Notice2025-14163
Notice of Inventory Completion: County of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
July 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the County of Sacramento has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 35537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14163]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6333; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040522; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: County of Sacramento, 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 County of Sacramento has completed an
inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after August 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Candise Vogel, Sacramento County
Office of Planning and Environmental Review, 827 7th Street #225,
Sacramento, CA 95814, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef9980888a838c8eaf9c8e8c8c809a819b96c1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1978e86848d8280a1928082828e948f9598cf868e97">[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
County of Sacramento 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
Associated funerary objects were removed from CA-SAC-237 (also
known as the Chatterson site) in Sacramento County, CA. The associated
funerary objects came into the possession of the County of Sacramento
during a road expansion project in 2006. Occupation of the site is
estimated to have occurred during approximately 2,500 to 1,500 BP with
an additional historic period occupation. The 936 associated funerary
objects include 820 flaked stone, 102 faunal remains, four floral
remains, and 10 historic items. Of this number at least 68 artifacts
are currently missing from the collection. The County of Sacramento
continues to look for all missing objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The County of Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The 936 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 associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of 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; United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria,
California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 27, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the County of
Sacramento must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The County of Sacramento is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14163 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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