Notice2025-08032
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
May 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento 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 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19513-19514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08032]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040083; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State
University, Sacramento, Sacramento, 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 California State University, Sacramento
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 9, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Mark Wheeler, Chief of Staff to President Luke Wood,
California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA
95819, telephone (916) 460-0490, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c515d4e57124b54595950594e7c5f4f494f12595849"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9a4a8bba2e7bea1acaca5acbb89aababcbae7acadbc">[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
California State University, Sacramento, 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 442 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 442 objects of cultural patrimony include flaked and ground stones;
faunal and floral remains; modified stone, shell and wood objects;
unmodified stones; historic materials; manuports; geologic samples; and
pigments. Of this number, at least 10 objects are currently missing
from the collections. California State University, Sacramento continues
to look for any missing objects. These objects were removed from
several sites in Calaveras County in the 1960's and 1970's as the
result of various survey and excavation projects carried out near San
Domingo Creek, the Stanislaus River, and other locations by California
State University, Sacramento students J. Michael McEachern, Louis
Payen, Michael Rondeau, and Judy Rose. These sites include CAL-693/H
(also known as Murphy's Rancheria), CAL-1073 (also known as the Avery
Site), CAL-1256, CAL-1258, CAL-1261, CAL-Dead Horse Flat #1, CAL-Skunk
Gulch #1, CAL-Skunk Gulch #2, CAL-Unknown (also known as 4-282), CAL-
Unknown (also known as 4-283), CAL-Unknown (also known as 4-284), CAL-
Unknown (also known as 4-259), CAL-Unknown (also known as 4-262 or 5-
262), CAL-Unknown (also known as 4-263 or 5-263), CAL-Unknown (also
known as 4-267 or 5-267), CAL-Unknown (also known as 4-270 or 5-270),
CAL-Unknown (also known as 4-271 or 5-271), CAL-Unknown (near San
Domingo Creek), CAL-Cook Ranch, CAL-Browns Cave, CAL-Unknown (also
known as Cal 258), CA-CAL-Vallecito Quarry Site. These objects have
since been housed at the California State University, Sacramento under
accessions 81-372, 81-342, 81-422, 81-371, 81-376, 81-356, 81-434, 81-
431, 81-437, 81-438, 81-439, 81-433, 81-370, 81-373, 81-424, 81-374,
81-423, 81-436, 81-440, 81-435, 81-432, and 81-86.
A total of 79 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 79 objects of cultural patrimony include flaked and ground stones;
modified stone and shell objects; faunal remains; historic materials;
and baskets. Of this number, at least six objects are currently missing
from the collection. California State University, Sacramento continues
to look for any missing objects. In 1970's, Mark Grady donated 78
objects to the University's Anthropology Museum from several sites in
Calaveras County that include Camanche Dam, Angel's Camp, Avery's Dump,
Snowshoe Springs, Winslow Ranch, Murphy's Burial Ground, Fly-in-Acres,
and unknown locations in Calaveras County. They have since been housed
at the University under accession 1974-18. The estate of Anthony Zallio
donated a single basket from an unknown location in Calaveras County to
the Anthropology Museum in the 1950's. It has since been housed at the
University under accession 1974-29.
Determinations
The California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The 521 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 relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the California
Valley Miwok Tribe, 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 9, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California State University, Sacramento
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 California State
University, Sacramento 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.
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Dated: April 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08032 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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