[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67666-67668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18685]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038507; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks 
and Recreation, 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 Department of Parks and 
Recreation 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: Dr. Leslie L. Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, California 
Department of Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 942896, Sacramento, CA 
94296-0001, telephone (916) 425-8016, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative

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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are 
the sole responsibility of the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation, 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 79 individuals were removed from Placer, Sutter, and Yuba 
Counties, CA. The 1,155 lots of associated funerary objects are 125 
lots of modified stone, 404 lots of modified shell, 110 lots of 
modified bone, 17 lots of unmodified stone, 21 lots of unmodified 
shell, 313 lots of unmodified bone, seven lots of organic material, 10 
lots of inorganic material, one lot of soil samples, 15 lots of baked 
clay, three lots of pigments, and 129 lots of unidentified items.

CA-PLA-142

    From 1962-63, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from CA-PLA-142 (BIR 44, ACCN.295) in Placer 
County, CA. No known individuals were identified. The three lots of 
associated funerary objects are three lots of modified stone.
    American River College removed human remains and associated 
funerary objects from the burial site for the Central California 
Archaeological Foundation. The State Indian Museum (managed by the 
California Department of Parks and Recreation) were consulted on the 
project, and later accepted the collection as a donation at an unknown 
date.

CA-SUT-23

    In 1958, human remains representing, at minimum, 31 individuals 
were removed from CA-SUT-23 (BIR 87, ACCN.309-154) southeastern Sutter 
County, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
donated to the State Indian Museum. No known individuals were 
identified. The 912 lots of associated funerary objects are 106 lots of 
modified stone, 310 lots of modified shell, 100 lots of modified bone, 
12 lots of unmodified stone, 248 lots of unmodified bone, two lots of 
organic material, one lot of inorganic material, one lot of baked clay, 
three lots of pigments, and 129 lots of unidentified items.
    Records pertaining to the site alternately use CA-SUT-23 and CA-
SUT-24 as the site trinomial. CA-SUT-23 appears on the earliest 
records. CA-SUT-24 has been used to describe this site and another site 
located in the Sutter Buttes. During tribal consultation, the site was 
determined to be CA-SUT-23.

CA-SUT-?

    In 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were removed from an unknown site (BIR 86, ACCN.309-202) in Sutter 
County, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
accessioned to the State Indian Museum. No known individuals were 
identified. The 47 lots of associated funerary objects are five lots of 
modified stone, 30 lots of modified shell, one lot of modified bone, 
two lots of unmodified stone, one lot of unmodified shell, four lots of 
unmodified bone, three lots of organic material, and one lot of baked 
clay.

CA-YUB-14

    In 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, 42 individuals 
were removed from the Rio Oso Site, CA-YUB-14 (BIR 109, ACCN.141), in 
Placer County, CA. The site was excavated by volunteer archaeological 
crews of the State Indian Museum, who then accessioned the collections 
into the State Indian Museum's collection. No known individuals were 
identified. The 180 lots of associated funerary objects are 8 lots of 
modified stone, 63 lots of modified shell, eight lots of modified bone, 
three lots of unmodified stone, 20 lots of unmodified shell, 61 lots of 
unmodified bone, two lots of organic material, one lot of inorganic 
material, one lot of soil samples, and 13 lots of baked clay. The site 
was discovered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during levee repair.

CA-YUB-[?]

    At an unknown date, probably in the 1960s, human remains 
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown 
site (BIR 110, ACCN.309-X) in Brown's Valley in Yuba County, CA. The 
exact date of excavation is unknown. No known individuals were 
identified. The 13 lots of associated funerary objects are three lots 
of modified stone, one lot of modified shell, one lot of modified bone, 
and eight lots of inorganic material.

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 Parks and Recreation has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 79 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 1,155 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 
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; 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 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 September 20, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California 
Department of Parks and Recreation 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 Parks 
and Recreation 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: August 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18685 Filed 8-20-24; 8:45 am]
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