Notice of Intended Repatriation: Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 4788-4789 [2025-01015]
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Accession number and has been housed
at Sonoma State University since 2007.
A lot estimated to contain up to 100
items taken from archaeological site
CA–MRN–254 was donated to Sonoma
State University in 1971 by Jodie
Sanchez. The collection was never given
an Accession number and has been
housed at Sonoma State University
since 2007.
The lot of one associated funerary
object taken from archaeological site
CA–MRN–484 in Marin County,
California is shell. The cultural item has
been housed at Sonoma State University
since 1978 under Accession number 78–
03.
A lot estimated to contain up to 100
items, taken from archaeological site
CA–MRN–502, was donated to Sonoma
State University in 1992 by Steve Dietz,
and has remained at Sonoma State
University under Accession number 98–
05.
A lot estimated to contain up to 100
items, taken from archaeological site
CA–MRN–503, has remained at Sonoma
State University under Accession
number 98–05.
CA–SON–159 in Cotati, Sonoma
County, California was excavated as part
of a series archaeological field methods
classes at Sonoma State University from
1972 to 1977. The four classes resulted
in collections of cultural material
housed under Accessions numbers 72–
01, 74- 03, 75–28, and 77–11 at Sonoma
State University. The lot of 12,033
associated funerary objects from the four
Accession numbers combined are flaked
stone tools and debitage; ground stone
tools; bone tools; shell and bone beads
and ornaments; unmodified faunal
bone; dietary shell: historic-period
items; and quartz crystal.
CA–SON–293 in Bodega Head,
Sonoma County, California was
excavated in 1968 by Western Heritage
Inc. and Dr. David A. Fredrickson. The
collection has been accessioned at the
Sonoma State University since 1968
under Accession number 68–01. The lot
of 334 associated funerary objects are
botanical remains; flaked stone tools
and debitage; faunal bone tools; ground
stone tools; historic-period items;
modified faunal bone and shell;
ornament; pipe; shell beads; unmodified
faunal bone and shell.
CA–SON–455/H in Santa Rosa,
Sonoma County, California was
excavated in 1968 and 1969 under the
direction of Dr. David A. Fredrickson.
The collection has been accessioned at
the Sonoma State University since 1968
under 68–03. The lot of 14,743
associated funerary objects are flaked
stone tools and debitage; ground stone
tools; bone tools; shell beads;
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unmodified faunal bone; and historicperiod items.
CA–SON–456 near Sebastopol,
Sonoma County, California was
excavated by students of Santa Rosa
Junior College (SRJC) between 1969 and
1972. The collection was housed at
SRJC until 1983 when it was transferred
to Sonoma State University. The lot of
1,348 associated funerary objects are
flaked stone tools and debitage; ground
stone tools; shell and bone beads and
other ornaments; bone tools;
unmodified faunal bone; and historicperiod items.
CA–SON–290 near Bodega, Sonoma
County, California was excavated in
1977. The collection has remained at
Sonoma State University since it was
accessioned under 77–03. The lot of 121
associated funerary objects are a
charmstone; flaked stone tools and
debitage; groundstone; historic material;
modified faunal bone; and unmodified
shell.
CA–SON–1048 in Sebastopol,
Sonoma County, California was
investigated through two archaeological
surveys and one excavation. The work
resulted in collections of cultural
material housed Sonoma State
University under Accession numbers
77–03, 79–04, and 81–01. The lot of
9,626 associated funerary objects from
all three Accession numbers combined
are flaked stone tools and debitage;
groundstone; historic-period material;
modified faunal bone and shell; shell
beads; unmodified faunal bone and
shell.
Based on records concerning the
associated funerary objects and the
institution in which they are housed,
there is no evidence of the associated
funerary objects being treated with
hazardous substances.
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
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Melanie O’Brien,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Longyear Museum of Anthropology,
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
The Sonoma State University has
determined that:
• The 38,617 objects 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 connection between the
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Federated Indians of
Graton Rancheria, California.
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Written requests for repatriation of the
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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the associated
funerary objects described in this notice
to a requestor may occur on or after
February 18, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the
Sonoma State University must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the associated
funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The
Sonoma State University 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.
National Park Service
Cultural Affiliation
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ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Longyear Museum of Anthropology
(LMA) intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects that have
a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
in this notice.
SUMMARY:
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Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall,
Repatriation Manager, University
Museums, Colgate University, 13 Oak
Drive, Hamilton, NY 13345, telephone
(315) 228–7677, email kolneywall@
colgate.edu.
DATES:
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 LMA, 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:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 26 cultural items have been
requested for repatriation. The 26
unassociated funerary objects are 25
shell beads and one shell pendant. The
25 ‘‘discoidal clamshell wampum
beads’’ and the abalone shell pendant
were removed from Prehistoric Maidu
Culture, Cremation burial, Bennett
Mound, Sacramento County. The LMA
acquired the 26 objects as a gift from
John Hagen, of Hudson Falls, New York,
in 1962. It is unknown how and when
he acquired these items, although there
is evidence they may have originated
from the Gibbs Collection, Gilroy,
California. There is no known presence
of any potentially hazardous substances
used to treat the cultural items.
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items 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 items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after February 18, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the LMA 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 LMA 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Determinations
The LMA has determined that:
• The 26 unassociated funerary
objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human
remains, and are 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 objects have 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 items described in
this notice and the Shingle Springs
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
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
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects or objects
of cultural patrimony and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
in this notice.
SUMMARY:
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Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
February 18, 2025.
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, 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.
DATES:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 82 cultural items have been
requested for repatriation. The five
unassociated funerary objects are one lot
of ceramic sherds, one lot of lithics, one
lot of faunal remains, one lot of
geological materials, and one pipe
fragment. The 77 of objects of cultural
patrimony are 16 lots of lithics, eight
lots of metal, 11 lots of faunal, seven
lots of botanical materials, two lots of
mineralogical materials, one lot of
unmodified shell, three lots of ceramics,
four lots of glass, one lot of wood, six
lots of geological materials, two lots of
charcoal, one lot of textile fragments,
one lot of rope, one lot of flotation
samples, one lot of soil, one lot of
plastic, four lots of shell beads, three
lots of fire affected rock, two lots of
grinding stones, one lot of modified
shell, and one steatite ring.
In 1965, the University of California,
Riverside Archaeological Research Unit
(UCR–ARU) was contracted by the
Southern California Gas Company to
examine the region surrounding a
pipeline along the lower Crowder
Canyon area and Cajon Creek. The
project, ‘‘The Sayles Complex, A Late
Milling Stone Assemblage from Cajon
Pass, and the Ecological Implications of
its Scraper Planes’’, was led by Makoto
Kowta and carried out by anthropology
students from Pasadena City College
and the University of California,
Riverside. Archaeologists described the
site as consisting of a prehistoric
midden and historical-period culvert. A
total of 1,294 artifacts, including 88
surface specimens, were recovered from
the site. The artifacts recovered were
several manos (both small and large),
pendants, painted stones, milling
stones, projectile points and blades,
scrapers, bifacial choppers,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039324; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Longyear Museum of Anthropology,
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
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 Longyear Museum of Anthropology (LMA)
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall, Repatriation Manager, University Museums,
Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13345, telephone (315)
228-7677, 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
LMA, 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.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 26 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 26 unassociated funerary objects are 25 shell beads and one shell
pendant. The 25 ``discoidal clamshell wampum beads'' and the abalone
shell pendant were removed from Prehistoric Maidu Culture, Cremation
burial, Bennett Mound, Sacramento County. The LMA acquired the 26
objects as a gift from John Hagen, of Hudson Falls, New York, in 1962.
It is unknown how and when he acquired these items, although there is
evidence they may have originated from the Gibbs Collection, Gilroy,
California. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the cultural items.
Determinations
The LMA has determined that:
The 26 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are 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 objects have 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
items described in this notice and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
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 items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 18, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the LMA 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 LMA 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01015 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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