[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25659-25660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07718]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037738; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, 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, Davis (UC 
Davis) 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 13, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, 
telephone (530) 752-8501, 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 UC 
Davis and additional information on the determinations in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or 
related records. The

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National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, two individuals removed from Napa County, California have been 
reasonably identified. There are 2,298 associated funerary objects. Of 
that number, 2,243 lots of funerary objects have been located and 55 
lots of objects are currently missing. The 2,243 located lots of 
associated funerary objects include: one lot of baked clay; 1,178 lots 
of used flakes, flake tools, and other chipped stone; 202 lots of 
unworked animal bone; 67 lots of worked animal bone; one lot of ceramic 
beads; 34 lots of worked stone; 132 lots of debitage; two lots of 
historic beads; nine lots of ground stone; five lots of miscellaneous 
organic material (plant material, seeds, charcoal); 206 lots of worked 
shell; 30 lots of ochre; 143 lots of projectile points; two lots of 
quartz crystals; and 231 lots of unworked shell. The 55 currently 
missing lots of associated funerary objects include 38 lots of chipped 
stone, one lot of unworked bone, two lots of worked bone, two lots of 
debitage, three lots of worked shell, six lots of projectile points, 
two lots of unworked shell, and one lot of miscellaneous materials. UC 
Davis continues to look for the missing associated funerary objects. UC 
Davis conducted a field school led by Peter Schulz at CA-NAP-448 in 
1977 (UC Davis Accession 150).

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    UC Davis has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 2,298 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Cachil 
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the 
Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun of the Cortina 
Rancheria (previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); 
and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 May 13, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the UC Davis 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. UC Davis 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 10.10.

    Dated: April 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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