[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60450-60451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24394]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029074; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology, San 
Jose State University, San Jose, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Anthropology at San Jose State University 
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 
descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the Department of 
Anthropology, San Jose State University. If no additional requestors 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Department of Anthropology, San Jose 
State University at the address in this notice by December 9, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Charlotte Sunseri (NAGPRA Coordinator), San Jose State 
University, Department of Anthropology, Clark Hall 469, 1 Washington 
Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0113, telephone (408) 924-5710, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Department of 
Anthropology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from site CA-STA-
133, Stanislaus County, CA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Picayune Rancheria of 
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table Mountain Rancheria (previously 
listed as the Table Mountain Rancheria of California); Tejon Indian 
Tribe; and the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1962-1963, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from CA-STA-133 in Stanislaus County, CA. The 
site was excavated by Leonard J. Foota and San Francisco State 
University affiliates in 1962, and the human remains were under the 
control of San Francisco State University until they were donated to 
San Jose State University on February 15, 1963. The

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human remains comprise the nearly complete skeleton of a 45 year-old 
female and a partial skeleton of an unknown individual. The two 
associated funerary objects are shell beads.
    Based on the geographic location of the site within this tribe's 
historically documented territory, these human remains have been 
determined to be culturally affiliated with The Tribes.

Determinations Made by the Department of Anthropology, San Jose State 
University

    Officials of the Department of Anthropology, San Jose State 
University have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two objects 
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed 
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as 
part of the death rite or ceremony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and The Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Charlotte Sunseri (NAGPRA Coordinator), 
Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University, Clark Hall 469, 
1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0113, telephone (408) 924-5710, 
email [email protected], by December 9, 2019. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may 
proceed.
    The Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University is 
responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 4, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-24394 Filed 11-7-19; 8:45 am]
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