[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73433-73434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20296]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038633; 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 October 10, 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, three individuals have been 
identified from CA-TEH-269, located in the eastern-central portion of 
Tehama County, CA. The 6,303 associated funerary objects include baked 
clay objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked and ground stones; 
historic materials; modified bones, shells and stones; coprolites; 
unmodified stones; basketry fragments; and charcoal. Of this number, at 
least 22 objects are currently missing from the collection. Sacramento 
State continues to look for any missing objects. The human remains and 
funerary objects were collected by individuals associated with the 
California State University, Sacramento in the 1960s. They have since 
been

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housed at the University under accession 81-9.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified from CA-TEH-309, located in the eastern-central portion of 
Tehama County. The 241 associated funerary objects include faunal 
remains (shell), flaked stone, and groundstone. An unknown number of 
objects may be missing from this collection and Sacramento State will 
continue to look for them. The human remains and funerary objects were 
excavated by University of California, Davis and individuals associated 
with California State University, Sacramento in the 1960s. They were 
transferred to California State University, Sacramento from University 
of California, Davis in 2015 in order to reunite them with other 
cultural materials from the same project and accession (#81-30).
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified from CA-TEH-372, located in the eastern-central portion of 
Tehama County, CA. The 6,078 associated funerary objects include baked 
clay objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked and ground stones; 
historic materials; modified bones, shells and stones; thermally 
altered rocks; pigments; unmodified stones; soil samples; and geologic 
samples. Of this number, at least six objects are currently missing 
from the collection. Sacramento State continues to look for any missing 
objects. The human remains and funerary objects were collected by 
individuals associated with the California State University, Sacramento 
in the 1960s and 1970s. They have since been housed at the University 
under accessions 81-6 and 81-9.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified from CA-TEH-454 or 455, located in the easter-central 
portion of Tehama County, CA. The human remains were donated to 
California State University, Sacramento in the 1970s and have been 
housed at the University under accession 81-CSUS-100.
    Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been 
identified from CA-TEH-Hooper 1979:5, located in the eastern-central 
portion of Tehama County, CA. The 20,655 associated funerary objects 
include baked clay objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked and 
ground stones; historic materials; modified bones, shells and stones; 
thermally altered rocks; pigments; unmodified stones; soil samples; 
ash; manuports; geologic samples; and unidentified objects. The human 
remains and funerary objects were collected by individuals associated 
with the California State University, Sacramento in the 1980s. They 
have since been housed at the University under accessions 81-120.

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 eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 33,277 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 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 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 October 
10, 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: August 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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