[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17013-17014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05734]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035521; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University 
NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA, and University of California, 
Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 San Francisco State University NAGPRA 
Program and University of California, Berkeley have completed a joint 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have 
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. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Shasta County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Michelle Fitzgerald, San Francisco State University, 1600 
Holloway Avenue, Administration Building 5th Floor, ADM 562C, San 
Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 405-3545, email [email protected], 
and Alex Lucas, University of California, Berkeley, Office of 
Government and Community Relations, 120 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 
94720, telephone (925) 791-7231, 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 
San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program and the University of 
California, Berkeley. The National Park Service is not responsible for 
the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the San 
Francisco State University NAGPRA Program and the University of 
California, Berkeley.

Description

    In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, 17 individuals, 
were removed from site CA-SHA-169 in Shasta County, CA, as part of 
excavations conducted by San Francisco State College (now San Francisco 
State University) prior to construction of a pumping plant. The site is 
multi-component, spanning periods before and after European contact. 
According to San Francisco State files, human remains and cultural 
items were housed at San Francisco State University after the 
excavation, and an undated document from the former Treganza 
Anthropology Museum (TAM) at San Francisco State University states that 
``8 cardboard boxes-all burials'' from CA-SHA-169 were sent to the 
Lowie (now Hearst) Museum at the University of California, Berkeley. A 
letter from the former TAM to the Lowie Museum on May 26, 1969, 
indicates the burials were transferred ``late in 1965 or early in 
1966.'' San Francisco State University repatriated other human remains 
and associated funerary objects from this site in 2016 but had 
previously categorized additional cultural items as ``Non-Burial 
Material.'' However, through additional consultation in 2022, these 
items (listed below) were re-categorized as associated funerary 
objects. The 50 associated funerary objects are made up of 44 
associated funerary objects held by San Francisco State University and 
six associated funerary objects held by University of California, 
Berkeley. The 44 associated funerary objects held by San Francisco 
State University are one lot of antler items, one lot of arrow shaft 
straighteners, one basalt blade, one lot of obsidian blades, one lot of 
obsidian flakes, one lot of bone awls, one lot of bone beads, one lot 
of bone fish gorges, one stone chopper, one lot of clam shell disc 
beads, one chert core, one lot of dentalium, one lot of drills, one lot 
of modified faunal remains, one modified glass bottle, one glass 
bottle, one lot of Glycymeris shell beads, one groundstone with red 
ochre, one lot of Haliotis shell, one lot of modified Haliotis shell, 
one lot of Haliotis shell pendants, one lot of hammerstones, one lot of 
incised bone, one lot of modified stone, one white glass marble, one 
obsidian nodule, one lot of Gunther barbed projectile points, one lot 
of obsidian projectile points, five lots of Olivella shell beads, one 
lot of Olivella shell, one lot of pestles, one pipe bowl fragment, one 
porcelain sherd, one green slate or chert projectile point, three lots 
of unidentified shell beads, one stone pendant, and two lots of trade 
beads. The six associated funerary objects held by University of 
California, Berkeley, are one lot of beads, one lot of shell, one lot 
of stone, one lot of faunal remains, one lot of burnt items, and one 
matchbox.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: geographical, historical, other relevant information, and 
expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program and 
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University of California, Berkeley have determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 17 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 50 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Redding Rancheria, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 20, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the San Francisco 
State University NAGPRA Program and the University of California, 
Berkeley 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. The San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program 
and the University of California, Berkeley is responsible for sending a 
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: March 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-05734 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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