Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 14701-14702 [2024-04088]
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trace the relationship: anthropological
information, archeological information,
biological information, folklore,
geographical information, historical
information, kinship, linguistics, oral
tradition, as well as 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, Fort Lewis College has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 30 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 Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Santo Domingo Pueblo; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
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 March 29, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
Fort Lewis College must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. Fort Lewis College
is responsible for sending a copy of this
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notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted before the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 20, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–04086 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of California, Riverside,
Riverside, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of California, Riverside 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 Ventura, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University
of California, Riverside, 900 University
Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517–5900,
telephone (951) 827–6349, email
megan.murphy@ucr.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 University of
California, Riverside. 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
SUMMARY:
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by the University of California,
Riverside.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Ventura County, CA. The cranium
of 1 young adult female Native
American individual was discovered in
a cave in Ventura County by a group of
young boys participating in the
‘‘Trailfinders’’ camp. The cranium was
housed at the University of California
James San Jacinto Mountain Natural
Reserve in a cabinet with other mammal
crania since its founding in 1966 by
Harry James who was also the founder
of Trailfinders. The cabinet and its
contents were reportedly given to the
reserve by the Department of Biology at
the University of California, Riverside
(UCR). Through conversations with
previous reserve directors, UCR
NAGPRA Staff found that there was an
oral history among individuals (now in
their 80s and 90s) who participated in
the Trailfinders organization about how
the cranium was discovered. Former
director of the James Reserve, Michael
Hamilton, indicated that he was told by
former Trailfinders that the cranium
was found in a cave in Ventura County
during a hike. Through speaking with
other former members, UCR NAGPRA
Staff discovered that the Trailfinders
owned property on Sespe Creek in
Ventura County north of Filmore where
they often had weekend camping trips.
They typically hiked upstream (north)
on Sespe Creek because that was the
only direction they could go for a hike.
Living Trailfinders who have spoken
with UCR NAGPRA Staff suggested that
it is likely that the cranium was found
in the Sespe Creek drainage in Ventura
County during one such hike.
Additional post-cranial human
remains representing one young adult
female Native American individual
were reported by the University of
California, Riverside’s Department of
Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology
(EEOB) to the UCR NAGPRA Program.
The department staff indicated that the
human remains, which were stored in a
cardboard box labeled ‘‘Indian Bones’’,
had been in the department since at
least before the 1990s. Despite an
exhaustive attempt to contact previous
professors and department chairs, no
information was found by the NAGPRA
Program Staff to indicate how the
human remains became part of the
department’s collections. The cabinet
which the human remains were stored
in contained the post-cranial remains of
other vertebrate mammals. Examination
of the human remains by an osteologist
determined that there were also a few
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large sea mammal bones mixed with the
human remains and were likely from
the same archeological context.
Furthermore, osteological analysis
suggested the post cranial remains could
represent the same individual as the
crania at the James San Jacinto
Mountain Natural Reserve. 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
information, archeological information,
biological information, geographical
information, historical information, oral
tradition, 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 University of
California, Riverside 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
described in this notice and the Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians
of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
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 March 29, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of California, Riverside
must determine the most appropriate
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requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The
University of California, Riverside is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted before the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 20, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–04088 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, CA, and the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of California, Riverside and
the California Department of Parks and
Recreation intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of
objects of cultural patrimony and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from San
Luis Obispo, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University
of California, Riverside, 900 University
Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517–5900,
telephone (951) 827–6349, email
megan.murphy@ucr.edu and Leslie
Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, at
California State Parks, 715 P Street,
Suite 13, Sacramento, CA 95814,
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telephone (415) 831–2700, email
leslie.hartzell@parks.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 the University of
California, Riverside and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation.
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 the University of
California, Riverside and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation.
Description
The two cultural items were removed
from San Luis Obispo County, CA. In
2001, Terry Jones removed sea-snail
shells for radiocarbon date calibration
from archeological site CA–SLO–116
(San Simeon State Park). The site,
which is under the legal control of the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation, consists of 19 recorded
bedrock mortars and large shell midden
deposits. The shell samples submitted
to the UCR radiocarbon laboratory dated
to 665 ± BP, 785 ± BP, and 3910 ± BP.
There are no known associated
collections from this site held by CDPR
at other locations.
In 1981, R.O. Gibson removed shell
fragments for radiocarbon date sampling
from archeological site CA–SLO–978,
Morro Bay Sandspit. The site, located in
Montana de Oro State Park Los Osos,
was originally recorded in 1969 as a
shell mound or midden. Other noted
cultural constituents included debitage,
fire-affected, and additional nearby shell
middens. There are no known
associated collections from this site held
by CDPR at other locations. The two lots
of objects of cultural patrimony are two
lots of shells.
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: tribal traditional
knowledge, archeological information,
geographical information, historical
information, kinship, oral tradition, and
expert opinion.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037473; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, 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, Riverside 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 Ventura, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349,
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
University of California, Riverside. 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 University of California, Riverside.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Ventura County, CA. The cranium of 1 young adult female Native
American individual was discovered in a cave in Ventura County by a
group of young boys participating in the ``Trailfinders'' camp. The
cranium was housed at the University of California James San Jacinto
Mountain Natural Reserve in a cabinet with other mammal crania since
its founding in 1966 by Harry James who was also the founder of
Trailfinders. The cabinet and its contents were reportedly given to the
reserve by the Department of Biology at the University of California,
Riverside (UCR). Through conversations with previous reserve directors,
UCR NAGPRA Staff found that there was an oral history among individuals
(now in their 80s and 90s) who participated in the Trailfinders
organization about how the cranium was discovered. Former director of
the James Reserve, Michael Hamilton, indicated that he was told by
former Trailfinders that the cranium was found in a cave in Ventura
County during a hike. Through speaking with other former members, UCR
NAGPRA Staff discovered that the Trailfinders owned property on Sespe
Creek in Ventura County north of Filmore where they often had weekend
camping trips. They typically hiked upstream (north) on Sespe Creek
because that was the only direction they could go for a hike. Living
Trailfinders who have spoken with UCR NAGPRA Staff suggested that it is
likely that the cranium was found in the Sespe Creek drainage in
Ventura County during one such hike.
Additional post-cranial human remains representing one young adult
female Native American individual were reported by the University of
California, Riverside's Department of Evolution Ecology & Organismal
Biology (EEOB) to the UCR NAGPRA Program. The department staff
indicated that the human remains, which were stored in a cardboard box
labeled ``Indian Bones'', had been in the department since at least
before the 1990s. Despite an exhaustive attempt to contact previous
professors and department chairs, no information was found by the
NAGPRA Program Staff to indicate how the human remains became part of
the department's collections. The cabinet which the human remains were
stored in contained the post-cranial remains of other vertebrate
mammals. Examination of the human remains by an osteologist determined
that there were also a few
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large sea mammal bones mixed with the human remains and were likely
from the same archeological context. Furthermore, osteological analysis
suggested the post cranial remains could represent the same individual
as the crania at the James San Jacinto Mountain Natural Reserve. 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 information,
archeological information, biological information, geographical
information, historical information, oral tradition, expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of California, Riverside 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 described in this notice
and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, 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 March 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California, Riverside must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The University of
California, Riverside is responsible for sending a copy of this notice
to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 20, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04088 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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