[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 73363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23542]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036828; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: California State 
University, Los Angeles, 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), California State University, Los Angeles has 
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register on July 21, 2023. This notice amends the number of associated 
funerary objects in a collection removed from Mariposa County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Michele Bleuze, California State University, 5151 State 
University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, telephone (323) 343-2440, 
email [email protected] and Amira Ainis, California State 
University, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, 
telephone (323) 343-2449, 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 
California State University, Los Angeles. 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 California State University, Los Angeles.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 47164-47165, July 
21, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of 
associated funerary objects as listed in the original notice. Upon the 
rehousing of ancestors at the request of the Tribes, additional 
associated funerary objects were discovered.
    From the Hackney Site (CA-MRP-283), in Mariposa County, CA, the 45 
associated funerary objects (no associated funerary objects were 
previously listed) include nine lots consisting of flaked stone tools, 
nine lots consisting of lithic chipping debris/debitage, nine lots 
consisting of ground stone artifacts, six lots consisting of stone 
ornaments, three lots consisting of worked clay objects, two lots 
consisting of glass trade beads, two lots consisting of soil samples, 
one lot consisting of bone tools, one lot consisting of shell beads, 
one lot consisting of charcoal, one lot consisting of organic (plant) 
materials, and one lot consisting of faunal and unidentified bone 
fragments.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, California State University, Los Angeles has determined 
that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of two 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 45 associated funerary 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 Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of 
California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; 
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and 
the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 
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 24, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, California State 
University, Los Angeles 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, Los Angeles 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, Sec.  
10.10, Sec.  10.13, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23542 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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