Notice2023-20191
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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, Berkeley intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Sutter County, Yuba County, and western Placer County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64460-64461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20191]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036586; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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, Berkeley
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
The cultural items were removed from Sutter County, Yuba County, and
western Placer County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after October 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, Government and
Community Relations (Chancellor's Office), University of California,
Berkeley. 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 570-
0964, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#167877716664773b637574567473647d737a736f38737263"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2dcd3d5c2c0d39fc7d1d0f2d0d7c0d9d7ded7cb9cd7d6c7">[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, 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 summary or related records held by
the University of California, Berkeley.
Description
During the period from 1864 through 1957, 13 objects of cultural
patrimony were removed from multiple identified sites in western Placer
County, CA--CA-Pla-14, CA-Pla-17, CA-Pla-39, CA-Pla-4, and CA-Pla-414--
and nine unknown locations in that county. Through 12 separate
accessions, these objects were donated to the Lowie Museum (Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology) at the University of California,
Berkeley, by Darius Ogden Mills, Ellinor C. Davidson, Elmer J. Dawson,
Franklin Fenenga, Robert Fleming Heizer, John Campbell Merriam, L. M.
Layton, Loring J. Barker, Mrs. J. C. Hawver, the National Park Service,
and Ralph L. Beals, as well as through the University of California
Archaeological Survey, University appropriation, and other University
collections. The 13 objects of cultural patrimony are one lot
consisting of beads, one lot consisting of cartridges, one lot
consisting of ceramics and glass, one lot consisting of clothing and
textile components, one lot consisting of faunal remains, one lot
consisting of floral remains, one lot consisting of metal, one lot
consisting of nails, one lot consisting of ornaments, one lot
consisting of plastic fragments, one lot consisting of shells, one lot
consisting of worked faunal bones, and one lot consisting of worked and
unworked stone.
During the period from sometime before 1881 through 1949, four
objects of cultural patrimony were removed from multiple identified
sites in Sutter County, CA--CA-Sut-10, CA-Sut-16, CA-Sut-5--and six
unknown locations in that county. Through seven separate accessions,
these objects were donated to the Lowie Museum by A. J. Blakeley,
Clement W. Meighan, J. J. Coats, Jeremiah B. Lillard, and the
Sacramento County Board of Education, as well as through the California
Archaeological Survey, other University Collections, and University
appropriation. The four lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one
lot consisting of beads, one lot consisting of charmstones, one lot
consisting of worked faunal bones, and one lot consisting of worked
stone.
During the period 1860 through 1966, four objects of cultural
patrimony were removed from multiple identified sites in Yuba County,
CA--CA-Yub-10, CA-Yub-11, CA-Yub-12, CA-Yub-8, CA-Yub-9--and six
unknown locations in that county. Through 12 separate accessions, these
objects were donated to the Lowie Museum by Aileen W. Foulk, Bill
Sundahl, Raymond Whiteley, C. M. Goethe, Geoffrey B. Bodman, Jeremiah
B. Lillard, the Sacramento County Board of Education, John Campbell
Merriam, and Stuart C. Way, as well as through University appropriation
and other University collections. The four objects of cultural
patrimony are one lot consisting of beads, one lot consisting of
ornaments and pendants, one lot consisting of worked faunal bones, and
one lot consisting of worked and unworked stone.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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, linguistic,
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 University of California, Berkeley has determined
that:
<bullet> The 21 lots of cultural items described above have 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 items 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.
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Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after October 19, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California, Berkeley 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 University of
California, Berkeley 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: September 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-20191 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
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