Notice2024-26076
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Francisco State University, NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA
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Published
November 12, 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 or 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 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89035-89036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26076]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038994; 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 or 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 December 12, 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#b9dcdecbdcdcd7f9cadfcacc97dcddcc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7015170215151e30031603055e151405">[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 471 lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The 471 lots of unassociated funerary objects are
lithics, obsidian, sediment samples, beads, faunal remains, pestles,
chert, steatite, and tools. These cultural items are from
archaeological sites: CA-FRE-Yosemite, CA-FRE-Shaver Lake, CA-FRE-
Huntington Lake Region, CA-Auberry-UNK, CA-Auberry-22, CA-Auberry-20,
CA-Auberry-19, CA-Auberry-18, CA-Auberry-17, CA-Auberry-16, CA-Auberry-
15, CA-Auberry-14, CA-Auberry-12, CA-Auberry-10, CA-Auberry-9, CA-
Auberry-8, CA-Auberry-7, CA-Auberry-6, CA-Auberry-5, CA-Auberry-4, CA-
Auberry-3, CA-Auberry-2, CA-Auberry-1, CA-FRE-2264, CA-FRE-2263, CA-
FRE-492. The ``Auberry Burgess Collection'' was donated to SF State in
October 1968 by Ray Burgess as a gift. The remainder of the
archaeological sites are located near Shaver Lake in Fresno County.
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.
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A total of seven cultural items are requested for repatriation. The
seven objects of cultural patrimony include three seed beater baskets,
one burden basket, two cradle boards, and one round basket. These
baskets were donated to the Treganza Anthropology Museum (TAM) at San
Francisco State University in the 1960s and 1970s. When the TAM closed
in 2012, all the Native American items were transferred to the SF State
NAGPRA Program.
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 seven 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> The 471 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 Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono
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 December 12, 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: October 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26076 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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