Notice2024-08051
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Published
April 16, 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) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the 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 26909-26910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08051]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037764; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural
patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after May 16, 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#ed8083828f8188ad988e898c9b849ec3888998"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="731e1d1c111f163306101712051a005d161706">[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 summary or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 149 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 46 unassociated funerary objects are 45 lots of debitage and
chipped stone (including quartz items), and one mano fragment. In 1981,
these cultural items were removed from CA-SAC-408 (Accession 281)
during a surface collection and test excavation conducted by DL True,
R. Jackson, and J. Offerman.
The 90 unassociated funerary objects are 17 lots of groundstone, 30
lots of flakes, 35 lots of unmodified stone, one lot of bone, and six
lots of historic material. One projectile point is currently missing.
In 1986, these items were removed from CA-SAC-Cripple Creek (Accession
385) near Citrus Heights, Sacramento County, CA during a test
excavation conducted by DL True, C. Slaymaker, and P. Bouey.
The six unassociated funerary objects include four lots of chipped
stone and two lots of groundstone. Between 1987 and 1988, these items
were removed from CA-SAC-320 (Accession 391) during surface and limited
test excavations conducted by DL True, C. Slaymaker, and S. Griset as
part of a permit review by the Sacramento County Community Planning and
Development Department.
The two unassociated funerary objects include one pestle and one
open pestle fragment. Between 1987 and 1988, these items were removed
from CA-SAC-406A (Accession 391) during surface and limited test
excavations conducted by DL True, C. Slaymaker, and S. Griset as part
of a permit review by the Sacramento County Community Planning and
Development Department.
The four unassociated funerary objects include four lots of
debitage. Between 1987 and 1988, these items were removed from CA-SAC-
Folsom Shooting Club (Accession 391) during surface and limited test
excavations conducted by DL True, C. Slaymaker, and S. Griset as part
of a permit review by the Sacramento County Community Planning and
Development Department.
The one object of cultural patrimony includes one handstone/mano.
Around 1980, this item was donated to the UC Davis Department of
Anthropology Teaching Collection (UCDA). Provenience information is
limited to ``Sacramento, CA (1980).''
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Determinations
The UC Davis has determined that:
<bullet> The 148 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice 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 authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 May 16, 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 cultural items 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 and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: April 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-08051 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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