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 UC Davis, 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

Human remains representing, at least, five individuals have been identified. ( printed page 19515) The 20 associated funerary objects are eight lots of soil or clay samples, five lots of carbon and charcoal samples, three lots of miscellaneous ground stone, one pestle, one mortar, one lot of ochre, and one lot of unidentified missing material. Yolo County Central Landfill employees and UC Davis archaeologists removed burials and funerary objects from CA-YOL-171, the Yolo Landfill Cemetery Site from May to July 1981, after an inadvertent discovery during the excavation of a new waste management pit. Three burials were removed, along with human remains not part of formal burials. The material was brough to UC Davis for study and curation upon excavation. In addition, a fourth burial was uncovered near the other three burials but was not removed by UC Davis.

The landfill expanded the waste management pit in 1991. Eleanor Derr of Cultural Resources Unlimited performed a pedestrian field survey and cultural resources study, which uncovered only one piece of ground stone. This ground stone was brought to UC Davis for curation in February 1992. UC Davis Accession 419 is comprised of materials from both the 1981 and 1991 investigations. The University is unaware of any treatment of the associated funerary objects with pesticides, preservatives, or other substances that represent a potential hazard to the objects or to persons handling the objects.

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

UC Davis has determined that:

• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 20 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 Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria (previously listed as Kletsel Dehe Band of Wintun Indians); and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 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 June 9, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UC Davis 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. UC Davis 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.