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Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice and to any other consulting 

parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.7. 

Dated: February 14, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03651 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037433; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California State Department of 

Transportation, 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 Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) has completed 

an inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and have 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

Indian Tribes in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Sacramento County, 

CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lisa Bright, Branch 

Chief District 3, Cultural Resources 

(South), California State Department of 

Transportation, 703 B Street Marysville, 

CA 95901, telephone (530) 812–4569, 

email Lisa.Bright@dot.ca.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 Caltrans. 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 California State University, 

Sacramento (Sacramento State) and 

Caltrans. 

Description 

In the spring of 1957 (approximately 

February/March) human remains 

representing, at minimum, six 

individuals were removed from CA– 

SAC–96 (Accession Number 81–299; 

also known as Allen/Allyn Mound). The 

1957 excavations were carried out by 

Sacramento State College (now 

Sacramento State) under the direction of 

Norman Wilson on behalf of the 

California Division of Highways (now 

Caltrans). No excavation reports were 

written, and the collection remained 

uncatalogued until October 2023. 

Occupation of the site is estimated to 

have occurred during the Late Phase 2, 

post 500 years before present based on 

bead and pendent size and shape 

although occupation could extend back 

as far as 1,000 years before present. The 

associated funerary objects removed 

from this site (83 catalog entries) 

include baked clay objects; modified 

bones, stones, and shells; historic 

materials; flaked and ground stones; 

faunal remains; burnt basketry; and 

beads. The human remains were not 

individually catalogued, and those that 

had been previously boxed separately 

were treated as lots. Bags of faunal 

remains were also treated as lots to 

minimize handling. An additional 18 

objects are currently missing from the 

collection and Caltrans and Sacramento 

State continues to look for them. This 

count is based on handwritten index 

cards that were identified as associated 

with this collection. These 18 objects 

were not identified during the 

cataloging process. 

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, 

archeological, geographical, historical, 

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, Caltrans has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of six individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 83 catalog entries 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 Buena Vista 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione 

Band of Miwok Indians of California; 

Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; and the Wilton Rancheria, 

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 March 25, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

California State University, Sacramento 

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. Caltrans is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted after the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024) but in the 

older format. As the notice conforms to 

the mandatory format of the Federal 

Register and includes the required 

information, the National Park Service 

is publishing this notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 


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Dated: February 14, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03652 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037434; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Field 

Museum, Chicago, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field 

Museum 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. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after March 25, 2024. 

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, 

and additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

four individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The human remains 

are hair clippings belonging to four 

individuals, identified with the tribal 

designations ‘‘Klamath’’ and ‘‘Modoc’’ 

(Field Museum catalog numbers 

193211.7, 193212.4, 193216.10, and 

193216.12). Field Museum staff believe 

they were collected under the direction 

of Franz Boas and Frederick Ward 

Putnam for the 1893 World’s Columbian 

Exposition in Chicago. The hair 

clippings were accessioned into the 

Field Museum’s collection in 1939. No 

information regarding the individual’s 

name, sex, age, or geographic location 

has been found. There is no known 

presence of any potentially hazardous 

substances. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the human 

remains describes in this notice. 

Determinations 

The Field Museum has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the human remains described 

in this notice and the Klamath Tribes 

and the Modoc Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the authorized representative 

identified in this notice under 

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 March 25, 2024. 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 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 10.10. 

Dated: February 14, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03653 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037437; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arkansas Archeological Survey, 

Fayetteville, AR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Arkansas Archeological Survey 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 unknown locations in the 

eastern Arkansas Mississippi River 

valley. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Sarah Shepard, Arkansas 

Archeological Survey, 2475 N. Hatch 

Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, 

telephone (479) 575–6552, email 

nagpra@uark.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 Arkansas 

Archeological Survey. 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 Arkansas Archeological Survey. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the FBI 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of tribal partners 

between 2018 and 2023, and finally on 

November 8, 2023, in Shawnee, 

Oklahoma. Conversations between the 

ARAS, Osage Nation, and Quapaw 

Nation continued after that point. On 

December 4th, 2023, a decision was 

made for the Quapaw to move forward 

in affiliation with the human remains. 

History and Description of the Remains 

The Arkansas Archeological Survey 

(ARAS) received a transfer from the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on 


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