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large sea mammal bones mixed with the 

human remains and were likely from 

the same archeological context. 

Furthermore, osteological analysis 

suggested the post cranial remains could 

represent the same individual as the 

crania at the James San Jacinto 

Mountain Natural Reserve. 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: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

biological information, geographical 

information, historical information, oral 

tradition, 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 has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual 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 Santa 

Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians 

of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 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 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. 2024–04088 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037478; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: University of California, 

Riverside, Riverside, CA, and the 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, Sacramento, 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 and 

the California Department of Parks and 

Recreation 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, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

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 and Leslie 

Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, at 

California State Parks, 715 P Street, 

Suite 13, Sacramento, CA 95814, 

telephone (415) 831–2700, email 

leslie.hartzell@parks.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 the University of 

California, Riverside and the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation. 

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 and the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation. 

Description 

The two cultural items were removed 

from San Luis Obispo County, CA. In 

2001, Terry Jones removed sea-snail 

shells for radiocarbon date calibration 

from archeological site CA–SLO–116 

(San Simeon State Park). The site, 

which is under the legal control of the 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation, consists of 19 recorded 

bedrock mortars and large shell midden 

deposits. The shell samples submitted 

to the UCR radiocarbon laboratory dated 

to 665 ± BP, 785 ± BP, and 3910 ± BP. 

There are no known associated 

collections from this site held by CDPR 

at other locations. 

In 1981, R.O. Gibson removed shell 

fragments for radiocarbon date sampling 

from archeological site CA–SLO–978, 

Morro Bay Sandspit. The site, located in 

Montana de Oro State Park Los Osos, 

was originally recorded in 1969 as a 

shell mound or midden. Other noted 

cultural constituents included debitage, 

fire-affected, and additional nearby shell 

middens. There are no known 

associated collections from this site held 

by CDPR at other locations. The two lots 

of objects of cultural patrimony are two 

lots of shells. 

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: tribal traditional 

knowledge, archeological information, 

geographical information, historical 

information, kinship, oral tradition, and 

expert opinion. 


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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 two lots of 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. 

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 

and the California Department of Parks 

and Recreation 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 and the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation 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. 2024–04092 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037475; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of California, Riverside, 

Riverside, CA and the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation, 

Sacramento, 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 and 

the California Department of Parks and 

Recreation 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 Kings County, 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 and Leslie 

Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

California State Parks, 715 P Street, 

Suite 13, Sacramento, CA 95814, 

telephone (415) 831–2700, email 

271eslie.hartzell@parks.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 the University of 

California, Riverside and the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation. 

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 and the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation. 

Description 

At some time before 1992, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Tulare Lake Witt Site locale in Kings 

County, CA, by a private individual. 

The human remains were donated to the 

California Department of Parks and 

Recreation by the private individual and 

subsequently submitted to the 

University of California, Riverside 

Radiocarbon Laboratory for Uraniumseries method dating tests. The 

collection was subsequently held in the 

UCR Radiocarbon Laboratory under the 

direction of Dr. R. Ervin Taylor. When 

he retired in 2003, the lab was 

decommissioned and its records and 

remaining sample materials were 

subsequently stored by Dr. Taylor in an 

off-campus storage facility, which he 

did not report to the campus 

Repatriation Coordinator at the time. 

The residual sample materials were 

rediscovered by UCR NAGPRA Program 

Staff during a collections inventory in 

February of 2021. At the time no 

documentation indicating who the 

individual was or where they were 

removed from was found and it was not 

until September of 2022, that UCR 

NAGPRA Staff were able to find 

publications that described human 

remains removed from the site and datasample sheets produced by the 

laboratory that were consistent with this 

individual. It was also discovered in 

2023 that the larger skeletal elements 

from which the samples were removed 

were present at California State 

University, Bakersfield since at least 

2017 when Dr. Robert Bettinger (UCR 

Alumnus) likely transferred them from 

the University of California, Davis 

without the knowledge of the Tribe or 

any NAGPRA Program to Dr. Robert 

Yohe III at CSUB. The human remains 

are approximately 44 mineralized bone 

fragments/elements representing at least 

one cranium and at least one femur. No 

known individuals were determined to 

be represented by the human remains. 

Uranium-series method dates suggest a 

date between 11,390 ± 70 and 15,800 ± 

380 BP. The three associated funerary 

objects are one lot of lithic/stone 

objects, one lot of soil samples, and one 

lot of faunal remains. 

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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