88 FR 139 pgs. 47162-47163 - Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 139Pages: 47162 - 47163
Pages: 47162, 47163Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036224; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-15522 Filed 7-20-23; 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-NPS0036224; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University Chico (CSU Chico) 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. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Butte County, CA.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after August 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Dawn Rewolinski, California State University, Chico, 400 W 1st Street, Chico, CA 95929, telephone (530) 898-3090, email drewolinski@csuchico.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 CSU Chico. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by CSU Chico.
Description
Accession 11
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from the Coleman Rock Shelter site in Butte County, CA. This site was first recorded by Eric Ritter in 1961 and was rerecorded by Keith Johnson of CSU Chico in 1964. When looting by local teenagers unearthed human remains in 1964, the Butte County Sheriff's Department was notified. Records suggest that these human remains were held by the Sheriff's Department and eventually were transferred to CSU Chico. In 1965, a CSU Chico field class excavated the site under the direction of Keith Johnson. The 199 associated funerary objects are five organics, 23 lots consisting of debitage, 71 modified stones, 60 projectile points, two modified shells, one ash sample, two pieces of petrified wood, one soil sample, 14 unmodified faunal elements, 10 modified faunal elements, three pieces of modified clay, two ochre samples, and five modified organics.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological, archeological, historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the California State University, Chico has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
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• 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 Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; and the Mechoopa Indian Tribe of Chico 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 Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice and, if joined to a request from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
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 August 21, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, CSU Chico 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. CSU Chico 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, and 10.14.
Dated: July 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15522 Filed 7-20-23; 8:45 am]
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