Notice2024-14469
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Transportation, Marysville, CA
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Published
July 1, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Transportation 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 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54501-54502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14469]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038202; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of
Transportation, Marysville, 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 Department of Transportation
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 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lisa Bright, Branch Chief District 3, Cultural Resources
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(South), California State Department of Transportation, 703 B Street
Marysville, CA 95901, telephone (530) 812-4569, email
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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 Department of Transportation, 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, two individuals have been reasonably identified. The 806 catalog
entries of associated funerary objects are tools, faunal remains,
floral remains, ground stone, worked bone, and beads and other
ornamental items.
In 1987, 1989, and 1990 the collection was excavated by the
California Department of Transportation from CA-GLE-217. Reporting of
the data recovery excavation was completed in 2006. Repatriation and
reburial of ancestors and associated funerary objects (total number
unknown as this was not included in reporting or the catalog) was
completed in 2008. Additional human remains and associated funerary
objects were identified during the inventory verification completed by
the California Department of Transportation and Paskenta Band of
Nomlaki Indians in 2024. Of the 806 catalog entries of associated
funerary objects, 61 catalogue entries are currently missing from the
collection. California State University, Chico and the California
Department of Transportation continue to look for them. No potentially
hazardous substances were used to treat any of the human remains or
associated funerary objects.
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 Department of Transportation has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 806 catalog entries of associated funerary 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
Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California and
the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of 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 31, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the California
Department of Transportation 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 Department of
Transportation 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 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14469 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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