[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56656-56657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17790]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036392; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of 
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

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 U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs (BIA) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion 
published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2003. This notice 
amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection 
removed from Riverside County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 18, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Tamara Billie, NAGPRA Lead, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 
Indian School Road NW, Mailbox 44--Suite 345, Albuquerque, NM 87104, 
telephone (505) 879-9711, 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 
BIA. 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 inventory or related records held by 
the BIA.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (68 FR 58137-58138, 
October 8, 2003). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. The amendment is being made to 
reflect the addition of newly identified associated funerary objects 
from the same archeological collection (accession 22). These funerary 
objects are under the control of the BIA and in the physical custody of 
the University of California, Riverside. The original notice listed 
human remains and did not list any associated funerary objects. Tribal 
representatives have reviewed the remaining objects in the collection 
and have identified funerary objects. The five associated funerary 
objects are one lot consisting of animal bones, one lot consisting of 
ceramic sherds, one lot consisting of lithics, one lot consisting of 
mineralogical objects, and one lot consisting of unmodified shells.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the BIA has determined that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of one 
individual of Native American ancestry.
     The five lots of objects 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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, 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 September 18, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BIA 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 BIA is

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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, 
0.13, and 10.14.

    Dated: August 9, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-17790 Filed 8-17-23; 8:45 am]
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