Notice2023-23279
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Published
October 23, 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) 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 Amador County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72778-72779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23279]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036756; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis,
Davis, 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) 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 Amador
County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 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#e38e8d8c818f86a396808782958a90cd868796"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="422f2c2d202e270237212623342b316c272637">[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. 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.
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Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 39 individuals were removed
from Amador County, CA. Jerald Johnson, a graduate student at the
Department of Anthropology directed a salvage excavation at CA-AMA-56
in 1965. There are 1,822 associated funerary objects. Of that number,
1,657 funerary objects have been located and 165 objects are currently
missing. UC Davis continues to look for the missing associated funerary
objects. The 1,657 located associated funerary objects are 122 lots
consisting of worked shell (including Olivella and haliotis beads,
pendants, ornaments, and other worked shell); 141 lots consisting of
worked bone (including beads, awls/needles/pins, tubes, incised bone,
and other worked bone); 34 lots consisting of worked stone (including
pendants, beads, a charmstone, a steatite bowl fragment, and other
worked stone); 33 lots consisting of projectile points; 677 lots
consisting of chipped stone (including bifaces, blades, cores, drills,
knives, and debitage); three lots consisting of worked horn; 40 lots
consisting of groundstones; 16 lots consisting of quartz crystals; 74
lots consisting of ochre; two lots consisting of ash; five lots
consisting of charcoal; seven lots consisting of baked clay; 17 lots
consisting of historic items; 240 lots consisting of unmodified animal
bones; 126 lots consisting of unmodified shells; three lots consisting
of hull fragments; and 117 lots consisting of unmodified stones
(including fire-affected rock). The 165 currently missing associated
funerary objects are 73 lots consisting of worked shell (including
Olivella shell beads and other worked shell); two lots consisting of
worked stone; one bone pin; one miscellaneous worked bone; 46 lots
consisting of projectile points; 30 lots consisting of chipped stone
(including bifaces, knives, and debitage); two lots consisting of
groundstones; one lot consisting of ochre; one lot consisting of
miscellaneous minerals; three lots consisting of unmodified animal
bones; three lots consisting of unmodified shells; one lot consisting
of ``associated material''; and one lot consisting of miscellaneous
unknown/missing material.
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, archaeological, 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 has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 39 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 1,822 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona
Tract), California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, 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 November 22, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis 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 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 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: October 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23279 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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