Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA, and California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, 72780-72781 [2023-23281]
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Description
In 1964, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals, were
removed from CA–SUT–32 in Sutter
County, CA. The age of this site is not
known. Likewise, how or when the
human remains came into the
possession of California State
University, Sacramento is unknown. 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, folkloric, geographical,
historical, kinship, linguistic, oral
traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, California State
University, Sacramento has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• 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 Ione Band of Miwok
Indians of California; 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.
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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.
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Repatriation of the human remains in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after November 22, 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 and
associated funerary objects 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 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. 2023–23285 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036757;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA, and
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 Department of Transportation
(Caltrans), with the assistance of
California State University, Sacramento,
has completed an inventory of
associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between an associated
funerary object and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The associated funerary object
was removed from Sacramento County,
CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated
funerary object in this notice may occur
on or after November 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Lisa Bright, California
Department of Transportation, 703 B
Street, Marysville, CA 95901, telephone
(530) 812–4569, email Lisa.Bright@
dot.ca.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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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.
Description
Between 1959 and 1997, several
different excavations were carried out at
CA–SAC–166 in Sacramento County,
CA, and were detailed in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on April 22, 2021.
After repatriation of the published
collection occurred, an additional
associated funerary object was
discovered. The one associated funerary
object is a groundstone.
Cultural Affiliation
The associated funerary object in this
notice is 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,
linguistical, oral traditional, and expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations Caltrans has determined
that:
• The one object described in this
notice 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the associated funerary
object described in this notice and the
Buena Vista 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.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
associated funerary object 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 associated
funerary object in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after
November 22, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
Caltrans must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the associated funerary
object are considered a single request
and not competing requests. Caltrans 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. 2023–23281 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036764;
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 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 Yuba County, CA.
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SUMMARY:
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Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
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.
DATES:
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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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
In the 1970s, human remains
representing, at minimum, seven
individuals were removed from CA–
YUB–27 in Yuba County, CA, by a Yuba
College field class. The collection was
transferred to California State
University, Sacramento in 1993. The age
of the site is not known. The 12
associated funerary objects are the
following individual lots: flaked stones;
groundstones; modified stones;
thermally-altered rocks; unmodified
stones; modified shells; modified bones;
faunal remains; baked clay objects;
floral remain; historic materials; and
uncatalogued materials.
In 1977, human remains representing,
at minimum, five individuals were
removed from CA–YUB–751 in Yuba
County, CA, by a Yuba College field
class. The collection was transferred to
California State University, Sacramento
in 1993. The age of the site is not
known. The 11 associated funerary
objects are the following individual lots:
flaked stones; groundstones; modified
stones; thermally-altered rocks;
unmodified stones; modified shells;
modified bones; faunal remains; floral
remains; historic materials; and
uncatalogued materials.
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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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, folkloric, geographical,
historical, kinship, linguistic, oral
traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, California State
University, Sacramento has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 12 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 23 lots of 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 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,
California State University, Sacramento
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. California State
University, Sacramento is responsible
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-23281]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036757; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, CA, and 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 Department of Transportation
(Caltrans), with the assistance of California State University,
Sacramento, has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between an
associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The associated funerary object was
removed from Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice
may occur on or after November 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Lisa Bright, California Department of Transportation, 703 B
Street, Marysville, CA 95901, telephone (530) 812-4569, 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
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.
Description
Between 1959 and 1997, several different excavations were carried
out at CA-SAC-166 in Sacramento County, CA, and were detailed in a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
April 22, 2021. After repatriation of the published collection
occurred, an additional associated funerary object was discovered. The
one associated funerary object is a groundstone.
Cultural Affiliation
The associated funerary object in this notice is 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, linguistical,
oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations Caltrans has determined that:
The one object described in this notice 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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the associated funerary object described
in this notice and the Buena Vista 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.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary object
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 associated funerary object in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after November 22, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received, Caltrans must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the associated funerary object are considered a single
request and not competing requests. Caltrans 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. 2023-23281 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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