Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, 39453-39454 [2023-12859]
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According to a letter from Over dated
May 4, 1927, the ancestral remains
housed at the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign are from his 1927
excavations. On August 31, 1927, Over
mailed to Dr. Frank C. Baker (then
Director of the University of Illinois
Museum of Natural History) the human
remains and associated funerary objects
listed in this notice (the other human
remains and funerary belongings were
stored at the University of South
Dakota-Vermillion). These human
remains belong to an elderly adult and
an infant. No known individuals were
identified. The five associated funerary
objects are one lot of glass beads, one
brass tinkling cone, one bone awl or hair
pin, one faunal bone, and one lot of
antler tine tips.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: archeological,
geographical, and historical.
Dated: June 6, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Determinations
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Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The five objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
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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, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign 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
Illinois Urbana-Champaign is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
California State University, Sacramento
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of objects
of cultural patrimony and a certain
cultural item that meets the definition of
an unassociated funerary object, and
that have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from
Stanislaus County, Tuolumne County,
and the Northern Sierra foothills, CA.
SUMMARY:
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Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after July
17, 2023.
DATES:
Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of
the College of Social Sciences and
Interdisciplinary Studies, California
State University, Sacramento, 6000 J
Street Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone
(916) 278–6504, email dhyson@
csus.edu.
ADDRESSES:
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 California State
University, Sacramento. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records held
by California State University,
Sacramento.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
At unknown dates, 29 cultural items
were removed from multiple locations
in Stanislaus County, Tuolumne
County, and the Northern Sierra
foothills, CA. These items were removed
from Tulloch Cave, Sonora, and
Etnazum Cave in Tuolumne County;
unknown locations near La Grange and
along Hood Creek in Stanislaus County;
and unknown locations in the Sierra
foothills of Northern California. Two
items from Sonora were donated to the
Anthropology Museum at California
State University, Sacramento in the
1970s. How or when the other 27 items
came to California State University,
Sacramento is unknown. The 28 objects
of cultural patrimony consist of seed
bead necklaces, flaked stones,
groundstones, thermally altered rocks,
faunal remains, and floral remains. The
one unassociated funerary object is a
shell ornament.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical,
kinship, linguistic, oral, traditional, and
expert opinion.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the California State
University, Sacramento has determined
that:
• The one cultural item described
above is reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony and is believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• The 28 cultural items described
above have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of
California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after July 17, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
California State University, Sacramento
must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the cultural
items are considered a single request
and not competing requests. California
State University, Sacramento is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: June 6, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California
State University, Sacramento 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. The human remains were
removed from Tuolumne County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after July 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of
the College of Social Sciences and
Interdisciplinary Studies, California
State University, Sacramento, 6000 J
Street, Sacramento, CA 95819,
telephone (916) 278–6504, email
dhyson@csus.edu.
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 California State
University, Sacramento. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by California State University,
Sacramento.
SUMMARY:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual, were
removed from Cave Man Cave, in
Tuolumne County, CA. The
documentation associated with these
ancestral remains is limited. Possibly,
Louis Payen collected the human
remains in the 1960s, during his cave
survey work in the vicinity. In 2022, the
University of California, Riverside (UC
Riverside) informed California State
University, Sacramento that human
remains from Cave Man Cave were at
UC Riverside and were believed to be
under the control of California State
University, Sacramento. (It is not known
who sent these human remains to UC
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Riverside or when, but they were likely
sent for radiocarbon dating.) In June of
2022, these human remains were
returned to California State University,
Sacramento. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the California State
University, Sacramento has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains in
this notice and the Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California and the Tuolumne Band of
Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the Responsible Official
identified in 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 July 17, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
California State University, Sacramento
must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains are considered a single request
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036001; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State
University, 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 California State University, Sacramento
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of objects of cultural patrimony and a certain cultural item that meets
the definition of an unassociated funerary object, and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from
Stanislaus County, Tuolumne County, and the Northern Sierra foothills,
CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after July 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and
Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento,
6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone (916) 278-6504, email
[email protected].
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
California State University, Sacramento. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by
California State University, Sacramento.
Description
At unknown dates, 29 cultural items were removed from multiple
locations in Stanislaus County, Tuolumne County, and the Northern
Sierra foothills, CA. These items were removed from Tulloch Cave,
Sonora, and Etnazum Cave in Tuolumne County; unknown locations near La
Grange and along Hood Creek in Stanislaus County; and unknown locations
in the Sierra foothills of Northern California. Two items from Sonora
were donated to the Anthropology Museum at California State University,
Sacramento in the 1970s. How or when the other 27 items came to
California State University, Sacramento is unknown. The 28 objects of
cultural patrimony consist of seed bead necklaces, flaked stones,
groundstones, thermally altered rocks, faunal remains, and floral
remains. The one unassociated funerary object is a shell ornament.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical, kinship, linguistic, oral,
traditional, and expert opinion.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the California State University, Sacramento has
determined that:
The one cultural item described above is reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and is
believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from
a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
The 28 cultural items described above have ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Tuolumne Band
of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after July 17, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, California State University, Sacramento must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. California State University,
Sacramento is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: June 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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