Notice2025-06646
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
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Published
April 18, 2025
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 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06646]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039956; 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 May 19, 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#7d10181a1c135310080f0d15043d081e0f53181908"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99f4fcfef8f7b7f4ecebe9f1e0d9ecfaebb7fcfdec">[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 seven
associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramic sherds, one lot of
ceramic objects, one lot of glass, one lot of lithics, one lot of metal
objects, one lot of fire-altered rock, and one lot of faunal bone. In
1971, archaeologists at the University of California, Riverside
Archaeological Research Unit (UCRARU) learned from Gerry Smith of the
San Bernardino County Museum that archaeological site CA-RIV-399 (the
Painted Rock Site) at the base of the Lakeview Mountains in Riverside
County was being disturbed by the construction of a canal. Tom King,
Chief Archaeologist for the UCRARU, surveyed the site and noted
artifacts on the surface including quartz flakes and clay pipe
fragments. To prevent further damage to the site, archaeologists from
the UCRARU were given permission by property owners to run a student
archaeological field school in the summer of 1971. The site was
described by archaeologists as an extensive occupation area with
milling features and rock art. Students excavated twelve 1 x 1-meter
units and uncovered approximately 135 items including sherds, lithics,
fire-altered rock, and other archaeological materials. The objects were
housed at UCR under accession number 24. In 2024, at the request of
tribal partners, an osteologist reviewed a burnt bone fragment in the
collection and concluded that it represented a human infant cranial
bone. In consultation with tribal partners, the objects in the
collection were also reviewed and identified as associated funerary
objects based on expert tribal knowledge.
The Painted Rocks Site is an area well-known to the local Cahuilla
and Luiseno Tribes as a place where their ancestors lived; it remains a
place of great importance for them in modern times.
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 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
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California and the Soboba Band of
Luiseno Indians, 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 May 19, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, 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: April 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06646 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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