[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23456-23457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08056]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035616; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, 
Fullerton, Fullerton, 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 California State University, Fullerton 
has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that 
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human 
remains were removed from Kings County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after May 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Maria Estela Zarate, California State University, Fullerton, 
2600 Nutwood Avenue, Suite 1060, Fullerton, CA 92831, telephone (657) 
278-4514, 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 
California State University, Fullerton. 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 California State University, Fullerton.

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Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Kings County, CA. The human remains were uncovered during 
operations at a gypsum quarry that operated from 1954-1957 and from 
1960-1962. The precise date of removal of the human remains is not 
known. The owner of the quarry, Mr. Alva McPhaill, gave the human 
remains to Mr. Richard Flewelling of The Flintkote Company. The precise 
date of that transfer is not known. McPhaill reportedly collected 
artifacts in the area of the gypsum quarry. At an unknown date, but 
likely prior to 1980, Mr. Flewelling donated the human remains to 
California State University, Fullerton. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains 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 and expert 
opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the California State University, Fullerton has 
determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, 
California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after May 17, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, California State University, Fullerton must determine the 
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. California State University, Fullerton 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 29, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08056 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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