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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102942-102943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29946]

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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.

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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 [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 
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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    Repatriation of the 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 University of 
California, Davis must determine the most appropriate requestor prior 
to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated 
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The University of California, Davis 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. 2024-29946 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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