Notice2024-17879
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
August 12, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside 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 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65663-65665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17879]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038466; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, 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, Riverside 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 9, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8a5adafa9a6e6a5bdbab8a0b188bdabbae6adacbd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d00080a0c034300181f1d05142d180e1f43080918">[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
University of California, Riverside, 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.
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Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, five individuals have been reasonably identified. The 21
associated funerary objects are three lots of unmodified animal bone,
one lot of modified animal bone, three lots of ceramic sherds, three
lots of lithic materials, three lots of shell beads, one lot of
grinding stones, two lots of charcoal, two lots of other organic
materials, one lot of floral materials, and two lots of unmodified
shells.
In 1976 the cremated remains of at least two Native American
individuals were removed from archaeological site CA-RIV-1171 by
members of the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit (UCR-ARU). The site was in the Indian Wells area near La
Quinta in Riverside County, California. The archaeologists were
contacted by the property owner of the Indian Wells Mobile Home Estates
to assess the 40-acre area for potential impact to archaeological
resources during a proposed development of the dune area on the
southwest portion of the property. During an initial examination of the
dunes the archaeologists noted the presence of at least two human
cremations on the surface as well as scatters of other objects like
pottery sherds, lithic flakes, fish bone, and mussel shells. The
archaeologists inferred that the site was occupied around the last
stand of Ancient Lake Cahuilla around 500 years ago based on the
presence of the fish bone and associated pottery types. The collection
from the project was housed at UCR under accession number 54. Although
the archaeologists noted the presence of human cremations in the dunes,
human remains were not identified in the collection until decades later
during consultation with a Cahuilla band and an osteologist. The tribal
representatives also identified approximately 1,400 associated funerary
objects including unmodified and modified animal bone, ceramic sherds,
lithic flakes, shell beads, charcoal, other organic materials, and
unmodified shells. The osteologist identified human remains
representing at least one adult and one juvenile individual; no known
individuals were identified.
In 1989 the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit (UCR-ARU) was hired by J.F. Davidson and Associates to
conduct a pedestrian survey of 375 acres of property in the central
Coachella Valley near Indio, Riverside county, California. During the
surface survey a human cranial fragment was noted by archaeologists in
addition to potsherds and other cultural materials. Five archaeological
sites were documented during the project, but only the site where the
human remains were noted, CA-RIV-3793, was recommended for further
mitigation. In 1990 the UCR-ARU was then contracted again to conduct
test excavations. During the excavations several human bone fragments
were removed from the site, but were misidentified as animal bone. The
collections were housed at UCR under accession number 154. In 2024
during a NAGPRA consultation, the remains were identified as one human
infant tibia and one human juvenile canine tooth. Tribal
representatives also identified associated funerary objects including
ceramics, lithics, shell beads, animal bone, floral and other organic
materials, and unmodified shell.
In 1993 human remains representing at least one Native American
individual were removed from archaeological site CA-RIV-150 in
Riverside County. The remains were uncovered during the grading of an
area within Washington Square in La Quinta ahead of planned
development. CA-RIV-150 is a well-known archaeological site, which was
first recorded in 1933 by archaeologists. It is also well known to
Cahuilla bands as a large village complex occupied by their ancestors.
Charcoal samples from the project were sent to Beta Analytics for
radiocarbon dating, which indicated an approximate date of A.D. 1430 to
A.D. 1530. During the project, bone fragments were removed from Feature
3 of the site and were examined later at the LSA Associates Inc.
laboratory where they were identified as human. Arrangements for
reburial were made with one of the monitoring tribes and the remains
and some associated funerary objects were returned in 1993. The
remainder of the collection was subsequently curated at the University
of California, Riverside under accession numbers 40 and 216. In 2024,
during a NAGPRA consultation, an osteologist identified additional
human remains that were misidentified as faunal in 1993. Tribal
representatives also identified associated funerary objects in the
collection.
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 University of California, Riverside has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 21 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 Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian
Reservation, California; Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians,
California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians (previously listed as
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California); Cahuilla Band of Indians;
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, California; Morongo
Band of Mission Indians, California; Ramona Band of Cahuilla,
California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; and the
Torrez Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, 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 September 9, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California, Riverside 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 University of California, Riverside 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.
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Dated: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17879 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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