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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106564-106565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31282]

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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.

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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 [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 
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]
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