Notice2023-28922
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Jose State University, San Jose, 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), San Jose State University (SJSU) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any federally recognized Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Alameda County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 404-405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28922]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037167; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Jose State University, San
Jose, 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), San Jose State University (SJSU) has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and any federally
recognized Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Alameda County, CA.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Charlotte Sunseri, Ph.D., San Jose State University, One
Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0113, telephone (408) 924-5713,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#11727970637d7e6565743f62647f6274637851627b62643f747564"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47242f26352b28333322693432293422352e07342d343269222332">[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 San
Jose State University. 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 San Jose State
University.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from Alameda County, CA. The CA-ALA-342 collection includes
human remains which were excavated by a team from Ohlone College. The
one box of associated funerary objects is comprised of faunal shell.
The collection was inadvertently left behind when the rest of the human
remains were returned to Ohlone College and then subsequently reburied
by Andrew Galvan of the Ohlone Tribe. The Niles/Alvarado Ancestor
(George Herbert Collection) was donated to San Jose State University by
George Herbert; documentation supports that the remains were excavated
by an unknown
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college in 1940-1950s from the Alvarado area (present-day Union City).
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the
aboriginal lands of one or more Federally recognized Indian Tribes.
These locations are also the aboriginal lands of the Ohlone/Costanoan
Tribes recognized by the State. The following information was used to
identify the aboriginal land: California Native American Heritage
Commission Native American Contact List for implementing AB275 (dated:
9/30/2021), Unratified Treaty E ``Treaty at Dent's and Valentine's
Crossing (May 28, 1851)'' (Heizer 1972).
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, San Jose State
University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one box of associated funerary objects described in
this notice is 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> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any federally-recognized Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Wilton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February
2, 2024. If competing requests for disposition are received, San Jose
State University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. San Jose State University 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 and
10.11.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28922 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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