[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58761-58762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15898]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038303; 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), 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 August 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati
Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, email
Doshia.dodd@sonoma.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 Sonoma
State University, 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
CA-MRN 201, CA-MRN-202, and CA-MRN-363 are located on a peninsula
along the shoreline of Tomales Bay, on the eastern shore toward the
bay's northern end, within the Audubon Canyon Ranch Tom's Point
Preserve. The collections are the result of previous excavations at the
sites. During analysis of cultural items from CA-MRN-202, ancestral
remains were identified. The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
California were notified regarding this identification. They determined
that all three collections would be accessioned into the holdings of
Sonoma State University (SSU), with the understanding that they would
request repatriation of the remains, and the cultural items from all
three collections, in the future. The three collections have been
housed at SSU since September 2022, under the following accession
numbers: CA-MRN-201; Accession Number 2018-19; CA-MRN-202; Accession
Number 2018-20; and CA-MRN-363, Accession Number 2018-21.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual removed from CA-MRN-202 in Marin County,
California, have been reasonably identified. The 8,456 associated
funerary objects removed from CA-MRN-202 are groundstone, unmodified
shell, modified shell, soil samples, faunal, flaked tools and debitage,
and historic material. The 769 associated funerary objects removed from
CA-MRN-201 are a shell bead, glass beads, flaked glass tools,
groundstone, unmodified shell, faunal, flaked tools and debitage, and
historic material. The 1,992 associated funerary objects removed from
CA-MRN-363 are groundstone, unmodified shell, modified shell, soil
samples, faunal, flaked tools and debitage. Based on records concerning
the associated funerary objects and the institution in which they were
housed, there is no evidence of the three lots of cultural items 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 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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
The 11,217 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 Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria, 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 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 August
19, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, 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.
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Dated: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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