Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 72778-72779 [2023-23279]

Download as PDF 72778 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 203 / Monday, October 23, 2023 / Notices Hanvey, Office of Self-Governance, Office of the Assistant Secretary— Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop 3624, Washington, DC 20240. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vickie Hanvey, Designated Federal Officer, comments@bia.gov, (918) 931– 0745. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, blind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the authority of the PROGRESS Act (Pub. L. 116–180), the Negotiated Rulemaking Act (5 U.S.C. 561 et seq.), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. ch. 10). 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Written comments may be sent to Vickie Hanvey listed in the ADDRESSES section above. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2023–23371 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4337–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036756; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) 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 Amador County, CA. SUMMARY: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 2023. ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, telephone (530) 752–8501, email mnoble@ucdavis.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 UC Davis. 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 UC Davis. DATES: E:\FR\FM\23OCN1.SGM 23OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 203 / Monday, October 23, 2023 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Description Human remains representing, at minimum, 39 individuals were removed from Amador County, CA. Jerald Johnson, a graduate student at the Department of Anthropology directed a salvage excavation at CA–AMA–56 in 1965. There are 1,822 associated funerary objects. Of that number, 1,657 funerary objects have been located and 165 objects are currently missing. UC Davis continues to look for the missing associated funerary objects. The 1,657 located associated funerary objects are 122 lots consisting of worked shell (including Olivella and haliotis beads, pendants, ornaments, and other worked shell); 141 lots consisting of worked bone (including beads, awls/needles/ pins, tubes, incised bone, and other worked bone); 34 lots consisting of worked stone (including pendants, beads, a charmstone, a steatite bowl fragment, and other worked stone); 33 lots consisting of projectile points; 677 lots consisting of chipped stone (including bifaces, blades, cores, drills, knives, and debitage); three lots consisting of worked horn; 40 lots consisting of groundstones; 16 lots consisting of quartz crystals; 74 lots consisting of ochre; two lots consisting of ash; five lots consisting of charcoal; seven lots consisting of baked clay; 17 lots consisting of historic items; 240 lots consisting of unmodified animal bones; 126 lots consisting of unmodified shells; three lots consisting of hull fragments; and 117 lots consisting of unmodified stones (including fire-affected rock). The 165 currently missing associated funerary objects are 73 lots consisting of worked shell (including Olivella shell beads and other worked shell); two lots consisting of worked stone; one bone pin; one miscellaneous worked bone; 46 lots consisting of projectile points; 30 lots consisting of chipped stone (including bifaces, knives, and debitage); two lots consisting of groundstones; one lot consisting of ochre; one lot consisting of miscellaneous minerals; three lots consisting of unmodified animal bones; three lots consisting of unmodified shells; one lot consisting of ‘‘associated material’’; and one lot consisting of miscellaneous unknown/missing material. 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, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Oct 20, 2023 Jkt 262001 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, archaeological, biological, geographical, historical, linguistic, and oral traditional. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, UC Davis has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 39 individuals of Native American ancestry. • The 1,822 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 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; 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 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 November 22, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72779 repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. UC Davis 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: October 11, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–23279 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036763; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 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 Sutter County, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 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: E:\FR\FM\23OCN1.SGM 23OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72778-72779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23279]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036756; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, 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 University of California, Davis (UC 
Davis) 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 Amador 
County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, 
telephone (530) 752-8501, 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 UC 
Davis. 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 UC Davis.

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Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, 39 individuals were removed 
from Amador County, CA. Jerald Johnson, a graduate student at the 
Department of Anthropology directed a salvage excavation at CA-AMA-56 
in 1965. There are 1,822 associated funerary objects. Of that number, 
1,657 funerary objects have been located and 165 objects are currently 
missing. UC Davis continues to look for the missing associated funerary 
objects. The 1,657 located associated funerary objects are 122 lots 
consisting of worked shell (including Olivella and haliotis beads, 
pendants, ornaments, and other worked shell); 141 lots consisting of 
worked bone (including beads, awls/needles/pins, tubes, incised bone, 
and other worked bone); 34 lots consisting of worked stone (including 
pendants, beads, a charmstone, a steatite bowl fragment, and other 
worked stone); 33 lots consisting of projectile points; 677 lots 
consisting of chipped stone (including bifaces, blades, cores, drills, 
knives, and debitage); three lots consisting of worked horn; 40 lots 
consisting of groundstones; 16 lots consisting of quartz crystals; 74 
lots consisting of ochre; two lots consisting of ash; five lots 
consisting of charcoal; seven lots consisting of baked clay; 17 lots 
consisting of historic items; 240 lots consisting of unmodified animal 
bones; 126 lots consisting of unmodified shells; three lots consisting 
of hull fragments; and 117 lots consisting of unmodified stones 
(including fire-affected rock). The 165 currently missing associated 
funerary objects are 73 lots consisting of worked shell (including 
Olivella shell beads and other worked shell); two lots consisting of 
worked stone; one bone pin; one miscellaneous worked bone; 46 lots 
consisting of projectile points; 30 lots consisting of chipped stone 
(including bifaces, knives, and debitage); two lots consisting of 
groundstones; one lot consisting of ochre; one lot consisting of 
miscellaneous minerals; three lots consisting of unmodified animal 
bones; three lots consisting of unmodified shells; one lot consisting 
of ``associated material''; and one lot consisting of miscellaneous 
unknown/missing material.

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, archaeological, biological, 
geographical, historical, linguistic, and oral traditional.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, UC Davis has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 39 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 1,822 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 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; 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 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 November 22, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis 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. UC Davis 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: October 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23279 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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