[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 57475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18139]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036441; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of 
California, Riverside, Riverside, CA

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 University of California, Riverside has 
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register on May 2, 2003. This notice amends the number of associated 
funerary objects and the cultural affiliation 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 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900 
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349, 
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 
University of California, Riverside. 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 University of California, Riverside.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (68 FR 23495, May 2, 
2003). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory 
Completion has not occurred. This amendment is being made to reflect a 
change in cultural affiliation and the identification of newly 
discovered associated funerary objects for the archeological collection 
CA-RIV-102 (accession 58).
    The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California have been newly 
identified as being culturally affiliated with CA-RIV-102. Also, 
objects have been newly identified as associated funerary objects 
(previously, no associated funerary objects were identified). The 6,600 
associated funerary objects are 4,003 animal bones, one ceramic sherd, 
two pieces of clay, 16 pieces of charcoal, one seed pod bead, five 
seeds, one glass object, 14 fire-affected rocks, 1,201 pieces of lithic 
materials, 43 flaked stone tools, 87 ground stone tools, 44 crystals, 
one piece of ochre, six battered stones, two stone beads, 1,151 
unmodified lithic pieces, five shell beads, 12 unmodified shells, and 
five metates.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of California, Riverside has determined 
that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of one 
individual of Native American ancestry.
     The 6,600 objects described in this amended 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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine 
Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians 
(Previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California); 
Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno 
Indians, California; Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California; 
Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla 
Indians, California; Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California; and 
the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, 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 22, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
California, Riverside 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 University of California, Riverside 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, 10.10, 
10.13, and 10.14.

    Dated: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18139 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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