88 FR 242 pgs. 87800-87801 - Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 242Pages: 87800 - 87801
Pages: 87800, 87801Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037089; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-27795 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037089; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice; amendment.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State University, Los Angeles has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on August 28, 2023. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Clark County, NV.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Michele Bleuze, California State University, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, telephone (323) 343-2440, email mbleuze@calstatela.edu and Amira Ainis, California State University, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, telephone (323) 343-2449, email aainis2@calstatela.edu.
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, Los Angeles. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the California State University, Los Angeles.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (88 FR 58605-58606, August 28, 2023). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects as listed in the original notice. Upon the rehousing of ancestors at the request of the Indian Tribes, additional associated funerary objects were discovered.
From the CK2003 Mill Point #1 site (also referred to as the Fremont Point site) in Clark County, NV, the two associated funerary objects (no associated funerary objects were previously listed) include one bird humerus and one chipmunk or ground squirrel distal left tibia. Both associated funerary objects were found with Burial 2.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the California State University, Los Angeles has determined that:
• The human remains represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The two associated funerary objects described in this amended notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
• There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians of the Fort Independence Reservation, California; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California, and Nevada; Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada; and the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes).
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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 January 18, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California State University, Los Angeles 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, Los Angeles is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 0.13, and 10.14.
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Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27795 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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