Notice of Inventory Completion Published in the Federal Register

A Notice of Inventory Completion for ancestors and belongings from Capay Valley (Accession 40) and CA-YOL-110 (Accession 41) have 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, four individuals have been identified from the Capay Valley Site (UCD Accession 40). There is a total of 1,039 lots of associated funerary objects (10 of which are currently missing). The 1,029 lots of present associated funerary objects are 445 lots of chipped stone, 191 lots of unmodified shell, 172 lots of shell ornaments and beads, 83 lots of unmodified bone, 36 lots of organic material, 32 lots of ground stone, 27 lots of worked bone, 15 lots of worked stone, 12 lots of projectile points, seven lots of minerals, four lots of ceramics, two lots of unmodified stone, two lots of trade beads, and one lot of shaped wood. The 10 lots of currently missing associated funerary objects are five lots of chipped stone, two lots of worked bone, one lot of minerals, one lot of unmodified bone, and one lot of unidentified missing material. UC Davis's 1968 Spring Archaeological Field School, led by graduate student Patricia Johnson, excavated at the Capay Valley Site (YOL-D17) near Capay, California, resulting in the acquisition of Accession 40. The cultural affiliation is with the Patwin Tribes: Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria; and Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California. 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.

Human remains representing at least 26 individuals have been identified from CA-YOL-110 (UCD Accession 41). There is a total of 4,619 lots of associated funerary objects (387 of which are currently missing). The 4,232 lots of present associated funerary objects are 2,365 lots of chipped stone, 422 lots of unmodified shell, 247 lots of shell ornaments and beads, 508 lots of unmodified bone, 27 lots of organic material, 130 lots of ground stone, 146 lots of worked bone, 61 lots of worked stone, 87 lots of projectile points, 47 lots of miscellaneous minerals, 93 lots of ochre, 19 lots of ceramics, 19 lots of unmodified stone, six quartz crystals, and 55 soil samples. The 387 lots of missing associated funerary objects are 183 chipped stone, eight lots of unmodified shell, 15 lots of shell ornaments and beads, five lots of unmodified bone, one lot of organic material, 87 lots of ground stone, 20 lots of worked bone, 21 lots of worked stone, 16 lots of projectile points, six lots of miscellaneous minerals, 10 lots of ochre, three lots of ceramics, eight lots of unmodified stone, three lots of soil samples, and one lot of unidentified missing materials. UC Davis's 1968 Spring Archaeological Field School, led by graduate student Patricia Johnson, excavated at CA-YOL-110 in the Capay Valley of California, resulting in the acquisition of Accession 41. The cultural affiliation is with the Patwin Tribes: Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria; and Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California. 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.