Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 5 / Monday, January 8, 2024 / Notices 957 

Dated: December 28, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00127 Filed 1–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037195; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Yosemite National Park, 

El Portal, 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 the Interior, National 

Park Service, Yosemite National Park 

(YOSE) 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 Mariposa County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after February 7, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Cicely Muldoon, 

Superintendent, Yosemite National 

Park, 9039 Village Drive, Yosemite 

National Park, CA 95389, telephone 

(202) 372–8181, email cicely_muldoon@

nps.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 

Superintendent, YOSE. Additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by 

YOSE. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from an unknown site in Mariposa 

County, CA, in the 1930s by a California 

Conservation Crew working in the Crane 

Flat area. The human remains were 

identified at the time of discovery as 

Native American by a physical 

anthropologist and were turned over to 

the Yosemite Museum by Gus Eastman, 

the park ranger overseeing the crew. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from an unknown site in the Cascades 

area in Mariposa County, CA, in the 

1930s. The human remains were 

identified at the time of discovery as 

Native American by a physical 

anthropologist and were turned over by 

a donor named Edward L. Eidem. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from CA–MRP–301 in 

Mariposa County, CA in 1988 during 

heavy equipment excavation of a trench 

for a National Park Service electrical 

line. An examination by a physical 

anthropologist determined that these 

human remains are Native American 

and were buried approximately 800 

years ago. 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, biological information, 

geographical information, 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, YOSE has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of five 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 Bishop 

Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; 

Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of 

California; Picayune Rancheria of 

Chukchansi Indians of 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 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 identified in this notice and, if 

joined to a request from one or more of 

the Indian Tribes, the Southern Sierra 

Miwuk Nation, and Mono Lake 

Kootzaduka’a Tribe, non-federally 

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 February 7, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

YOSE 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. YOSE 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 28, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00124 Filed 1–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037204; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California State University, Chico, 

Chico, 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, Chico (CSU 

Chico) 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 CSU Chico. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 


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