[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35198-35199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09413]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037840; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University 
NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, 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 San Francisco State University (SF 
State) NAGPRA Program has completed an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after May 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Elise Green, San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, 
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 405-
3545, 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 
San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, 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

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 100 individuals have been reasonably identified in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on August 29, 
2008, by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of 
California, Berkeley (73 FR 50995-50996). The 160 associated funerary 
objects listed in this notice are chert arrow points, obsidian arrow 
points, obsidian cores, chert scraper, mollusk shells, clamshell beads, 
pestles, mano, shaft straightener, Olivella beads, metal object, 
buckle, glass, porcelain fragments, shell fragments, blades, wood, 
basalt flake, bone awl, and a snag hook. CA-TEH-58 was located on the 
Sacramento River about five miles north of Red Bluff.
    CA-TEH-58 was recorded in 1950 by U.C. Berkeley and was described 
as an historic Wintun village site. The site was destroyed because of 
construction of the Red Bank Reservoir project. CA-TEH-58 was excavated 
in 1953, 1955, and 1962 by A. E. Treganza of SF State. The 1953 project 
was sponsored by the National Park Service; U.C. Berkeley sponsored the 
1955 excavation. The burials (1-104) collected in 1953 and 1955 are 
curated at U.C. Berkeley although, according to an undated document at 
the Treganza Museum (Anon n.d. [a]), ``TEH-58 Burial 103'' was sent to 
the Lowie (now Hearst) Museum at U. C. Berkeley indicating that burial 
had been curated at SF State. A letter from the Treganza Museum to the 
Lowie Museum on May 26, 1969, indicates the materials were transferred 
``late in 1965 or early in 1966'' (Van Dyke 1969). The 1962 project was 
conducted under National Park Service contract # 14-10-0434-893 between 
SF State and the National Park Service. The objects from the 1962 
project were curated at SF State. According to Treganza Burials 105-109 
were curated at SF State. No human remains from CA-TEH-58 were found at 
SF State during the current inventory.
    It was once common practice by museums to use chemicals on cultural 
items to prevent deterioration by mold, insects, and moisture. To date, 
the SF State NAGPRA Program has no records documenting use of chemicals 
at our facilities, and we currently do not use chemicals on any 
cultural items. A former SF State professor, Dr. Michael Moratto, 
stated that staff used glues, polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called 
Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural objects in the past. Prior non-
invasive and non-destructive hazardous chemical tests conducted at the 
SF State NAGPRA Program repositories show arsenic, mercury, and/or lead 
in some storage containers, surfaces, and certain cultural items.

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

    The SF State University NAGPRA Program has determined that:
     The 160 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.

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     There is a reasonable connection between the associated 
funerary objects described in this notice and the Grindstone Indian 
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California and the Paskenta Band 
of Nomlaki Indians of California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after May 31, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the SF State NAGPRA Program must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for 
joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The SF State NAGPRA Program 
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 23, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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