Notice2024-18672
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA
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Published
August 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Francisco State University (SF State) NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 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 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67661-67662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18672]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038522; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Francisco State University
NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, 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 San Francisco State University (SF
State) NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate certain cultural items that
meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 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 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Elise Green, San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program,
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 338-
1381, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e3b392c3b3b301e2d382d2b703b3a2b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8eebe9fcebebe0cefde8fdfba0ebeafb">[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 SF
State NAGPRA Program, 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 205 lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The 205 lots of unassociated funerary objects are tools,
pestle fragments, projectile points, pestles, worked chert, stones,
chert fragments, mano, glass, hammerstone, obsidian, and a hopper
mortar. These cultural items are from archaeological sites in Mendocino
County: CA-MEN-Tickenoff Collection, CA-MEN-Etsel Franciscan Survey,
CA-MEN-Poor Man's Valley, CA-MEN-775-776, CA-MEN-766, CA-MEN-765, CA-
MEN-764, CA-MEN-763, CA-
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MEN-754, CA-MEN-753, CA-MEN-749, CA-MEN-743, CA-MEN-738, CA-MEN-736,
CA-MEN-735, CA-MEN-721, CA-MEN-713, CA-MEN-703, CA-MEN-688, CA-MEN-682,
CA-MEN-669, CA-MEN-668, CA-MEN-666, CA-MEN-665, CA-MEN-643, CA-MEN-622,
CA-MEN-316, CA-MEN-315, CA-MEN-307, CA-MEN-306, CA-MEN-304, CA-MEN-297,
CA-MEN-293, CA-MEN-285, CA-MEN-282, CA-MEN-279, CA-MEN-277, CA-MEN-272,
CA-MEN-271, CA-MEN-267, CA-MEN-258, CA-MEN-245, CA-MEN-244, CA-MEN-242,
CA-MEN-227, CA-MEN-226, CA-MEN-222, CA-MEN-216, CA-MEN-213, CA-MEN-209,
and CA-MEN-208. Many of these sites were excavated as part of the
Etsel-Franciscan Reservoir Project located in Williams Valley, CA. SF
State previously repatriated ancestors to the Round Valley Indian
Tribes in 2000 from this same project. These sites listed above have
been determined to be geographically located near Round Valley, CA and
associated with the Round Valley Indian Tribes.
It was once common practice by museums to use chemicals on cultural
items to prevent deterioration by mold, insects, and moisture. To date,
the SF State NAGPRA Program has no records documenting use of chemicals
at our facilities, and we currently do not use chemicals on any
cultural items. A former SF State professor, Dr. Michael Moratto,
stated that staff used glues, polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called
Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural objects in the past. Prior non-
invasive and non-destructive hazardous chemical tests conducted at the
SF State NAGPRA Program repositories show arsenic, mercury, and/or lead
in some storage containers, surfaces, and certain cultural items.
Determinations
The SF State NAGPRA Program has determined that:
<bullet> The 205 lots of unassociated funerary objects 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> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Round Valley Indian Tribes,
Round Valley Reservation, 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 20, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF State NAGPRA Program 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 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18672 Filed 8-20-24; 8:45 am]
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