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collection. Upon closure of the TAM in 

2012, the items were transferred to the 

San Francisco State University 

NAGPRA program. The 180 

unassociated funerary objects are 22 

shells, three pieces of wire, one medial 

section square nail, one partial obsidian 

point, 39 square nails, 11 obsidian 

projectile point tip fragments, six chert 

projectile point fragments, 10 chert 

scrapers, seven obsidian scrapers, four 

obsidian projectile point fragments, one 

small square nail, one round nail, seven 

square nail fragments, one partial basal 

projectile point, one notched obsidian 

point, one corner notch point, two 

corner notch projectile point fragments, 

two square nail fragments, two corner 

notch obsidian point projectiles, one 

side notch projectile point, one 

projectile point fragment, two obsidian 

flakes, one medial section square nail, 

one chert projectile point base fragment, 

one projectile point fragment, one 

fragment of cooper, one iron chunk, two 

worked chert flakes, 14 worked pieces 

of chert, one chert corner notch point, 

one drill scraper point, two modified 

chert flakes, two pieces of glass, one 

square spike, one chert tip fragment, one 

obsidian burin, one medial obsidian 

projectile point fragment, one 

Winchester No.12 shotgun shell, one 

modified obsidian flake, one obsidian 

flake tool, one basal fragment small 

projectile point, one large nail, one large 

nail fragment, one chert knife fragment, 

one utilized chert flake, one reworked 

obsidian flake, two utilized obsidian 

flakes, one worked piece of obsidian, 

one thin triangular blade tip flake, one 

chert core medial fragment, one square 

nail medial, one modified piece of chert, 

four worked pieces of obsidian, two 

pieces of milky quartz, and one heavy 

metal ring. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. 

There is a relationship of shared group 

identity between the identifiable 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, 

linguistic, and other relevant 

information or 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 180 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, 

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 January 12, 2024. 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 the 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 

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: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27367 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037064; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert 

S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 

Andover, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert 

S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology 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 Jefferson County, NY. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 180 

Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, 

telephone (978) 749–4490, email 

rwheeler@andover.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 Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology. 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Jefferson County, NY. The 

individual was removed from an 

unknown site by R.W. Amidon and O. 

Pomeroy in 1902 and sent to the Robert 

S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology at 

some time after that. Originally reported 

on NAGPRA inventories as being from 

Monroe or St. Lawrence Counties, 

Amidon and Pomeroy focused their 

disturbance of sites in Jefferson County, 

NY. Amidon’s notes indicate that 

human teeth were found occasionally, 

but a specific site cannot be determined. 

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 

information, geographical information, 


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historical 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 Robert S. Peabody 

Institute of Archaeology 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 

Onondaga Nation. 

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 January 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology 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 Robert S. 

Peabody Institute of Archaeology 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 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27378 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037048; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Sierra National Forest, Clovis, 

CA 

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 Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Sierra National Forest 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 Fresno County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Kim Sorini-Wilson, Sierra 

National Forest, 29688 Auberry Road, 

Prather, CA 93651, telephone (559) 855– 

5355, email kim.sorini@usda.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 the Sierra National 

Forest. 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 Sierra National 

Forest. 

Description 

In 1977, human remains representing, 

at minimum, five individuals were 

removed from sites CA–FRE–613 (1), 

CA–FRE–682 (1), CA–FRE–741 (2), and 

CA–FRE–747 (1) on the Sierra National 

Forest in Fresno County, CA, by Don 

Wren of Fresno City College (FCC) as 

part of planning for a proposed 

hydroelectric project. Sites CA–FRE– 

613, CA–FRE–682, CA–FRE–741, and 

CA–FRE–747 lie in the Sierra Nevada 

mountains and foothills on lands 

managed by the Forest Service. This 

area is well-documented 

ethnographically as the territory of the 

Holkoma people. All four sites include 

features and artifacts indicative of lateprecontact occupation, and two of them 

also evidence a proto-historic 

occupation. 

In January of 2017, an osteological 

examination of the faunal remains 

collected from the excavations and 

curated at FCC was conducted to 

determine if human remains were 

present. That examination resulted in 

the identification of the human remains 

listed in this notice. All the human 

remains are fragmentary. A total of two 

bone fragments and 27 teeth, 

representing a minimum of five 

individuals, were identified. No known 

individuals were identified. The 13 

associated funerary objects are 11 beads 

(five glass, three shell, two steatite, one 

of unknown material) and two steatite 

sherds. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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 

information, archaeological information, 

and geographical information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Sierra National Forest 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of at least five individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The 13 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. 

• 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 Cold Springs 

Rancheria of Mono Indians 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 


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