[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 26906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08054]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037758; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: David A. Fredrickson 
Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert 
Park, 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), Sonoma State University intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 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: Doshia Dodd, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati 
Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, 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 Sonoma 
State University, 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 three lots of cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The three lots of objects of cultural patrimony each 
include flaked stone tools and debitage; dietary bone remains; 
groundstone objects; late 19th--early 20th century glass, ceramic and 
metal items; and soil samples. Based on records concerning the cultural 
items and the institution in which they were housed, there is no 
evidence of the three lots of cultural items being treated with 
hazardous substances.
    One lot of cultural items was removed from archaeological site CA-
SAC-436 in Sacramento County, CA. The items were removed in 1994 during 
archaeological work carried out by Stewart/Gerike Consultants related 
to an excavation at the Rancho Seco Park, and were curated at Sonoma 
State University after completion of the project. The cultural items 
have remained in possession of Sonoma State since their curation, under 
the Accession Number 94-12.
    Two lots of cultural items were removed from archaeological sites 
P-34-002166 and P-34-004714 in Sacramento County, CA. The items were 
removed in 2014 during archaeological work carried out by ECORP 
Consulting, Inc. related to an infrastructure support project for the 
Folsom South of U.S. Highway 50 Specific Plan Project, and were curated 
at Sonoma State University after completion of the project. The 
cultural items have remained in possession of Sonoma State since their 
curation, under the Accession Numbers 2015-20 (for P-34-002166) and 
2015-22 (P-34-004714).

Determinations

    Sonoma State University has determined that:
     The three lots of objects 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 Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 
Indians of California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians of 
California; Guidiville Rancheria of California; Ione Band of Miwok 
Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tule River Indian Tribe 
of the Tule River Reservation, California; United Auburn Indian 
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Wilton Rancheria, 
California; and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 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, Sonoma State University 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. Sonoma State University 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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