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 BLM CA, 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

In Lassen County, California, between 1982 and 1984, ancestral remains representing at least two individuals and 588 (both single items and lots) of associated funerary belongings were removed from site CA-LAS-973 by the Applegate Field Office in response to vandalism and erosion. The 588 associated funerary belongings include shell beads, pine nut beads, pendants of shell and stone, projectile points, bifaces, choppers, cores, flake tools, a perforator, groundstone fragments, an iron plate, pine nut seeds and shells, wood fragments, ochre fragments, a fragment of mud with imprints, an unworked stone nodule, debitage, a faunal claw, faunal bones and teeth, charcoal fragments, flora fragments including roots, shells and shell fragments, baked clay fragments, gravels, stones, and skat.

The ancestors and their belongings are held at the Nevada State Museum. No known hazardous or potentially hazardous substances were used to treat any of the human remains or funerary objects.

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 human remains and associated funerary belongings described in this notice.

Determinations

The BLM CA has determined that:

• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of at least two individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 588 belongings 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 belongings described in this notice and the Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancheria); and the Susanville Indian Rancheria, California.

Requests for Repatriation

Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary belongings 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 belongings described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 14, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the BLM CA must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary belongings are considered a single request and not competing requests. The BLM CA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.

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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