Notice2025-04630
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, California-Great Basin Region, Sacramento, CA
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Published
March 19, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 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 the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12766-12767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04630]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039643; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, California--Great Basin Region, Sacramento, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation (Reclamation) 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 the 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 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Melanie Ryan, Bureau of Reclamation, California--Great
Basin Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825,
telephone (916) 978-5526, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#60050d1219010e20151302124e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2c7cfd0dbc3cce2d7d1c0d08cc5cdd4">[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
Reclamation, 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
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. The seven associated funerary objects are one basalt
scraper plane, one piece of miscellaneous groundstone, and five pieces
of mixed debitage. Site CA-SIS-259 (Sheepy East 1) is located on a low
mound on the northeast shore of Lower Klamath Lake, Siskiyou County,
California. The site is located on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the
Service) lands on which Reclamation maintains water facilities and
administers a land leasing program under a cooperative agreement with
the Service. On March 12, 2024, the Service formally transferred
ownership of the collection from CA-SIS-259 to Reclamation.
In 1984, the Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.,
while under contract to Reclamation, conducted test excavations to
evaluate the site for listing on the National Register of Historic
Places. No burials were recorded during the excavation. However, six
pieces of disassociated human bone were found. Seven items were found
in the same unit and level as the remains and they are included as
associated funerary objects because of their proximity to the remains.
In 1995, UC Davis completed a NAGPRA inventory and Notice of
Inventory Completion for site CA-SIS-259 that was submitted to the
National NAGPRA Program as part of an agreement with Reclamation. In
2006, Reclamation withdrew the Notice of Inventory Completion to
confirm land status and possession or control authority. The collection
was curated at the University of California Davis, Davis, CA (UC Davis)
under Accession Number 367 until it was transferred to a secure
Reclamation facility nearby in 2023.
The earliest occupation of CA-SIS-259, a temporary camp, dates to
approximately A.D. 250 (McGuire 1985:i, 33). In addition to the
presence of time-sensitive Gunther Barbed projectile points and beads,
dates derived from radiocarbon analysis of
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nonhuman bone collagen and obsidian hydration, places the occupation of
the site between A.D. 250 and 1350, with the most intense occupation
occurring around A.D. 1300 (McGuire (1985:i, 33).
There is a reasonably clear line of relationship with the Modoc
Nation at this site, based upon the subsistence practices represented
(McGuire 1985:55-60). Although archaeological and linguistic evidence
indicates that other groups may have traveled through the area during
this time (McGuire 1985:61-62, Bettinger 1995:6), the radiocarbon date
of A.D. 1340 and a subsistence pattern that includes intensive fish and
antelope processing indicate that the human remains recovered from site
CA-SIS-259 are most likely affiliated with the Modoc Nation.
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
Reclamation has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The seven 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
described in this notice and the Klamath Tribes and the Modoc 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 April 17, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Bureau of
Reclamation 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 Bureau of Reclamation 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: March 5, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04630 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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