[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2639-2640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00607]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037237; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of 
California, Riverside, Riverside, 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), the University of California, Riverside has 
amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal 
Register on March 25, 2004. This notice amends the number of associated 
funerary objects in a collection removed from Riverside County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 15, 2024.

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 amendments and 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.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (69 FR 15379-15380, March 
25, 2004). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. The amendment is being made to 
reflect the addition of newly identified associated funerary objects 
for two of the collections listed in the original notice.
    For CA-RIV-2199, the original notice only listed human remains, but 
tribal representatives have reviewed the remaining objects in the 
collection and have identified 14 lots of associated funerary objects. 
These objects include one lot of ceramics, one lot of unfired clay, one 
lot of glass, one lot of lithics, one lot of metal, one lot of plastic, 
one lot of rubber, one lot of shell beads, one lot of faunal bones, one 
lot of fabric, one lot of floral materials, one lot of geological 
materials, one lot of unmodified shell, and one lot fire-altered rock.
    For CA-RIV-4169 the original notice only listed human remains, but 
tribal representatives have reviewed the remaining objects in the 
collections and have identified six lots of associated funerary 
objects. These objects include two lots of ceramics, one lot of shell 
beads, one lot of faunal bones, one lot

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of unmodified shells, and one lot of glass.

Determinations (as Amended)

    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 human remains described in this amended notice 
represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     The 20 lots of 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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California; Augustine 
Band of Cahuilla Indians, California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians 
(Previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California); 
Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno 
Indians, California; Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California; 
Ramona Band of Cahuilla, California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla 
Indians, California; and the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, 
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 February 15, 2024. 
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 human 
remains and 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 Tribes and 
Native Hawaiian organizations 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, 
10.13, and 10.14.

    Dated: January 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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