[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 404-405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28922]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037167; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: San Jose State University, San 
Jose, 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), San Jose State University (SJSU) has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any federally 
recognized Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from Alameda County, CA.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after February 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Charlotte Sunseri, Ph.D., San Jose State University, One 
Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0113, telephone (408) 924-5713, 
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 San 
Jose 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 inventory or related records held by San Jose State 
University.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were 
removed from Alameda County, CA. The CA-ALA-342 collection includes 
human remains which were excavated by a team from Ohlone College. The 
one box of associated funerary objects is comprised of faunal shell. 
The collection was inadvertently left behind when the rest of the human 
remains were returned to Ohlone College and then subsequently reburied 
by Andrew Galvan of the Ohlone Tribe. The Niles/Alvarado Ancestor 
(George Herbert Collection) was donated to San Jose State University by 
George Herbert; documentation supports that the remains were excavated 
by an unknown

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college in 1940-1950s from the Alvarado area (present-day Union City).

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the 
aboriginal lands of one or more Federally recognized Indian Tribes. 
These locations are also the aboriginal lands of the Ohlone/Costanoan 
Tribes recognized by the State. The following information was used to 
identify the aboriginal land: California Native American Heritage 
Commission Native American Contact List for implementing AB275 (dated: 
9/30/2021), Unratified Treaty E ``Treaty at Dent's and Valentine's 
Crossing (May 28, 1851)'' (Heizer 1972).

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, San Jose State 
University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The one box of associated funerary objects described in 
this notice is 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.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any federally-recognized Indian Tribe.
     The human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the 
Wilton Rancheria, California.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 
2, 2024. If competing requests for disposition are received, San Jose 
State University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. San Jose State University 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 and 
10.11.

    Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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