Notice2024-04990
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA
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Published
March 8, 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 associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes in this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 16790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04990]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037567; 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 associated
funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes
in this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from
Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after April 8, 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 the California
Department of Transportation.
Description
An archaeological investigation of CA-SAC-133, and collection and
analysis of cultural materials was performed by Far Western
Anthropological Research Group Inc. (Far Western) under contract with
Caltrans in December of 1991. The studies were reported on in a
Historic Property Survey Report (HPSR) prepared by Daryl Noble
(Caltrans) dated June 1991 and, at the conclusion of Far Western's
analytical studies, in a June 1992. Mr. William (``Bill'') J. Franklin,
Sr. (Miwok) was on site during archaeological testing. An extremely
robust and wide ranging collection of material was retrieved from the
site. The seven burials were found in the units excavated in the
southernmost site area. These ancestors were left in situ, or reburied
before the completion of the field work. The materials have been
curated at University of California, Davis.
Cultural Affiliation
The 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 1,444 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 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 8, 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 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.
Dated: February 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04990 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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