Notice2024-03652
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA
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Published
February 23, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13741-13742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03652]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037433; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State Department of
Transportation, 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 California State Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) has completed an inventory of human remains
and associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lisa Bright, Branch Chief District 3, Cultural Resources
(South), California State Department of Transportation, 703 B Street
Marysville, CA 95901, telephone (530) 812-4569, email
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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
Caltrans. 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 California
State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) and Caltrans.
Description
In the spring of 1957 (approximately February/March) human remains
representing, at minimum, six individuals were removed from CA-SAC-96
(Accession Number 81-299; also known as Allen/Allyn Mound). The 1957
excavations were carried out by Sacramento State College (now
Sacramento State) under the direction of Norman Wilson on behalf of the
California Division of Highways (now Caltrans). No excavation reports
were written, and the collection remained uncatalogued until October
2023.
Occupation of the site is estimated to have occurred during the
Late Phase 2, post 500 years before present based on bead and pendent
size and shape although occupation could extend back as far as 1,000
years before present. The associated funerary objects removed from this
site (83 catalog entries) include baked clay objects; modified bones,
stones, and shells; historic materials; flaked and ground stones;
faunal remains; burnt basketry; and beads. The human remains were not
individually catalogued, and those that had been previously boxed
separately were treated as lots. Bags of faunal remains were also
treated as lots to minimize handling. An additional 18 objects are
currently missing from the collection and Caltrans and Sacramento State
continues to look for them. This count is based on handwritten index
cards that were identified as associated with this collection. These 18
objects were not identified during the cataloging process.
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, archeological, geographical, historical,
oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Caltrans has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 83 catalog entries 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of 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; 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 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.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, California State
University, Sacramento 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. Caltrans is responsible for sending a copy
of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted after the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024) but in the older format. As the notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and includes the required information,
the National Park Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
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Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03652 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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