Notice2023-28926
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 has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any federally- recognized Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Hollister in San Benito County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28926]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037171; 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 has determined that there
is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any federally-
recognized Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Hollister
in San Benito County, CA.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains 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#a2c1cac3d0cecdd6d6c78cd1d7ccd1c7d0cbe2d1c8d1d78cc7c6d7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="76151e17041a19020213580503180513041f36051c050358131203">[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, one individual were removed
from San Benito County, CA. The Hollister collection was donated to the
College of Science at SJSU and identified in 2023. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains 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
of California. The following information was used to identify the
aboriginal land: California Native American Heritage Commission Native
American Contact List for implementing AB275 (dated: 6/1/2023),
Unratified Treaty A ``Treaty at Camp Belt (May 13, 1851)'', Unratified
Treaty B ``Treaty at Camp Keyes (May 30, 1851)'', and Unratified Treaty
N ``Treaty at Camp Barbour (April 29, 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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains 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
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; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians
of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria,
California; Table Mountain Rancheria; and the Tule River Indian Tribe
of the Tule River Reservation, California.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains 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 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 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. 2023-28926 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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