Notice2025-10596
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Museums of Lake County, Lakeport, 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 Museums of Lake County intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects or 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]
[Pages 24660-24661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10596]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040326; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Museums of Lake County,
Lakeport, 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 Museums of Lake County intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred
objects or 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 Carolynn Birilli, Curator, Museums of
Lake County, 255 N Main Street, Lakeport, CA 95452, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#214240534e4d584f4f0f434853484d4d48614d404a44424e544f555842400f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="234042514c4f5a4d4d0d414a514a4f4f4a634f424846404c564d575a40420d444c55">[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
Museums of Lake County, 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 five cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The two sacred objects and three objects of cultural
patrimony are: a collection of 138 Pomo shell beads, two twined
baskets, a lava rock mortar section, and an obsidian arrowhead point.
These items were acquired by the museum between 1983 and 2025 and
originate from Lake County, California. Some were collected by Doris
Hobson and Edward McPherson from the Middletown area. These objects
have been identified through consultation with tribal representatives
as items of cultural importance to the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo
Indians. No hazardous substances were noted in the treatment of these
objects.
Determinations
The Museums of Lake County has determined that:
<bullet> The two sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> The three 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 Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians 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 11, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received,
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the Museums of Lake County 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 Museums of Lake County 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. 2025-10596 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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