Notice of Inventory Completion Published in the Federal Register

A Notice of Inventory Completion for ancestors and belongings from CA-SHA-1048 (Accession 519) has been published in the federal register.

To request repatriation on the above notice, we have provided template request for repatriation/claim letters below for your convenience. If you have any questions, please contact Megon Noble (Repatriation Coordinator) at [email protected] or 530-752-8501.

Template Repatriation/Claim Letter

The Notice includes the following: 

Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been identified. The six associated funerary objects are one lot of basket fragments, one sandal fragment, one corn cob, one lot of dripstone (A.K.A. stalactites), one lot of various faunal remains, and one lot of unidentified missing material. UC Davis Department of Anthropology Museum has no record of when the collection (Accession 430) was deposited at the Anthropology Department or the museum. It is assumed to have been anonymously donated. The collection appears to have been removed from a collapsed cave 15-20 miles southeast of Lake Mead or Meadview, Arizona, perhaps from the eastern side of the Grand Wash Cliffs. Locational information is unclear, but the collection may have been removed from lands within the Hualapai Reservation. The affiliation is with the Hualapai Tribe. UC Davis is unaware of any treatment of the associated funerary objects with pesticides, preservatives, or other substances. However, UC Davis has not conducted any pesticide testing.