Notice2025-06631
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
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Published
April 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 San Diego intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony 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 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16532-16533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06631]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039941; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California San
Diego, San Diego, 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 San Diego
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of objects of cultural patrimony 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 May 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Eva Trujillo, University of California San Diego, 9500
Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, telephone (858) 246-2725, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e1b490a0c0b14171212113e0b1d0d1a501b1a0b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0663317274736c6f6a6a69467365756228636273">[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 San Diego, 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.
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Abstract of Information Available
A total of three cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The three objects of cultural patrimony are three
historical ledger books drawings, The two Kiowa-Finley ledgers were
collected by Walter Lowrie Finley, 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Cavalry while
stationed at Fort Sill during 11/19/1881 to 7/16/1883. The original
author was identified as Kiowa but not named.
The Koba-Russell sketchbook was given to Miss Josephine Russell in
1876 by Captain Richard H. Pratt, Commander of Fort Marion in St.
Augustine, Florida. Koba, the original Kiowa author, was one of 72
warriors from a number of Plains Indian tribes imprisoned in 1875 at
Fort Marion, the old Spanish fortress in St. Augustine, Florida. Miss
Russell served as a volunteer school-mistress at Fort Marion, providing
instruction for the Plains Indian warriors imprisoned there from 1875
to 1878. The three items were donated to the University of California
San Diego at a later time.
Determinations
The University of California San Diego has determined that:
<bullet> The three objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
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 May 19, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California San Diego 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
San Diego 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: April 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06631 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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