Notice2023-21393
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
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Published
September 29, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Chico (CSU Chico) 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 Butte, Glenn, and Tehama Counties, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67357-67358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21393]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036678; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State
University, Chico, Chico, 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 California State University, Chico (CSU
Chico) 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 Butte, Glenn, and
Tehama Counties, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after October 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dawn Rewolinski, California State University, Chico, 400 W
1st Street, Chico, CA 95929, telephone (530) 898-3090, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d495f485a424144435e46446d4e5e584e45444e4203484958"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d9bdabbcaeb6b5b0b7aab2b099baaaacbab1b0bab6f7bcbdac">[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, Chico. 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
California State University, Chico.
Description
Accession 385
Seven cultural items were removed from the Big Chico Creek
Ecological Reserve (BCCER) in Butte County, CA. BCCER is owned by CSU
Chico.
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Between 2001 and 2010, Drs. Frank Bayham and Antoinette Martinez of the
CSU, Chico Anthropology Department led classes at several archeological
sites at BCCER. In 2005, Dr. Martinez conducted test excavations with a
class at BCCER-02, as part of a cooperative agreement with the
Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California. The seven
objects of cultural patrimony are seven oversized stone tools.
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: anthropological,
archeological, historical, and expert opinion obtained through Tribal
consultation.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, California State University, Chico has determined that:
<bullet> The seven 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 Berry Creek
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu
Indians of California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria,
California; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; and the
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 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 30, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, California State University, Chico 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. California State University,
Chico 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: September 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21393 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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