[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41656-41657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13641]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036074; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, 
Chico, Chico, 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 Chico (CSU 
Chico) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects and has 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 Tehama 
County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dawn Rewolinski, California State University, Chico, 400 W 
1st Street, Chico, CA 95929, telephone (530) 898-3090, 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 CSU 
Chico. 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 CSU Chico.

Description

Accession 51

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from site CA-TEH-750 in Tehama County, CA. In 1971, this site was 
recorded by M. Boyton after it was unknowingly trenched while testing 
farm equipment. Upon the discovery, the landowner collected cultural 
items and human remains from the site and donated them to CSU Chico. 
Around the same time, Chico State surveyed the site once again, during 
which no additional individuals were identified. The 79 associated 
funerary objects are one debitage, eight modified stones, eight 
modified shells, 61 glass beads, and one copper bell.

Accession 77

    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from the Bambauer site (CA-TEH-247) in Tehama County, CA. In 
1965, Keith Johnson recorded the site, and in 1965 and 1966, the 
University of California, Los Angeles conducted excavations there. In 
1974, excavation at the site was resumed by a CSU Chico field class 
under the direction of Keith Johnson. Currently, CSU Chico houses the 
records from the 1965-66 excavations and the human remains and 
artifacts from the 1974 excavation. The 1,949 associated funerary 
objects are one modified shell, one soil sample, one float sample, 12 
charcoal samples, 14 projectile points, 15 organics, 25 unmodified 
shells, 30 modified faunal elements, 91 modified stones, 94 faunal 
remains, 303 lots consisting of debitage, and 1,362 unmodified faunal 
elements.

Accession 83

    Human remains representing, at minimum, 12 individuals were removed 
from the Rumiano Ranch site (CA-TEH-676) in Tehama County, CA. In 1974, 
the Tehama County Sherriff's Department collected human remains and 
associated funerary objects that had been exposed by farm equipment. 
Collections records state that the University of California, Davis 
donated this collection to CSU Chico in November of 1974, suggesting 
that the Sherriff's Department transferred control of the human remains 
and associated funerary objects to the University of California, Davis 
shortly after they were collected. The 10 associated funerary objects 
are three lots consisting of debitage, four modified

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stone tools, one projectile point, and two modified shells.

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: anthropological, archeological, historical, and expert 
opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, CSU Chico has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 15 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 2,038 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 Paskenta Band of Nomlaki 
Indians of 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 July 27, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, CSU Chico 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. CSU Chico 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: June 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13641 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
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