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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 February 2, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

YUAG 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. YUAG 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. 3004, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28927 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037169; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: San 

Jose State University, San Jose, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Jose 

State University (SJSU) has completed 

an inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and any 

federally-recognized Indian Tribe. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from CA–SCR–12 

and CA–SCR–7 Sandhill Bluff of Santa 

Cruz County, CA. 

DATES: Disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Charlotte Sunseri, Ph.D., 

San Jose State University, One 

Washington Square, San Jose, CA 

95192–0113, telephone (408) 924–5713, 

email charlotte.sunseri@sjsu.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 San Jose State 

University. 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 San Jose State 

University. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Santa Cruz County, CA, 

from the locales of CA–SCR–12 and CA– 

SCR–7. The CA–SCR–12 collection was 

excavated in 1986 by Stephen Dietz and 

includes burials and cultural remains. 

The CA–SCR–7 collection from Sandhill 

Bluff was collected on March 18, 1974, 

and donated to SJSU; the skull was 

identified in the College of Science 

teaching collection in 2023. A separate 

collection from CA–SCR–12 housed at 

the University of California Santa Cruz 

was returned in 2019 to the Amah 

Mutsun Tribal Band. The 21 boxes of 

associated funerary objects include 

faunal remains, shell, lithics, 

groundstone, and soil samples. 

Aboriginal Land 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice were 

removed from known geographic 

locations. These locations are the 

aboriginal lands of one or more 

federally-recognized Indian Tribes. 

These locations are also the aboriginal 

lands of the Ohlone/Costanoan tribes 

recognized by the State of California. 

The following information was used to 

identify the aboriginal land: California 

Native American Heritage Commission 

Native American Contact List for 

implementing AB275 (dated: 6/22/2021 

for CA–SCR–12 and 9/11/2023 for CA– 

SCR–7), Unratified Treaty A ‘‘Treaty at 

Camp Belt (May 13, 1851)’’, Unratified 

Treaty B ‘‘Treaty at Camp Keyes (May 

30, 1851)’’, and Unratified Treaty N 

‘‘Treaty at Camp Barbour (April 29, 

1851)’’ (Heizer 1972). 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes, San Jose State University 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 21 boxes of 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. 

• No relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

federally-recognized Indian Tribe. 

• The human remains and associated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

were removed from the aboriginal land 

of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; California Valley 

Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 

of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk 

Indians; Picayune Rancheria of 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; Table 

Mountain Rancheria; and the Tule River 

Indian Tribe of the Tule River 

Reservation, California. 

Requests for Disposition 

Written requests for disposition of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes 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, or who 

shows that the requestor is an aboriginal 

land Indian Tribe. 

Disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after February 2, 2024. If competing 

requests for disposition are received, 

San Jose State University must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to disposition. Requests 

for joint disposition of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. San Jose State 

University 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 and 10.11. 


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Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28924 Filed 1–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037161; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Alabama Department of Archives and 

History, Montgomery, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Alabama Department of Archives and 

History (ADAH) 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 Elmore County, 

Covington County, Montgomery County, 

and Russell County, AL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Kellie Bowers, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, the Alabama Department of 

Archives and History, P.O. Box 300100, 

624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, 

AL 36130, telephone (334) 353–4731, 

email nagpra.adah@

archives.alabama.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 Alabama 

Department of Archives and History. 

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 Alabama 

Department of Archives and History. 

Description 

Elmore County, AL 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Taskigi site by members of the Alabama 

Anthropological Society. Between 1916 

and 1951, the human remains were 

donated to the ADAH (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4104). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Taskigi site by members of the Alabama 

Anthropological Society. Between 1916 

and 1951, the human remains were 

donated to the ADAH (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4113). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Taskigi site by members of the Alabama 

Anthropological Society. Between 1916 

and 1951, the human remains were 

donated to the ADAH (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4120). The 2,112 

associated funerary objects are 2,111 

glass trade beads and one mirror. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the site 

of Ft. Toulouse/Ft. Jackson by the 

Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) 

and transferred to the ADAH in the late 

1970s or early 1980s (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4090). Associated 

funerary objects were discovered in the 

collections of the AHC as part of 

research prior to NAGPRA consultation 

and were transferred to the ADAH on 

August 17, 2022. The 1,456 associated 

funerary objects are 52 flakes/stone 

debitage, 48 miscellaneous stones, one 

stone celt, 1,354 sand and shell 

tempered ceramic sherds representing a 

minimum of 17 vessels, and one lot of 

faunal remains. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the site 

of Coosada/Koasati by members of the 

Alabama Anthropological Society. 

Between 1916 and 1951, the human 

remains were donated to the ADAH 

(Human Remains Identification Number 

4121). No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Covington County 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the site 

of Searight by members of the Alabama 

Anthropological Society. Between 1916 

and 1951, the human remains were 

donated to the ADAH (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4114). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Montgomery County 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the site 

of Ashley Place/Catoma Creek by 

members of the Alabama 

Anthropological Society. Between 1916 

and 1951, the human remains were 

donated to the ADAH (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4111). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Russell County 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the site 

of Girard by members of the Alabama 

Anthropological Society. On February 

25, 1916, the human remains were 

donated to the ADAH (Human Remains 

Identification Number 4123). 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, 

historical information, kinship, and 

linguistics. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Alabama Department 

of Archives and History has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of eight individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 3,568 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 Alabama-Coushatta 

Tribe of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte 

Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of 

Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal Town; 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch 

Band of Creek Indians; Seminole Tribe 

of Florida; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; The Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal 

Town. 


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