Notice2024-20285
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
September 9, 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 intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 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 174 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73120-73121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20285]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038652; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of 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 October 9, 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#c5a8a4b7aeebb2ada0a0a9a0b785a6b6b0b6eba0a1b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="127f7360793c657a77777e776052716167613c777667">[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 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 989 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 989 objects of cultural patrimony are flaked and ground stones;
faunal and floral remains; modified stones, bones, and shells;
unmodified stones; soil samples; and historic materials. These items
were removed from CA-TEH-322, TEH-327, TEH-329, TEH-335, TEH-337, TEH-
338, TEH-339, TEH-340, TEH-343, TEH-344, TEH-346, TEH-348, TEH-353,
TEH-354, TEH-358, TEH-364, TEH-365, TEH-366, TEH-369, TEH-376, TEH-397,
TEH-398, TEH-399, TEH-411, TEH-413, TEH-420, TEH-426, TEH-428, TEH-445,
TEH-447, TEH-485, TEH-504, TEH-553, TEH-554, TEH-573, and TEH-Meeker/
Hooper/Flume Creek in Tehama County, CA. The items from TEH-Meeker/
Hooper/Flume Creek sites were collected during a student survey
conducted from 1979 to 1982 and have since been housed at the
California State University, Sacramento under accession 81-458. Items
from the other Tehama County sites were collected during a survey lead
by the University in the 1960s and have since been housed at California
State University, Sacramento under accession numbers 81-9 and 81-359.
An unknown number of objects may be missing from these collections and
California State University, Sacramento continues to look for them.
Determinations
The California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The 989 objects 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 Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
of 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 October 9, 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 cultural items 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 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 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20285 Filed 9-6-24; 8:45 am]
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