[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80927-80929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22888]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038788; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Parks 
and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, and California Department of Water 
Resources, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation and the California Department of Water Resources has 
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after November 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Leslie L. Hartzell, NAGPRA Coordinator, California 
Department of Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 942896, Sacramento, CA 
94296-0001, telephone (916) 425-8016, email 
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Advisor, California Department of Water Resources, P.O. Box 942836, 
Sacramento, CA 94236-0001, telephone (916) 216-8637, email 
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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 Department of Parks and Recreation and the California 
Department of Water Resources, 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

Murphy Site (CA-BUT-53)

    In February and April of 1963, student volunteers from American 
River College California State University--Chico, and Sacramento State 
University excavated the Murphy Site, under the direction of California 
Department of Parks and Recreation. These were salvage excavations 
prior to site destruction, related to researching the cultural 
chronology of the Lake Oroville vicinity during the construction of the 
Oroville Dam.
    The 302 lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of bolts, 
one lot of buttons, one lot of cobbles, one lot of drills, one lot of 
flakers, one lot of gravers, one lot of knife/scrapers, one lot of net 
sinkers, one lot of quartz crystals, one lot of scraper planes, one lot 
of seeds, one lot of utilized flakes, two lots of acorns, two lots of 
antler tines, two lots of anvils, two lots of choppers, two lots of 
tubes, two lots of unidentified items, three lots of nails, four lots 
of rocks, six lots of hammerstones, seven lots of ornaments, seven lots 
of scrapers, eight lots of bowls, eight lots of pestles, nine lots of 
blades, 11 lots of flakes, 19 lots of pins, 23 lots of awls, 27 lots of 
bone tools, 30 lots of beads, 40 lots of projectile points, and 76 lots 
of food remains. No human remains were identified.

Tie-Wiah Site (CA-BUT-84)

    In 1964, students and faculty from American River College excavated 
the Tie-Wiah site. In 1966, the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation sponsored and oversaw additional excavations. In 1967, the 
California Department of Water resources sponsored California State 
University--Sacramento for the site's third excavation prior to the 
completion of Oroville Dam.
    The 11,828 lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of 
abraders, one lot of atlatl spurs, one lot of baked clay/mud dob, one 
lot of bolts and nuts, one lot of burins, one lot of chisels, one lot 
of cord impressions, one lot of crescents, one lot of harpoons, one lot 
of hooks, one lot of insect nests, one lot of ladles, one lot of mixed 
bone/rock, one lot of nests, one lot of ochre, one lot of pine cones, 
one lot of sherds, one lot of washers, one lot of whetstones, two lots 
of cooking stones, two lots of crystals, two lots of nails, two lots of 
plant samples, two lots of spoons, three lots of charmstones, three 
lots of whistles, four lots of bark, four lots of gaming pieces, five 
lots of ornaments, five lots of spatulas, five lots of wood, six lots 
of debitage, six lots of gravers, eight lots of rods, nine lots of fire 
fractured stones, nine lots of gorges, nine lots of griddles, nine lots 
of net sinkers, 10 lots of ammo, 10 lots of baked clay, 10 lots of 
glass, 11 lots of wooden posts, 14 lots of shaft straighteners, 14 lots 
of soil samples, 15 lots of anvils, 17 lots of rocks, 19 lots of 
pendants, 19 lots of pins, 21 lots of charcoal samples, 22 lots of 
pipes, 23 lots of acorns, 23 lots of mortars, 23 lots of seeds, 26 lots 
of incised bones, 31 lots of antler tines, 36 lots of tubes, 40 lots of 
slag, 41 lots of metates, 44 lots of awls, 70 lots of cobbles, 77 lots 
of bifaces, 116 lots of pestles, 120 lots of drills, 127 lots of 
blades, 149 lots of cores, 155 lots of manos, 169 lots of unidentified 
items, 194 lots of beads, 207 lots of choppers, 222 lots of pigments, 
281 lots of hammerstones, 372 lots of bowls, 583 lots of bone tools, 
604 lots of knives, 614 lots of utilized flakes, 720 lots of quartz 
crystals, 1,001 lots of scrapers, 1,228 lots of flakes, 1,646 lots of 
food remains, and 2,590 lots of projectile points. No human remains 
were identified.

Chapman Site (CA-BUT-90)

    In 1960 and 1961, the California Department of Parks and Recreation 
oversaw mitigation excavations at the Chapman Site. While 
geographically affiliated with the Oroville Dam excavations, the 
Chapman Site is not otherwise affiliated with the construction of the 
dam.
    The 865 lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of antler 
tines, one lot of balls, one lot of bones, one lot of buttons, one lot 
of charmstones, one lot of gorge hooks, one lot of grooved stones, one 
lot of pencils, one lot of sherds, one lot of utilized flakes, one lot 
of whistles, one lot of wood, two lots of bottles, two lots of mortars, 
two lots of spatulas, two lots of whetstones, three lots of baked 
clays, three lots of core/hammerstones, four lots of drills, four lots 
of knives, four lots of pigments, five lots of cobbles, five lots of 
pins, five lots of rocks, six lots of cores, six lots of incised bones, 
six lots of metates, seven lots of choppers, nine lots of blades, nine 
lots of manos, 11 lots of bone tools, 12 lots of awls, 16 lots of 
hammerstones,

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22 lots of bowls, 26 lots of pestles, 29 lots of scrapers, 35 lots of 
ornaments, 46 lots of quartz crystals, 77 lots of food remains, 83 lots 
of flakes, 143 lots of projectile points, and 269 lots of beads. No 
human remains were identified.

CA-BUT-98

    During the 1960s, the California Department of Parks and Recreation 
excavated an unknown site along the Western Pacific Railroad, possibly 
as part of the Oroville Dam project.
    The 562 lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of abrading 
stones, one lot of atlatl spurs, one lot of bone tools, one lots of 
charcoals, one lot of crystals, one lot of mortars, one lot of 
spatulas, two lots of food remains, two lots of pendants, two lots of 
rocks, three lots of bowls, three lots of unidentified items, four lots 
of milling slabs, four lots of sinkers, six lots of choppers, six lots 
of soil samples, 11 lots of hammerstones, 11 lots of pestles, 13 lots 
of cobbles, 13 lots of utilized flakes, 19 lots of quartz crystals, 23 
lots of manos, 32 lots of cores, 33 lots of blades, 40 lots of knives, 
48 lots of scrapers, 74 lots of projectile points, and 206 lots of 
flakes. No human remains were identified.

CA-BUT-131

    In 1961 and 1962, the California Department of Recreation oversaw 
the Central California Archaeological Foundation's excavations during 
the Western Pacific Railroad Relocation Project. As part of the 
Oroville Dam project, the California Department of Water Resources 
sponsored the excavations. Later in 1962, the California Department of 
Parks and Recreation oversaw secondary excavations with a California 
State University--Chico field school.
    The 1,051 lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of 
anvils, one lot of baked clays, one lot of bifaces, one lot of fire 
fractured rocks, one lot of grooved stones, one lot of modified 
steatite, one lot of ornaments, one lot of pencils, one lot of rods, 
one lot of slag, one lot of teeth, one lot of unidentified items, two 
lots of antlers, two lots of debitage, two lots of mortars, two lots of 
pendants, two lots of sinkers, two lots of tubes, three lots of 
gravers, three lots of pipes, three lots of utilized flakes, four lots 
of cobbles, six lots of spatulas, seven lots of hammerstones, seven 
lots of pigments, eight lots of bone tools, eight lots of charcoal, 
eight lots of choppers, nine lots of drills, 10 lots of awls, 12 lots 
of metates, 12 lots of rocks, 15 lots of pestles, 17 lots of bowls, 18 
lots of cores, 20 lots of quartz crystals, 24 lots of manos, 45 lots of 
blades, 51 lots of scrapers, 52 lots of knives, 80 lots of food 
remains, 188 lots of projectile points, and 417 lots of flakes.

CA-BUT-157

    In 1964, the California Department of Water Resources sponsored the 
California Department of Parks and Recreation's excavation of an 
unknown site as part of the Western Pacific Railroad Relocation 
project.
    The 8,090 lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of atlatl 
weights, one lot of bark, one lot of bolts, one lot of bone daggers, 
one lot of buckles, one lot of cans, one lot of ceramic, one lot of ear 
spools, one lot of griddles, one lot of grinding slabs, one lot of 
leather, one lot of needles, one lots of obsidian hydration samples, 
one lot of pebbles, one lot of pine bark, one lot of plates, one lot of 
polished stones, one lot of powder flasks, one lot of rings, one lot of 
rubbers, one lot of shot pellets, one lot of teeth, one lot of 
toothbrushes, one lot of twigs, one lot of walls, one lot of 
whetstones, one lot of wire, two lots of ash, two lots of balls, two 
lots of bifaces, two lots of botanical material, two lots of chalk, two 
lots of pinecones, two lots of pine nuts, two lots of pottery, two lots 
of rifle balls, two lots of rods, two lots of shaft straighteners, two 
lots of spikes, two lots of whistles, three lots of bones, three lots 
of ceramic dishes, three lots of clay, three lots of fruit pits, three 
lots of gorge hooks, three lots of porcelain, four lots of bullets, 
four lots of mortars, five lots of ornaments, five lots of wood, six 
lots of net weights, seven lots of fire fractured stones, eight lots of 
glass, eight lots of sherds, nine lots of acorns, nine lots of 
graphite, nine lots of incised bones, 10 lots of buttons, 11 lots of 
anvils, 12 lots of tubes, 13 lots of bottles, 16 lots of drills, 17 
lots of antlers, 19 lots of pipes, 21 lots of soil samples, 25 lots of 
slag, 27 lots of metates, 28 lots of pendants, 31 lots of pins, 34 lots 
of beads, 40 lots of blades, 41 lots of awls, 41 lots of spatulas, 42 
lots of seeds, 45 lots of metals, 54 lots of unidentified items, 62 
lots of baked clays, 67 lots of pigments, 72 lots of charcoal samples, 
72 lots of rocks, 81 lots of quartz crystals, 107 lots of pestles, 112 
lots of choppers, 144 lots of nails, 162 lots of utilized flakes, 173 
lots of manos, 181 lots of knives, 200 lots of bowls, 239 lots of 
hammerstones, 304 lots of cobbles, 306 lots of scrapers, 341 lots of 
bone tools, 345 lots of cores, 574 lots of projectile points, 1,125 
lots of food remains, and 2,751 lots of flakes.

CA-BUT-2216

    In 2002, the California Department of Parks and Recreation oversaw 
site surveys with Sacramento State University and Sonoma State 
University for a federal relicensing project of the Oroville Dam. CA-
BUT-2216 was identified during these surveys.
    The 69 lots of associated funerary objects are one lot of cores, 
one lot of flake tools, one lot of milling slabs, one lot of 
miscellaneous stones, one lot of shell, two lots of cobble tools, two 
lots of handstones, two lots of soil samples, seven lots of bifaces, 
and 51 lots of debitage. Human remains from CA-BUT-53, CA-BUT-84, CA-
BUT-90, CA-BUT-98, CA-BUT-131, and CA-BUT-157 were included in 73 FR 
20937, April 17, 2008; however, additional collections were identified 
from the same excavations and subsequent consultations identified the 
new collections in this Notice as associated funerary objects.
    All the sites identified in this notice were dated near the time of 
excavation by the lead archaeologist; these dates are attributed to 
sequences linked to Maidu people. The geographical location of these 
sites is consistent with both the aboriginal lands of historically 
documented Maidu and KonKow. KonKow people are represented in part 
today by the KonKow Valley Band of Maidu Indians, a California Tribe 
identified by the Native American Heritage Commission as culturally and 
historically affiliated to the geographical location identified in this 
notice.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the tribal traditional 
knowledge, geographical location, and acquisition history of the 
associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The California Department of Parks and Recreation and the 
California Department of Water Resources has determined that:
    <bullet> The 22,767 lots of 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.
    <bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the associated 
funerary objects described in this notice and the Berry Creek Rancheria 
of Maidu Indians of California; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians 
of California; and the Mooretown 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

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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 November 4, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California 
Department of Parks and Recreation and the California Department of 
Water Resources 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 Department of Parks and Recreation 
and the California Department of Water Resources are 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: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22888 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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