14716 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037479; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: University of California, 

Riverside, Riverside, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of California, Riverside 

intends to repatriate certain cultural 

items that meet the definition of objects 

of cultural patrimony and that have a 

cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. The cultural items were 

removed from San Luis Obispo and 

Santa Barbara, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, the 

University of California, Riverside, 900 

University Avenue, Riverside, CA 

92517–5900, telephone (951)–827–6349, 

email megan.murphy@ucr.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 University of 

California, Riverside. 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 summary or related records held 

by the University of California, 

Riverside. 

Description 

The six cultural items were removed 

from San Luis Obispo County, CA. In 

1981, R.O. Gibson removed marine 

shells (Tivela sp, Mytilus sp, Tegla sp, 

and chiton) from archeological site CA– 

SLO–99, a site located on the sea coast 

approximately 0.6 miles east of the 

south end of Shell Beach. The site 

consisted of a shell midden with at least 

one bedrock mortar. 

In 1981, R.O. Gibson removed shell 

fragments from a midden feature at 

archeological site CA–SLO–459, the 

Harrigan Site, which is a well-known 

site for the Chumash. The site was on 

private property near Shell Beach 

owned by a Mr. Harrigan in 1969, hence 

the name ‘‘Harrigan Site’’. There are 

multiple reports of burials at the site 

being previously disturbed by sewer 

workers. In 1984, Madonna 

Construction under contract of Pismo 

City disturbed a Chumash burial and 

sent two skeletal elements to Dr. Phil 

Walker at UCSB. Dr. Walker wrote back 

noting that the coroner should have 

come to the site and reported to the 

Native American Heritage Commission 

(NAHC); the coroner reportedly refused 

to come. Dr. Walker urged the 

construction company to ask the NAHC 

to have the Attorney General 

corroborate. Walker went on to note that 

CA–SLO–459 is a well-known cemetery 

and that intentional disturbance is 

illegal. He cc’ed the Santa Ynez Elders 

Council and United Chumash Council 

on his response. 

In 1978, R.O. Gibson removed abalone 

shell samples from archeological site 

CA–SLO–460, Fiscalini Ranch in 

Cambria Pine. The site was located on 

private property and was originally 

record in 1961 as a temporary camp for 

the gathering of seafood by Geneva 

Hamilton. Additional archeological 

surveys were conducted in the 1970s 

through the 1990s, which noted rock 

oven features, bedrock mortars, chipped 

stone objects, and ground stone objects. 

In 1978, R.O. Gibson removed shell 

samples from archeological site CA– 

SLO–697, also known as Bob Gibson’s 

Giant Footprint Site, in Cambria. The 

site reportedly consisted of a midden 

and oven feature with a low density of 

cultural deposits including net weights, 

pitted anvils, chert flakes, and shell 

fragment. Gibson hypothesized that the 

site actually consisted of several small 

sites that had blended together over 

time through the process of grading. 

In 1981, Lawrence Spanne removed 

marine shells samples (Tivela 

stultorum) from archeological site CA– 

SLO–754 (trinomial later voided and 

changed to CA–SLO–433) in Oceano, 

California. The site, which was located 

on private property, was first recorded 

as a small campsite in 1954, though the 

property owner had noted that he had 

previously unintentionally disturbed a 

burial when plowing. In 1977 burials 

were disturbed during a property 

development project and the work was 

halted by local Chumash community 

members. 

In 1981, five iron cannons washed up 

on Christi Beach and were thought to 

have been associated with Sir Francis 

Drake (1579). Snethcamp and Associates 

submitted pieces of rope found in the 

vicinity of the cannons to UCR for 

radiocarbon dating. The rope samples 

yielded a date of 120 ± 50 years B.P. 

The six lots of objects of cultural 

patrimony are five lots of shells and one 

lot of rope fragments. 

The four cultural items were removed 

from Santa Barbara County, CA. At an 

unknown date, shell samples were 

removed by an unknown individual 

from Santa Rosa Island and submitted to 

the University of California, Riverside 

Radiocarbon laboratory for testing. The 

samples were in jars labeled, ‘‘Abalone 

shells from Indian Culture—Santa Rosa 

Island, 3,000 years old’’ and ‘‘Shell 

Samples, Wavy Top, from Indian 

Culture—Santa Rosa Island, 3,000 years 

old’’. 

The skeletal remains from a fox were 

removed from Santa Rosa Island and 

were submitted by Shelley Steven to the 

University of California, Riverside, 

Radiocarbon Laboratory at an unknown 

date. 

Burned faunal bone was removed by 

unknown individual from Santa Rosa 

Island at an unknown date and 

submitted to the University of 

California, Riverside, Radiocarbon 

Laboratory. 

The four lots of objects of cultural 

patrimony are two lots of shells and two 

lots of faunal remains. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items 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, oral tradition, 

and expert tribal opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of 

California, Riverside has determined 

that: 

• The 10 cultural items described 

above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash 

Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 

Reservation, California. 


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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 March 29, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of California, Riverside 

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 

University of California, Riverside is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). 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. 3004, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04093 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037483; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Tyndall Air Force Base, Bay County, 

FL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Tyndall 

Air Force Base (Tyndall AFB) 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 Bay County, FL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after March 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Jose Cintron, Chief, 

Environmental Element, 325th CES/ 

CEIE, Tyndall AFB, 103 Mississippi 

Road (Building 36233), Tyndall AFB, FL 

32403, telephone (850) 283–2713, email 

jose.cintron.1@us.af.mil. 

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 Tyndall AFB. 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 Tyndall AFB. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Bay County, FL. The 

human remains were presumably, based 

on available information and 

professional analysis, removed from the 

Davis Point Site either located either as 

site 8BY07 or 8BY09, on federal 

property by an anonymous individual 

prior to the construction of the Pelican 

Point Golf Course sometime in the 

1950s—1960s. In 2022, the Florida 

Division of Historical Resources (DHR) 

discovered the inventory containing the 

human remains which was received as 

a collection from the Archaeological 

Landscapes, Technical Assistance 

Service and Contracts Program based at 

Southeastern Archaeological Center in 

2018. The three individuals range 

between 35 and 50+ years of age. 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: archaeological 

information, geographical information, 

historical information, other relevant 

information, and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Tyndall AFB has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three 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 

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. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains described by 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 March 29, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Tyndall AFB 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. Tyndall AFB is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). 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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