Notice2024-15897
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10: California-Great Basin, Sacramento, CA
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Published
July 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10: California-Great Basin (Bureau of Reclamation) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects, removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58763-58764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15897]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038299; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10: California-Great Basin, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation, Region 10: California-Great Basin (Bureau of
Reclamation) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and
associated funerary objects, removed from Federal or Tribal lands to
the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
with priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after August 19, 2024. If no claim for
disposition is received by July 21, 2025, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Melanie Ryan, Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10:
California-Great Basin, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825,
telephone (916) 978-5526, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f49199868d959ab481879686da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8feae2fdf6eee1cffafcedfda1e8e0f9">[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
Bureau of Reclamation, and additional information on the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, seven individuals of Native American ancestry, have been
reasonably identified. The 238 associated funerary objects include 127
faunal remains and 111 cultural items (abalone shells, awls, beads,
bifaces, bone tubes, debitage, flake tools, formed flake tools,
modified faunal bones, pestles, projectile points).
On November 16, 2022, after months of severe drought, Reclamation
identified human remains eroding from the exposed, deflated lake bottom
in the draw-down zone at Lake Berryessa, Napa County, California, at a
previously recorded site identified as CA-NAP-099. After consultation
with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Reclamation removed three
inhumations, numerous disassociated human remains, and funerary objects
on November 17 and December 20-23, 2022, as requested by the Nation. No
known individuals were identified.
Determinations
The Bureau of Reclamation has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least seven individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 238 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> The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California has priority for
disposition of the human remains or cultural items described in this
notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the appropriate
official identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for
disposition is received by July 21, 2025, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects. Claims for disposition may be
submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows,
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by a preponderance of the evidence, that they have priority for
disposition.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in
this notice may occur on or after August 19, 2024. If competing claims
for disposition are received, the Bureau of Reclamation must determine
the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Bureau of
Reclamation is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
lineal descendants, 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. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15897 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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