Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 12783 [2025-04457]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 12783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04457]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039522; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, 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, Davis (UC 
Davis) 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, 
telephone (530) 752-8501, 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 UC 
Davis, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been 
identified. Based on the available information, there are a total of 82 
lots of associated funerary objects (four of which are currently 
missing or discarded). The 78 lots of present associated funerary 
objects are one lot of petrified wood, one tinkler, two lots of 
miscellaneous organic material, three lots of miscellaneous clay, three 
lots of unmodified shell, five lots of shell beads, six lots of 
miscellaneous worked shell, six lots of projectile points, seven lots 
of groundstone, eight lots of minerals, 10 lots of chipped stone, 11 
lots of bone awls, and 15 lots of unmodified bone and horn. The four 
lots of currently missing or discarded associated funerary objects are 
one lot of groundstone, one lot of shell, one lot of unidentified 
missing material, and one lot of unidentified discarded material. Mary 
Elizabeth ``Betty'' Shutler and the UC Davis Archaeology Field School 
of 1963 conducted surface investigations and a test pit in the Swanson 
Site Area, near Fairfield, California (UC Davis Accession 2). The 
affiliation is with the Patwin Tribes: Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun 
Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 
California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria 
(previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); and Yocha 
Dehe Wintun Nation, California. The University is unaware of any 
treatment of the associated funerary objects with pesticides, 
preservatives, or other substances. However, UC Davis has not conducted 
any pesticide testing.

Cultural Affiliation

    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

    UC Davis has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 82 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 human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Cachil 
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the 
Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina 
Rancheria (previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); 
and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 18, 
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis 
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. UC Davis 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: February 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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