Notice2024-26947
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
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Published
November 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sonoma State University 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 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91421-91422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26947]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039043; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson
Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert
Park, 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 Sonoma State University 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 December 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati
Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#22664d514a4b430c464d464662514d4c4d4f430c474657"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="387c574b505159165c575c5c784b5756575559165d5c4d">[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
Sonoma State University, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
The lot of 51 associated funerary objects under Accession number
81-06 removed from CA-YOL-136, CA-YOL-137, CA-YOL-138, CA-YOL-139, and
CA-YOL-140 in Yolo County, California. The associated funerary objects
are flaked tools and debitage and fauna! bones. The Accession Number
81-06 collection is the result of cultural resource study of 7,600
acres in Napa and Yolo Counties done by the Anthropological Studies
Center at
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Sonoma State University at the request of D'Appolonia Consulting
Engineers, Inc. CA-YOL-136 is located on a level-topped bluff adjacent
to a seasonal stream, the closest city is Guinda in Yolo County. CA-
YOL-137 is located on mid-slope terrace with part of the southern
portion of the site bulldozed away before the original survey took
place in 1981, the closet city is Knoxville. CA-YOL-138 is located on
the level valley floor near Davis Creek, the closet city is Knoxville.
CA-YOL-139 is located on two adjacent rises on a broad terrace near
Davis Creek, the closet city is Knoxville. CA-YOL-140 is located on a
wide terrace adjacent to Davis Creek, the closet city is Knoxville. The
collection, Accession Number 81-06, has been housed at Sonoma State
University since 1982.
The lot of 208 associated funerary objects under Accession Number
82-04 were removed from CA-YOL-138 and CA-YOL-140 in Yolo County,
California is flaked stone tools and debitage, groundstone, quartz
crystal, fauna) bone and historic-period items. The collection,
Accession Number 82-04, has been housed at Sonoma State University
since 1983.
The lot of 5,095 associated funerary objects are under Accession
Number 83-08 were removed from CA-YOL-138, CA-YOL-139 and CA-YOL-140 in
Yolo County, California. A previously published Notice of Inventory
Completion (75 FR 68377, November 5, 2010) concerning CA-YOL-139
covered two individuals and 555 associated funerary objects. The
remaining associated funerary objects are obsidian tools, obsidian
flakes, chert flakes, basalt flakes, basalt tool, fauna) bone
fragments, abalone shell fragment, ash/soil samples, groundstone,
quartz chunk, abalone pendants and olivella beads. The entire accession
remains at Sonoma State University.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, three individuals removed from Accession Number 84-19 site CA-
YOL-139 have been reasonably identified. A minimum 14 ancestors and 54
associated funerary objects were previously published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion (75 FR 68377, November 5, 2010). The remaining
9,314 associated funerary objects are flaked stone tools and debitage,
Groundstone, historic material, Unmodified fauna! bone, shell beads and
ornaments, baked clay, bone tools, steatite pipe, dietary shell. This
Inventory updates the minimum number of individuals. The Accession
number 84-19 collection was the result of a field school led by Sonoma
State University and Santa Rosa Junior College from Fall 1984 to Summer
1985. The collection, Accession Number 82-04, has been housed at Sonoma
State University since 1985.
Based on records concerning the associated funerary objects and the
institution in which they are housed, there is no evidence of the
associated funerary objects being treated with 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 Sonoma State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 14,668 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Yocha
Dehe Wintun Nation, 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 19, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Sonoma State
University 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 Sonoma State University 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: November 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26947 Filed 11-18-24; 8:45 am]
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