[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67358-67359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21390]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036675; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, 
Riverside, Riverside, 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, Riverside has 
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from 
Riverside, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after October 30, 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 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.

Description

    In 1987, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from site CA-RIV-333 in Riverside, Riverside County, CA, 
by the University of California, Riverside. Based on the archeological 
evidence, site CA-RIV-333 was occupied during the Late Prehistoric 
period (A.D. 1500-1770). The remains of this individual were listed in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on 
April 25, 2003 (68 FR 20407-20408). In 2023, representatives of the 
Pechanga Band of Indians identified funerary objects associated with 
the human remains. The 12 associated funerary objects are one lot 
consisting of animal bones, one lot consisting of ceramics, one lot 
consisting of clay, one lot consisting of lithic materials, one lot 
consisting of metal, one lot consisting of rubber, one lot consisting 
of modified shells, one lot consisting of animal bones, one lot 
consisting of mineralogical objects, one lot consisting of unmodified 
shells, one lot consisting of organic material, and one lot consisting 
of fire-altered rocks.

Cultural Affiliation

    The 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, geographical, historical, oral 
traditional, and expert tribal opinion.

Determinations

    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 12 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 associated funerary objects described 
in this notice and the Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously

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listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga 
Reservation, California).

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after October 30, 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 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 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: September 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21390 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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