Notice2024-17880
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
August 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects or 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 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 65659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17880]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038467; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects or 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 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#bdd0d8dadcd393d0c8cfcdd5c4fdc8decf93d8d9c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="533e3634323d7d3e2621233b2a132630217d363726">[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 summary or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The one unassociated funerary object is a bag of cremated ceramic
potsherds. In 1985 the UCR Archaeological Research Unit was hired to
assess several archaeological sites along Highway 111 in La Quinta,
Riverside County for the Desert Sands Unified School District ahead of
potential grading. During their pedestrian survey the archaeologists
assessed archaeological sites CA-RIV-1180, CA-RIV-1980, CA-RIV-1981,
and CA-RIV-1982. They observed cremated human remains on the surface of
CA-RIV-1980 and contacted the chairman of a Cahuilla band, who advised
that the remains should not be disturbed. The archaeologists did,
however, collect some pottery sherds that were found in association
with the cremation.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a large ceramic olla. In
the Winter of 1972, Dr. Wilke of the University of California,
Riverside, Archaeological Research Unit discovered a large ceramic olla
containing a cache of decomposed honey mesquite beans in an unnamed
canyon in the Mecca Hills between Thermal and Painted Canyon. The olla
was discovered in archaeological site CA-RIV-519, which was a windswept
rock-shelter affected by years of rain and erosion. Wilke decided to
remove the olla to prevent further damage or possible looting by
amateur pothunters. Radiocarbon analysis of the mesquite beans
indicated a date of 200 +/- 100 years old. This approximate time period
corresponds with the US Land Offices Survey recording of at least five
Cahuilla villages situated near the base of the Mecca Hills.
Determinations
The University of California, Riverside has determined that:
<bullet> The one unassociated funerary object described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice 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), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Torrez Martinez Desert Cahuilla
Indians, 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 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 cultural items 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 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: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17880 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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