[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84388-84389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24418]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038925; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Rios Community College 
District, 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 Los Rios Community College District 
(LRCCD) has completed an inventory of human remains and an associated 
funerary object and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary object and Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object 
in this notice may occur on or after November 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Jamey Nye, Los Rios Community College District, 1919 Spanos 
Ct, Arden-Arcade, CA 95825, telephone (916) 568-3031, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6888781969487a68a8995948f8995c8838293"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97f9f6f0e7e5f6d7fbf8e4e5fef8e4b9f2f3e2">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 LRCCD, 
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, one associated funerary object 
that was removed from Allen or Allyn Mound (CA-SAC-96), Sacramento 
County, CA has been identified. The associated funerary object was 
likely removed by Robert F. Heizer sometime in 1949 or 1950. Heizer was 
a previous student who worked closely with Jeremiah B. Lillard at 
Sacramento Junior College, now Sacramento City College, one of four 
campuses within the Los Rios Community College District.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. The individual 
was removed from Morse Mound (CA-SAC-66), Sacramento County, CA, in 
January of 1938 by Sacramento Junior College under the direction of 
Jeremiah B. Lillard. Sacramento Junior College, now named Sacramento 
City College (SCC), is one of four campuses within the Los Rios 
Community College District. The individual was located in the SCC 
Biology Department during an audit of all campus collections in January 
2024. No associated funerary objects present.

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 object described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    LRCCD has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the associated 
funerary object described in this notice and the Buena Vista Rancheria 
of Me-wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, 
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; 
Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk 
Indians; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community 
of the Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, 
California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary object in this notice must be sent to the 
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. 
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:

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    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 object in 
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 21, 2024. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, LRCCD must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for 
joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object 
are considered a single request and not competing requests. LRCCD 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: October 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-24418 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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