Notice2024-24428
Notice of Inventory Completion: Eastern California Museum, Independence, CA
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Published
October 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Eastern California Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84390-84391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24428]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038939; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Eastern California Museum,
Independence, 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 Eastern California Museum has completed
an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after November 21,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Shawn Lum, Eastern California Museum, 155 N Grant St.,
Independence, CA 93526, telephone (760) 878-0258, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8dddbd5cdcbddcdd5f8d1d6c1d7dbd7cdd6ccc196cdcb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5035333d252335253d10393e293f333f253e24297e2523">[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
Eastern California Museum, 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, one individual have been
identified. The two associated funerary objects are pieces of shell and
obsidian flakes. These items were donated to the museum by the Lindsey
family of Lone Pine, CA on 4-14-1977 and they were assigned accession
#1977.103 (ID #NL3).
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of
the Owens Valley; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Fort Independence Indian
Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation,
California; Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; and the Timbisha Shoshone
Tribe.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are
available: geographical. The information, including the results of
consultation, identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains or associated
funerary objects.
2. Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe as an Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization connected to the human remains or associated
funerary objects.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
The Eastern California Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The two 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> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains
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and associated funerary objects in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice has been clearly or reasonably identified.
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 any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 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.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice may occur on or after
November 21, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received,
the Eastern California Museum 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 Eastern California Museum is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: October 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-24428 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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