Notice2025-10006
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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Published
June 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Stanford University 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 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23554-23555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10006]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040182; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Stanford University, Stanford,
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), Stanford University 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 July 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Laura Jones, Repatriation Officer, Stanford University, 477
Oak Road, Stanford, CA 94305, telephone (650) 723-9664, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#24484e4b4a4157645750454a424b56400a414051"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5898f8a8b8096a59691848b838a9781cb808190">[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
Stanford University 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
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not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of eight cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The eight objects of cultural patrimony are baskets. All
were listed as having been from Southern California with no affiliation
other than ``Mission''.
Basket 1996.244 was acquired by Evelyn and Franklyn Clerk at an
unknown date after 1930 and transferred by gift to the Cantor Center
for the Visual Arts at Stanford University in 1996.
Basket 1999.60 was acquired by John Steward at an unknown date and
transferred by gift to the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts in 1999.
Basket 1999.61 was acquired by John Steward at an unknown date and
transferred by gift to the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts in 1999.
Basket 1999.62 was acquired by John Steward at an unknown date and
transferred by gift to the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts in 1999.
Basket JLS.8585 was acquired by the Hazzard family sometime in the
late 1880s. Based on archival research of the family, it is likely the
basket came from San Diego. It was transferred by gift to the Stanford
Museum (now the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts) between 1891 and
1906.
Baskets T.No.NA So. Ca Mission 1, 2, and 5 have no information
about their journey to Stanford University.
Determinations
Stanford University has determined that:
<bullet> The eight objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Jamul Indian Village of California, according to the
Native American traditional knowledge of the Jamul Indian Village of
California.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Jamul Indian Village of
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 July 3, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received Stanford University 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. Stanford University 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: May 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10006 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
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