Notice2024-20296
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
September 10, 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 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73433-73434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20296]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038633; 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 October 10, 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#8ee3effce5a0f9e6ebebe2ebfcceedfdfbfda0ebeafb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d000c1f06431a05080801081f2d0e1e181e43080918">[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, three individuals have been
identified from CA-TEH-269, located in the eastern-central portion of
Tehama County, CA. The 6,303 associated funerary objects include baked
clay objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked and ground stones;
historic materials; modified bones, shells and stones; coprolites;
unmodified stones; basketry fragments; and charcoal. Of this number, at
least 22 objects are currently missing from the collection. Sacramento
State continues to look for any missing objects. The human remains and
funerary objects were collected by individuals associated with the
California State University, Sacramento in the 1960s. They have since
been
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housed at the University under accession 81-9.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from CA-TEH-309, located in the eastern-central portion of
Tehama County. The 241 associated funerary objects include faunal
remains (shell), flaked stone, and groundstone. An unknown number of
objects may be missing from this collection and Sacramento State will
continue to look for them. The human remains and funerary objects were
excavated by University of California, Davis and individuals associated
with California State University, Sacramento in the 1960s. They were
transferred to California State University, Sacramento from University
of California, Davis in 2015 in order to reunite them with other
cultural materials from the same project and accession (#81-30).
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from CA-TEH-372, located in the eastern-central portion of
Tehama County, CA. The 6,078 associated funerary objects include baked
clay objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked and ground stones;
historic materials; modified bones, shells and stones; thermally
altered rocks; pigments; unmodified stones; soil samples; and geologic
samples. Of this number, at least six objects are currently missing
from the collection. Sacramento State continues to look for any missing
objects. The human remains and funerary objects were collected by
individuals associated with the California State University, Sacramento
in the 1960s and 1970s. They have since been housed at the University
under accessions 81-6 and 81-9.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from CA-TEH-454 or 455, located in the easter-central
portion of Tehama County, CA. The human remains were donated to
California State University, Sacramento in the 1970s and have been
housed at the University under accession 81-CSUS-100.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified from CA-TEH-Hooper 1979:5, located in the eastern-central
portion of Tehama County, CA. The 20,655 associated funerary objects
include baked clay objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked and
ground stones; historic materials; modified bones, shells and stones;
thermally altered rocks; pigments; unmodified stones; soil samples;
ash; manuports; geologic samples; and unidentified objects. The human
remains and funerary objects were collected by individuals associated
with the California State University, Sacramento in the 1980s. They
have since been housed at the University under accessions 81-120.
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 eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 33,277 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 Grindstone
Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California and the
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of 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 October
10, 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: August 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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