Notice2024-31303
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
December 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Riverside 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 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106573-106574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31303]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039255; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, 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 University of California, Riverside 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 January 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86ebe3e1e7e8a8ebf3f4f6eeffc6f3e5f4a8e3e2f3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c11191b1d125211090e0c14053c091f0e52191809">[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, Riverside, 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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. The three
associated funerary objects are one lot of lithic materials, one lot of
pottery sherds, and one lot of grinding stones. In 1975, the University
of California, Riverside Archaeological Research Unit (UCRARU) was
contracted by Hirsch and Koptionak Consulting Engineers and Planners to
conduct an archaeological filed reconnaissance of the Mason Valley
Ranch. The property is in Oriflamme Canyon, adjacent to the Anza-
Borrego Desert State Park in central San Diego County. During the
survey archaeologists recorded twenty archaeological sites and a test
unit in archaeological site CA-SDI-4812. Archaeologists removed
approximately 175 items from the unit including pottery sherds, lithic
materials, and grinding stones. A burnt bone fragment was also removed
from the unit and initially identified as faunal remains. In 2024, at
the request of tribal representatives, an osteologist reviewed the bone
fragment and identified it as a human rib fragment. During consultation
tribal representatives also identified the objects in the collection to
be associated funerary objects. In the report for the project, ARU
Report #151, archaeologists noted that cremation burials have been
previously identified in the canyon as well as village sites and
surface artifacts. Tribal representatives confirmed this to be true
during consultation and noted that they had conducted repatriations of
other burials removed from the area.
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 University of California, Riverside has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The three 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 Campo
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation,
California; Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
California (Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of
the Barona Reservation, California; Viejas (Baron Long) Group of
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation,
California); Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Iipay
Nation of Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian
Village of California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the
La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation,
California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California;
and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.
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 January 29, 2025.
If competing requests for repatriation are received,
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the University of California, Riverside 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 University
of California, Riverside 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 19, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-31303 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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