Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, and California State University, Chico, Chico, CA, 54349-54350 [2023-17131]
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test pits and areas just outside the cave.
Since being removed, the collection has
been housed at the University of Georgia
Laboratory of Archaeology. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Ancestral remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from site 9DD35, Bone Cave, in Dade
County, GA, during a survey conducted
by Bruce Smith in 1975. At the time the
site was surveyed, a collection was
made from the surface of the site. Since
being removed, the collection has been
housed at the University of Georgia
Laboratory of Archaeology. The human
remains belong to an individual of
indeterminate age and sex. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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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 and
geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Georgia
Laboratory of Archaeology has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 17 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 304 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 Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Kialegee Tribal Town; Poarch Band of
Creek Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
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
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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 September 11, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of Georgia Laboratory of
Archaeology 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
Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes 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.
Dated: August 2, 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 Department of Parks and
Recreation, Sacramento, CA, and
California State University, Chico,
Chico, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation and California State
University, Chico have completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and have
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. The human
SUMMARY:
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remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Butte County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Leslie Hartzell, Cultural
Resources Division at California State
Parks 715 P Street, Suite 13,
Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (415)
831–2700, email leslie.hartzell@
parks.ca.gov and Dawn Rewolinski,
California State University, Chico, 400
W. 1st Street, Chico, CA 95929,
telephone (530) 898–3090, email
drewolinski@csuchico.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 the California
Department of Parks and Recreation and
California State University, Chico. 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 the California Department of Parks
and Recreation and California State
University, Chico.
Description
CA–BUT–3820/H
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from Butte County, CA. In the
spring of 1976, Bidwell Adobe (CA–
BUT–3820/H) was excavated by M.
Kowta and other archeologists affiliated
with California State University, Chico.
This site is part of the Bidwell Mansion
State Historic Park and under the legal
control of the California Department of
Parks and Recreation. The human
remains, funerary objects, and other
items from this excavation are in the
custody of California State University,
Chico. The 3,822 associated funerary
objects are 285 organics, 81 lots
consisting of debitage, 15 modified
stone fragments, two lots of projectile
points, two shell fragments, 1,281
samples of charcoal, one sample of soil,
2,055 faunal elements, 72 modified
faunal elements, 20 pieces of clay, three
modified fragments of clay, one lot of
basalt flakes, one lot of cobble coretools, one lot of flakes, one lot of beads,
and one lot of pestles.
In 1987, Bidwell Adobe (CA–BUT–
3820/H) was excavated by Keith
Johnson and other archeologists
affiliated with California State
University, Chico under agreement with
the California Department of Parks and
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Recreation. This site is part of the
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
and under the legal control of California
Department of Parks and Recreation.
The funerary objects and other items
from this excavation are in the custody
of the California Department of Parks
and Recreation. The five associated
funerary objects are one lot of basalt
flakes, one lot of flake scrapers, one lot
of glass beads, one lot of hammerstone,
and one lot of projectiles. There were no
human remains recorded.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Butte County, CA. In 1990, Bidwell
Adobe (CA–BUT–3820/H) was
excavated by Keith Johnson and other
archeologists affiliated with California
State University, Chico under agreement
with the California Department of Parks
and Recreation. This site is part of the
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
and under the legal control of the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation. The funerary objects and
other items from this excavation are in
the custody of the California
Department of Parks and Recreation.
The three associated funerary objects are
one lot of basalt flakes, one lot of
obsidian flakes, and one lot of projectile
points.
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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: anthropological,
archeological, 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 Department
of Parks and Recreation and California
State University, Chico have determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 3,830 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.
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• 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 Mechoopda Indian
Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California.
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:
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 September 11, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the California Department of Parks and
Recreation and California State
University, Chico 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 California
Department of Parks and Recreation and
California State University, Chico.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.
Dated: August 2, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–17131 Filed 8–9–23; 8:45 am]
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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036324;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler
Museum at University of California Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and
California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) with the assistance of the
Fowler Museum at University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and 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. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Los Angeles County,
CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Emily Castano, California
Department of Transportation, P.O. Box
942874 MS 27, Sacramento, CA 94271–
0001, telephone (916) 956–0098, email
emily.castano@dot.ca.gov.
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 Caltrans. 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 Caltrans.
SUMMARY:
Description
In 1997, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
removed from site CA–LAN–2233 in Los
Angeles County, CA. Caltrans initiated
an emergency effort to recover burials
located in the path of a construction
project to improve State Route 126.
Following the recovery, human remains
and one associated funerary object were
sent to the University of California,
Riverside (UCR) radiocarbon dating lab
for dating. In August of 2021, UCR sent
the human remains and the associated
funerary object listed in this notice to
the Fowler Museum at UCLA. The one
associated funerary object is an elk
antler.
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,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036325; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks
and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, and California State University, Chico,
Chico, 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 Department of Parks and
Recreation and California State University, Chico have completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have
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. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Butte County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Leslie Hartzell, Cultural Resources Division at California
State Parks 715 P Street, Suite 13, Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone
(415) 831-2700, email [email protected] and Dawn Rewolinski,
California State University, Chico, 400 W. 1st Street, Chico, CA 95929,
telephone (530) 898-3090, 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 the
California Department of Parks and Recreation and California State
University, Chico. 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 the California
Department of Parks and Recreation and California State University,
Chico.
Description
CA-BUT-3820/H
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Butte County, CA. In the spring of 1976, Bidwell Adobe
(CA-BUT-3820/H) was excavated by M. Kowta and other archeologists
affiliated with California State University, Chico. This site is part
of the Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park and under the legal control
of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The human
remains, funerary objects, and other items from this excavation are in
the custody of California State University, Chico. The 3,822 associated
funerary objects are 285 organics, 81 lots consisting of debitage, 15
modified stone fragments, two lots of projectile points, two shell
fragments, 1,281 samples of charcoal, one sample of soil, 2,055 faunal
elements, 72 modified faunal elements, 20 pieces of clay, three
modified fragments of clay, one lot of basalt flakes, one lot of cobble
core-tools, one lot of flakes, one lot of beads, and one lot of
pestles.
In 1987, Bidwell Adobe (CA-BUT-3820/H) was excavated by Keith
Johnson and other archeologists affiliated with California State
University, Chico under agreement with the California Department of
Parks and
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Recreation. This site is part of the Bidwell Mansion State Historic
Park and under the legal control of California Department of Parks and
Recreation. The funerary objects and other items from this excavation
are in the custody of the California Department of Parks and
Recreation. The five associated funerary objects are one lot of basalt
flakes, one lot of flake scrapers, one lot of glass beads, one lot of
hammerstone, and one lot of projectiles. There were no human remains
recorded.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Butte County, CA. In 1990, Bidwell Adobe (CA-BUT-3820/H) was
excavated by Keith Johnson and other archeologists affiliated with
California State University, Chico under agreement with the California
Department of Parks and Recreation. This site is part of the Bidwell
Mansion State Historic Park and under the legal control of the
California Department of Parks and Recreation. The funerary objects and
other items from this excavation are in the custody of the California
Department of Parks and Recreation. The three associated funerary
objects are one lot of basalt flakes, one lot of obsidian flakes, and
one lot of projectile points.
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: anthropological, archeological, 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 Department of Parks and Recreation and
California State University, Chico have determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 3,830 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 Mechoopda Indian Tribe of
Chico Rancheria, California.
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:
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 September 11, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California
Department of Parks and Recreation and California State University,
Chico 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 California Department of Parks and Recreation
and California State University, Chico.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.
Dated: August 2, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-17131 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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