Notice2025-04384
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Published
March 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12560-12561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04384]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039518; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Davis,
Davis, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Davis (UC
Davis) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of sacred objects and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after April 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Megon Noble, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
California, Davis, 412 Mrak Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,
telephone (530) 752-8501, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80edeeefe2ece5c0f5e3e4e1f6e9f3aee5e4f5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acc1c2c3cec0c9ecd9cfc8cddac5df82c9c8d9">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 the summary or
related records. The
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National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of seven cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The seven sacred objects are four baskets and three lots
of regalia. The University is unaware of any treatment of the sacred
objects with pesticides, preservatives, or other substances that
represent a potential hazard to the objects or to persons handling the
objects.
There are four baskets, (CHM-384, 385, 386, 387) that were
purchased by C. Hart Merriam on August 21, 1906, from ``the Indian
village near Kelseyville'' in Lake County, California. Merriam spells
the village as, ``Ho-hla-nap'po'' but descendants spell it as Xa-Be-Na-
Po or Xa-La-Na-Po. The Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians Tribal members
are descendants of Xa-Ben-Na-Po.
There are three catalog numbers/lots of feather sticks (CHM-1517 A-
H, 1519 A-B, 1520), that were collected by C. Hart Merriam at some
point between 1894 and the mid-1930s. Consultation indicates these
items are associated with Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big
Valley Rancheria, California. Original documentation for these items is
unknown, however, after consultation with several tribes, the regalia
had been identified as likely made by Pomo or Patwin tribes.
Determinations
The UC Davis has determined that:
<bullet> The seven sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians
of the Big Valley 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 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 April 17, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the UC Davis 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 UC Davis 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.
Dated: February 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04384 Filed 3-17-25; 8:45 am]
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