Notice2024-14471
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Davis, Davis, 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 University of California, Davis (UC Davis) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and 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 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54497-54498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14471]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038204; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Davis,
Davis, 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 University of California, Davis (UC
Davis) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of sacred objects and 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 July 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752-8501, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ff2f1f0fdf3fadfeafcfbfee9f6ecb1fafbea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7cac9c8c5cbc2e7d2c4c3c6d1ced489c2c3d2">[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 UC
Davis, 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 32 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 32 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are baskets. The
University is unaware of any treatment of the sacred objects/objects of
cultural patrimony with pesticides, preservatives, or other substances
that represent a potential hazard to the objects or to persons handling
the objects.
There are four baskets (CHM-362, 363, 364, 365) that were purchased
by C. Hart Merriam in 1900 from near the Klamath River. There are eight
baskets (CHM-353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360) where the date and
circumstances of C. Hart Merriam's acquisition is unknown. Original
documentation indicated the items are from the Lower Klamath River.
There are six baskets (CHM-1151, 1152, 1201, 1202, 1203,
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1205) where the date and circumstances C. Hart Merriam's acquisition is
unknown. Larry Dawson (UC Berkeley lecturer c.1980s) attributed these
baskets as Yurok or Karuk. There are 10 baskets (CHM-342, 343, 344,
345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 352) which were purchased by C. Hart
Merriam in 1910 from an unnamed Yurok woman near ``Requa, Klamath
mouth'' in Del Norte County. Three baskets (CHM-339, 340, 341) were
purchased by C. Hart Merriam in 1921 from an unnamed woman near ``Stone
Lagoon in Humboldt County. One basket (CHM-361) was purchased by C.
Hart Merriam in 1901 in San Francisco. Merriam attributed this item to
the Yurok near Klamath River.
Determinations
The UC Davis has determined that:
<bullet> The 32 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony
described in this notice are, according to the Native American
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and 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).
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Resighini Rancheria, California.
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 July 31, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the UC Davis 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 UC Davis 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: June 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14471 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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