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human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

collected from individuals at one or 

more unknown locations. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after November 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Repatriation 

Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake 

Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, 

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 inventory or related 

records held by the Field Museum. 

Description 

Human remains were collected from 

seven individuals at one or more 

unknown locations. The human remains 

are hair clippings identified with the 

tribal designation ‘‘Delaware.’’ (The hair 

clippings are represented by Field 

Museum catalog numbers 193207.5, 

193208.10, 193209.1, 193209.11, 

193210.3, 193210.5, 103213.5.) Museum 

staff believe they were collected under 

the direction of Franz Boas and 

Frederick Ward Putnam for the 1893 

World’s Columbian Exposition. They 

were accessioned into the collection in 

1939. No information regarding the 

individual’s name, sex, age, or 

geographic location has been found. 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: historical. 

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: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of seven individuals 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 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, and the 

Delaware Tribe of Indians. 

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 and, if joined to 

a request from one or more of the Indian 

Tribes, the Munsee-Delaware Nation or 

the Eelu ̈naape ́ewi Lahke ́ewiit, both nonfederally recognized Indian groups. 

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 November 22, 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 human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The Field 

Museum 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: October 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23277 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036761; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: California State University, 

Sacramento, Sacramento, 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, Sacramento 

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 and Yuba 

Counties, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 22, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of 

the College of Social Sciences and 

Interdisciplinary Studies, California 

State University, Sacramento, 6000 J 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, 

telephone (916) 278–6504, email 

dhyson@csus.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, Sacramento. 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 California State University, 

Sacramento. 

Description 

During the 1960s–1980’s, California 

State University, Sacramento students 

and faculty surveyed and investigated 

sites along creeks and ravines in Placer 

County, CA, ahead of several 

development projects (CA–PLA–47, 

PLA–63, PLA–64, PLA–66, PLA–67, 

PLA–69, PLA–70, PLA–71, PLA–72, 

PLA–73, PLA–74, PLA–75, PLA–76, 

PLA–77, PLA–78, PLA–80, PLA–81, 

PLA–83, PLA–90, PLA–92, PLA–93, 

PLA–94, PLA–95, PLA–99, PLA–105, 

PLA–106, PLA–107/H, PLA–225, PLA– 

271/H, PLA–663/H, and four sites 

without a designated name or trinomial 

(31–109, 31–60, 31–108, 31–78)). As a 

result, 13 cultural items were collected 

from several of the sites. The 13 objects 

of cultural patrimony consist of the 

following individual lots: flaked stones; 

groundstones; unmodified stones; 

thermally-altered rocks; modified 

stones; modified shells; modified bones; 

historic materials; faunal remains; floral 

remains; baked clay objects; soil 

samples; and uncatalogued materials. 

At an unknown date, 10 cultural 

items were collected from CA–PLA–292, 

PLA–293, and another, unknown 

location (31–62) by an individual who 

subsequently donated them to California 


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State University, Sacramento, most 

likely in the 1960s. The 10 objects of 

cultural patrimony consist of the 

following individual lots: flaked stones; 

groundstones; unmodified stones; 

modified stones; modified shells; faunal 

remains; floral remains; historic 

materials; soil samples; and 

uncatalogued materials. 

In the 1960s and 1970s, American 

River Junior College (ARJC) conducted 

investigations at several sites in Placer 

and Yuba Counties (CA–PLA–2907, CA– 

PLA–2908, possibly PLA–38, and CA– 

YUB–05), which resulted in the 

collection of 12 cultural items. In 1977, 

the collections from these sites were 

transferred to California State 

University, Sacramento along with other 

ARJC collections. The 12 objects of 

cultural patrimony consist of the 

following individual lots: flaked stones; 

groundstones; modified bones; modified 

shells; modified stones; thermallyaltered rocks; unmodified stones; baked 

clay objects; floral remains; faunal 

remains; historic materials; and 

uncatalogued materials. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was collected from a quarry site 

near Bowman, CA, and was donated to 

California State University, Sacramento. 

The object of cultural patrimony is one 

lot consisting of uncatalogued materials. 

Sometime during the 1920s and 

1930s, Anthony Zallio, a private 

collector, collected two cultural items 

from sites in Placer County, CA. In 

1951, Zallio’s collection was 

posthumously donated to the 

Department of Anthropology at 

Sacramento State College, CA (now 

California State University, 

Sacramento). The two objects of cultural 

patrimony are a flaked stone and a 

modified stone. 

In the 1970s, a cultural item was 

donated to the Anthropology Museum at 

California State University, Sacramento 

that was said to have been found on the 

North Fork of the American River, 

possibly near CA–PLA–34. The one 

object of cultural patrimony is a steatite 

pipe. 

In the 1970s, cultural items were 

collected from an unknown location 

near Bowman, CA, and at an unknown 

date, they were donated to California 

State University, Sacramento. The five 

objects of cultural patrimony consist of 

the following individual lots: flaked 

stones; modified shells; faunal remains; 

historic materials; and uncatalogued 

materials. 

In 1990, one cultural item was 

collected at historic Virginiatown, in 

Placer County, CA, during a California 

State University, Sacramento-sponsored 

field school. The object of cultural 

patrimony is one lot consisting of 

archaeologically recovered Native 

American objects. 

At an unknown date, two cultural 

items were removed from CA–PLA–36 

in Placer County, CA. The 

circumstances surrounding their 

recovery and curation at California State 

University, Sacramento are not known. 

The two objects of cultural patrimony 

are one lot consisting of flaked stones 

and one lot consisting of groundstones. 

At an unknown date, five cultural 

items were removed from CA–PLA– 

2879, in Placer County, CA. The 

circumstances surrounding their 

recovery and curation at California State 

University, Sacramento are not known. 

The five objects of cultural patrimony 

consist of the following individual lots: 

worked shells; faunal remains; flaked 

stones; unmodified stones; and historic 

materials. 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was collected from an unknown 

site in Yuba County, CA, by Charles 

McKee. Subsequently, this item was 

donated to California State University, 

Sacramento by his estate. The object of 

cultural patrimony is a modified stone. 

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, 

archeological, geographical, historical, 

kinship, linguistic, 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 California State 

University, Sacramento has determined 

that: 

• The 53 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 November 22, 2023. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the California State University, 

Sacramento 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 California State 

University, Sacramento 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: October 11, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23283 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036762; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California State University, 

Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California 

State University, Sacramento 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 Placer County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 


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