[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 67654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18684]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038506; 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), the 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 September 20, 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 the 
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

    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual removed from CA-TEH-1528 in Tehama County, 
California, have been reasonably identified. The lot of 8,707 
associated funerary objects removed from CA-TEH-1528 are groundstone 
tools, ocher, unmodified shell, faunal bone, modified faunal bone, 
flaked stone 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 human remains or associated 
funerary items being treated with hazardous substances.
    CA-TEH-1528 is located at the edge of a broad basaltic plateau 
northeast of Red Bluff and west-northwest of Vales in Tehama County. 
CA-TEH-1528 was first recorded by Pat Mikkelsen in 1992. The collection 
is the result of Stage II and III archaeological investigations at the 
PGT-PGE Pipeline Project by Far Western Anthropological Research Group. 
The collection, Accession Number 91-31, has been housed at Sonoma State 
University since 1995.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains and 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 8,707 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 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 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 
20, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the 
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.

    Dated: August 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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