Notice2024-10326
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Placer County Museums, Auburn, 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 Placer County Museums intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 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 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41466-41467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10326]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037913; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Placer County Museums, Auburn,
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 Placer County Museums intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 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 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Ralph Gibson, Museums Administrator, Placer County Museums,
101 Maple Street, Auburn, CA 95603, telephone (530) 889-6500, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#721f070117071f0132021e131117005c11135c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90fde5e3f5e5fde3d0e0fcf1f3f5e2bef3f1bef7ffe6">[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
Placer County Museums, 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 three lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. They are three lots of modified stones.
At an unknown date, one lot of modified stones were removed from
users residing in Auburn, CA.
At an unknown date, one lot of modified stones were removed from an
unknown location.
In 1890, one lot of modified stones were removed from an earthen
bank near Alta in Placer County, CA.
Determinations
The Placer County Museums has determined that:
<bullet> The three lots of 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 United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
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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 June 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Placer County Museums 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 Placer County Museums 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: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10326 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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