[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58761-58762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15898]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038303; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson 
Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert 
Park, 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), Sonoma State University 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 August 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati 
Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, 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 Sonoma 
State University, 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

    CA-MRN 201, CA-MRN-202, and CA-MRN-363 are located on a peninsula 
along the shoreline of Tomales Bay, on the eastern shore toward the 
bay's northern end, within the Audubon Canyon Ranch Tom's Point 
Preserve. The collections are the result of previous excavations at the 
sites. During analysis of cultural items from CA-MRN-202, ancestral 
remains were identified. The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 
California were notified regarding this identification. They determined 
that all three collections would be accessioned into the holdings of 
Sonoma State University (SSU), with the understanding that they would 
request repatriation of the remains, and the cultural items from all 
three collections, in the future. The three collections have been 
housed at SSU since September 2022, under the following accession 
numbers: CA-MRN-201; Accession Number 2018-19; CA-MRN-202; Accession 
Number 2018-20; and CA-MRN-363, Accession Number 2018-21.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual removed from CA-MRN-202 in Marin County, 
California, have been reasonably identified. The 8,456 associated 
funerary objects removed from CA-MRN-202 are groundstone, unmodified 
shell, modified shell, soil samples, faunal, flaked tools and debitage, 
and historic material. The 769 associated funerary objects removed from 
CA-MRN-201 are a shell bead, glass beads, flaked glass tools, 
groundstone, unmodified shell, faunal, flaked tools and debitage, and 
historic material. The 1,992 associated funerary objects removed from 
CA-MRN-363 are groundstone, unmodified shell, modified shell, soil 
samples, faunal, flaked tools and debitage. Based on records concerning 
the associated funerary objects and the institution in which they were 
housed, there is no evidence of the three lots of cultural items being 
treated with hazardous substances.

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 Sonoma State University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The 11,217 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 Federated 
Indians of Graton Rancheria, 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 
19, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Sonoma 
State University 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 Sonoma State University 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.


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    Dated: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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