[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 45917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11444]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037982; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, 
Riverside, Riverside, 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 University of California, Riverside 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 24, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University of California, Riverside, 900 
University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, telephone (951) 827-6349, 
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 
University of California, Riverside, 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, one individual have been reasonably identified. The eight 
associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramics, one lot of lithic 
objects, one lot of animal bone, one lot of unmodified shell, one lot 
of shell beads, one lot of quartz crystal, one lot of botanical 
remains, and one stone pipe. In 1972, Christopher Chaloupka, a student 
of archaeology at the University of California, Riverside, conducted a 
survey of Martinez Canyon, which runs about 15 km through the Santa 
Rosa Mountains in the Coachella Valley. Chaloupka conducted surface 
surveys of the canyon over the course of a year with the goal of 
documenting archaeological sites. In the process of his survey, 
Chaloupka collected objects from the surface of the canyon which were 
compiled into a collection and accessioned at UCR under accession #15. 
From several locations in the canyon Chaloupka collected bone fragments 
that were identified decades later in 2024 during tribal consultation 
by an osteologist as being cremated human remains. Tribal 
representatives also identified a number of objects in the collection 
as being funerary and ceremonial.

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 University of California, Riverside has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The eight 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 Torres 
Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, 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 24, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
California, Riverside 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 University of California, Riverside 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 15, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-11444 Filed 5-23-24; 8:45 am]
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