Notice2023-20189
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, and University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Published
September 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) 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 Solano County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64456-64457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20189]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036573; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis,
Davis, CA, and University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 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, Davis (UC
Davis) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) 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 Solano County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752-8501, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7dad9d8d5dbd2f7c2d4d3d6c1dec499d2d3c2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e4898a8b868881a491878085928d97ca818091">[email protected]</span></a> and Alex Lucas,
University of California, Berkeley, Office of Government and Community
Relations, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510)
570-0964, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d131c1a0d0f1c50081e1f3d1f180f161811180453181908"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7816191f080a19550d1b1a381a1d0a131d141d01561d1c0d">[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 UC
Davis and UC Berkeley. 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 UC Davis and
UC Berkeley.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 107 individuals were
removed from Solano County, CA. In 1965, CA-SOL-11 (UC Davis Accession
16) was excavated by Walt Brown and Jay Ruby as a part of two UC Davis
Field Schools. The 3,263 associated funerary objects are comprised of
3,219 objects that can be located in the collections and 44 objects
that cannot be located at this time. The 3,219 locatable associated
funerary objects are 50 lots consisting of worked shells (including
beads and pendants); 27 lots consisting of worked bones (awls,
pendants, and other worked bones); 19 lots consisting of worked stone
(pendants, beads, and other worked stone); 25 projectile points; 167
lots consisting of groundstones; 1,602 lots consisting of stone
debitage; 128 lots consisting of chipped stones (bifaces, scrapers,
cores, and flake tools); 17 lots consisting of fired clay/ceramics; 643
lots consisting of unmodified animal bones; 446 lots consisting of
unmodified shells; 25 lots consisting of charcoal; four lots consisting
of plant materials (seeds, nuts, acorn caps); 18 lots consisting of
ochre; 26 lots consisting of ash; two lots consisting of miscellaneous
minerals; and 20 lots consisting of unmodified stones. The 44 currently
missing associated funerary objects are one lot consisting of worked
shells; two lots consisting of worked bones; two projectile points; two
lots consisting of groundstones; 11 lots consisting of stone debitage;
seven lots consisting of chipped stones; two lots consisting of
miscellaneous pieces of fired clay; six lots consisting of unmodified
animal bones; one lot consisting of unmodified shells; two lots
consisting of charcoal; one lot consisting of unmodified stones; and
seven lots consisting of unknown materials.
During May-June of 1946, University of California, Berkeley student
William Clifford Massey removed three associated funerary objects from
CA-SOL-11, which were subsequently appropriated by the University and
accessioned into the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
collection. The three associated funerary objects are a stone point,
one lot of stone flakes, and one lot of shells.
On October 1, 1949, as part of the California Archaeological
Survey, University of California, Berkeley student Arnold R. Pilling
removed three associated funerary items from CA-SOL-11, which were
subsequently appropriated by the University and accessioned into the
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. The three associated funerary
objects are a scraper, a blade, and a mortar.
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, linguistic, and oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, UC Davis and UC Berkeley have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 107 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 3,269 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
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traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice and the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of
the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California;
Kletsel Dehe Wintun of the Cortina Rancheria (Previously listed as
Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation,
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 19, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis and UC
Berkeley 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. UC Davis and UC Berkeley are 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: September 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-20189 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
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