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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91421-91422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26947]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039043; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson 
Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert 
Park, 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 Sonoma State University 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 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati 
Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, email 
[email protected].

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 
Sonoma State University, 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

    The lot of 51 associated funerary objects under Accession number 
81-06 removed from CA-YOL-136, CA-YOL-137, CA-YOL-138, CA-YOL-139, and 
CA-YOL-140 in Yolo County, California. The associated funerary objects 
are flaked tools and debitage and fauna! bones. The Accession Number 
81-06 collection is the result of cultural resource study of 7,600 
acres in Napa and Yolo Counties done by the Anthropological Studies 
Center at

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Sonoma State University at the request of D'Appolonia Consulting 
Engineers, Inc. CA-YOL-136 is located on a level-topped bluff adjacent 
to a seasonal stream, the closest city is Guinda in Yolo County. CA-
YOL-137 is located on mid-slope terrace with part of the southern 
portion of the site bulldozed away before the original survey took 
place in 1981, the closet city is Knoxville. CA-YOL-138 is located on 
the level valley floor near Davis Creek, the closet city is Knoxville. 
CA-YOL-139 is located on two adjacent rises on a broad terrace near 
Davis Creek, the closet city is Knoxville. CA-YOL-140 is located on a 
wide terrace adjacent to Davis Creek, the closet city is Knoxville. The 
collection, Accession Number 81-06, has been housed at Sonoma State 
University since 1982.
    The lot of 208 associated funerary objects under Accession Number 
82-04 were removed from CA-YOL-138 and CA-YOL-140 in Yolo County, 
California is flaked stone tools and debitage, groundstone, quartz 
crystal, fauna) bone and historic-period items. The collection, 
Accession Number 82-04, has been housed at Sonoma State University 
since 1983.
    The lot of 5,095 associated funerary objects are under Accession 
Number 83-08 were removed from CA-YOL-138, CA-YOL-139 and CA-YOL-140 in 
Yolo County, California. A previously published Notice of Inventory 
Completion (75 FR 68377, November 5, 2010) concerning CA-YOL-139 
covered two individuals and 555 associated funerary objects. The 
remaining associated funerary objects are obsidian tools, obsidian 
flakes, chert flakes, basalt flakes, basalt tool, fauna) bone 
fragments, abalone shell fragment, ash/soil samples, groundstone, 
quartz chunk, abalone pendants and olivella beads. The entire accession 
remains at Sonoma State University.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, three individuals removed from Accession Number 84-19 site CA-
YOL-139 have been reasonably identified. A minimum 14 ancestors and 54 
associated funerary objects were previously published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion (75 FR 68377, November 5, 2010). The remaining 
9,314 associated funerary objects are flaked stone tools and debitage, 
Groundstone, historic material, Unmodified fauna! bone, shell beads and 
ornaments, baked clay, bone tools, steatite pipe, dietary shell. This 
Inventory updates the minimum number of individuals. The Accession 
number 84-19 collection was the result of a field school led by Sonoma 
State University and Santa Rosa Junior College from Fall 1984 to Summer 
1985. The collection, Accession Number 82-04, has been housed at Sonoma 
State University since 1985.
    Based on records concerning the associated funerary objects and the 
institution in which they are housed, there is no evidence of the 
associated funerary objects being treated with hazardous substances.

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 Sonoma State University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 14,668 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 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 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 December 19, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Sonoma State 
University 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 Sonoma State University 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: November 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26947 Filed 11-18-24; 8:45 am]
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