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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038654; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

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), the 

California State University, Sacramento 

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. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 10, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark R. Wheeler, Senior 

Advisor 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 the California 

State University, Sacramento, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in its inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Human remains representing, at least, 

two individuals have been identified 

from an unknown location in the lower 

Sacramento Valley, California. The one 

associated funerary object is one lot of 

floral remains. The human remains and 

funerary object were collected by 

individuals associated with the 

California State University, Sacramento 

in 1978. They have since been housed 

at the University under accession 81– 

CSUS–349. An unknown number of 

objects may be missing from the 

collection, and California State 

University, Sacramento continues to 

look for them. 

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 and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The California State University, 

Sacramento has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one object described in this 

notice is reasonably believed to have 

been placed intentionally with or near 

individual human remains at the time of 

death or later as part of the death rite 

or ceremony. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; Cachil DeHe Band 

of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 

Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 

California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; Ione 

Band of Miwok Indians of California; 

Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians; Kletsel 

Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina 

Rancheria (previously listed as Kletsel 

Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; Wilton Rancheria, California; 

and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after October 10, 2024. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the 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. The California State 

University, Sacramento 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: August 29, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20288 Filed 9–9–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038660; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 

Oshkosh, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 

(UWO) 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. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 10, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Adrienne Frie, University of 

Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma 

Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901, 

telephone (920) 424–1365, email friea@

uwosh.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 UWO, 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, 

six individuals have been reasonably 

identified. The two associated funerary 

objects are two unmodified natural 


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stones. On an unknown date, the 

individuals and associated funerary 

objects were removed from an area on 

the shore of Lake Winnebago, Calumet 

County, WI and given to UWO by the 

Calumet Count Sheriff’s Office in the 

mid-1970s. The Calumet County 

Sheriff’s Office was contacted about 

these individuals and they have no 

record of recovering these remains or 

transferring them to UWO. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

Determinations 

UWO has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of six individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The two objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed intentionally with or near 

individual human remains at the time of 

death or later as part of the death rite 

or ceremony. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band 

of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Cheyenne River 

Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 

Reservation, South Dakota; Chippewa 

Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation, Montana; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow 

Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 

Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau 

Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; 

Forest County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Lac Courte 

Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 

Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 

Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little 

Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

Montana; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of 

the Lower Brule Reservation, South 

Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community 

in the State of Minnesota; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian 

Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (Six component reservations: 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du 

Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech 

Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White 

Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band 

of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Oglala 

Sioux Tribe; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation; Prairie Island Indian 

Community in the State of Minnesota; 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 

Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 

Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in 

Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, 

Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 

Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan; Santee Sioux 

Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe 

of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 

Community of Minnesota; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 

Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon 

Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; 

Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. 

Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & 

South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin; Turtle 

Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 

North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, 

Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of 

Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe 

of South Dakota. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after October 10, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

UWO 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. UWO 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: August 29, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20287 Filed 9–9–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038668; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Western Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology, 

Bellingham, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Western Washington University (WWU), 

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 Sinclair Island in 

Skagit County, WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 10, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 

High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, 

telephone (360) 650–4783, email pinej@

wwu.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 WWU, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in its inventory or related records. The 


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