Notice2024-07361
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Published
April 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24496-24497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07361]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037675; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis,
Davis, 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, Davis (UC
Davis) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752-8501, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b36353439373e1b2e383f3a2d3228753e3f2e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5b8bbbab7b9b095a0b6b1b4a3bca6fbb0b1a0">[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 UC
Davis 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, 16 individuals have been reasonably identified. The 2,388 lots
associated funerary objects are 32 projectile points, 237 lots of soil
samples, 73 lots of charcoal and ash, 230 lots of fired clay, 83 lots
of historic items, 148 lots of modified shell, 105 lots of chipped
stone (bifaces, cores, flake tools), 442 lots of unmodified animal
bone, three lots of minerals (ochre and quartz), 260 lots of lithic
debitage, 100 lots of fire cracked rock, six lots of ground stone,
eight lots of miscellaneous stone, 452 lots of modified animal bone,
nine lots of worked stone (pendants and pipes), 30 lots of seeds, and
170 lots of unmodified shell. The 181 currently missing associated
funerary objects are five projectile points, two lots of charcoal and
ash, 12 lots of fired clay, 21 lots of historic items, eight lots of
modified shell, one lot of chipped stone, 53 lots of unmodified animal
bone, 20 lots of lithic debitage, one lot of fire cracked rock, 11 lots
of modified animal bone, one lot of worked stone, two lots of seeds,
and 44 lots of unmodified shell. In February 2022, eight associated
funerary objects from this collection were stolen from the UC Davis
Anthropology Museum. The stolen items are one biface and seven
projectile points. A 1968 UC Davis field school conducted an excavation
at this site, CA-SAC-43 (UC Davis Accession 35), under the direction of
Patricia Johnson and Jack Nance.
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
The UC Davis has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical
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remains of 16 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 2,388 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 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 notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 8, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the UC Davis 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 UC Davis is responsible for sending a copy of this notice
to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: March 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07361 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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