Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, and the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, 14702-14703 [2024-04092]
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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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037478;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
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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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 and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation has
determined that:
• The two lots of 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 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California.
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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 March 29, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of California, Riverside
and the California Department of Parks
and Recreation 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. The University of
California, Riverside and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation 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.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:59 Feb 27, 2024
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Dated: February 20, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–04092 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037475;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
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 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 Kings County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
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,
California State Parks, 715 P Street,
Suite 13, Sacramento, CA 95814,
telephone (415) 831–2700, email
271eslie.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 inventory or related
records held by the University of
California, Riverside and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation.
SUMMARY:
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Description
At some time before 1992, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the
Tulare Lake Witt Site locale in Kings
County, CA, by a private individual.
The human remains were donated to the
California Department of Parks and
Recreation by the private individual and
subsequently submitted to the
University of California, Riverside
Radiocarbon Laboratory for Uraniumseries method dating tests. The
collection was subsequently held in the
UCR Radiocarbon Laboratory under the
direction of Dr. R. Ervin Taylor. When
he retired in 2003, the lab was
decommissioned and its records and
remaining sample materials were
subsequently stored by Dr. Taylor in an
off-campus storage facility, which he
did not report to the campus
Repatriation Coordinator at the time.
The residual sample materials were
rediscovered by UCR NAGPRA Program
Staff during a collections inventory in
February of 2021. At the time no
documentation indicating who the
individual was or where they were
removed from was found and it was not
until September of 2022, that UCR
NAGPRA Staff were able to find
publications that described human
remains removed from the site and datasample sheets produced by the
laboratory that were consistent with this
individual. It was also discovered in
2023 that the larger skeletal elements
from which the samples were removed
were present at California State
University, Bakersfield since at least
2017 when Dr. Robert Bettinger (UCR
Alumnus) likely transferred them from
the University of California, Davis
without the knowledge of the Tribe or
any NAGPRA Program to Dr. Robert
Yohe III at CSUB. The human remains
are approximately 44 mineralized bone
fragments/elements representing at least
one cranium and at least one femur. No
known individuals were determined to
be represented by the human remains.
Uranium-series method dates suggest a
date between 11,390 ± 70 and 15,800 ±
380 BP. The three associated funerary
objects are one lot of lithic/stone
objects, one lot of soil samples, and one
lot of faunal remains.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037478; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, and the California Department of
Parks and Recreation, 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 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 [email protected] and Leslie Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, at
California State Parks, 715 P Street, Suite 13, Sacramento, CA 95814,
telephone (415) 831-2700, 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 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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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 and the
California Department of Parks and Recreation has determined that:
The two lots of 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 Santa Ynez Band
of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 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 March 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California, Riverside and
the California Department of Parks and Recreation 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. The University of California, Riverside and the
California Department of Parks and Recreation 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. 2024-04092 Filed 2-27-24; 8:45 am]
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