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BILLING CODE 4312-52-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040402; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) 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 July 17, 2025. ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to Jamey Nye, Los Rios Community College District, 1919 Spanos Ct, Arden-Arcade, CA 95825, email *nagpra@losrios.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 LRCCD, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Abstract of Information Available Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been reasonably identified. Likely in 1937, the individuals were removed from an “Indian Mound” in Casmalia, Santa Barbara County, CA by Jeremiah B.
Lillard, the first president of Sacramento Junior College, now Sacramento City College (SCC). In 2024, the ancestors and associated funerary object were located in the SCC Geology department during a campus-wide audit of collections. The one associated funerary object is a stone mano. LRCCD does not have record of the presence of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the human remains and associated funerary object. Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, one individual have been reasonably identified.
On an unknown date before 1941, the individual was removed from Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, CA by Jeremiah B. Lillard. In 2024, the individual was located in the SCC Geology department during a campus wide audit of collections. LRCCD does not have record of the presence of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the human remains. 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 LRCCD has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry. • The one object 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 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 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 July 17, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, LRCCD 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. LRCCD 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: June 11, 2025 Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025-11146 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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