Notice2023-23281
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA, and California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, 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 California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), with the assistance of California State University, Sacramento, has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between an associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary object was removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72780-72781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23281]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036757; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA, and California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, 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 Department of Transportation
(Caltrans), with the assistance of California State University,
Sacramento, has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between an
associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The associated funerary object was
removed from Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice
may occur on or after November 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Lisa Bright, California Department of Transportation, 703 B
Street, Marysville, CA 95901, telephone (530) 812-4569, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e72574d5f107c4c5759564a7e5a514a105d5f10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cc80a5bfade28ebea5aba4b88ca8a3b8e2afade2aba3ba">[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
Caltrans. 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 Caltrans.
Description
Between 1959 and 1997, several different excavations were carried
out at CA-SAC-166 in Sacramento County, CA, and were detailed in a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
April 22, 2021. After repatriation of the published collection
occurred, an additional associated funerary object was discovered. The
one associated funerary object is a groundstone.
Cultural Affiliation
The associated funerary object in this notice is 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, geographical, historical, linguistical,
oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations Caltrans has determined that:
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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 associated funerary object described
in this notice and the Buena Vista 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.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary object
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 associated funerary object in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after November 22, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, Caltrans must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the associated funerary object are considered a single
request and not competing requests. Caltrans 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. 2023-23281 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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