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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 

October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Zay D. Latt, San Francisco 

State NAGPRA Program, 1600 Holloway 

Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, 

telephone (415) 405–3545, email zlatt@

sfsu.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 San Francisco 

State NAGPRA Program. 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 San Francisco State NAGPRA 

Program. 

Description 

In 1964, cultural items were 

excavated and removed from sites PLA– 

1, PLA–14, PLA–25, PLA–H–7, PLA–H– 

11, PLA–H–12, PLA–19, and PLA–UNK 

in Placer County, CA. Upon the closure 

of the Tregenza Anthropology Museum 

in 2012, the cultural items were 

transferred to the San Francisco State 

University NAGPRA program. The 

objects of cultural patrimony are 15 lots 

consisting of modified stone, modified 

metal, and other objects. 

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: oral traditional, 

anthropological, archeological, 

geographical, historical, linguistic, other 

relevant information, and expert 

opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the San Francisco State 

NAGPRA Program has determined that: 

• The 15 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 

the United Auburn Indian Community 

of the Auburn Rancheria of California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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 cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 2, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the San Francisco State NAGPRA 

Program must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The San Francisco 

State NAGPRA Program 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 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18825 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036497; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Anchorage, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM Alaska) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

removed from a site in the Yukon 

Willow Creek area about 25 miles south 

of Nulato, AK, in the Yukon-Koyukuk 

Census Area, AK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Robert E. King, Bureau of 

Land Management, 222 W. 7th Avenue, 

#13, Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone 

(907) 271–5510, email r2king@blm.gov. 

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 BLM Alaska. 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 BLM Alaska. 

Description 

In 1935, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Yukon Willow Creek 

site in the middle Yukon Valley, about 

25 miles south of Nulato, AK. The 

human remains, which are estimated to 

be over 200 years old, were removed by 

Frederica de Laguna, who at that time 

was associated with the University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology in Philadelphia, PA. 

The human remains were brought back 

to the Museum, where they are 

currently being held in collections [PM# 

35–21–149]. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains 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 and 

oral traditional. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 


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Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, BLM Alaska has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the Nulato 

Village. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 2, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

BLM Alaska must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. BLM Alaska 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, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18824 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036492; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Field Museum, Chicago, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field 

Museum intends to repatriate certain 

cultural items that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects, sacred 

objects, and 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 Kings County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Field 

Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, 

Chicago, IL 60605–2496, telephone 

(312) 665–7317, email hrobbins@

fieldmuseum.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 Field Museum. 

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 Field Museum. 

Description 

The 25 cultural items listed in this 

notice were removed from Kings 

County, CA. In May and June of 1901, 

Dr. John Hudson collected the cultural 

items on behalf of the Field Museum 

during a two-year expedition among the 

Native populations of California. That 

same year, the Field Museum 

accessioned these cultural items. Two of 

the cultural items are unassociated 

funerary objects. They are one lot 

consisting of shells and wampum, and 

one glass bead necklace. Nine of the 

cultural items are sacred objects. They 

are one dance clapper, one headdress, 

one roll of eagle down, one head net, 

one skirt, one hand wand, one bunch of 

eagle down, one lot consisting of white 

paint, and one roll of jay feathers. 

Fourteen of the cultural items are 

objects of cultural patrimony. They are 

one wooden mortar, two stone mortars, 

three sifting trays, one cooking basket, 

one small basket, one digging stick, one 

bone awl, one set of quiver and arrows, 

and three drills. 

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: anthropological, 

geographical, historical, oral traditional, 

and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Field Museum has 

determined that: 

• Two of the cultural items described 

above 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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• Nine of the cultural items described 

above are specific ceremonial objects 

needed by traditional Native American 

religious leaders for the practice of 

traditional Native American religions by 

their present-day adherents. 

• Fourteen of the 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 

the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the 

Santa Rosa Rancheria, California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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 cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 2, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Field Museum must determine the 

most appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Field Museum 

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 


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