[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26912-26913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08045]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037757; 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 16, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark Wheeler, Chief of Staff to President Luke Wood, 
California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 
95819, telephone (916) 460-0490, 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, and additional information on 
the determinations in this notice, including the results of 
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    In 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from CA-YOL-13 in Yolo County by F.A. Riddell and W.H. 
Olsen of the State Indian Museum. It is not known how the collection 
came into the possession of California State University, Sacramento. 
Occupation of the site is estimated to have occurred during the Late 
Period. The one associated funerary object is a flaked stone.
    At an unknown date, associated funerary objects were removed from 
CA-YOL-13 and Hall Mound by Anthony Zallio. In 1951, Zallio's estate 
donated the collections to California State University, Sacramento. 
Ancestral remains from the collections were previously repatriated in 
2015, but objects from the sites were not requested during the 
repatriation. The 56 associated funerary objects removed from these 
sites includes ground and flaked stones; modified bones, shells and 
stones; and floral remains.
    In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals 
were removed from several sites in Yolo County by students from 
Sacramento State University (now California State University, 
Sacramento) under the direction of Dr. William Beeson. These sites 
include CA-YOL-18, CA-YOL-44, CA-YOL-51, and CA-YOL-58. The collections 
have been housed at California State University, Sacramento since this 
survey. The 48 associated funerary objects removed from these sites 
includes flaked and ground stones; faunal remains; modified bones, 
stones and shells; and unmodified stones.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals, were 
removed from CA-YOL-45 by an unknown individual who donated a 
collection to the University in 1956, and during a 1960 survey of the 
site by students from Sacramento State University (now California State 
University, Sacramento) under the direction of Dr. William Beeson. 
Occupation of the site is estimated to have occurred during at least 
the Late Period. Anthony Zallio also collected human remains and 
cultural objects from the site, which were donated to the University in 
1951. Human remains and funerary objects in the Zallio collection 
originating from this site were previously repatriated in 2015, but

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several objects were not requested at that time and are included in 
this notice. The 6,208 associated funerary objects removed from this 
site include flaked and ground stones; faunal remains; historic 
materials; modified bones, stones and shells; and unmodified stones. Of 
this number, 99 objects are currently missing from the collection. 
California State University, Sacramento continues to look for these 99 
missing objects.
    At an unknown date, associated funerary objects were removed from 
either CA-YOL-45 and CA-YOL-52. It is not known how these objects came 
into the possession of California State University, Sacramento. They 
were determined to come from either CA-YOL-45 or CA-YOL-52 based on 
their inclusion with other objects from these sites. The five 
associated funerary objects include flaked stones and modified bones.
    In 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, 10 individuals, 
were removed from an unnamed site in Yolo County, California by Dr. 
Jerald Johnson of California State University, Sacramento as part of a 
salvage excavation. The human remains and artifacts were transported 
back to California State University, Sacramento for evaluation and 
curation. The 28 associated funerary objects removed from this site 
include baked clay objects; ground and flaked stones; faunal remains; 
modified shells; and floral remains.

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

    California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 6,346 objects described in this 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 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; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; 
Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria (previously listed 
as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; United 
Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Wilton 
Rancheria, California; 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 
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 May 16, 2024. 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 10.10.

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