Notice2023-19962
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
September 15, 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 (UCR) 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 Riverside in Riverside County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63609-63610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19962]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036559; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, 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 University of California, Riverside
(UCR) 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
Riverside in Riverside County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 16, 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#d4b9b1b3b5bafab9a1a6a4bcad94a1b7a6fab1b0a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="620f0705030c4c0f1710120a1b221701104c070617">[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 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.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Riverside, CA. In 1980, members of the UCR Archaeological Research
Unit and the Archaeological Resource Management Corporation conducted
excavations ahead of the construction of a flood channel in the La
Quinta area of the Central Coachella Valley. The sites excavated
included CA-RIV-1180, CA-RIV-119, CA-RIV-158, CA-RIV-1174, CA-RIV-1770,
and CA-RIV-1838. CA-RIV-1180, or the La Quinta Cove Site, is an area
well-known to contain ancestral Cahuilla cremation burials. The
collections associated with the excavations were subsequently curated
by the UCR Archaeological Curation Unit. In 2021, during analysis of
the faunal skeletal remains in the collections, human remains were
identified. Subsequent consultation with tribal representatives from
multiple Cahuilla Bands resulted in the identification of funerary
objects within the same collection. The 10 associated funerary objects
are one lot consisting of ceramics, one lot consisting of lithics, one
lot consisting of metal, one lot consisting of shell beads, one lot
consisting of animal bones, one lot consisting of botanical material,
one lot consisting of fire-altered rock, one lot consisting of
geological materials, one lot consisting of unmodified shells, and one
lot consisting of mineralogical objects.
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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, biological, geographical,
historical, oral traditional, and expert tribal opinion.
Determinations
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 described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10 lots of 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 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 October 16, 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 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: September 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19962 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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