Notice2025-04201
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
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Published
March 17, 2025
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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 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12347-12349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04201]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NPS0039425; 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 April 16, 2025.
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ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati
Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, email
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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 its 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 removed from CA-SOL-320 near Vacaville,
California, have been reasonably identified. The lot of 617 associated
funerary objects are flaked stone tools and debitage; groundstone
tools; historic-period items; modified shell; shell beads; unmodified
faunal bone and shell; shell beads and ornaments; charmstone; bone
tools and ornaments. CA-SOL-320 was investigated through an
archaeological survey, test excavation and construction monitoring by
the Anthropological Studies Center for Schnieder Management Services,
Inc. The work resulted in collections of cultural material curated at
Sonoma State University under Accession numbers 87-01, and 88-02.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, two individuals removed from CA-SOL-25 near Fairfield,
California, have been reasonably identified. The lot of 100 associated
funerary objects are flaked stone tools and debitage; botanical
remains; and unmodified faunal bone. The collection, Accession number
95-34, was the result of test excavation units, trenching and
monitoring of grading activities conducted by Far Western
Archaeological Research Group, Inc. in 1995. The collection has been
housed at Sonoma State University since 1995.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, two individuals removed from CA-SOL-514 near Dixon, California,
have been reasonably identified. The lot of 82 associated funerary
objects are flaked stone tools and debitage; groundstone tools; and
unmodified faunal bone. The collection, Accession number 2019-79, was
the result of an unanticipated discovery during a construction project
being overseen by ECORP Consulting Inc. in 2019. The collection was
stored at the ECORP lab during the COVID-19 pandemic while the Sonoma
State University Archaeological Collections Facility was closed, and
the collection was transferred to Sonoma State University in 2021.
The lot of 9,886 associated funerary objects removed from CA-SOL-
363 near Dixon in Solano County, California consist of flaked stone
tools and debitage, groundstone, quartz crystal, shell beads,
unmodified faunal bone and modified shell and faunal bone. The
collection, Accession Number 93-07, has been housed at Sonoma State
University since 1994.
The lot of nine associated funerary objects removed from CA-SOL-318
near Vacaville in Solano County, California consist of flaked stone
tools and debitage. The collection, Accession Number 85-01, has been
housed at Sonoma State University since 1985.
The lot of 234 associated funerary objects removed from CA-SOL-334
near Vacaville in Solano County, California consist of flaked stone
tools and debitage; historic-period items; unmodified faunal bone. The
collection, Accession number 2010-06, was the result of a survey and
Extended Phase I testing conducted by Far Western Archaeological
Research Group, Inc. in 2008. The cultural items have been housed at
Sonoma State University since 2010.
The lot of 1,420 associated funerary objects removed from CA-SOL-
451 near Vacaville in Solano County, California consist of botanical
remains; historic-period items; unmodified faunal bone and shell. The
collection, Accession number 2010-06, was the result of a data recovery
excavation during construction monitoring conducted by Far Western
Archaeological Research Group, Inc. in 2008. The cultural items have
been housed at Sonoma State University since 2010.
The lot of five associated funerary objects removed from CA-SOL-359
in Solano County, California consists of flaked stone tools and
debitage. The collection, Accession number 91-01, have been housed at
Sonoma State University since 2010.
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 reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of 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 five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 12,353 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 human remains and
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 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 16,
2025. 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.
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Dated: January 29, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04201 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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