[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26909-26910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08051]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037764; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the 
definition of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural 
patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after May 16, 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 summary or 
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of 149 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The 46 unassociated funerary objects are 45 lots of debitage and 
chipped stone (including quartz items), and one mano fragment. In 1981, 
these cultural items were removed from CA-SAC-408 (Accession 281) 
during a surface collection and test excavation conducted by DL True, 
R. Jackson, and J. Offerman.
    The 90 unassociated funerary objects are 17 lots of groundstone, 30 
lots of flakes, 35 lots of unmodified stone, one lot of bone, and six 
lots of historic material. One projectile point is currently missing. 
In 1986, these items were removed from CA-SAC-Cripple Creek (Accession 
385) near Citrus Heights, Sacramento County, CA during a test 
excavation conducted by DL True, C. Slaymaker, and P. Bouey.
    The six unassociated funerary objects include four lots of chipped 
stone and two lots of groundstone. Between 1987 and 1988, these items 
were removed from CA-SAC-320 (Accession 391) during surface and limited 
test excavations conducted by DL True, C. Slaymaker, and S. Griset as 
part of a permit review by the Sacramento County Community Planning and 
Development Department.
    The two unassociated funerary objects include one pestle and one 
open pestle fragment. Between 1987 and 1988, these items were removed 
from CA-SAC-406A (Accession 391) during surface and limited test 
excavations conducted by DL True, C. Slaymaker, and S. Griset as part 
of a permit review by the Sacramento County Community Planning and 
Development Department.
    The four unassociated funerary objects include four lots of 
debitage. Between 1987 and 1988, these items were removed from CA-SAC-
Folsom Shooting Club (Accession 391) during surface and limited test 
excavations conducted by DL True, C. Slaymaker, and S. Griset as part 
of a permit review by the Sacramento County Community Planning and 
Development Department.
    The one object of cultural patrimony includes one handstone/mano. 
Around 1980, this item was donated to the UC Davis Department of 
Anthropology Teaching Collection (UCDA). Provenience information is 
limited to ``Sacramento, CA (1980).''

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Determinations

    The UC Davis has determined that:
     The 148 unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance 
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
     The one object of cultural patrimony described in this 
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance 
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other 
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of 
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Wilton Rancheria, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after May 16, 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 cultural items are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The UC Davis is responsible for sending a copy 
of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

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