Notice2024-04098
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, 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), California State University, Sacramento intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14705-14706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04098]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037485; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State
University, Sacramento, 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), California State University, Sacramento
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of objects of cultural patrimony and unassociated funerary objects and
that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this notice.
The cultural items were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark Wheeler, Chief of Staff to President Luke Wood,
California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA
95819, telephone (916) 460-0490, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6805091a03461f000d0d040d1a280b1b1d1b460d0c1d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="107d71627b3e677875757c756250736365633e757465">[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
California State University, Sacramento. 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 summary or related records held by
California State University, Sacramento.
Description
At an unknown date, five cultural objects were removed from CA-SAC-
17 (also known as the Smith site) in Sacramento County by unknown
individuals. The five objects of cultural patrimony consist of flaked
stones and faunal remains. An unknown number of objects may be missing
from the collection, and California State University, Sacramento
continues to look for them.
In 1980, two cultural objects were removed from CA-SAC-57 (also
know as Barry #1 site) in Sacramento County by Sacramento State
students under the direction of Dr. Jerald Johnson. The two objects of
cultural patrimony are flaked stones. An unknown number of objects may
be missing from the collection, and California State University,
Sacramento continues to look for them.
In 1980, 10 cultural objects were removed from CA-SAC-224 in
Sacramento County during a survey by Derr and Spector. The 10 objects
of cultural patrimony consist of flaked stones and faunal remains. An
unknown number of objects may be missing from the collection, and
California State University, Sacramento continues to look for them.
At an unknown date, five cultural objects were removed from CA-SAC-
234 (also known as Deer Creek 3) in Sacramento County, possibly by
Louis Payen. The five objects of cultural patrimony include flaked
stones. An unknown number of objects may be missing from the
collection, and California State University, Sacramento continues to
look for them.
At an unknown date, 15 cultural objects were removed from CA-SAC-
250 (also known as Babies' Britches) in Sacramento County by unknown
individuals. The 15 objects of cultural patrimony consist of flaked
stones and faunal remains. An unknown number of objects may be missing
from the collection, and California State University, Sacramento
continues to look for them.
During the 1960s and 1970s, California State University, Sacramento
students surveyed and investigated sites along Dry Creek in Sacramento
County (CA-SAC-217, CA-SAC-243, CA-SAC-277, CA-SAC-278, CA-SAC-279, and
CA-SAC-280). As a result, 37 cultural
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items were collected. The 37 objects of cultural patrimony consist of
flaked and ground stones. Of this number, at least three objects are
currently missing, and California State University, Sacramento
continues to look for them.
In 1973, one cultural object was removed from CA-SAC-315 in
Sacramento County by Ann Peak. The single object of cultural patrimony
is a groundstone. An unknown number of objects may be missing from the
collection, and California State University, Sacramento continues to
look for them.
In the 1970s, 11 cultural objects were removed from CA-SAC-320
(also known as the Sunrise Bridge site) in Sacramento County likely by
Ann Peak. The 11 objects of cultural patrimony include baked clay
objects and flaked and ground stones. An unknown number of objects may
be missing from the collection, and California State University,
Sacramento continues to look for them.
At an unknown date, 91 cultural objects were removed from CA-SAC-
370 (also known as the Old Windmiller Quarry site) in Sacramento County
by unknown individuals. The 91 unassociated funerary objects consist of
flaked stones and unmodified stones. An unknown number of objects may
be missing from the collection, and California State University,
Sacramento continues to look for them.
At an unknown date, 15 cultural objects were collected from CA-SAC-
390 in Sacramento County by unknown individuals. The 15 objects of
cultural patrimony consist of flaked and ground stones; unmodified
stones; and thermally-altered rocks. An unknown number of objects may
be missing from the collection, and California State University,
Sacramento continues to look for them.
In 1974, 22 cultural objects were collected form CA-SAC-Cosumnes
Plowed Site #1 in Sacramento County by Sacramento State students
conducting a survey under the direction of Dr. Jerald Johnson. The 22
objects of cultural patrimony consist of flaked and ground stones;
unmodified stones; and thermally altered rocks. An unknown number of
objects may be missing from the collection, and California State
University, Sacramento continues to look for them.
At an unknown date, 142 cultural objects were collected from CA-
Sac-Cameron Ranch in Sacramento County by unknown individuals. The
collection was transferred to Sacramento State in 1977 from American
River Junior College. The 142 objects of cultural patrimony consist of
flaked and ground stones; modified stones; faunal remains; thermally
altered rocks; unmodified stone; and historic materials. Of this
number, at least 23 objects are currently missing, and California State
University, Sacramento continues to look for them.
At an unknown date, one cultural object was removed from CA-SAC-
Bottimore Ranch in Sacramento County by unknown individuals. The single
object of cultural patrimony is a groundstone.
At an unknown date, one cultural object was removed from an unknown
site in Sacramento County by unknown individuals. The single object of
cultural patrimony is modified stone.
In 1971, 13 cultural objects were removed from an unknown site in
Sacramento County by John Beck during levee maintenance. The 13
unassociated funerary objects include flaked stones; faunal remains;
and modified shells. An unknown number of objects may be missing from
the collection, and California State University, Sacramento continues
to look for them.
In 1971, one cultural object was removed from an unknown site in
Sacramento County during a survey by Sacramento State students under
the direction of Dr. Jerald Johnson. The single object of cultural
patrimony is a groundstone. An unknown number of objects may be missing
from the collection, and California State University, Sacramento
continues to look for them.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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, kinship, linguistic, 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, California State University, Sacramento has determined
that:
<bullet> The 104 cultural items described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> The 268 cultural items described above have ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Wilton
Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after March 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California State University, Sacramento
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. California State University,
Sacramento is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribe 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. 3004, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: February 20, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04098 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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