Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 25, 2023 / Notices 73363 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036828; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: California State 

University, Los Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California 

State University, Los Angeles has 

amended a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on July 21, 2023. This notice 

amends the number of associated 

funerary objects in a collection removed 

from Mariposa County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 24, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Michele Bleuze, California 

State University, 5151 State University 

Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, 

telephone (323) 343–2440, email 

mbleuze@calstatela.edu and Amira 

Ainis, California State University, 5151 

State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 

90032, telephone (323) 343–2449, email 

aainis2@calstatela.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, Los Angeles. 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 

California State University, Los Angeles. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (88 FR 47164–47165, July 21, 

2023). Repatriation of the items in the 

original Notice of Inventory Completion 

has not occurred. This notice amends 

the number of associated funerary 

objects as listed in the original notice. 

Upon the rehousing of ancestors at the 

request of the Tribes, additional 

associated funerary objects were 

discovered. 

From the Hackney Site (CA–MRP– 

283), in Mariposa County, CA, the 45 

associated funerary objects (no 

associated funerary objects were 

previously listed) include nine lots 

consisting of flaked stone tools, nine 

lots consisting of lithic chipping debris/ 

debitage, nine lots consisting of ground 

stone artifacts, six lots consisting of 

stone ornaments, three lots consisting of 

worked clay objects, two lots consisting 

of glass trade beads, two lots consisting 

of soil samples, one lot consisting of 

bone tools, one lot consisting of shell 

beads, one lot consisting of charcoal, 

one lot consisting of organic (plant) 

materials, and one lot consisting of 

faunal and unidentified bone fragments. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, California State 

University, Los Angeles has determined 

that: 

• The human remains represent the 

physical remains of two individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The 45 associated funerary 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 Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono 

Indians of California; Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California; Tule River Indian Tribe of 

the Tule River Reservation, California; 

and the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk 

Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of 

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 November 24, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

California State University, Los Angeles 

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. California State 

University, Los Angeles 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: October 18, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23542 Filed 10–24–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036822; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: 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) 

intends to repatriate certain a cultural 

item that meets the definition of an 

unassociated funerary object and that 

has a cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. The cultural item was 

removed from the Nome Census Area, 

AK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 24, 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 


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