Notice2025-08779
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
May 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sonoma State University has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 94 (Friday, May 16, 2025)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 94 (Friday, May 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21069-21070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08779]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040153; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson
Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State University, Rohnert
Park, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sonoma State University has completed an
inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after June 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati
Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone (530) 514-8472, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#771318041f1e16591318131337041819181a1659121302"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="472328342f2e26692328232307342829282a2669222332">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
[[Page 21070]]
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Sonoma State University, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, the lot of 200 associated
funerary objects were taken from Gaddy Ranch in Kelseyville, CA. The
funerary objects are glass and shells beads and flaked stone tools and
debitage. The lots have been housed at Sonoma State University since
1973 under Accession number 73-31.
Based on the information available, the lot of 79 associated
funerary objects were taken from CA-LAK-382 in June 1974 and CA-LAK-
1181 in December 1983 by SSU student Chuck Anderson and are not a part
of a formal CRM survey. The associated funerary objects are Flaked
stone tools and debitage; Modified shell; Shell beads; Unmodified
shell. The associated funerary objects have been housed at Sonoma State
University since 1984 under Accession number 84-01.
Based on records concerning the associated funerary objects and the
institution in which they are housed, there is no evidence of the
associated funerary objects being treated with hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria,
California.
Determinations
The Sonoma State University has determined that:
<bullet> The 279 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the associated
funerary objects described in this notice and the Big Valley Band of
Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after June 16, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Sonoma State University must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects
are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Sonoma
State University is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: May 6, 2025
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08779 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on May 16, 2025.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.