Notice2023-23282
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: 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), California State University, Sacramento has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on March 2, 2023. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72790-72791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23282]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036758; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: California State
University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Sacramento has
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal
Register on March 2, 2023. This notice amends the number of associated
funerary objects in a collection removed from Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and
Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento,
6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone (916) 278-6504, email
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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, Sacramento. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the amendments and determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records held by California State University, Sacramento.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
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Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 13147-13148, March
2, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory
Completion has not occurred. Three additional associated funerary
objects from one of the sites listed in that notice, CA-SAC-127, were
identified in another collection that was donated to the University by
the estate of Charles McKee.
From CA-SAC-127 in Sacramento County, CA, the 24,853 associated
funerary objects (previously identified as 24,850 associated funerary
objects) include baked clay; faunal and floral remains; flaked and
ground stones; historic materials; modified shells, bones, stone, and
wood; non-cultural items; soil samples; ash; charcoal; pigment;
unidentified materials; unmodified stones; and thermally altered rocks.
Of this number, 136 objects are currently missing from the collection.
California State University, Sacramento continues to look for these 136
missing objects.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, California State University, Sacramento has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of 379
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 25,176 objects described in this amended 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 and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 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, California State
University, Sacramento 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. California State University, Sacramento 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,
10.13, and 10.14.
Dated: October 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23282 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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