Notice2025-04465
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Published
March 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary 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 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12760-12761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04465]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039529; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, 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, Berkeley
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after April 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, Government and
Community Relations, Office of the Chancellor. University of
California, Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720,
telephone (510) 570-0964, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a343b3d2a283b772f39381a383f28313f363f23743f3e2f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7816191f080a19550d1b1a381a1d0a131d141d01561d1c0d">[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 the
University of California, Berkeley 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.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 32 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
In 1940, Francis A. Riddell and Harry Starr Riddell Jr. collected
two lots of unassociated funerary objects from CA-SAC-166 in Sacramento
County, CA. These unassociated funerary objects are ground stone.
Francis A. Riddell donated these unassociated funerary objects to the
Lowie Museum (today the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology) in
1951.
In 1952, Robert Fleming Heizer removed one lot of unassociated
funerary objects from CA-SAC-166. The unassociated funerary object is a
core. In May 1952, the Lowie Museum appropriated the unassociated
funerary object from the University of California Archaeological
Survey. Robert Fleming Heizer and Albert B. Elsasser removed four lots
of unassociated funerary objects from CA-SAC-166 in June 1953.
In July 1953, the Lowie Museum appropriated these four unassociated
funerary objects from the University of California Archaeological
Survey via Albert B. Elsasser. The four lots of unassociated funerary
objects are stone tools and lithics.
In October 1946, numerous individuals removed 16 lots of
unassociated funerary objects from CA-SAC-172 in Sacramento County, CA.
On September 12, 1952 the Lowie Museum appropriated the 16 lots of
unassociated funerary objects from the University of California
Archaeological Survey via Albert B. Elsasser. The 16 lots of
unassociated funerary objects are baked clay, beads, ocher, stone
tools, and shell ornaments.
In 1932, Jeremiah B. Lillard (Sacramento County Board of
Education), collected one lot of unassociated funerary objects from Del
Paso Mound, Sacramento County, California. The one lot of unassociated
funerary objects are beads. The University of California Museum of
Anthropology (today the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology)
accessioned the one lot of unassociated funerary objects in 1942.
Between 1932 and 1937, four lots of unassociated funerary objects
were removed from the area of Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
The four lots of unassociated funerary objects are ground stone,
projectile points, and discoidal. In 1942, Jeremiah B. Lillard
(Sacramento County Board of Education) donated the four lots of
unassociated funerary objects to the University of California Museum of
Anthropology (today the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology).
In 1937, Francis A. Riddell removed one lot of unassociated
funerary objects from the Folsom area of Sacramento County, California.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are beads. Francis A.
Riddell donated the 3 lots of unassociated funerary objects to the
University of California Museum of Anthropology in 1949.
In 1932, two lots of unassociated funerary objects were removed
from Folsom, Sacramento County, California and donated to the
University of California Museum of Anthropology (today the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology) by Jeremiah B. Lillard (Sacramento
County Board of Education) in 1942. The two lots of unassociated
funerary objects are ground stone.
In 1922 Hermann R. Steinbach removed one lot of unassociated
funerary objects from Natomas Mound, Sacramento County, California. The
one lot of unassociated funerary objects are beads. Jesse Peter donated
the one lot of unassociated funerary objects to the University of
California, Berkeley in 1922.
Collections and collection spaces at the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of
Anthropology were treated with substances for preservation and pest
control, some potentially hazardous. No records have been found to date
at the Museum to indicate whether or not chemicals or natural
substances were used prior to 1960.
Determinations
The University of California, Berkeley has determined that:
<bullet> The 32 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.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 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 18, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California, Berkeley 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 University of
California, Berkeley 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. 2025-04465 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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