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Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: tribal traditional 

knowledge, archeological information, 

geographical information, historical 

information, kinship, oral tradition, and 

expert 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 and the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The three 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 Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

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 29, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of California, Riverside 

and the California Department of Parks 

and Recreation 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. The University of 

California, Riverside and the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation are 

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. 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04089 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037486; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

California State University, 

Sacramento, Sacramento, CA and 

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), California 

State University, Sacramento and 

California State Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) have 

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 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark Wheeler, Chief of 

Staff to President Luke Wood, California 

State University, Sacramento, 6000 J 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, 

telephone (916) 460–0490, email 

mark.wheeler@csus.edu and 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 California State 

University, Sacramento and 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 and Caltrans. 

Description 

In 1954–1956, 1967 and 1972, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 486 

individuals were removed from CA– 

SAC–29 (also known as Roeder Mound 

and Sama). The 1954–56 excavations 

were carried out by Sacramento State 

College (now California State 

University, Sacramento) under the 

direction of Richard Reeve and Brigham 

Arnold. The 1967 excavations were 

carried out by the State Department of 

Parks and Recreation (DPR) for Caltrans 

under the direction of William Prichard. 

A salvage excavation done under the 

direction of Jerald J. Johnson for Pacific 

Gas and Electric in 1972, a 1990 

donation of human remains and artifacts 

made by a private collector, and a 1950s 

donation of artifacts by the estate of 

Anthony Zallio to the University are 

also part of the assemblage. Occupation 

of the site is estimated to have occurred 

during the Early through Historic 

periods. The 643,304 associated 

funerary objects removed from this site 

include baked clay objects; ash; 

modified bones, stones, and shells; 

historic materials; flaked and ground 

stones; thermally-altered rocks; textiles; 

floral and faunal remains; pigment; 

unmodified stones; cooking stones; 

coprolites; mud dauber nests; soil and 

column samples; modern refuse; and 

unidentified materials. Of this number, 

at least 198 objects are currently missing 

from the collection and California State 

University, Sacramento continues to 

look for them. An unknown number of 

additional objects are also missing. 

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 


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Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological, 

archeological, folkloric, geographical, 

historical, kinship, linguistic, 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, California State 

University, Sacramento and Caltrans has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 486 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 643,304 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 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 29, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

California State University, Sacramento 

and Caltrans 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. California State 

University, Sacramento and Caltrans are 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes 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. 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04099 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037485; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: California State University, 

Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California 

State University, Sacramento intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony and unassociated funerary 

objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Sacramento County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark Wheeler, Chief of 

Staff to President Luke Wood, California 

State University, Sacramento, 6000 J 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, 

telephone (916) 460–0490, email 

mark.wheeler@csus.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 California State 

University, Sacramento. 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 California State University, 

Sacramento. 

Description 

At an unknown date, five cultural 

objects were removed from CA–SAC–17 

(also known as the Smith site) in 

Sacramento County by unknown 

individuals. The five objects of cultural 

patrimony consist of flaked stones and 

faunal remains. An unknown number of 

objects may be missing from the 

collection, and California State 

University, Sacramento continues to 

look for them. 

In 1980, two cultural objects were 

removed from CA–SAC–57 (also know 

as Barry #1 site) in Sacramento County 

by Sacramento State students under the 

direction of Dr. Jerald Johnson. The two 

objects of cultural patrimony are flaked 

stones. An unknown number of objects 

may be missing from the collection, and 

California State University, Sacramento 

continues to look for them. 

In 1980, 10 cultural objects were 

removed from CA–SAC–224 in 

Sacramento County during a survey by 

Derr and Spector. The 10 objects of 

cultural patrimony consist of flaked 

stones and faunal remains. An unknown 

number of objects may be missing from 

the collection, and California State 

University, Sacramento continues to 

look for them. 

At an unknown date, five cultural 

objects were removed from CA–SAC– 

234 (also known as Deer Creek 3) in 

Sacramento County, possibly by Louis 

Payen. The five objects of cultural 

patrimony include flaked stones. An 

unknown number of objects may be 

missing from the collection, and 

California State University, Sacramento 

continues to look for them. 

At an unknown date, 15 cultural 

objects were removed from CA–SAC– 

250 (also known as Babies’ Britches) in 

Sacramento County by unknown 

individuals. The 15 objects of cultural 

patrimony consist of flaked stones and 

faunal remains. An unknown number of 

objects may be missing from the 

collection, and California State 

University, Sacramento continues to 

look for them. 

During the 1960s and 1970s, 

California State University, Sacramento 

students surveyed and investigated sites 

along Dry Creek in Sacramento County 

(CA–SAC–217, CA–SAC–243, CA–SAC– 

277, CA–SAC–278, CA–SAC–279, and 

CA–SAC–280). As a result, 37 cultural 


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