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 Autry Museum of the American West, 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.

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El Dorado County

A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one object of cultural patrimony is a large ground stone. On an unknown date, Max Fisher collected the cultural item from an unknown site in Placerville, El Dorado County, CA. Mrs. Bertha H. Heise donated the cultural material to the Southwest Museum of the American Indian (now a part of the Autry Museum of the American West) in 1948.

Sacramento County

A total of 10 lots of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The 10 lots of unassociated funerary objects are 10 lots of lithics. On an unknown date, the cultural material was collected from Thistle Mound, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA by the Sacramento Junior College Field Party. College President Jeremiah B. Lillard donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1935.

A total of two cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The two unassociated funerary objects are two ground stone objects. Sometime in 1931, Mr. Henry Gibbs and Sacramento Junior College President Mr. Jeremiah B. Lillard, as part of the Sacramento Junior College Field Party, collected the cultural material from CA-SAC-122 in Sacramento County, CA. College President Jeremiah B. Lillard donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1935.

A total of six lots of cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The six lots of unassociated funerary objects are six lots of worked shell. On an unknown date, an unknown collector collected the cultural materials from an unknown mound along the American River in Sacramento County, CA. Mr. John George Braecklein donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1943.

A total of 26 lots of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The 26 lots of unassociated funerary objects are 18 baked clay objects, two lots of lithics, two ground stones, and four lots of worked shell. In 1931, the Sacramento Junior College Field Party, Mr. Henry Gibbs, and college president Mr. Jeremiah B. Lillard collected the cultural materials from CA-SAC-6 in Sacramento County, CA. College President Jeremiah B. Lillard donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1935.

A total of two cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The two unassociated funerary objects are one worked faunal bone fragment and one baked clay object. In 1933, Sacramento Junior College President Mr. Jeremiah B. Lillard, as part of the Sacramento Junior College Field Party, collected the cultural material from CA-SAC-29 in Sacramento County, CA. College President Jeremiah B. Lillard donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1935.

A total of 29 lots of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The 29 lots of unassociated funerary objects are 14 lots of lithics, six lots of worked faunal bones, four lots of worked shell, four ground stones, and one lot of worked stone. In 1931, Mr. Henry Gibbs, as part of the Sacramento Junior College Field Party, collected the cultural materials from CA-SAC-16 in Sacramento County, CA. College President Jeremiah B. Lillard donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1935.

A total of one lot of cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The one lot of unassociated funerary objects is one lot of worked shell. On an unknown date, collector and donor Mr. John George Braecklein collected the cultural materials from CA-SAC-16 in Sacramento County, CA. Mr. Braecklein donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1947.

A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is one worked faunal object. In 1931, Sacramento Junior College President Mr. Jeremiah B. Lillard, as part of the Sacramento Junior College Field Party, collected the cultural item from CA-SAC-64 in Sacramento County, CA. College President Jeremiah B. Lillard donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1935.

A total of one lot of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are one lot of worked shell. On an unknown date, an unknown collector collected the cultural materials from an unknown site in Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA. Mr. John George Braecklein donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1943.

A total of four lots of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The four lots of unassociated funerary objects are four lots of ornaments. On an unknown date, an unknown collector collected the cultural materials from an unknown site in Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA. Mrs. Louisa W. Hutchinson donated the cultural ( printed page 66715) materials to the Southwest Museum in 1947.

A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is one sandstone ground stone. On an unknown date, an unknown collector collected the cultural item from an unknown site in Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA. Mr. Hubert H. Weiser donated the cultural material to the Southwest Museum in 1986.

A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is one ground stone. In 1933, Mr. Robert F. Heizer collected the cultural item from CA-SAC-73 in Sacramento County, CA. Mr. Heizer donated the cultural material to the Southwest Museum in 1938.

A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is one modified faunal bone tool. In 1931, Mr. Henry Gibb and the Sacramento Junior College Field Party collected the cultural item from CA-SAC-21 in Sacramento County, CA. College president Mr. Jeremiah B. Lillard donated the cultural material to the Southwest Museum in 1935.

A total of one lot of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are one lot of worked shell. On an unknown date, Mr. Harry Brisley collected the cultural items from CA-SAC-21 in Sacramento County, CA. Mr. Brisley donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1947.

A total of one lot of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are one lot of worked shells. On an unknown date, an unknown collector collected the cultural items from an unknown site near Sutter's Fort in Sacramento County, CA. Mr. John George Braecklein donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1943.

A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is one worked faunal bone tool. In 1933, Sacramento Junior College President Mr. Jeremiah B. Lillard, as part of the Sacramento Junior College Field Party, collected the cultural item from CA-SAC-28, in Sacramento County, CA. Mr. Lillard donated the cultural material to the Southwest Museum in 1935.

A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The two unassociated funerary objects are two lithics. On an unknown date, Mr. Fredrick Hastings Rindge collected the cultural items from an unknown site near Sacramento in Sacramento County, CA. Mr. Rindge's daughter, Mrs. Rhoda Rindge Adamson, donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1943.

A total of two lots of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The two lots of unassociated funerary objects are two lots of worked shell. On an unknown date, Mr. Henry Brisley collected the cultural items from an unknown site near Sacramento in Sacramento County, CA. Mr. Brisley donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1947.

Yolo County

A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is one worked stone. On an unknown date, Mr. Harold E. Murdock collected the cultural item from CA-YOL-13 in Yolo County, CA. Mr. Hubert H. Weiser donated the cultural material to the Southwest Museum in 1986.

Sacramento Valley

A total of one lot of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are one lot of worked faunal bone. On an unknown date, an unknown collector collected the cultural materials from mounds on an unknown site in the Sacramento Valley, CA. Mrs. Thomas E. Fleming Jr. donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1940.

A total of two lots of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The two lots of unassociated funerary objects are one baked clay object and one lot of worked shell. On an unknown date, archaeologist Franklin R. Johnston collected the cultural materials from unknown sites in the Sacramento Valley, CA. Mr. Johnston donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1944.

A total of one lot of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are one lot of worked shell. On an unknown date, Mr. Harry Brisley collected the cultural material from an unknown site in the Sacramento Valley, CA. Mr. Brisley donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum in 1947.

A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is one sandstone ground stone. On an unknown date, Max Fisher collected the mortar fragments from an unknown site in the Sacramento Valley, CA. Mrs. Bertha H. Heise donated the cultural material to the Southwest Museum in 1948.

A total of one lot of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are one lot of ornaments. On an unknown date, Mrs. Gladys Knight Harris collected the cultural material from an unknown site in the Sacramento Valley, CA.. Harris's son, Mr. Knight Harris, donated the cultural materials to the Southwest Museum, now a part of the Autry Museum, in 1983.

Determinations

The Autry Museum of the American West has determined that:

• The 99 lots of unassociated funerary objects described in this notice are 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 objects have 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.
• The one object of cultural patrimony described in this notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
• There is a connection between the cultural items 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

Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 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 ( printed page 66716) a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.

Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 23, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Autry Museum of the American West must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Autry Museum of the American West is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.

Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

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