[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53640-53641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14108]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038157; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Sherwood, OR, and California State 
University, Chico, Chico, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish 
and Wildlife Service (FWS) and California State University Chico (CSU 
Chico) have completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and 
have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after July 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Margo Schwadron, Regional Historic Preservation Officer, 
Cultural Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife 
Service, 20555 SW Gerda Lane, Sherwood, OR 97140, telephone (971) 385-
7518 email [email protected] and Dawn

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Rewolinski, California State University, Chico, 400 W 1st Street, 
Chico, CA 95929, telephone (530) 898-3090, 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 FWS 
and CSU Chico and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

Accession 365 (CA-BUT 2658/H) Llano Seco Sanctuary Mound

    The 99 associated funerary objects are 25 lots of modified stone, 
three lots of unmodified stone, eight lots of debitage, 10 lots of 
projectile points, 47 lots of modified shell, four lots of modified 
faunal elements, and two lots of unmodified faunal elements. Human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Llano Seco 
Sanctuary Mound (CA-BUT-233) by Chico State from 1966 to1968 in Butte 
County, CA, and were published in a Notice of Inventory Completion on 
June 29, 2023, in the Federal Register (88 FR 42099-42101). In March of 
2024, Chico State located additional associated funerary objects from 
Llano Seco Sanctuary Mound in the University's possession that were 
collected during a later survey of Llano Seco Sanctuary Mound under the 
purview of the FWS Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (CA-BUT-
2658/H) in 2017. The 99 cultural items intended to be temporarily 
collected under FWS in the possession of Chico State are funerary 
objects associated with the repatriated human remains and associated 
funerary objects from Llano Seco Sanctuary Mound CA-BUT-233.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The FWS and CSU Chico has determined that:
     The 99 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 connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Mechoopda 
Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this 
notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 29, 2024. If competing 
requests for repatriation are received, the FWS and CSU Chico must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The FWS and CSU 
Chico 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: June 14, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14108 Filed 6-26-24; 8:45 am]
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