Notice2024-10157
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred 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 91 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39640-39641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10157]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037882; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of sacred 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 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#81ece0f3eaaff6e9e4e4ede4f3c1e2f2f4f2afe4e5f4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87eae6f5eca9f0efe2e2ebe2f5c7e4f4f2f4a9e2e3f2">[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 summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 311 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
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. Humphries
surfaced collected from CA-BUT-60 (Vine Rockshelter), BUT-61 (Bow Shaft
Rockshelter), BUT-303 (Gold Flat #1), and BUT-304 (Gold Flat #2). The
15 objects of cultural patrimony from BUT-60 are flaked stone tools and
a steatite vessel. The three sacred objects are perishable botanical
remains. The 69 objects of cultural patrimony from CA-BUT-61 are flaked
and modified stone objects; the 53 sacred objects are pigment, worked
wood and bone objects, glass and shell beads, crystals, and animal
remains. The 171 objects of cultural patrimony from BUT-303/304 are
modified stone, ground stone, flaked stone, unmodified stone, and
animal remains. An unknown number of objects may be missing from the
collection, and California State University, Sacramento continues to
look for them.
Determinations
The California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The 56 sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> The 255 objects 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 Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico
Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this
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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 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 cultural items 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 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 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10157 Filed 5-8-24; 8:45 am]
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