Notice2025-07503
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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Published
May 1, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Diego State University (SDSU) 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 83 (Thursday, May 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 18694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07503]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040031; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Diego State University, 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 San Diego State University (SDSU)
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 June 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Jaime Lennox, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile
Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, telephone (619)594-4575, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#056f69606b6b6a7d45766176702b606170"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd1d7ded5d5d4c3fbc8dfc8ce95dedfce">[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
SDSU, 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 58 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 58 objects of cultural patrimony are ceramic sherds. Collection
CMP-SDSU-0687 was donated to SDSU by Lyn Olsson, daughter of
archaeologist Jean Krase and includes items collected by Krase from
throughout California, Baja California, and elsewhere. The 58 items are
cataloged as a single entry (SDSU-0687-045) and are noted to have been
removed from Old Sacramento, California. It is unknown whether the
items have been treated with any hazardous substances. The cultural
items are culturally affiliated with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians and the Wilton Rancheria.
Determinations
SDSU has determined that:
<bullet> The 58 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 Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California and the
Wilton 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 June 2, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, SDSU 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. SDSU 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 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-07503 Filed 4-30-25; 8:45 am]
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