Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA, 51363-51364 [2024-13242]
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U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: June 7, 2024
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology (PMAE) intends to repatriate
a certain cultural item that meets the
definition of an unassociated funerary
objects and that has a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after July
17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.edu.
SUMMARY:
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 PMAE, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been
requested for repatriation. The one
unassociated funerary object is one
ceramic vessel. This item was collected
by Mr. Frederick S. Bacon at an
unknown date, probably near Memphis,
Shelby County, TN, and donated to the
PMAE in 1955. PMAE documentation
indicates that this vessel was
‘‘[p]robably made by the ancestors of
present day Chickasaw Indians.’’
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Determinations
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The PMAE has determined that:
• The one unassociated funerary
object described in this notice is
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human
remains, and is connected, either at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native
American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary object has been
identified by a preponderance of the
evidence as related to human remains,
specific individuals, or families, or
removed from a specific burial site or
burial area of an individual or
individuals with cultural affiliation to
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural item described in
this notice and The Chickasaw Nation.
National Park Service
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural item in this
notice must be sent to the authorized
representative identified in this notice
under 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 item in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after July 17, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the PMAE must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural item are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The PMAE is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: June 7, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
California Department of
Transportation, 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), 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 Lake County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after July
17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Marisol Espino, California
Department of Transportation, 703 B
Street, Marysville, CA 95901, telephone
(530) 812–4546, email Marisol.Espino@
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, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing at least one
individual have been reasonably
identified. The 528 catalog entries of
associated funerary objects (221 from
Acc. 75–12 and 307 from Acc. 362) are
modified stone, unmodified stone,
debitage, unmodified faunal elements,
modified faunal elements, historic
material, modified shell, organics, and
charcoal samples. Eighteen objects
represented by 12 catalog entries are
missing from the collections, and
Caltrans and CSU Chico continue to
look for them. These objects were not
identified during the catalog verification
process.
The individual and associated
funerary objects are from archaeological
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site CA–LAK–435, which is located in
Lake County, California. They were
recovered as a part of excavations
undertaken by Caltrans in 1975 for
widening of State Route 20 and again in
2004 for roadway rehabilitation
activities. These human remains and
associated funerary objects are
controlled by Caltrans and in the
possession of California State
University, Chico (CSUC).
A Notice of Inventory Completion (66
FR 54283) published in the Federal
Register on October 26, 2001, for Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects related to the
1975 excavation, which were previously
in the possession of Sonoma State
University (SSU). The one individual
and 217 catalog entries of associated
funerary objects described in that notice
were not repatriated at the time as no
request for repatriation was received. At
the request of the consulting culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe, the entirely of
the collection at SSU (Acc. 75–12) has
been transferred into the possession of
CSUC to reunite the individual and
associated funerary objects with the
cultural items recovered during the
2004 excavation (Acc. 362). The one
individual and 528 catalog entries of
associated funerary objects represent the
entirety of both collections (Acc. 75–12
and Acc. 362). There is no known
history of treatment of the collection
with any hazardous substances at any of
the repositories at this time.
Cultural Affiliation
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Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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 July 17, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the California Department of
Transportation 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 Transportation is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 7, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Determinations
National Park Service
The California Department of
Transportation has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• The 528 catalog entries described in
this notice are reasonably believed to
have been placed intentionally with or
near individual human remains at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Habematolel Pomo of
Upper Lake, California.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the PMAE
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
SUMMARY:
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and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after July
17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.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 PMAE, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been reasonably
identified. The one lot of associated
funerary objects is one lot of faunal
remains. In 1906, Mark Raymond
Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed
these human remains and associated
funerary objects from the St. Lawrence
site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of
a Peabody Museum Expedition.
Based on the information available,
one lot of associated funerary objects
has been identified. The one lot of
associated funerary objects is one lot of
faunal remains. These associated
funerary objects were removed from the
Perch River Bay site in Jefferson County,
NY, by Mark Raymond Harrington and
Irwin Hayden in 1906 as part of a
Peabody Museum Expedition. The
human remains associated with these
associated funerary objects were listed
in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on
October 5, 2001 (66 FR 51062–51064)
and a correction Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register on March 14, 2003 (68 FR
12376–12377).
Based on the information available,
one lot of associated funerary objects
has been identified. The one lot of
associated funerary objects is one lot of
ceramic vessels and sherds, ceramic
pipe fragments, ceramic effigy pipe
fragments, ceramic discs, bone tools,
faunal remains, botanical remains, shell
beads, stone beads, lithics, flakes,
charcoal, charred wood, ground stone
tools, net sinkers, worked stones,
unworked stones, shell, worked faunal
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038093; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of
Transportation, 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), 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 Lake
County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Marisol Espino, California Department of Transportation, 703
B Street, Marysville, CA 95901, telephone (530) 812-4546, 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, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least one individual have been reasonably identified. The 528 catalog
entries of associated funerary objects (221 from Acc. 75-12 and 307
from Acc. 362) are modified stone, unmodified stone, debitage,
unmodified faunal elements, modified faunal elements, historic
material, modified shell, organics, and charcoal samples. Eighteen
objects represented by 12 catalog entries are missing from the
collections, and Caltrans and CSU Chico continue to look for them.
These objects were not identified during the catalog verification
process.
The individual and associated funerary objects are from
archaeological
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site CA-LAK-435, which is located in Lake County, California. They were
recovered as a part of excavations undertaken by Caltrans in 1975 for
widening of State Route 20 and again in 2004 for roadway rehabilitation
activities. These human remains and associated funerary objects are
controlled by Caltrans and in the possession of California State
University, Chico (CSUC).
A Notice of Inventory Completion (66 FR 54283) published in the
Federal Register on October 26, 2001, for Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects related to the 1975 excavation, which
were previously in the possession of Sonoma State University (SSU). The
one individual and 217 catalog entries of associated funerary objects
described in that notice were not repatriated at the time as no request
for repatriation was received. At the request of the consulting
culturally affiliated Indian Tribe, the entirely of the collection at
SSU (Acc. 75-12) has been transferred into the possession of CSUC to
reunite the individual and associated funerary objects with the
cultural items recovered during the 2004 excavation (Acc. 362). The one
individual and 528 catalog entries of associated funerary objects
represent the entirety of both collections (Acc. 75-12 and Acc. 362).
There is no known history of treatment of the collection with any
hazardous substances at any of the repositories at this time.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The California Department of Transportation has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
The 528 catalog entries described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony.
There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 July 17, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the California
Department of Transportation 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
Transportation is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-13242 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
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