Notice2023-23286
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 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 Yuba County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72781-72782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23286]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036764; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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), California State University, Sacramento 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 Yuba 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b0f03121804052b08181e18450e0f1e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="64000c1d170b0a24071711174a010011">[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, Sacramento. 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 California State University, Sacramento.
Description
In the 1970s, human remains representing, at minimum, seven
individuals were removed from CA-YUB-27 in Yuba County, CA, by a Yuba
College field class. The collection was transferred to California State
University, Sacramento in 1993. The age of the site is not known. The
12 associated funerary objects are the following individual lots:
flaked stones; groundstones; modified stones; thermally-altered rocks;
unmodified stones; modified shells; modified bones; faunal remains;
baked clay objects; floral remain; historic materials; and uncatalogued
materials.
In 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from CA-YUB-751 in Yuba County, CA, by a Yuba College
field class. The collection was transferred to California State
University, Sacramento in 1993. The age of the site is not known. The
11 associated funerary objects are the following individual lots:
flaked stones; groundstones; modified stones; thermally-altered rocks;
unmodified stones; modified shells; modified bones; faunal remains;
floral remains; historic materials; and uncatalogued materials.
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, archeological, folkloric, geographical,
historical, kinship, linguistic, 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, California State University, Sacramento has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 23 lots of 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 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
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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. 2023-23286 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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