Notice2025-10594
Notice of Intended Repatriation: County of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
June 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the County of 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 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 24661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10594]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040324; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: County of 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 County of 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 July 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Candise Vogel, County Archaeologist,
Sacramento County Office of Planning and Environmental Review, 827 7th
Street #225, Sacramento, CA 95814, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c4a535b59505f5d7c4f5d5f5f5349524845125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afd9c0c8cac3ccceefdcceccccc0dac1dbd681c8c0d9">[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
County of 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 41 cultural items have been requested for repatriation
from CA-SAC-422 located in Sacramento County, CA. The 41 objects of
cultural patrimony are identified as 10 baked clay, seven faunal and
floral materials, 20 flaked stone, two worked stone, two historic
materials. The site was test excavated in 1992 for the County of
Sacramento. These items were collected during site testing by PAR
Environmental Services Inc. in 1992.
A total of eight cultural items have been requested for
repatriation from CA-SAC-952 located in Sacramento County, CA. The
eight objects of cultural patrimony are identified as six flaked
stones, one ground stone fragment and one faunal remain. These items
were collected during site testing by PAR Environmental Services Inc.
in 2006.
Determinations
The County of Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The 49 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 connection between the cultural items described
in this notice 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 July 11, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the County of 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 County of 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.
Dated: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10594 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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