Notice2025-11140
Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA
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Published
June 17, 2025
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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 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 115 (Tuesday, June 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25633-25635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11140]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040401; 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 Rios Community College District
(LRCCD) 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 July 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Jamey Nye, Los Rios
Community College District, 1919 Spanos Ct, Arden-Arcade, CA 95825,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c2aca3a5b2b0a382aeadb1b0abadb1eca7a6b7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aac4cbcddad8cbeac6c5d9d8c3c5d984cfcedf">[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, nine individuals have been reasonably identified. In 2023 and
2024, the individuals were located on the Sacramento City College,
Folsom Lake College, and American River College campuses, three of four
colleges within the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD), during
a campus wide audit. Based on Tribal knowledge and the acquisition
history of the district, the individuals were very likely removed from
somewhere in California by Jeremiah B. Lillard, the first president of
Sacramento Junior College, now Sacramento City College, between 1923
and 1940. The exact location of where Lillard removed the ancestors is
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unknown. There are no associated funerary objects present. LRCCD does
not have any knowledge or record of the presence of any potentially
hazardous substances used to treat any of the human remains.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, 40 individuals have been reasonably identified. In 2023 and
2024, the individuals were located on the American River College,
Cosumnes River College, and Sacramento City College campuses, three of
four campuses within LRCCD, during a campus-wide audit of collections.
The individuals were located without any associated paperwork, but
based on the acquisition history of the district, it is likely the
individuals were removed from California. The three associated funerary
objects are one lot of faunal bone and two rocks. LRCCD does not have
any knowledge or record of the presence of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat any of the human remains and associated
funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the acquisition
history of the human remains and associated funerary objects described
in this notice.
Determinations
LRCCD has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 49 individuals 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 Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian
Reservation, California; Alturas Indian Rancheria, California;
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Bear River Band of the
Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu
Indians of California; Big Lagoon Rancheria, California; Big Pine
Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono
Indians of California; Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big
Valley Rancheria, California; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Blue Lake Rancheria,
California; Bridgeport Indian Colony; Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-wuk
Indians of California; Burns Paiute Tribe; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla
Indians (previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians,
California); Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian
Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Cahto Tribe of the
Laytonville Rancheria; Cahuilla Band of Indians; California Valley
Miwok Tribe, California; 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); Cedarville Rancheria, California; Chemehuevi
Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, California; Cher-Ae Heights
Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo
Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of
California; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian
Reservation, Arizona and California; Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
of California; Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, California;
Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria,
California; Elk Valley Rancheria, California; Ely Shoshone Tribe of
Nevada; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California;
Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Federated Indians of
Graton Rancheria, California; Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort
Bidwell Reservation of California; Fort Independence Indian Community
of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California;
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona;
Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada; Greenville
Rancheria; Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of
California; Guidiville Rancheria of California; Habematolel Pomo of
Upper Lake, California; Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; Hopland Band of
Pomo Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California;
Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit
Reservation, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Jamul Indian Village of California;
Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Karuk Tribe; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point
Rancheria, California; Klamath Tribes; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of
the Cortina Rancheria (previously listed as the Kletsel Dehe Band of
Wintun Indians); Koi Nation of Northern California; La Jolla Band of
Luiseno Indians, California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Las Vegas Tribe of
Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Lone Pine
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians,
California; Lovelock Paiute Tribe of the Lovelock Indian Colony,
Nevada; Lytton Rancheria of California; Manchester Band of Pomo Indians
of the Manchester Rancheria, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mechoopda
Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California; Mesa Grande Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation, California;
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Moapa Band of
Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; Modoc
Nation; Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Morongo
Band of Mission Indians, California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono
Indians of California; Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation; Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes); Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and
Colony, Nevada; Pala Band of Mission Indians; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki
Indians of California; Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the
Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California; Pechanga Band of Indians
(previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the
Pechanga Reservation, California); Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi
Indians of California; Pinoleville Pomo Nation, California; Pit River
Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout,
Montgomery Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias); Potter Valley Tribe,
California; Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (previously listed as
Resighini Rancheria, California); Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; Quartz Valley Indian Community of the
Quartz Valley Reservation of California; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma
Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; Ramona Band of Cahuilla,
California; Redding Rancheria, California; Redwood Valley or Little
River Band of Pomo Indians of the Redwood Valley
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Rancheria, California; Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada; Rincon Band
of Luiseno Indians of Rincon Reservation, California; Robinson
Rancheria; Round Valley Indian Tribes, Round Valley Reservation,
California; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; San Pasqual Band
of Diegueno Mission Indians of California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla
Indians, California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; Scotts Valley Band of Pomo
Indians of California; Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California; Summit
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Susanville Indian Rancheria, California;
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tejon
Indian Tribe; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four
constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band and
Wells Band); Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation; Torres
Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, California; Tule River Indian Tribe
of the Tule River Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk
Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; Twenty-Nine Palms Band
of Mission Indians of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the
Auburn Rancheria of California; Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the
Benton Paiute Reservation, California; Walker River Paiute Tribe of the
Walker River Reservation, Nevada; Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California
(Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart
Community, & Washoe Ranches); Wilton Rancheria, California; Winnemucca
Indian Colony of Nevada; Wiyot Tribe, California; Yerington Paiute
Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch, Nevada; Yocha Dehe
Wintun Nation, California; Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (previously
listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, California); and the
Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, 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 July 17, 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 and associated funerary objects
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: June 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11140 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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