Notice2024-00124
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA
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Published
January 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Yosemite National Park (YOSE) 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 Mariposa County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00124]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037195; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Yosemite National Park (YOSE) 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 Mariposa County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 7, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Cicely Muldoon, Superintendent, Yosemite National Park, 9039
Village Drive, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389, telephone (202) 372-
8181, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f2c262c2a233610223a232b2020210f213f3c61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83e0eae0e6effadceef6efe7ececedc3edf3f0ade4ecf5">[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
Superintendent, YOSE. Additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by YOSE.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown site in Mariposa County, CA, in the 1930s by a
California Conservation Crew working in the Crane Flat area. The human
remains were identified at the time of discovery as Native American by
a physical anthropologist and were turned over to the Yosemite Museum
by Gus Eastman, the park ranger overseeing the crew. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown site in the Cascades area in Mariposa County, CA, in
the 1930s. The human remains were identified at the time of discovery
as Native American by a physical anthropologist and were turned over by
a donor named Edward L. Eidem. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from CA-MRP-301 in Mariposa County, CA in 1988 during heavy
equipment excavation of a trench for a National Park Service electrical
line. An examination by a physical anthropologist determined that these
human remains are Native American and were buried approximately 800
years ago. 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 or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological information,
biological information, geographical information, historical
information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, YOSE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five 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 Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; Northfork
Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of
Chukchansi Indians of California; and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 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
and, if joined to a request from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the
Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, and Mono Lake Kootzaduka'a Tribe, non-
federally recognized Indian groups.
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 7, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, YOSE 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. YOSE 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 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00124 Filed 1-5-24; 8:45 am]
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