Notice2025-08049
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA
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Published
May 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19518-19519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08049]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040068; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Rios Community College
District, 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 Los
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Rios Community College District (LRCCD) has completed an inventory of
human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 9, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Jamey Nye, Los Rios Community College District, 1919 Spanos
Court, Arden-Arcade, CA 95825, telephone (916) 568-3031, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99f7f8fee9ebf8d9f5f6eaebf0f6eab7fcfdec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f59b9492858794b5999a86879c9a86db909180">[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 LRCCD,
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, two individuals have been reasonably identified. On November 28,
1994, the human remains were found by Public Works employees who were
checking the area for storm related debris on Auburn Blvd., Sacramento,
California. The coroner's report states that the individuals were found
with one square nail, but the one square nail was not removed with the
individuals. On March 22, 1995, the Sacramento County Coroner donated
the individuals to the Anthropology department at American River
College, one of four campuses within LRCCD. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, four individuals have been reasonably identified. On an unknown
date, the human remains were removed from the Sacramento area by
Jeremiah B. Lillard who was the president of Sacramento Junior College,
now Sacramento City College, between 1923 and 1940. Sacramento City
College is one of four campuses within LRCCD. In January 2024, the
individuals were located in the Sacramento City College Geology
department during a campus-wide audit of collections. The individuals
were located in a box that was labeled ``Series of Indian Jaws: showing
development of dentition. Collected from Indian mounds in the vicinity
of Sacramento, California. Collection loaned by J.B Lillard''. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. In 2023, the
human remains were located on the American River College campus during
a campus wide audit of their collections. In consultation with local
Tribes, it was determined that the human remains were likely from the
Sacramento area. No associated funerary objects are present.
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 described in this notice.
Determinations
LRCCD has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona
Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after June 9, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, LRCCD must determine the most appropriate requestor prior
to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains
are considered a single request and not competing requests. LRCCD 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 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08049 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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