-19601
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
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Published
September 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Sutter County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62592-62593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19601]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036527; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: David A.
Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State
University, Rohnert Park, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the David A. Fredrickson Archaeological
Collections Facility at Sonoma State University intends to repatriate a
certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of
cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural
item was removed from Sutter County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after October 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections
Facility at Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Building
29, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8eedeffcefeae7e0ebcefde1e0e1e3efa0ebeafb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8deeecffece9e4e3e8cdfee2e3e2e0eca3e8e9f8">[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
David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma
State University. 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 summary or related records held by the David A.
Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State
University.
Description
One cultural item (Accession Number 91-29) was removed from
archeological site CA-SUT-17 in Sutter County, CA, in 1991. The object
of cultural patrimony is one lot consisting of flaked stone tools and
debitage; faunal bone tools; groundstone objects; shell beads; and
unmodified faunal bones and shells.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural item in this notice is 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, geographical, historical, and expert opinion in the form
of Tribal Traditional Knowledge.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections
Facility at Sonoma State University has determined that:
<bullet> The one cultural item described above has ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the United Auburn
Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after October 12, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the David A. Fredrickson Archaeological
Collections Facility at Sonoma State University must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The David A. Fredrickson Archaeological
Collections Facility at Sonoma State University 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 10.8, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: August 30, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19601 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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