Notice2023-23542
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: California State University, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
October 25, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Los Angeles has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on July 21, 2023. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Mariposa County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23542]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036828; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: California State
University, Los Angeles, 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, Los Angeles has
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal
Register on July 21, 2023. This notice amends the number of associated
funerary objects in a collection removed from Mariposa County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Michele Bleuze, California State University, 5151 State
University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, telephone (323) 343-2440,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1578777970606f7055767479666174617079743b707160"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92fff0fef7e7e8f7d2f1f3fee1e6f3e6f7fef3bcf7f6e7">[email protected]</span></a> and Amira Ainis, California State
University, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032,
telephone (323) 343-2449, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f392929a9d9a80c1b390929f80879287969f92dd969786"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4928282027203a7b092a28253a3d283d2c2528672c2d3c">[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 the
California State University, Los Angeles. 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, Los Angeles.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 47164-47165, July
21, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of
associated funerary objects as listed in the original notice. Upon the
rehousing of ancestors at the request of the Tribes, additional
associated funerary objects were discovered.
From the Hackney Site (CA-MRP-283), in Mariposa County, CA, the 45
associated funerary objects (no associated funerary objects were
previously listed) include nine lots consisting of flaked stone tools,
nine lots consisting of lithic chipping debris/debitage, nine lots
consisting of ground stone artifacts, six lots consisting of stone
ornaments, three lots consisting of worked clay objects, two lots
consisting of glass trade beads, two lots consisting of soil samples,
one lot consisting of bone tools, one lot consisting of shell beads,
one lot consisting of charcoal, one lot consisting of organic (plant)
materials, and one lot consisting of faunal and unidentified bone
fragments.
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, Los Angeles has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 45 associated funerary 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 described in this notice and the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of
California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California;
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and
the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
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 24, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, California State
University, Los Angeles 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, Los Angeles 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, Sec.
10.10, Sec. 10.13, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23542 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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