[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15262-15263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05626]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033556; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Shasta Trinity National Forest, Redding, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Shasta 
Trinity National Forest (USDA Shasta Trinity National Forest) has 
completed an inventory of human remains in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or 
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 should 
submit a written request to the USDA Shasta Trinity National Forest. If 
no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the USDA 
Shasta Trinity National Forest at the address in this notice by April 
18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel A. Birkey, Forest Supervisor, 
Shasta Trinity National Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002, 
telephone (530) 226-2500, email [email protected] or Matthew 
Padilla, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Headquarters, 3644 Avtech 
Parkway, Redding, CA 96002, telephone (530) 921-3335, 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 under 
the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Shasta Trinity National Forest, Redding, CA. The human remains were 
removed from Shasta 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. 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 USDA 
Shasta

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Trinity National Forest professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Redding Rancheria, California.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a cave in Shasta County, CA. The artifacts were 
discovered in back dirt that had been excavated from a trench in 1904. 
The human remains were stored at an unknown location until 2015, at 
which time they were returned to the Forest Service by California State 
University-Sacramento (CSUS) in a bag labeled ``CA-SHA-48, Cave, 81-
CSUS-121.02.'' In 2016, the Forest Service archeologist was notified 
that the human remains were under Forest Service control. The human 
remains are currently located at the University of California-Davis. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Collection records indicate that site CA-SHA-49 was occupied 
primarily between 1,700 and 2,000 years ago, as evidenced by three 
radiocarbon dates obtained in 1974 (this radiocarbon dating was not 
determined from an analysis of human remains).

Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service, Shasta Trinity National Forest

    Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Shasta Trinity National Forest have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Redding Rancheria, California.

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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Rachel A. 
Birkey, Forest Supervisor, Shasta Trinity National Forest, 3644 Avtech 
Parkway, Redding, CA 96002, telephone (530) 226-2500, email 
[email protected] or Matthew Padilla, Shasta-Trinity National 
Forest Headquarters, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002, telephone 
(530) 921-3335, email [email protected], by April 18, 2022. 
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the Redding Rancheria, 
California may proceed.
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Shasta Trinity 
National Forest is responsible for notifying the Redding Rancheria, 
California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-05626 Filed 3-16-22; 8:45 am]
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