[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06635]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039945; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, 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 University of California (UC Davis) has 
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after May 19, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, 
telephone (530) 752-8501, 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 UC 
Davis 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, there are a total of 1,159 lots 
of associated funerary objects (five of which are currently missing). 
The associated funerary objects are associated with human remains 
previously removed and reburied at the site. The 1,154 lots of present 
associated funerary objects are one lot of modified wood, three lots of 
modified clay, five lots of abraders, eight lots of charcoal, 16 lots 
of soil samples, 26 lots of groundstone, 47 lots of shell, 63 lots of 
miscellaneous organic items (seeds and wood), 80 lots of worked bone, 
101 lots of projectile points, 138 lots of faunal bone, and 666 lots of 
chipped stone. The five lots of currently missing associated funerary 
objects are two lots of worked bone, one lot of quartz crystal, one lot 
of turtle bone, and one lot of unidentified missing material. Trudy 
Vaughn of Coyote & Fox Enterprises first excavated site CA-SHA-1048, 
located south of Redding, California, on April 26, 2005. The site was 
excavated again by Far Western Anthropological Research Group under 
Bill Hildebrandt's direction in July and August, 2005 in anticipation 
of the construction of a residential development. Accession 519 is 
comprised of materials from both excavations. The University is unaware 
of any treatment of the associated funerary objects with pesticides, 
preservatives, or other substances that represent a potential hazard to 
the objects or to persons handling the objects.

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

    UC Davis has determined that:
     The 1,159 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 associated 
funerary objects described in this notice and the Grindstone Indian 
Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California; Paskenta Band of 
Nomlaki Indians of California; Redding Rancheria, California; and the 
Round Valley Indian Tribes, Round Valley Reservation, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after May 19, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, UC Davis must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of 
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. UC Davis 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: April 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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