[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41465-41466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10325]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037917; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Monterey Peninsula College, 
Monterey, 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 Monterey Peninsula College has completed 
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no 
lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
with cultural affiliation.

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice 
may occur on or after June 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Jon Knolle, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Monterey 
Peninsula College, Monterey, CA 93940, telephone (831) 646-3030, 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 
Monterey Peninsula College, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in its inventory or related records. The

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National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified based on the information available. No associated funerary 
objects are present. At unknown dates, the human remains were removed 
from unknown locations in Monterey, CA, and deposited at the Monterey 
Peninsula College Anthropology Department. The College found articles 
from a former student from the 1960s indicating human remains were 
discovered in Monterey, CA, ``12 miles south of Point Lobos'' and 
``near Jack's Peak'' by a former student and donated to the College. 
The College has no evidence that the human remains referenced in the 
article are those listed in this notice other than the location of the 
human remains. No further information is known about the provenience of 
these human remains.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Tule River Indian Tribe of 
the Tule River Reservation, California and to the following Indian 
groups without Federal recognition: Amah Mutsun Tribal Band in Galt, 
CA; Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista in Lakeport, 
CA; Costanoan Ohlone Rumsen-Mutsen Tribe in Watsonville, CA; Costanoan 
Rumsen Carmel Tribe in Pomona, CA; Esselen Tribe of Monterey County in 
Carmel Valley, CA; Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan in Hollister, 
CA; Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area in Castro Valley, 
CA; North Valley Yokuts Tribe in Linden, CA; Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen 
Nation in Monterey, CA; The Ohlone Indian Tribe in Fremont, CA; KaKoon 
Ta Ruk Band of Ohlone-Costanoan Indians of the Big Sur Rancheria in 
Woodland, CA; Rumsen Am:a Tur:ataj Ohlone in Hesperia, CA; and Tamien 
Nation in San Jose, CA. The Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation responded 
to the invitation and participated in consultation.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical and 
other relevant information. The information, including the results of 
consultation, reasonably identified:
    1. The Ohlone/Costanoan as an earlier group connected to the human 
remains;
    2. The Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California as an Indian Tribe connected to the human remains; and
    3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier 
group and the Indian Tribe that can be reasonably traced through time.

Determinations

    The Monterey Peninsula College has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains in this notice has been identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 
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.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this 
notice may occur on or after June 12, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Monterey Peninsula College must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for 
joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request 
and not competing requests. The Monterey Peninsula College is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal 
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10325 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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