[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23460-23461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08058]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035669; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut 
Creek, 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), Lindsay Wildlife Museum has completed an 
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human 
remains were removed from an unknown location but were likely removed 
from in or around Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA.

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

ADDRESSES: Christina Schwandt, Curator of Education, Lindsay Wildlife 
Museum, 1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94530, telephone (925) 627-
2913, 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 
Lindsay Wildlife Museum. 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 Lindsay 
Wildlife Museum.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were 
removed from unknown location(s). These partial human remains were at

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the Lindsay Wildlife Collection before 1965 when the museum started 
keeping records for its collection. The Lindsay Wildlife Collection 
started as a private collection by Alexander ``Sandy'' Lindsay to share 
his curiosity and passion for the natural world with the people of 
Walnut Creek, CA. Mr. Lindsay focused his collection on specimens and 
objects acquired in or around Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
were removed from unknown geographic locations, most likely near Walnut 
Creek, Contra Costa County, CA. This location is the aboriginal lands 
of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to 
identify the aboriginal land: treaties.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Lindsay Wildlife 
Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the 
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Scotts Valley Band of Pomo 
Indians of California; and the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 
River Reservation, California.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after May 17, 2023. If competing requests for 
disposition are received, Lindsay Wildlife Museum must determine the 
most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. Lindsay Wildlife Museum is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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 and 
10.11.

    Dated: April 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08058 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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