Notice2023-28919
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA
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Published
January 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[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: 2023-28919]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037164; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Rios Community College
District, 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), the Los Rios Community College District
(LRCCD) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined
that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jamey Nye, Los Rios Community College District, 1919 Spanos
Ct., Arden-Arcade, CA 95825, telephone (916) 709-3724, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99f7e0fcf3d9f5f6eaebf0f6eab7fcfdec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2ccdbc7c8e2cecdd1d0cbcdd18cc7c6d7">[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 LRCCD.
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 LRCCD.
Description
Sometime in the 1950s on or before July 13, 1952, human remains
representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from CA-SAC-
171 (P-34-000198) in Sacramento County, CA, during the excavation of a
cellar on private property. Sometime prior to July of 2006, the human
remains of these individuals were located on the American River College
campus, which is one of four colleges within the Los Rios Community
College District.
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 or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, LRCCD has 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
California Valley Miwok Tribe, 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; Tuolumne Band of
Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 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 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 February 2, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, LRCCD 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. LRCCD 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,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28919 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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