[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63977-63978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17264]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038404; 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 September 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark R. 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 its inventory or related records. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified from CA-SAC-57, located in the west-central portion of 
Sacramento County, CA. The one associated funerary object is a 
projectile point. The human remains and funerary objects were collected 
by individuals associated with the California State University, 
Sacramento in 1980. They have since been housed at the University under 
accession 81-97.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified from CA-SAC-118, located in the south-central portion of 
Sacramento County, CA. The two associated funerary objects are flaked 
stones and thermally-altered rocks. The human remains and funerary 
objects were removed from the site in 1974 during a survey by 
California State University, Sacramento. They have since been housed at 
the University. They were relocated in collections in 2024 and assigned 
accession number 81-461.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified from CA-SAC-329, located in the south-western portion of 
Sacramento County, CA. The 1,006 associated funerary objects are 
flaked, ground, and modified stone; modified bone; modified shell; 
baked clay; faunal remains; floral remains; thermally-altered rock; and 
one lot of uncataloged materials. The human remains and funerary 
objects were removed from the site in 1975 during excavations done by 
California State University, Sacramento under contract with the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers. They have since been housed at the University 
under accession 81-70.
    An unknown number of objects may be missing from the above 
collections, 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 three individuals of Native American ancestry.

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     The 1,009 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 Buena 
Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Chicken Ranch 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 
of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Shingle Springs Band of 
Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; 
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; 
and the Wilton 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 September 
5, 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: July 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17264 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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