Notice2024-17264
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
August 6, 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 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63977-63978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17264]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038404; 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 September 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark R. 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#82efe3f0e9acf5eae7e7eee7f0c2e1f1f7f1ace7e6f7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5d8d4c7de9bc2ddd0d0d9d0c7f5d6c6c0c69bd0d1c0">[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 its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from CA-SAC-57, located in the west-central portion of
Sacramento County, CA. The one associated funerary object is a
projectile point. The human remains and funerary objects were collected
by individuals associated with the California State University,
Sacramento in 1980. They have since been housed at the University under
accession 81-97.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from CA-SAC-118, located in the south-central portion of
Sacramento County, CA. The two associated funerary objects are flaked
stones and thermally-altered rocks. The human remains and funerary
objects were removed from the site in 1974 during a survey by
California State University, Sacramento. They have since been housed at
the University. They were relocated in collections in 2024 and assigned
accession number 81-461.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from CA-SAC-329, located in the south-western portion of
Sacramento County, CA. The 1,006 associated funerary objects are
flaked, ground, and modified stone; modified bone; modified shell;
baked clay; faunal remains; floral remains; thermally-altered rock; and
one lot of uncataloged materials. The human remains and funerary
objects were removed from the site in 1975 during excavations done by
California State University, Sacramento under contract with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. They have since been housed at the University
under accession 81-70.
An unknown number of objects may be missing from the above
collections, 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 three individuals of Native American ancestry.
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<bullet> The 1,009 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 Buena
Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Shingle Springs Band of
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California;
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California;
and the Wilton Rancheria, 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September
5, 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: July 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17264 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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