Notice2024-29946
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Published
December 18, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), University of California, Davis has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102942-102943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29946]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039217; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis,
Davis, 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), University of California, Davis has
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after January 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, Repatriation Coordinator, University of
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752-8501, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96fbf8f9f4faf3d6e3f5f2f7e0ffe5b8f3f2e3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a07040508060f2a1f090e0b1c0319440f0e1f">[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
University of California, Davis 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
The two lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of
clamshell disc beads and one lot of Olivella beads. The associated
funerary objects were anonymously mailed to the University of
California, Davis Repatriation Coordinator with a return address of a
mail depot in Tucson, Arizona. Enclosed with the associated funerary
objects was a tag describing the items as ``burial beads'' found ``in
Wintun Indian graves located on Gordon sight[sic] in California west of
Sacramento River.'' The tag also indicates that Jack and Vera Mills,
amateur archaeologists from Arizona, purchased the beads in 1974. Based
on search of records, UC Davis believes the Gordon site most likely
refers to CA-NAP-448 (also known as CA-NAP-997, P-28-001171) or to
another site in the Gordon Valley, Napa County.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of California, Davis has determined that:
<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> There is a connection between the associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun
Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria,
California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria
(previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); and the
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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.
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Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 17, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California, Davis must determine the most appropriate requestor prior
to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The University of California, Davis 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: December 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29946 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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