[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17007-17008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05727]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035481; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items Amendment: 
California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation has amended a Notice of Intent to Repatriate published in 
the Federal Register on December 24, 2002. This notice amends the 
cultural affiliation for a collection removed from Lake County, 
California.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after April 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Leslie L. Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, California 
Department of Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 942896, Sacramento, CA 
94296-0001, telephone (916) 653-5910, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the

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National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
California Department of Parks and Recreation. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. 
Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
summary or related records held by the California Department of Parks 
and Recreation.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Intent to Repatriate in the Federal Register (67 FR 78508, December 24, 
2002). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Intent to 
Repatriate has not occurred. After the original notice was published, a 
request for the repatriation of the sacred objects listed in the notice 
was made by an individual claiming to be the direct lineal descendant 
of the individual who owned the sacred objects, and a preponderance of 
evidence supports this request.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the California Department of Parks and Recreation has 
determined that:
     The 59 cultural items are specific ceremonial objects 
needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the 
practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day 
adherents.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural items in this notice and 
Robert Geary, a lineal descendant.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
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 April 20, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation 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 California 
Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible for sending a copy of 
this notice to the lineal descendant identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, 
10.13, and 10.14.

    Dated: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-05727 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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