Notice2024-04090
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
February 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside (UCR) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Riverside, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14714-14715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04090]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037476; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, 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 University of California, Riverside
(UCR) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Riverside, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#caa7afadaba4e4a7bfb8baa2b38abfa9b8e4afaebf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3beb6b4b2bdfdbea6a1a3bbaa93a6b0a1fdb6b7a6">[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
University of California, Riverside. 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 the University of California, Riverside.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Riverside County, CA. In 1987, the University of
California, Riverside Archaeological Research Unit removed the remains
of at least two Native American individuals from the Lakeview (Dead
Dog) sites in the Lakeview Mountains, west of the city of
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San Jacinto during an archeological excavation contracted by Patricia
Olsen, president of Matrix Development. During the mitigation project,
11 archeological sites were identified, but only three (RIV-402, RIV-
403, and RIV-575) were determined to require further mitigation. The
sites are in the nearby vicinity of the well-known ``Ramona Maze'', a
large petroglyph depicting a cruciform centered maze enclosed in a
rectangular border (RIV-1138). The general area contains dozens of
millingstone stations and rock-cairn structures and is well-known to
both the Cahuilla and Luiseno communities as part of their cultural
landscapes. The archeological site RIV-402 contains a large petroglyph
as well, described by archeologists as ``pit and groove'' style. The
``Dead Dog Site'' or RIV-575 was noted to have deep midden deposits and
was likely a habitation site. At this site three separate burials were
disturbed during excavation, including one cremation feature with
fragmented remains, one in-tact burial, and one isolated human phalanx
from a juvenile individual. According to a written account by Daniel
McCarthy, he notified the coroner who offered to send someone out to
review, but McCarthy declined, stating that it was more likely
archeological in nature. He then reportedly went to a nearby tribal
office the next day around 1:15 p.m. but did not find anyone in the
office. He then reportedly called the office again and wrote a letter
but made no further attempts to get in contact. According to UCR
catalog records, in July of 1990, 19 lots of human bones and associated
funerary objects were reburied in La Quinta by a Tribe, however, the
rest of the objects in the collection remained at UCR. It seems likely
that the UCR archeologists returned only what they identified to be
human bone and associated funerary objects, rather than allowing Tribes
to review the collections in their entirety. In 2023, during Tribal
consultation, an osteological consultant identified additional
fragments of cremated human remains in the collections. Tribal
representatives also identified associated funerary objects. The 20
associated funerary objects are three lots of animal bone, two lots of
ceramic, two lots of glass, three lots of lithic flakes and objects,
one lot of modified animal bone, three lots of floral material and
charcoal, two lots of geological materials, one lot of clay, one lot of
metal, one lot of mineralogical objects, and one lot of plastic.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Riverside County, CA. In 1938, the human remains of one Native
American adult individual were removed from the private property of the
Pedrorena de Wolfskill family by Harley S. Garbani, an amateur fossil
hunter and collector. The property that the individual was removed from
is now owned by the Rancho Del Sol Golf Club in Moreno Valley.
Documentation of the excavation and circumstances surrounding Garbani's
acquisition of the human remains are extremely limited and professional
publications provide little to no additional narrative. In 1981, Dr.
R.E. Taylor, director of the University of California, Riverside
Radiocarbon Laboratory, obtained a sample of the individual for
radiocarbon dating. The residual sample material was subsequently
stored by Dr. Taylor at an off-campus storage facility and never
reported to the UCR NAGPRA Program Staff. In February of 2022, the
sample from the individual was discovered by NAGPRA Program Staff
during a collections inventory. Radiocarbon dates indicate an age of
3055 <plus-minus> 140 BP. The one associated funerary object is one lot
of soil samples.
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: archeological information, geographical information,
historical information, oral tradition, expert tribal opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of California, Riverside has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 21 objects 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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla
Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine
Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians
(previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California);
Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno
Indians, California; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Santa Rosa
Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians,
California; and the Torrez Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians,
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 29, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California, Riverside 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. The University of California, Riverside is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). 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.
Dated: February 20, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04090 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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