Notice2023-28179
Notice of Inventory Completion: Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
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Published
December 22, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Antelope Valley College (AVC) 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, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88649-88650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28179]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037124; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Antelope Valley College,
Lancaster, 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), Antelope Valley College (AVC) 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, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Darcy L. Wiewall, Antelope Valley College (AVC) 3041 W
Ave. K, Lancaster, CA 93536, telephone (661) 722-6300 Ext. 6902, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5d1d4c7d6cc9bc2dcd0c2d4d9d9f5d4c3d69bd0d1c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e7a7f6c7d673069777b697f72725e7f687d307b7a6b">[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 AVC.
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 AVC.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 13 individuals were removed
from Yuba, CA. These human remains and associated funerary objects came
into AVC's possession in 2019. The human remains were excavated in 1966
by Ernest D. Wetstein (Yuba College Science Division) and directed by
Roger Robinson (Sacramento State) with volunteer crews from Yuba
College and local high schools at CA-YUB-164 (aka Yuba 58-1). Roger
Robinson brought the collection to Antelope Valley College in 1968 and
subsequently transferred it to his personal residence in 2007. In 2019,
Antelope Valley College took possession of the collection. In July
2021, California State University, Sacramento Archaeological Curation
Facility, transferred four Lindhurst Site (CA-YUB-164) items to be
reunited with the rest of the collection in AVC's possession. The five
lots of associated funerary objects consist of faunal, lithics, shell,
ground stone, clay objects, sediment samples, and rocks.
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 information, archeological information,
geographical information, folkloric, historical, kinship, linguistic,
oral traditional, and expert opinion, including Tribal Traditional
Knowledge.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, AVC has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The five 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 United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn 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.
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Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 22, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, AVC 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. The AVC is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations 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: December 13, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28179 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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