[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64460-64461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20191]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036586; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of 
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 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 University of California, Berkeley 
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition 
of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation 
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. 
The cultural items were removed from Sutter County, Yuba County, and 
western Placer County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after October 19, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, Government and 
Community Relations (Chancellor's Office), University of California, 
Berkeley. 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 570-
0964, 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, Berkeley. 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 University of California, Berkeley.

Description

    During the period from 1864 through 1957, 13 objects of cultural 
patrimony were removed from multiple identified sites in western Placer 
County, CA--CA-Pla-14, CA-Pla-17, CA-Pla-39, CA-Pla-4, and CA-Pla-414--
and nine unknown locations in that county. Through 12 separate 
accessions, these objects were donated to the Lowie Museum (Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology) at the University of California, 
Berkeley, by Darius Ogden Mills, Ellinor C. Davidson, Elmer J. Dawson, 
Franklin Fenenga, Robert Fleming Heizer, John Campbell Merriam, L. M. 
Layton, Loring J. Barker, Mrs. J. C. Hawver, the National Park Service, 
and Ralph L. Beals, as well as through the University of California 
Archaeological Survey, University appropriation, and other University 
collections. The 13 objects of cultural patrimony are one lot 
consisting of beads, one lot consisting of cartridges, one lot 
consisting of ceramics and glass, one lot consisting of clothing and 
textile components, one lot consisting of faunal remains, one lot 
consisting of floral remains, one lot consisting of metal, one lot 
consisting of nails, one lot consisting of ornaments, one lot 
consisting of plastic fragments, one lot consisting of shells, one lot 
consisting of worked faunal bones, and one lot consisting of worked and 
unworked stone.
    During the period from sometime before 1881 through 1949, four 
objects of cultural patrimony were removed from multiple identified 
sites in Sutter County, CA--CA-Sut-10, CA-Sut-16, CA-Sut-5--and six 
unknown locations in that county. Through seven separate accessions, 
these objects were donated to the Lowie Museum by A. J. Blakeley, 
Clement W. Meighan, J. J. Coats, Jeremiah B. Lillard, and the 
Sacramento County Board of Education, as well as through the California 
Archaeological Survey, other University Collections, and University 
appropriation. The four lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one 
lot consisting of beads, one lot consisting of charmstones, one lot 
consisting of worked faunal bones, and one lot consisting of worked 
stone.
    During the period 1860 through 1966, four objects of cultural 
patrimony were removed from multiple identified sites in Yuba County, 
CA--CA-Yub-10, CA-Yub-11, CA-Yub-12, CA-Yub-8, CA-Yub-9--and six 
unknown locations in that county. Through 12 separate accessions, these 
objects were donated to the Lowie Museum by Aileen W. Foulk, Bill 
Sundahl, Raymond Whiteley, C. M. Goethe, Geoffrey B. Bodman, Jeremiah 
B. Lillard, the Sacramento County Board of Education, John Campbell 
Merriam, and Stuart C. Way, as well as through University appropriation 
and other University collections. The four objects of cultural 
patrimony are one lot consisting of beads, one lot consisting of 
ornaments and pendants, one lot consisting of worked faunal bones, and 
one lot consisting of worked and unworked stone.

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural items 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: geographical, linguistic, 
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 University of California, Berkeley has determined 
that:
     The 21 lots of cultural items described above have 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 items 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.

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    Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after October 19, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of California, Berkeley 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 University of 
California, Berkeley 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: September 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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