Notice2024-04992
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA and East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, CA
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Published
March 8, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) have 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16790-16792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04992]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037569; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, CA and East Bay Municipal Utility District,
Oakland, 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 University, Sacramento
and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) have 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark Wheeler, Chief of Staff to President Luke Wood,
California
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State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819,
telephone (916) 460-0490, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e18c80938acf968984848d8493a182929492cf848594"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="117c70637a3f667974747d746351726264623f747564">[email protected]</span></a> and Chuck
Beckman, Manager of Watershed and Recreation, East Bay Municipal
Utility District, 15083 Camanche Parkway South, Valley Springs, CA
95252, telephone (209) 772-8203, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eddcd5d9da8e858c9f81889ec38f888e86808c83ad888f809889c38e8280"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3908010d0e5a51584b555c4a175b5c5a52545857795c5b544c5d175a5654">[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 and EBMUD, and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
In 1959 and 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, three
individuals were removed from CA-AMA-03 (also known as Bamert Cave), by
students of Sacramento State College (now California State University,
Sacramento) under the direction of William Beeson. The collections have
been housed at California State University, Sacramento since this
excavation. Occupation of the site is estimated to have occurred during
the Late Prehistoric into Historic periods. No known individuals were
identified. The 6,457 associated funerary objects removed from this
site includes flaked stone, groundstone, modified bone, modified wood,
modified stone, modified shell, textiles, floral remains, basketry
fragments, faunal remains, historic materials, pigment, unmodified
stone, geologic samples, and soil samples. Of this number, 11 objects
are currently missing from the collection. California State University,
Sacramento continues to look for these 11 missing objects.
In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, seven individuals
were removed from CA-AMA-23 (also known as China Gulch) by a Sacramento
State College (now California State University, Sacramento) field class
under the direction of Patti Palumbo and William Beeson. The collection
has been housed at California State University, Sacramento since this
excavation. Occupation of the site is estimated to have occurred during
the Late Prehistoric into Historic periods, though there is some
evidence of an earlier occupation. No known individuals were
identified. The 11,932 associated funerary objects removed from this
site includes flaked stone, groundstone, thermally-altered rock,
modified bone, modified stone, modified shell, floral remains, faunal
remains, historic materials, pigment, unmodified stone, geologic
samples, and soil samples.
In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from CA-AMA-49 (also known as Big Cave and China Gulch
Cave) by Sacramento State College (now California State University,
Sacramento) students under the direction of Jerald J. Johnson. The
collection has been housed at California State University, Sacramento
since this excavation. Occupation of the site is estimated to have
occurred during the Late Prehistoric into Historic periods, though
there is some evidence of an earlier occupation. No known individuals
were identified. The 2,087 associated funerary objects removed from
this site includes flaked stone, modified bone, modified stone,
modified shell, floral remains, faunal remains, historic materials,
unmodified stone, and coprolites.
In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from CA-AMA-70 (also known as the Goins site) by a
Sacramento State College (now California State University, Sacramento)
field class under the direction of William Beeson. The collection has
been housed at California State University, Sacramento since this
excavation. Occupation of the site is not known, though there is clear
evidence of use during the Historic period. No known individuals were
identified. The 376 associated funerary objects removed from this site
includes flaked stone, groundstone, modified shell, floral remains,
faunal remains, historic materials, unmodified stone, pigment,
thermally-altered rock, geologic samples, and soil samples. Of this
number, 24 objects are currently missing from the collection.
California State University, Sacramento continues to look for these 24
missing objects.
In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, 18 individuals
were removed from CA-AMA-91 (also known as the Dier site) by a
Sacramento State College (now California State University, Sacramento)
field class with other students from American River College and
community volunteers under contract with EBMUD. The collection has been
housed at California State University, Sacramento since this
excavation. Occupation of the site is estimated to have occurred during
the Late Prehistoric into Historic periods, though there is some
evidence of an earlier occupation. No known individuals were
identified. The 5,511 associated funerary objects removed from this
site include baked clay, flaked stone, groundstone, modified bone,
modified stone, modified shell, floral remains, faunal remains,
historic materials, pigment, unmodified stone, clay insect nest, and
soil samples.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
California State University, Sacramento and EBMUD have determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 31 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 26,363 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Buena
Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; California Valley
Miwok Tribe, 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
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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
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notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 8, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, California State University,
Sacramento and EBMUD 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. California State University, Sacramento and
EBMUD are responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribes identified in this notice.
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. 2024-04992 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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