[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54501-54502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14469]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038202; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of 
Transportation, Marysville, 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 Department of Transportation 
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 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lisa Bright, Branch Chief District 3, Cultural Resources

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(South), California State Department of Transportation, 703 B Street 
Marysville, CA 95901, telephone (530) 812-4569, 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 Department of Transportation, 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, two individuals have been reasonably identified. The 806 catalog 
entries of associated funerary objects are tools, faunal remains, 
floral remains, ground stone, worked bone, and beads and other 
ornamental items.
    In 1987, 1989, and 1990 the collection was excavated by the 
California Department of Transportation from CA-GLE-217. Reporting of 
the data recovery excavation was completed in 2006. Repatriation and 
reburial of ancestors and associated funerary objects (total number 
unknown as this was not included in reporting or the catalog) was 
completed in 2008. Additional human remains and associated funerary 
objects were identified during the inventory verification completed by 
the California Department of Transportation and Paskenta Band of 
Nomlaki Indians in 2024. Of the 806 catalog entries of associated 
funerary objects, 61 catalogue entries are currently missing from the 
collection. California State University, Chico and the California 
Department of Transportation continue to look for them. No potentially 
hazardous substances were used to treat any of the human remains or 
associated funerary objects.

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 Department of Transportation has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 806 catalog entries of associated funerary 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 
Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California and 
the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 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 July 31, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the California 
Department of Transportation 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 Department of 
Transportation 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 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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