[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39645-39646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10156]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037881; 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), the 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 June 10, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark Wheeler, Senior Advisor 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 the 
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 1964-71, Stephen Humphreys, a student at Sacramento State 
College, conducted extensive surveys and excavations in the region 
between Oroville and Paradise in Butte County, California.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from CA-BUT-301 (Kathy's Rockshelter). The 52,341 associated 
funerary objects from the site include baked clay objects; faunal and 
floral remains; flaked and ground stone objects; modified bone, shell, 
stone, and wood objects; basketry and cordage, thermally altered rock; 
quartz crystals; unmodified stones; pigment; historic materials (worked 
glass, buttons, beads and textiles), and soils.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were 
removed from CA-BUT-302 (Fox Site). The 4,324 associated funerary 
objects from the site include baked clay objects; faunal and floral 
remains; flaked and ground stone objects; modified bone, shell and 
stone; quartz crystals; unmodified stone; and soils.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were 
removed from CA-BUT-669 (Kendall's Rockshelter). The 4,754 associated 
funerary objects from the site include baked clay objects; faunal and 
floral remains; flaked and ground stone objects; modified bone, shell 
and stone; quartz crystals; unmodified stone; pigment; historic 
material (worked glass, buttons); and ash and soils. An unknown number 
of objects may be missing from the collection, and California State 
University, Sacramento continues to look for them.

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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 California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 61,419 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 Berry 
Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of 
Maidu Indians of California; Greenville Rancheria; Mechoopda Indian 
Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California; and the Mooretown Rancheria of 
Maidu Indians of 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 June 10, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the 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. The California State University, Sacramento 
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 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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