Notice2024-14108
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Sherwood, OR, and California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
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Published
June 27, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and California State University Chico (CSU Chico) have completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53640-53641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14108]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038157; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Sherwood, OR, and California State
University, Chico, Chico, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Service (FWS) and California State University Chico (CSU
Chico) have completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and
have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after July 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Margo Schwadron, Regional Historic Preservation Officer,
Cultural Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife
Service, 20555 SW Gerda Lane, Sherwood, OR 97140, telephone (971) 385-
7518 email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e535f4c5951614d5d56495f5a4c51507e58494d10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c717d6e7b73436f7f746b7d786e73725c7a6b6f327b736a">[email protected]</span></a> and Dawn
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Rewolinski, California State University, Chico, 400 W 1st Street,
Chico, CA 95929, telephone (530) 898-3090, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b5f495e4c545752554850527b58484e5853525854155e5f4e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9ddcbdcced6d5d0d7cad2d0f9dacaccdad1d0dad697dcddcc">[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 FWS
and CSU Chico and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Accession 365 (CA-BUT 2658/H) Llano Seco Sanctuary Mound
The 99 associated funerary objects are 25 lots of modified stone,
three lots of unmodified stone, eight lots of debitage, 10 lots of
projectile points, 47 lots of modified shell, four lots of modified
faunal elements, and two lots of unmodified faunal elements. Human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Llano Seco
Sanctuary Mound (CA-BUT-233) by Chico State from 1966 to1968 in Butte
County, CA, and were published in a Notice of Inventory Completion on
June 29, 2023, in the Federal Register (88 FR 42099-42101). In March of
2024, Chico State located additional associated funerary objects from
Llano Seco Sanctuary Mound in the University's possession that were
collected during a later survey of Llano Seco Sanctuary Mound under the
purview of the FWS Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (CA-BUT-
2658/H) in 2017. The 99 cultural items intended to be temporarily
collected under FWS in the possession of Chico State are funerary
objects associated with the repatriated human remains and associated
funerary objects from Llano Seco Sanctuary Mound CA-BUT-233.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The FWS and CSU Chico has determined that:
<bullet> The 99 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Mechoopda
Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 29, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, the FWS and CSU Chico must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The FWS and CSU
Chico 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: June 14, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14108 Filed 6-26-24; 8:45 am]
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