Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 / Notices 57471 

University of California, Riverside has 

amended a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on May 2, 2003. This notice 

amends the number of associated 

funerary objects in a collection removed 

from Riverside County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

September 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University 

of California, Riverside, 900 University 

Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517–5900, 

telephone (951) 827–6349, email 

megan.murphy@ucr.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 University of 

California, Riverside. 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 

University of California, Riverside. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (68 FR 23495, May 2, 2003). 

Repatriation of the items in the original 

Notice of Inventory Completion has not 

occurred. This amendment is being 

made to reflect the identification of 

newly discovered associated funerary 

objects for the archeological collection 

CA–RIV–1180 (accession 89). The 

original notice only listed human 

remains, but tribal representatives have 

reviewed the remaining objects in the 

collection and have identified funerary 

objects. The 3,917 objects include 3,628 

animal bones, one bone bead, 219 

ceramic sherds, 45 lithic materials, 12 

flaked stone tools, two ground stones, 

one battered stone, and nine shell beads. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of 

California, Riverside has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this amended notice represent the 

physical remains of one individual of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The 3,917 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 Agua Caliente Band 

of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente 

Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, 

California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla 

Indians (Previously listed as Cabazon 

Band of Mission Indians, California); 

Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes 

Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, 

California; Morongo Band of Mission 

Indians, California; Ramona Band of 

Cahuilla, California; Santa Rosa Band of 

Cahuilla Indians, California; and the 

Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, 

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 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 human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after September 22, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the {1. University of California, 

Riverside} 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 {1. University 

of California, Riverside} 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, 10.13, 

and 10.14. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18138 Filed 8–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036431; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit 

Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Detroit 

Institute of Arts has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and any 

Indian Tribe. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from an unknown geographic 

location. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

September 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Denene De Quintal, Detroit 

Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward 

Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, telephone 

(313) 578–1067, email NAGPRA@

dia.org. 

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 Detroit 

Institute of Arts. 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 the Detroit Institute of Arts. 

Description 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 11 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown geographic location. The 

individuals (X1989.2344; X1989.3750; 

X1989.3758) were acquired by the 

Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). On May 

19, 2021, museum staff encountered 

human remains during a comprehensive 

review of the ‘‘Indigenous Americas’’ 

collection. The six associated funerary 

objects are one lot consisting of 

unidentified animal teeth; one tooth or 

claw fragment; one lot of claws; one 

piece of wood; one shell; and one lot 

consisting of non-human bone 

fragments. 


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57472 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 / Notices 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

Secretary of the Interior may make a 

recommendation for a transfer of control 

of the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

In June of 2023, the Detroit Institute of 

Arts requested that the Review 

Committee consider a proposal to 

transfer control of the human remains in 

this notice to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe 

of Chippewa Indians, Michigan. The 

Review Committee, acting pursuant to 

its responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(5), considered the request at its 

June 2023 meeting and recommended to 

the Secretary that the proposed transfer 

of control proceed. A July 2023 letter on 

behalf of the Secretary of Interior from 

the Designated Federal Official 

transmitted the Secretary’s independent 

review and concurrence with the 

Review Committee that: 

• The Detroit Institute of Arts 

consulted with every appropriate Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, 

• None of the consulted and notified 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations objected to the proposed 

transfer of control, and 

• The Detroit Institute of Arts may 

proceed with the agreed upon transfer of 

control of the culturally unidentifiable 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan. 

Transfer of control is contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Determinations 

Officials of the Detroit Institute of 

Arts have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on biological 

evidence. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 11 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the six objects described in this 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2) and 

10.16, the disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

may be to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan. 

Request for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or non-Federally recognized 

Indian groups 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, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after September 22, 2023. If 

competing requests for disposition are 

received, the Detroit Institute of Arts 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Detroit 

Institute of Arts is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribe 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 and 10.11. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18131 Filed 8–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036444; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Augusta Museum of History, 

Augusta, GA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Augusta Museum of History intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Placer County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

September 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Nancy Glaser, Executive 

Director, Augusta Museum of History, 

560 Reynolds Street, Augusta, GA 

30901, telephone (706) 722–8454, email 

amh@augustamuseum.org. 

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 Augusta 

Museum of History. 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 summary or related records held 

by the Augusta Museum of History. 

Description 

Ten lots of cultural items were 

removed from Placer County, CA, most 

likely between 1924 and 1938, by Smith 

Coin and Curio Company, which, 

during those years, was located at 1541 

48th Street in Sacramento, CA. These 

cultural items were likely procured for 

the Augusta Museum of History by 

former director Jouett Davenport, Sr. 

(1937–1963). The 10 objects of cultural 

patrimony are individual lots consisting 

of ceramic, glass, and stone beads. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items 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: archeological, 

geographical, 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 Augusta Museum of 

History has determined that: 

• The 10 cultural items described 

above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 


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