[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47603-47604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12074]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038014; 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 July 3, 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 1956-1959, archaeologists associated with Sacramento State 
College (now California State University, Sacramento) removed human 
remains and objects from CA-NAP-52, CA-NAP-74, CA-NAP-87, CA-NAP-94, 
CA-NAP-97, and CA-NAP-98 prior to the construction of Monticello Dam by 
the US Bureau of Reclamation. The resulting collections were 
subsequently housed at California State University, Sacramento under 
accessions 81-183, 81-184, and 81-185. Based on the information 
available, human remains representing, at least, two individuals have 
been reasonably identified from CA-NAP-52. The 127 associated funerary 
objects from the site include faunal remains, flaked and

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ground stone objects, modified bone, and shell beads and ornaments. 
Based on the information available, human remains were recovered from 
CA-NAP-74 prior to 1956 by another institution. The one associated 
funerary object is a ground stone mortar. Based on the information 
available, human remains representing, at least, one individual has 
been reasonably identified from CA-NAP-87. The 75 associated funerary 
objects include faunal remains, flaked and ground stone objects, 
modified bone, and unmodified stone. Based on the information 
available, human remains representing, at least, nine individuals have 
been reasonably identified from CA-NAP-94. The 5,710 associated 
funerary objects include faunal and floral remains; flaked and ground 
stone objects; modified bone, shell, and stone objects; pigments; 
soils; thermally-altered rock; quartz crystals; unmodified stone; and 
historic objects. Based on the information available, human remains 
representing, at least, nine individuals have been reasonably 
identified from CA-NAP-97. The 69 associated funerary objects include 
faunal remains, flaked and ground stone objects, modified bone, shell 
beads, unmodified stone, and soils. Based on the information available, 
human remains representing, at least, 19 individuals have been 
reasonably identified from CA-NAP-98. The 4,079 associated funerary 
objects include baked clay objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked 
and ground stone objects; modified bone, shell and stone; pigment; ash; 
soils; thermally-altered rock; quartz crystals; unmodified stone; and 
historic objects. An unknown number of objects may be missing from the 
collection, and California State University, Sacramento continues to 
look for them.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual has been reasonably identified from an unknown 
location(s) in Napa County. The 346 associated funerary objects include 
faunal and floral remains, flaked stone, and ground stone objects. 
These objects and human remains were found within Napa County 
collections (accession 81-183) without site provenience and are 
reasonably believed to derive from Napa County.
    Based on the information available, human remains were recovered 
from CA-NAP-26 in by another institution in the 1950s. In 1960, a 
student of Sacramento State College surface collected objects from the 
location (accession 81-392). The 72 associated funerary objects include 
faunal remains and flaked stone objects. An unknown number of objects 
may be missing from the collection, and California State University, 
Sacramento continues to look for them.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual has been reasonably identified from an unknown 
location in Green Valley, Solano County. The five associated funerary 
objects include faunal remains, floral remains, and unmodified stone. 
The remains and objects were donated to California State University, 
Sacramento by a private individual under accession 1980-5. An unknown 
number of objects may be missing from the collection, and California 
State University, Sacramento continues to look for them.

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 42 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 10,484 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 Cachil 
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the 
Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina 
Rancheria (previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); 
and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 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 July 3, 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: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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