Notice2024-08045
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
April 16, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Sacramento 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 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26912-26913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08045]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037757; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 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 16, 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#1b767a6970356c737e7e777e695b78686e68357e7f6e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cea3afbca5e0b9a6ababa2abbc8eadbdbbbde0abaabb">[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 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 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from CA-YOL-13 in Yolo County by F.A. Riddell and W.H.
Olsen of the State Indian Museum. It is not known how the collection
came into the possession of California State University, Sacramento.
Occupation of the site is estimated to have occurred during the Late
Period. The one associated funerary object is a flaked stone.
At an unknown date, associated funerary objects were removed from
CA-YOL-13 and Hall Mound by Anthony Zallio. In 1951, Zallio's estate
donated the collections to California State University, Sacramento.
Ancestral remains from the collections were previously repatriated in
2015, but objects from the sites were not requested during the
repatriation. The 56 associated funerary objects removed from these
sites includes ground and flaked stones; modified bones, shells and
stones; and floral remains.
In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals
were removed from several sites in Yolo County by students from
Sacramento State University (now California State University,
Sacramento) under the direction of Dr. William Beeson. These sites
include CA-YOL-18, CA-YOL-44, CA-YOL-51, and CA-YOL-58. The collections
have been housed at California State University, Sacramento since this
survey. The 48 associated funerary objects removed from these sites
includes flaked and ground stones; faunal remains; modified bones,
stones and shells; and unmodified stones.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals, were
removed from CA-YOL-45 by an unknown individual who donated a
collection to the University in 1956, and during a 1960 survey of the
site by students from Sacramento State University (now California State
University, Sacramento) under the direction of Dr. William Beeson.
Occupation of the site is estimated to have occurred during at least
the Late Period. Anthony Zallio also collected human remains and
cultural objects from the site, which were donated to the University in
1951. Human remains and funerary objects in the Zallio collection
originating from this site were previously repatriated in 2015, but
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several objects were not requested at that time and are included in
this notice. The 6,208 associated funerary objects removed from this
site include flaked and ground stones; faunal remains; historic
materials; modified bones, stones and shells; and unmodified stones. Of
this number, 99 objects are currently missing from the collection.
California State University, Sacramento continues to look for these 99
missing objects.
At an unknown date, associated funerary objects were removed from
either CA-YOL-45 and CA-YOL-52. It is not known how these objects came
into the possession of California State University, Sacramento. They
were determined to come from either CA-YOL-45 or CA-YOL-52 based on
their inclusion with other objects from these sites. The five
associated funerary objects include flaked stones and modified bones.
In 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals,
were removed from an unnamed site in Yolo County, California by Dr.
Jerald Johnson of California State University, Sacramento as part of a
salvage excavation. The human remains and artifacts were transported
back to California State University, Sacramento for evaluation and
curation. The 28 associated funerary objects removed from this site
include baked clay objects; ground and flaked stones; faunal remains;
modified shells; and floral remains.
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 has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 6,346 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 Cachil
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the
Colusa Rancheria, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria (previously listed
as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; United
Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Wilton
Rancheria, California; and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 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 May 16, 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 human
remains and associated funerary objects 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 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: April 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-08045 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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