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the direction of Philip Wilke. The field 

school consisted of the student 

excavation of archaeological site CA– 

SBR–1577 (formerly CA–SBR–911 and 

SBCM–65). The site was first recorded 

by Gerald Smith in 1940 as a ‘‘large 

campsite on [a] terrace overlooking [the 

Santa Ana] riverbed.’’ Objects such as 

manos, metates, cogstones, and 

projectile points had previously been 

reported by residents on the surface of 

the site. The students excavated a total 

of 6 units to an average depth of 70cm. 

A total of 3,092 items were cataloged 

and housed at the University of 

California, Riverside, under Accession 

Number 59. During the excavation, 

students uncovered a human burial in 

Unit 1, which was misidentified as 

faunal remains. In 2024, at the request 

of tribal representatives, an osteologist 

reviewed the collection and identified 

the remains as human. Tribal 

representatives also identified the 

objects in the collection as being 

associated funerary objects. These 

objects included ceramic sherds, glass 

objects, lithic materials, metal objects, 

botanical materials, unmodified shell, 

fire-altered rock, and geological 

materials. Based on biological 

information, the human remains were 

determined to be Native American. 

Archaeologists have asserted that 

Serrano peoples have continuously 

occupied the San Bernardino Mountains 

and the Santa Ana River Watershed for 

up to 5,000–6,000 years BP. 

Ethnographer John Peabody Harrington 

recorded several Serrano place names 

throughout the Watershed during his 

interviews with Yuhaaviatam leader, 

Santos Manuel in 1918. Manuel told 

Harrington that the Santa Ana River is 

called hu’napat patr, meaning ‘‘bears 

water,’’ and a Serrano village, Junubabit, 

was situated on the Santa Ana River’s 

southeast bank in today’s Colton, CA. 

Santos Manuel’s testimony and 

Traditional Knowledge identify Colton 

and the surrounding region as within 

Serrano Ancestral Territory since time 

immemorial, sharing a group identity 

with the human remains taken from 

Morgan’s Bluff. 

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 University of California, 

Riverside has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The eight 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 Morongo Band of 

Mission Indians, California and the 

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation 

(previously listed as San Manuel Band 

of Mission Indians, 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 January 29, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of California, Riverside 

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 University of 

California, Riverside 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 19, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31300 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039245; 

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 

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 29, 2025. 

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 

One lot of associated funerary objects 

have been identified that likely originate 

from CA–PLA–14, located in Placer 

County, CA. Currently, at least seven 

objects are missing, and California State 

University, Sacramento continues to 

look for them. The funerary objects were 

donated to California State University, 

Sacramento by the estate of Anthony 

Zallio in the 1950s. The circumstances 

around their collection are unknown. 

They have since been housed at the 

University under accessions 81–172.12 

and 81–172.16. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the 


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associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

The California State University, 

Sacramento has determined that: 

• The one lot of 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 Ione Band of Miwok 

Indians of California; Shingle Springs 

Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 

Rancheria (Verona Tract), 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 

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 associated 

funerary objects described in this notice 

to a requestor may occur on or after 

January 29, 2025. If competing requests 

for repatriation are received, the 

California State University, Sacramento 

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 

California State University, Sacramento 

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 19, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31282 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039257; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: The 

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Kansas intends to 

repatriate a certain cultural item that 

meets the definition of an unassociated 

funerary object and that has a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Torma, 

University of Kansas, Office of Audit, 

Risk & Compliance, The University of 

Kansas, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard, 351 

Strong Hall Lawrence, KS 66045, 

telephone (406) 850–2220, email ttorma@ku.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 

Kansas, 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 one cultural item has been 

requested for repatriation. The one 

unassociated funerary object is a silver 

ring. The ring was taken from an 

Arapaho man named Wox-Ei-Bet’, also 

known as Walks-a-Bed, after having 

been killed by an individual known 

only as ‘‘K-’’in 1874 at Camp Supply, 

Indian Country—present day Fort 

Supply, Oklahoma. Wox-Ei-Bet’ had a 

great-great-great-grandson who is related 

to the Birdshead Family of the Southern 

Arapaho in Oklahoma. The Birdshead 

family has deferred to the Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma on this 

repatriation. 

The ring was given to the Benedictine 

College Museum in Atchison, KS by a 

person identified as R. Kitching, likely 

in the 1920s. Father Felix Nolte was the 

curator of the Benedictine College 

Museum and the items collected during 

his tenure are referred to as the Father 

Felix Nolte collection. The collections 

from Benedictine College were 

transferred to the University of Kansas 

Museum of Anthropology (KUMA) in 

1998. KUMA closed to the public in 

August 2002 and the collections were 

renamed the Anthropological Research 

and Cultural Collections (ARCC) in July 

2005. The collections were then 

transferred internally within the 

University of Kansas from the ARCC to 

the Spencer Museum of Art in January 

2007. 

There is no known presence of any 

potentially hazardous substances used 

to treat the cultural item mentioned in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

The University of Kansas has 

determined that: 

• The one unassociated funerary 

object described in this notice is 

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 object has 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 item described in 

this notice and the Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural item 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 item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 29, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of Kansas must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 


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