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Inc. during archaeological testing at a 

disturbed cairn site in 1983. The site 

dates to the Late Woodland period (A.D. 

450–950). 

Human remains representing, at least, 

two individuals have been identified. 

The seven associated funerary objects 

are one Columnella bead, one Anculosa 

bead, one bone awl, one lot unsorted 

matrix, one faunal fragment, one wood 

fragment, and one snail shell. The 

individuals and associated funerary 

objects were removed from site 

23PU313 in Pulaski County MO. The 

individuals and associated funerary 

objects were removed by Cultural 

Resource Analysts, Inc., during 

archaeological testing of a disturbed 

cairn site. The site dates to the Late 

Woodland period (A.D. 450–950). 

Human remains representing, at least, 

one individual has been identified. 

There are no associated funerary objects. 

The individual was removed from site 

23PU321 in Pulaski County, MO. The 

individual was removed by Cultural 

Resource Analysts, Inc. during 

archaeological excavation in 1983. The 

site dates to the Late Woodland (A.D. 

450–950). 

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 

Fort Leonard Wood has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 11 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 24 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 connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and The 

Osage Nation. 

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 November 4, 2024. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, Fort Leonard Wood 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. Fort Leonard Wood 

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: September 25, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038784; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

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 

intends to repatriate a certain cultural 

item that meets the definition of an 

unassociated funerary object and that 

has a cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 4, 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 the summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

unassociated funerary object is a shell 

bead. The item was removed from CA– 

SAC–60 in Sacramento County, CA. No 

acquisition records have been located 

and it is not known how the item came 

into the University’s possession. It was 

assigned accession 81–466 after its 

discovery in 2024. 

Determinations 

The California State University, 

Sacramento has determined that: 

• The one unassociated funerary 

object described in this notice is 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and is connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary object has been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Wilton Rancheria, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the authorized 

representative identified in this notice 

under 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 November 4, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

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Sacramento 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 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 

and to any other consulting parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: September 25, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22891 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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 Leslie.Hartzell@parks.ca.gov and 

Anecita Agustinez, Tribal Policy 

Advisor, California Department of Water 

Resources, P.O. Box 942836, 

Sacramento, CA 94236–0001, telephone 

(916) 216–8637, email 

Anecita.Agustinez@water.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 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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