[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62592-62593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19601]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036527; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: David A. 
Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State 
University, Rohnert Park, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the David A. Fredrickson Archaeological 
Collections Facility at Sonoma State University intends to repatriate a 
certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of 
cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural 
item was removed from Sutter County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after October 12, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections 
Facility at Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Building 
29, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, 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 
David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma 
State University. 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 summary or related records held by the David A. 
Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State 
University.

Description

    One cultural item (Accession Number 91-29) was removed from 
archeological site CA-SUT-17 in Sutter County, CA, in 1991. The object 
of cultural patrimony is one lot consisting of flaked stone tools and 
debitage; faunal bone tools; groundstone objects; shell beads; and 
unmodified faunal bones and shells.

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural item in this notice is 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, geographical, historical, and expert opinion in the form 
of Tribal Traditional Knowledge.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections 
Facility at Sonoma State University has determined that:
     The one cultural item described above has ongoing 
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native 
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an 
individual.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the United Auburn 
Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after October 12, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the David A. Fredrickson Archaeological 
Collections Facility at Sonoma State University must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The David A. Fredrickson Archaeological 
Collections Facility at Sonoma State University 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 10.8, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: August 30, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19601 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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