90 FR 52 pg. 12783 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 52Page: 12783
Page: 12783Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039522; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-04457 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039522; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) 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 April 18, 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 mnoble@ucdavis.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 UC Davis, 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. Based on the available information, there are a total of 82 lots of associated funerary objects (four of which are currently missing or discarded). The 78 lots of present associated funerary objects are one lot of petrified wood, one tinkler, two lots of miscellaneous organic material, three lots of miscellaneous clay, three lots of unmodified shell, five lots of shell beads, six lots of miscellaneous worked shell, six lots of projectile points, seven lots of groundstone, eight lots of minerals, 10 lots of chipped stone, 11 lots of bone awls, and 15 lots of unmodified bone and horn. The four lots of currently missing or discarded associated funerary objects are one lot of groundstone, one lot of shell, one lot of unidentified missing material, and one lot of unidentified discarded material. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Shutler and the UC Davis Archaeology Field School of 1963 conducted surface investigations and a test pit in the Swanson Site Area, near Fairfield, California (UC Davis Accession 2). The affiliation is with the Patwin Tribes: Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria ( previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); and Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California. The University is unaware of any treatment of the associated funerary objects with pesticides, preservatives, or other substances. However, UC Davis has not conducted any pesticide testing.
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
UC Davis has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 82 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 Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria ( previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 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 April 18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis 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. 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: February 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04457 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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