Notice2024-10156
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
May 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 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 91 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39645-39646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10156]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037881; 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), the 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 June 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark Wheeler, Senior Advisor 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#deb3bfacb5f0a9b6bbbbb2bbac9ebdadabadf0bbbaab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c515d4e57124b54595950594e7c5f4f494f12595849">[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 the
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 1964-71, Stephen Humphreys, a student at Sacramento State
College, conducted extensive surveys and excavations in the region
between Oroville and Paradise in Butte County, California.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from CA-BUT-301 (Kathy's Rockshelter). The 52,341 associated
funerary objects from the site include baked clay objects; faunal and
floral remains; flaked and ground stone objects; modified bone, shell,
stone, and wood objects; basketry and cordage, thermally altered rock;
quartz crystals; unmodified stones; pigment; historic materials (worked
glass, buttons, beads and textiles), and soils.
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from CA-BUT-302 (Fox Site). The 4,324 associated funerary
objects from the site include baked clay objects; faunal and floral
remains; flaked and ground stone objects; modified bone, shell and
stone; quartz crystals; unmodified stone; and soils.
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were
removed from CA-BUT-669 (Kendall's Rockshelter). The 4,754 associated
funerary objects from the site include baked clay objects; faunal and
floral remains; flaked and ground stone objects; modified bone, shell
and stone; quartz crystals; unmodified stone; pigment; historic
material (worked glass, buttons); and ash and soils. An unknown number
of objects may be missing from the collection, and California State
University, Sacramento continues to look for them.
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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 California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 61,419 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 Berry
Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California; Greenville Rancheria; Mechoopda Indian
Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California; and the Mooretown Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of 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 June 10, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the 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. The California State University, Sacramento
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: April 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10156 Filed 5-8-24; 8:45 am]
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