[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41468-41469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10331]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037912; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Placer County Museums, Auburn, 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 Placer County Museums 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 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Ralph Gibson, Museums Administrator, Placer County Museums, 
101 Maple Street, Auburn, CA 95603, telephone (530) 889-6500, 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 
Placer County Museums, 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, six individuals have been reasonably identified.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
reasonably identified from an unknown location. The one lot of 
associated funerary objects is one lot of modified beads. At an unknown 
date, the one lot of modified beads was removed from the site.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
reasonably identified from a local Native American burial site in 
Placer County, CA. The two lots of associated funerary objects are one 
lot of modified beads and one lot of fauna. In 1951, the human remains 
and two lots of associated funerary objects were removed from the site.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
reasonably identified from a site in Placer County, CA. The three lots 
of associated funerary objects are one lot of modified beads, one lot 
of modified stones, and one lot of fauna. At an unknown date, the three 
lots of associated funerary objects were removed from the site.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
reasonably identified from a location in the vicinity of Christian 
Valley in Placer County, CA. The one lot of associated funerary objects 
is one lot of modified beads. In 1913, the one lot of modified beads 
was removed from the site.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
reasonably identified from a site that was two or three miles east of 
Lincoln, CA. The four lots of associated funerary objects are one lot 
of modified beads, one lot of shells, one lot of fauna, and one lot of 
unidentified materials. In the 1920s, the four lots of associated 
funerary objects were removed from the site.

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    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
reasonably identified from an unknown location that is believed to be 
somewhere in west Placer County, CA. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

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 Placer County Museums has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 11 lots of 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 United 
Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria 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 12, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Placer County 
Museums 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 Placer County Museums 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: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10331 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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