Notice2024-12074
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
June 3, 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 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47603-47604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12074]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038014; 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 July 3, 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#b9d4d8cbd297ced1dcdcd5dccbf9dacaccca97dcddcc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="056864776e2b726d606069607745667670762b606170">[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 1956-1959, archaeologists associated with Sacramento State
College (now California State University, Sacramento) removed human
remains and objects from CA-NAP-52, CA-NAP-74, CA-NAP-87, CA-NAP-94,
CA-NAP-97, and CA-NAP-98 prior to the construction of Monticello Dam by
the US Bureau of Reclamation. The resulting collections were
subsequently housed at California State University, Sacramento under
accessions 81-183, 81-184, and 81-185. Based on the information
available, human remains representing, at least, two individuals have
been reasonably identified from CA-NAP-52. The 127 associated funerary
objects from the site include faunal remains, flaked and
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ground stone objects, modified bone, and shell beads and ornaments.
Based on the information available, human remains were recovered from
CA-NAP-74 prior to 1956 by another institution. The one associated
funerary object is a ground stone mortar. Based on the information
available, human remains representing, at least, one individual has
been reasonably identified from CA-NAP-87. The 75 associated funerary
objects include faunal remains, flaked and ground stone objects,
modified bone, and unmodified stone. Based on the information
available, human remains representing, at least, nine individuals have
been reasonably identified from CA-NAP-94. The 5,710 associated
funerary objects include faunal and floral remains; flaked and ground
stone objects; modified bone, shell, and stone objects; pigments;
soils; thermally-altered rock; quartz crystals; unmodified stone; and
historic objects. Based on the information available, human remains
representing, at least, nine individuals have been reasonably
identified from CA-NAP-97. The 69 associated funerary objects include
faunal remains, flaked and ground stone objects, modified bone, shell
beads, unmodified stone, and soils. Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least, 19 individuals have been
reasonably identified from CA-NAP-98. The 4,079 associated funerary
objects include baked clay objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked
and ground stone objects; modified bone, shell and stone; pigment; ash;
soils; thermally-altered rock; quartz crystals; unmodified stone; and
historic objects. An unknown number of objects may be missing from the
collection, and California State University, Sacramento continues to
look for them.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified from an unknown
location(s) in Napa County. The 346 associated funerary objects include
faunal and floral remains, flaked stone, and ground stone objects.
These objects and human remains were found within Napa County
collections (accession 81-183) without site provenience and are
reasonably believed to derive from Napa County.
Based on the information available, human remains were recovered
from CA-NAP-26 in by another institution in the 1950s. In 1960, a
student of Sacramento State College surface collected objects from the
location (accession 81-392). The 72 associated funerary objects include
faunal remains and flaked stone objects. An unknown number of objects
may be missing from the collection, and California State University,
Sacramento continues to look for them.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified from an unknown
location in Green Valley, Solano County. The five associated funerary
objects include faunal remains, floral remains, and unmodified stone.
The remains and objects were donated to California State University,
Sacramento by a private individual under accession 1980-5. An unknown
number of objects may be missing from the collection, and California
State University, Sacramento continues to look for them.
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 42 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10,484 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 Cachil
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the
Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina
Rancheria (previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians);
and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 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 July 3, 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: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12074 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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