Notice2024-20871
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Sacramento, CA
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Published
September 13, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 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 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74992-74994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20871]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038693; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Sacramento District, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento
District, 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 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Michelle Fitzgerald, Physical Anthropologist and NAGPRA
Liaison, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 1325 J
Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (916) 557-7114, email
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
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National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 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, 51 individuals have been
identified from site CA-GLE-10/H, in Glenn County, CA. The 1,842
associated funerary objects are: 337 beads, 17 bear claws, one
botanical, one bottle, five buckles, six buckles with leather, one
bullet mold, 321 buttons, nine charmstones, one clock, two cloth/
textile fragments, 67 coffin components, 41 coins, one comb, one
cufflink, eight fastening caps, 13 faunal bones, one piece of glass,
one harmonica, three lithic flakes, 10 lithic tools, 79 metal objects,
one nail, 18 ornamental items, one pencil lead, three pestles, one pipe
stem, three pocket knives, two pocket watches, 22 projectile points,
five rings, one rosette, one rubber ball, one scissors, one Shaman's
purse, 69 unmodified shells, 489 shell beads, 223 shell ornaments/
pendants, 10 shoe fragments, seven unmodified stones, two modified
stones, one telescope fragment, one thimble, one tube, 18 utensils,
five violin fragments, one lot of trade and shell beads, one lot of
bead and button fragments, six lots of beads, five lots of coffin
components, one lot of metal objects, 14 lots of shell beads, one lot
of burial soil, and one lot of violin fragments.
In 1961, a salvage excavation conducted by archaeologists
affiliated with San Francisco State College, now San Francisco State
University, took place in the Brownell Indian Cemetery (CA-GLE-10/H)
which removed human remains from multiple unmarked burials, as well as
the remains of Mr. James (Jim) Brown, identified later through written
accounts of his funeral and funerary objects. The individuals and
associated funerary objects from this investigation have been in the
custody of San Francisco State University since their excavation. Black
Butte Dam and Lake staff and a Sacramento District archaeologist
collected additional human remains and associated funerary objects in
1989, after CA-GLE-10/H was accidently impacted by heavy machinery.
These human remains and cultural items were housed at the Black Butte
Dam and Lake Project Office and Sacramento District Office until they
were transferred in 2018 by the Sacramento District to the Veterans
Curation Program (VCP) in San Mateo, CA, where they remain.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from site CA-GLE-11, in Glenn County, CA. The 37 associated
funerary objects are: one charmstone, one clam shell disc bead, five
faunal bones, one piece of glass, nine lithic tools, five manos, three
pecking stones, five pestles, two petal stones, and five projectile
points.
In 1960, San Francisco State College, under contract to the
National Park Service, initiated archaeological excavations at site CA-
GLE-11 as part of the salvage archaeology program for the proposed
Black Butte Reservoir. The human remains and associated funerary
objects have been in the custody of San Francisco State College, now
San Francisco State University, since their excavation.
Human remains representing, at least, nine individuals have been
identified from site CA-TEH-10, in Tehama County, CA. The 1,881
associated funerary objects are: three beads, 36 botanical items, 12
pieces of charcoal, two pieces of baked clay, 466 faunal bones, 117
fire-cracked rocks, two groundstone, one hammerstone, six lithic cores,
765 lithic flakes, 14 lithic tools, one mano, one piece of metal
hardware, one metate, five mortars, 17 nails, three pestles, one piece
of plastic, 32 projectile points/fragments, nine soil samples, three
unmodified stones, one piece of wood, 23 lots of botanicals, 280 lots
of charcoal, two lots of faunal bones, two lots of radiocarbon samples,
65 lots of soil, one lot of mixed soil and charcoal, and 10 lots of
wood.
CA-TEH-10 was excavated in 1983 and 1986 by archaeologists
affiliated with California State University, Sacramento under contract
with the Sacramento District. The site was comprised of a large burial
ground with two cemeteries, the human remains from which were thought
to have been reburied in 1985 and 1990 at a private cemetery. However,
some cultural materials recovered from the site were transferred to the
California State University, Sacramento's Archaeological Study Center
for curation as Accession #81-138. In 2021, the Sacramento District
transferred these items to the VCP in San Mateo, CA. During review of
the items, Sacramento District staff identified human remains. The
human remains and associated funerary objects are currently housed at
the VCP.
No information is available that would indicate that any of the
human remains or cultural items in this notice have been treated with
potentially hazardous substances.
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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 61 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 3,760 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
15, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 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 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
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Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20871 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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