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2025, the human remains in this notice 

will become unclaimed human remains. 

ADDRESSES: Jeremy Decker, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque 

District, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, 

Albuquerque, NM 87109, telephone 

(505) 342–3671, email jeremy.t.decker@

usace.army.mil. 

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 U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque 

District and additional information on 

the human remains or cultural items in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the related 

records. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the identifications in 

this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Based on the information available, 

human remains representing, at least, 

four individuals have been reasonably 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. The individuals, 

including two adult females, and one 

adult male, along with 11 additional 

fragments from comingled or isolated 

contexts and representing, at a 

minimum, a fourth individual, were 

removed from the Leone Bluff site, 

5LA1211, in Las Animas County, 

Colorado. Wave action associated with 

increased lake levels at Trinidad 

Reservoir in 1999 and 2000 contributed 

to a significant increase in slumping and 

erosion of cultural deposits at the site. 

As water levels fell, artifacts and human 

remains eroded from those deposits 

were scattered across the surface of a 

wave-cut terrace that surrounded the 

site. The remains were discovered on 

May 28, 2000. The remains were later 

collected on June 3–7, 2000, and the 

excavation of additional human remains 

exposed by receding water levels was 

conducted between August 7th and 

August 30th, 2000. 

Determinations 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Albuquerque District, has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The Jicarilla Apache Nation, New 

Mexico has priority for disposition of 

the human remains described in this 

notice. 

Claims for Disposition 

Written claims for disposition of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the appropriate official identified 

in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no 

claim for disposition is received by 

November 12, 2025, the human remains 

in this notice will become unclaimed 

human remains. Claims for disposition 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

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 

they have priority for disposition. 

Disposition of the human remains in 

this notice may occur on or after 

December 12, 2024. If competing claims 

for disposition are received, the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque 

District, must determine the most 

appropriate claimant prior to 

disposition. Requests for joint 

disposition of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque 

District is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the lineal 

descendants, 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. 3002, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.7. 

Dated: October 29, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26088 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038994; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: San 

Francisco State University, NAGPRA 

Program, San Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San 

Francisco State University (SF State) 

NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects or objects of cultural patrimony 

and that have a cultural affiliation with 

the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

December 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Elise Green, San Francisco 

State University NAGPRA Program, 

1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, 

CA 94132, telephone (415) 338–1381, 

email egreen@sfsu.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 SF State 

NAGPRA Program, 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 471 lots of cultural items 

have been requested for repatriation. 

The 471 lots of unassociated funerary 

objects are lithics, obsidian, sediment 

samples, beads, faunal remains, pestles, 

chert, steatite, and tools. These cultural 

items are from archaeological sites: CA– 

FRE–Yosemite, CA–FRE–Shaver Lake, 

CA–FRE–Huntington Lake Region, CA– 

Auberry–UNK, CA–Auberry–22, CA– 

Auberry–20, CA–Auberry–19, CA– 

Auberry–18, CA–Auberry–17, CA– 

Auberry–16, CA–Auberry–15, CA– 

Auberry–14, CA–Auberry–12, CA– 

Auberry–10, CA–Auberry–9, CA– 

Auberry–8, CA–Auberry–7, CA– 

Auberry–6, CA–Auberry–5, CA– 

Auberry–4, CA–Auberry–3, CA– 

Auberry–2, CA–Auberry–1, CA–FRE– 

2264, CA–FRE–2263, CA–FRE–492. The 

‘‘Auberry Burgess Collection’’ was 

donated to SF State in October 1968 by 

Ray Burgess as a gift. The remainder of 

the archaeological sites are located near 

Shaver Lake in Fresno County. 

It was once common practice by 

museums to use chemicals on cultural 

items to prevent deterioration by mold, 

insects, and moisture. To date, the SF 

State NAGPRA Program has no records 

documenting use of chemicals at our 

facilities, and we currently do not use 

chemicals on any cultural items. A 

former SF State professor, Dr. Michael 

Moratto, stated that staff used glues, 

polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called 

Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural 

objects in the past. Prior non-invasive 

and non-destructive hazardous chemical 

tests conducted at the SF State NAGPRA 

Program repositories show arsenic, 

mercury, and/or lead in some storage 

containers, surfaces, and certain cultural 

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89036 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 12, 2024 / Notices 

A total of seven cultural items are 

requested for repatriation. The seven 

objects of cultural patrimony include 

three seed beater baskets, one burden 

basket, two cradle boards, and one 

round basket. These baskets were 

donated to the Treganza Anthropology 

Museum (TAM) at San Francisco State 

University in the 1960s and 1970s. 

When the TAM closed in 2012, all the 

Native American items were transferred 

to the SF State NAGPRA Program. 

It was once common practice by 

museums to use chemicals on cultural 

items to prevent deterioration by mold, 

insects, and moisture. To date, the SF 

State NAGPRA Program has no records 

documenting use of chemicals at our 

facilities, and we currently do not use 

chemicals on any cultural items. A 

former SF State professor, Dr. Michael 

Moratto, stated that staff used glues, 

polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called 

Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural 

objects in the past. Prior non-invasive 

and non-destructive hazardous chemical 

tests conducted at the SF State NAGPRA 

Program repositories show arsenic, 

mercury, and/or lead in some storage 

containers, surfaces, and certain cultural 

items. 

Determinations 

The SF State NAGPRA Program has 

determined that: 

• The seven objects of cultural 

patrimony described in this notice have 

ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group, including any 

constituent sub-group (such as a band, 

clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or 

other subdivision), according to the 

Native American traditional knowledge 

of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• The 471 lots of unassociated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

are reasonably believed to have been 

placed intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are 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 objects have 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 Big Sandy Rancheria of 

Western Mono Indians of 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 December 12, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF 

State NAGPRA Program 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: October 29, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26076 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038995; 

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 

December 12, 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, 

seven individuals have been identified 

from CA–TEH–600, located in the 

eastern-central portion of Tehama 

County, CA. The 26,582 associated 

funerary objects include baked clay 

objects; faunal and floral remains; flaked 

and ground stones; historic materials; 

modified bones, shells and stones; 

thermally altered rocks; geologic and 

soil samples; unmodified stones; quartz 

crystals; manuports; pigments; and 

various other materials. Of this number, 

at least 377 objects are currently missing 

from the collection. Sacramento State 

continues to look for any missing 

objects. The human remains and 

funerary objects were collected by 

individuals associated with the 

California State University, Sacramento 

in the 1970s. They have since been 

housed at the University under 

accession 81–40. 

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 seven individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 26,582 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. 


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