Notice2024-10325
Notice of Inventory Completion: Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
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Published
May 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Monterey Peninsula College has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41465-41466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10325]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037917; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Monterey Peninsula College,
Monterey, 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 Monterey Peninsula College has completed
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no
lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after June 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jon Knolle, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Monterey
Peninsula College, Monterey, CA 93940, telephone (831) 646-3030, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7cdccc9c8cbcbc2e7cad7c489c2c3d2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1278797c7d7e7e77527f62713c777667">[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
Monterey Peninsula College, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The
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National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified based on the information available. No associated funerary
objects are present. At unknown dates, the human remains were removed
from unknown locations in Monterey, CA, and deposited at the Monterey
Peninsula College Anthropology Department. The College found articles
from a former student from the 1960s indicating human remains were
discovered in Monterey, CA, ``12 miles south of Point Lobos'' and
``near Jack's Peak'' by a former student and donated to the College.
The College has no evidence that the human remains referenced in the
article are those listed in this notice other than the location of the
human remains. No further information is known about the provenience of
these human remains.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Tule River Indian Tribe of
the Tule River Reservation, California and to the following Indian
groups without Federal recognition: Amah Mutsun Tribal Band in Galt,
CA; Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista in Lakeport,
CA; Costanoan Ohlone Rumsen-Mutsen Tribe in Watsonville, CA; Costanoan
Rumsen Carmel Tribe in Pomona, CA; Esselen Tribe of Monterey County in
Carmel Valley, CA; Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan in Hollister,
CA; Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area in Castro Valley,
CA; North Valley Yokuts Tribe in Linden, CA; Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen
Nation in Monterey, CA; The Ohlone Indian Tribe in Fremont, CA; KaKoon
Ta Ruk Band of Ohlone-Costanoan Indians of the Big Sur Rancheria in
Woodland, CA; Rumsen Am:a Tur:ataj Ohlone in Hesperia, CA; and Tamien
Nation in San Jose, CA. The Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation responded
to the invitation and participated in consultation.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical and
other relevant information. The information, including the results of
consultation, reasonably identified:
1. The Ohlone/Costanoan as an earlier group connected to the human
remains;
2. The Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California as an Indian Tribe connected to the human remains; and
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe that can be reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
The Monterey Peninsula College has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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
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.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after June 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Monterey Peninsula College must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The Monterey Peninsula College is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10325 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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