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sole responsibility of CSU Chico. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

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 CSU Chico. 

Description 

CA–BUT–521 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, four individuals were 

removed from Butte County, CA. Site 

CA–BUT–521 is located near the Coyote 

Campground and Loafer Creek within 

the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, 

which is on land owned by California 

Department of Water Resources (CDWR) 

and managed by the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation 

(CDPR). In April and May 1975. CSU 

Chico archeologist Richard E. Markley 

and his students conducted test 

excavations at CA–BUT–521 prior to 

construction for an employee housing 

project. In December 2023, CDWR 

transferred legal control of CA–BUT– 

521 to CSU Chico. The 1,143 associated 

funerary objects are 19 lots consisting of 

beads, 14 lots consisting of organics, 

two lots consisting of clay samples, 258 

lots consisting of debitage, 74 lots 

consisting of unmodified faunal 

elements, 102 lots consisting of 

modified faunal elements, five lots 

consisting of flakes, 239 modified 

stones, five lots consisting of 

unmodified stone, one piece of petrified 

wood, 95 lots consisting of unmodified 

shells, 76 lots consisting of soil samples, 

seven lots consisting of charcoal 

samples, four oversized stone tools, and 

242 lots consisting of projectile points. 

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 

information, archeological information, 

oral tradition, and expert opinion in the 

form of Tribal traditional knowledge. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, CSU Chico has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 1,143 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 Berry Creek 

Rancheria of Maidu Indians of 

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, 

CSU Chico 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. CSU Chico 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. 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037476; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

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 

(UCR) 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 Riverside, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, 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 inventory or related records held 

by the University of California, 

Riverside. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Riverside County, CA. In 

1987, the University of California, 

Riverside Archaeological Research Unit 

removed the remains of at least two 

Native American individuals from the 

Lakeview (Dead Dog) sites in the 

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San Jacinto during an archeological 

excavation contracted by Patricia Olsen, 

president of Matrix Development. 

During the mitigation project, 11 

archeological sites were identified, but 

only three (RIV–402, RIV–403, and RIV– 

575) were determined to require further 

mitigation. The sites are in the nearby 

vicinity of the well-known ‘‘Ramona 

Maze’’, a large petroglyph depicting a 

cruciform centered maze enclosed in a 

rectangular border (RIV–1138). The 

general area contains dozens of 

millingstone stations and rock-cairn 

structures and is well-known to both the 

Cahuilla and Luiseno communities as 

part of their cultural landscapes. The 

archeological site RIV–402 contains a 

large petroglyph as well, described by 

archeologists as ‘‘pit and groove’’ style. 

The ‘‘Dead Dog Site’’ or RIV–575 was 

noted to have deep midden deposits and 

was likely a habitation site. At this site 

three separate burials were disturbed 

during excavation, including one 

cremation feature with fragmented 

remains, one in-tact burial, and one 

isolated human phalanx from a juvenile 

individual. According to a written 

account by Daniel McCarthy, he notified 

the coroner who offered to send 

someone out to review, but McCarthy 

declined, stating that it was more likely 

archeological in nature. He then 

reportedly went to a nearby tribal office 

the next day around 1:15 p.m. but did 

not find anyone in the office. He then 

reportedly called the office again and 

wrote a letter but made no further 

attempts to get in contact. According to 

UCR catalog records, in July of 1990, 19 

lots of human bones and associated 

funerary objects were reburied in La 

Quinta by a Tribe, however, the rest of 

the objects in the collection remained at 

UCR. It seems likely that the UCR 

archeologists returned only what they 

identified to be human bone and 

associated funerary objects, rather than 

allowing Tribes to review the 

collections in their entirety. In 2023, 

during Tribal consultation, an 

osteological consultant identified 

additional fragments of cremated human 

remains in the collections. Tribal 

representatives also identified 

associated funerary objects. The 20 

associated funerary objects are three lots 

of animal bone, two lots of ceramic, two 

lots of glass, three lots of lithic flakes 

and objects, one lot of modified animal 

bone, three lots of floral material and 

charcoal, two lots of geological 

materials, one lot of clay, one lot of 

metal, one lot of mineralogical objects, 

and one lot of plastic. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Riverside County, CA. In 1938, the 

human remains of one Native American 

adult individual were removed from the 

private property of the Pedrorena de 

Wolfskill family by Harley S. Garbani, 

an amateur fossil hunter and collector. 

The property that the individual was 

removed from is now owned by the 

Rancho Del Sol Golf Club in Moreno 

Valley. Documentation of the excavation 

and circumstances surrounding 

Garbani’s acquisition of the human 

remains are extremely limited and 

professional publications provide little 

to no additional narrative. In 1981, Dr. 

R.E. Taylor, director of the University of 

California, Riverside Radiocarbon 

Laboratory, obtained a sample of the 

individual for radiocarbon dating. The 

residual sample material was 

subsequently stored by Dr. Taylor at an 

off-campus storage facility and never 

reported to the UCR NAGPRA Program 

Staff. In February of 2022, the sample 

from the individual was discovered by 

NAGPRA Program Staff during a 

collections inventory. Radiocarbon 

dates indicate an age of 3055 ± 140 BP. 

The one associated funerary object is 

one lot of soil samples. 

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: archeological 

information, geographical information, 

historical information, oral tradition, 

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 human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 21 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 Agua Caliente Band 

of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente 

Indian Reservation, California; 

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, 

California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla 

Indians (previously listed as Cabazon 

Band of Mission Indians, California); 

Cahuilla Band of Indians; Los Coyotes 

Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, 

California; Ramona Band of Cahuilla, 

California; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla 

Indians, California; Soboba Band of 

Luiseno Indians, California; and the 

Torrez Martinez Desert Cahuilla 

Indians, 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 

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 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. 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04090 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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