[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72786-72788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23284]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036762; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects

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in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and 
Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento, 
6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone (916) 278-6504, 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 
California State University, Sacramento. 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 California State University, Sacramento.

Description

    In 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from CA-PLA-14 in Placer County, CA, by a graduate student 
of California State University, Sacramento. Primary occupation of PLA-
14 is estimated to occurred during the Late Horizon through Historic 
Periods (roughly A.D. 1100 to early 1800s). The 12 associated funerary 
objects are the following individual lots: baked clay objects; faunal 
remains; flaked stones; groundstones; modified stones; modified bones; 
modified shells; thermally-altered rocks; unmodified stones; floral 
remains; historic materials; and uncatalogued materials.
    In the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from CA-PLA-41 in Placer County, CA, by a 
California State University, Sacramento field class. Occupation of PLA-
41 is estimated to have occurred during the Middle to Late Horizons 
(roughly 550 BC through A.D. 1700s). The 15 associated funerary objects 
are the following individual lots: faunal remains; flaked stones; 
groundstones; modified stones; modified bones; modified shells; 
unmodified stones; thermally-altered rocks; baked clay objects; ash; 
floral remains; soil samples; historic materials; unidentified stones; 
and uncatalogued materials.
    In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals 
were removed from CA-PLA-68 in Placer County, CA, by American River 
Junior College. The collection was transferred to California State 
University, Sacramento at an unknown date. Occupation of the site is 
estimated to have occurred from A.D. 700-900 onward. The six associated 
funerary objects are the following individual lots: faunal remains; 
flaked stones; groundstones; modified shells; floral remains; and 
uncatalogued materials.
    In the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from CA-PLA-85 in Placer County, CA, during a 
survey by a California State University, Sacramento student. Occupation 
of PLA-85 is estimated to have occurred during the Late Horizon 
(roughly A.D. 1100-1700s), with other periods of occupation possible. 
The four associated funerary objects are the following individual lots: 
flaked stones; groundstones; faunal remains; and uncatalogued 
materials.
    In the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from CA-PLA-86 in Placer County, CA, during a 
survey by a California State University, Sacramento student. Occupation 
of PLA-86 is estimated to have occurred during the Late Horizon 
(roughly A.D. 1100-1700s), with other periods of occupation possible. 
The five associated funerary objects are the following individual lots: 
flaked stones; groundstones; faunal remains; unmodified stones; and 
uncatalogued materials.
    In the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from CA-PLA-87 in Placer County, CA, during a 
survey by a California State University, Sacramento student. The age of 
the site is not known. The five associated funerary objects are the 
following individual lots: flaked stones; groundstones; unmodified 
stones; faunal remains; and uncatalogued materials.
    In the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, eight 
individuals were removed from CA-PLA-142 in Placer County, CA, during 
several different excavations. In 1962-1963, American River Junior 
College (ARJC) conducted excavations at the site. The collection was 
transferred to California State University, Sacramento at an unknown 
date. In 1963, California State University, Sacramento was contacted by 
local police to recover archeological materials discovered during 
waterline work. A collection made by a local citizen prior to the ARJC 
excavation was donated to Sacramento State in 2005. Occupation of PLA-
142 is estimated to have occurred during the Late Horizon (roughly A.D. 
1100-1700s), with possible use during the Historic Period. The 11 
associated funerary objects are the following individual lots: flaked 
stones; groundstones; faunal remains; unmodified stones; thermally-
altered rocks; modified stones; modified bones; modified shells; floral 
remains; historic materials; and uncatalogued materials.
    In the 1960's, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from CA-PLA-194 in Placer County, CA, by 
American River Junior College (ARJC). The collection was transferred to 
California State University, Sacramento in 1977. Occupation of PLA-194 
is estimated to have occurred during the Late Horizon (roughly A.D. 
1100-1700s), with possible use during the Historic Period. The 12 
associated funerary objects are the following individual lots: baked 
clay objects; flaked stones; groundstones; faunal remains; unmodified 
stones; thermally-altered rocks; modified stones; modified bones; 
modified shells; floral remains; historic materials; and uncatalogued 
materials.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from school property in Placer County, CA. 
There is little documentation for the collection. The associated 
funerary objects include one lot consisting of flaked stones.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and 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, folkloric, geographical, 
historical, kinship, linguistic, oral traditional, and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, California State University, Sacramento has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 27 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 71 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at 
the time of death or

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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 Ione Band of Miwok Indians of 
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; United Auburn Indian Community of 
the Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, 
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 November 22, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, California State 
University, Sacramento 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. California State University, Sacramento 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, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: October 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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