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that Vasquez Rocks (CA–LAN–361) was 

used as a cemetery between 2315 BCE— 

79 BCE (Caruso 1988, Garza 2012, King 

et al. 1974), the Middle Holocene 

Period. Archaeologists have asserted 

that Serrano and Tataviam peoples have 

continuously occupied the San Gabriel 

Mountains and the surrounding areas 

for up to 5,000–6,000 years BP. 

Linguistic sources demonstrate a strong 

continuous shared group identity 

between those people using Vasquez 

Rocks roughly 3000 years ago and 

modern Native Americans of Serrano 

and Tataviam descent. Ethnographic 

evidence and Traditional Knowledge 

document the Agua Dulce and Sierra 

Pelona regions as home to Serrano and 

Tataviam peoples since time 

immemorial. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the human remains described 

in this notice. 

Determinations 

The LACMNH has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 23 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains described in this notice 

and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel 

Nation (previously listed as San Manuel 

Band of Mission Indians, California) and 

the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after January 17, 2025. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the LACMNH must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The 

LACMNH 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: December 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29943 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039221; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Western Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology, 

Bellingham, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Western Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology (WWU), 

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. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from 45–WH–10 and 45– 

WH–11, Birch Bay, Whatcom County, 

WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 

High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, 

telephone (360) 650–4783, email pinej@

wwu.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 WWU, 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, 

three individuals have been identified. 

The 18 associated funerary objects are 

bone, stone and antler tools, red ochre, 

dentalium, a whale rib, and a bone 

medallion. 

Three separate projects completed 

over the course of 45 years contributed 

to the 45–WH–10 and 45–WH–11 

collections housed at WWU. In 1970– 

71, WWU field school students worked 

at both sites under the direction of Dr. 

Garland Grabert. Brief notes indicate 

that surface collection and a small-scale 

excavation occurred, but no report was 

completed. The original 1995 WWU 

NAGPRA Inventory listed one human 

premolar from 45–WH–10. This 

ancestral remain was repatriated to the 

Lummi Nation in 2001, upon their 

request (Rollins, 2001 ‘‘Inventory of 

Remains in Preparation for 

Reinterment’’). During the WWU 2018– 

2020 Repatriation and Rehousing 

Project described above, previously 

unknown associated funerary objects 

were identified from 45–WH–10 by 

Lummi Cultural Specialist R. Tom. 

Three human burials were unearthed 

from 45–WH–11 during this work. One 

was found in a test unit while the 

remains of two other individuals were 

surface collected from a ditch. The three 

individuals from 1970–71 excavations 

were reported in the original 1995 

WWU NAGPRA Inventory and 

repatriated to the Lummi Nation upon 

their request in 2001. 

In 1975, WWU signed a contract with 

Arcomm Construction Company, Inc. of 

Seattle to conduct ‘‘salvage 

archaeology’’ during the development of 

the Birch Bay sewage treatment facility. 

Jeannette Gaston and Garland Grabert 

(WWU) led the project. Most of the work 

consisted of monitoring and salvage 

archaeology during construction 

activities throughout the summer of 

1975. During this project, twenty-six test 

cuts were excavated within the pipeline 

right-of-way (Gaston and Grabert,1975) 

within the boundaries of 45–WH–11. 

Human remains were also encountered 

during this project and reported in the 

original 1995 WWU NAGPRA 

Inventory. All of the known human 

remains from the 1970–71 and 1975 

projects were repatriated to the Lummi 

Nation in 2001, upon their request. 

The third project, completed between 

May and August of 2015 by Drayton 

Archaeology (DA), consisted of data 

recovery excavations, construction 

monitoring and mitigation data recovery 

under Department of Archaeology and 

Historic Preservation (DAHP) 

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disturbance permit #2015–06 at 45– 

WH–11. During this work, several units 

were excavated for data collection 

purposes. 

During the WWU 2018–2020 

Repatriation and Rehousing Project 

described above, additional ancestral 

remains were found in the ‘‘faunal’’ bags 

from 1970–71, Test Cut 2. These newly 

identified remains were reported in a 

revised inventory and in published 

federal notice N5472. Subsequent work 

in the collections and consultation 

between WWU and the Lummi Nation 

has resulted in the identification of 

additional human remains and 

associated funerary objects from 45– 

WH–11. 

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 WWU has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 18 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 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation 

and the Nooksack Indian Tribe. 

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 January 17, 2025. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the WWU 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 WWU 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: December 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29951 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039217; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of California, Davis, Davis, 

CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), University 

of California, Davis has completed an 

inventory of associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is a 

cultural affiliation between the 

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 January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, Repatriation 

Coordinator, University of California, 

Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields 

Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, telephone 

(530) 752–8501, email mnoble@

ucdavis.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 University of 

California, Davis 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 

The two lots of associated funerary 

objects are one lot of clamshell disc 

beads and one lot of Olivella beads. The 

associated funerary objects were 

anonymously mailed to the University 

of California, Davis Repatriation 

Coordinator with a return address of a 

mail depot in Tucson, Arizona. 

Enclosed with the associated funerary 

objects was a tag describing the items as 

‘‘burial beads’’ found ‘‘in Wintun Indian 

graves located on Gordon sight[sic] in 

California west of Sacramento River.’’ 

The tag also indicates that Jack and Vera 

Mills, amateur archaeologists from 

Arizona, purchased the beads in 1974. 

Based on search of records, UC Davis 

believes the Gordon site most likely 

refers to CA–NAP–448 (also known as 

CA–NAP–997, P–28–001171) or to 

another site in the Gordon Valley, Napa 

County. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the associated funerary 

objects described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The University of California, Davis 

has determined that: 

• The two 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 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Cachil DeHe Band of 

Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 

Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 

California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation 

of the Cortina Rancheria (previously 

listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun 

Indians); and the Yocha Dehe Wintun 

Nation, California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

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. 


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