Notice2023-26618
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
December 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum (LACNHM) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains were removed from Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84352-84353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26618]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037013; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Angeles County Natural
History Museum, Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles County Natural History
Museum (LACNHM) has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains were
removed from Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Amy E. Gusick, NAGPRA Officer, Los Angeles County Museum of
Natural History, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007,
telephone (213) 763-3370, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53323426203a3038133d3b3e7d3c2134"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82e3e5f7f1ebe1e9c2eceaefacedf0e5">[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
LACNHM. 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 the LACNHM.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at a minimum, one
individual were removed from Laguna Beach in Orange County, CA, and at
an unknown date, they were transferred to the Laboratory of
Anthropology of the Hancock Foundation, a now disbanded museum once
part of the University of Southern California (U.S.C.). In 1966, these
human remains were donated to LACNHM. The human remains (L.2397.66-1)
consist of a mandible belonging to an adult of indeterminate sex. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at a minimum, two individuals were
removed from Long Beach in Los Angeles County, CA. In 1953, U.S.C. and
California State University, Long
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Beach conducted a salvage excavation at LAN-270, a site located in the
Los Altos neighborhood of Long Beach, under the direction of Dr.
William J. Wallace. The human remains excavated by Wallace at Los Altos
were transferred to the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Hancock
Foundation, and in 1966, they were donated to LACNHM. These human
remains consist of eight human vertebrae and two human carpals
(L.2397.66-4) belonging of one individual and an almost complete
skeleton (L.2397.66-12) belonging to an adult female. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological, archeological, biological, historical,
and oral traditional.
The Acjachemen Nation, Gabrieleno Tribes and Tongva Tribes
(``People of the Earth'') have strong cultural ties to Laguna Beach and
Long Beach coastlines. The site of Puvungna, located on the California
State University, Long Beach campus, is sacred to the Gabrieleno,
Tongva, and Acjachemen for its association with their Creation account
and Tribal history, and annual pilgrimages there by Gabrieleno, Tongva,
and Acjachemen continue today. The Luise[ntilde]o people, which include
the Pechanga Band of Indians, share cultural practices and beliefs with
the Gabrieleno, Tongva, and Acjachemen, and are linguistically related.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the LACNHM determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously listed as Pechanga Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California).
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after January 4, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the LACNHM must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The LACNHM is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribe 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: November 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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