Notice2025-11008
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA
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Published
June 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Parks and Recreation 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 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25363-25364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11008]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040370; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California Department of Parks
and Recreation, 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 Department of Parks and
Recreation 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 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Dr. Leslie L. Hartzell, NAGPRA
Coordinator, California Department of Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box
942896, Sacramento, CA 94296-0001, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c10190f10151952141d0e08061910103c0c1d0e170f521f1d521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="660a03150a0f03480e0714121c030a0a261607140d1548050748010910">[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 Department of Parks and Recreation, 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 52 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 52 objects of cultural patrimony are two tule skirts, one Big Head
foundation, one clapper stick, two whistles, one collar, one topknot,
one bundle of feather spines, two burden baskets, one cooking basket,
nine miniature baskets, three gift baskets, one storage basket, one
basket cup, one basket tray, two oval baskets, one basket bowl, 17
feathered baskets, one jar of deer sinew, one soaproot brush, one piece
of obsidian, and two lots of magnesite beads. The object numbers are
comprised of 254-3, 254-4, 254-7, 309-X-3150, 254-8, 254-1, 254-2, 254-
5, 254-6, 082-190-264, 5617W, 5940W, 5942W, 5946W, 5948W, 5762W, 4530W,
6107W, 6523W, 082-190-230, 6703W, 6094W, 5772W, 5707W, 5705W, 5706W,
5768W, 5938W, 5939W, 6083W, 5957W, 5780W, 6175W, 6174W, 6285W, 6084W,
5604W, 6286W, 5646W, 3665W, 6290W, 5800W, 3486W, 6520W, 6131W, 5951W,
6282W, 4748W, 6671W, 3276W, 082-190-150, and 6133W.
In 1960 Frances Riddel, Curator of the California State Parks State
Indian Museum, purchased nine objects of cultural patrimony from the
Big Valley Rancheria. The nine items of cultural patrimony are two tule
skirts, one Big Head foundation, one clapper stick, two whistles, one
collar, one topknot, and one bundle of feather spines.
Between 1880 and 1915, Charles P. Wilcomb collected 11 items of
cultural patrimony from Clear Lake, Lake County, California. Charles P.
Wilcomb's collection was donated to the California State Parks State
Indian Museum in the 1960s as part of the Hall-Sheedy collection. The
11 objects of cultural patrimony are one burden basket, five feathered
baskets, one gift basket, two miniature baskets, one oval basket, and
one storage basket.
Between 1880 and 1915, Charles P. Wilcomb collected 19 items of
cultural patrimony from Kelseyville, Lake County, California. Charles
P. Wilcomb's collection was donated to the California State Parks State
Indian Museum in the 1960s as part of the Hall-Sheedy collection. The
19 objects of cultural patrimony are one basket bowl, one burden
basket, four miniature baskets, nine feathered baskets, one gift
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basket, one oval basket, and two lots of magnesite beads.
Between 1880 and 1915, Charles P. Wilcomb collected two items of
cultural patrimony from Lake Port, Lake County, California. Charles P.
Wilcomb's collection was donated to the California State Parks State
Indian Museum in the 1960s as part of the Hall-Sheedy collection. The
two objects of cultural patrimony are one cooking basket and one
miniature basket.
Between 1880 and 1915, Charles P. Wilcomb collected six items of
cultural patrimony from Soda Bay, Lake County, California. Charles P.
Wilcomb's collection was donated to the California State Parks State
Indian Museum in the 1960s as part of the Hall-Sheedy collection. The
six objects of cultural patrimony are two miniature baskets, one basket
cup, one basket tray, one feathered basket, and one jar of deer sinew.
Between 1880 and 1915, Charles P. Wilcomb collected four items of
cultural patrimony from Lower Lake, Lake County, California. Charles P.
Wilcomb's collection was donated to the California State Parks State
Indian Museum in the 1960s as part of the Hall-Sheedy collection. The
four objects of cultural patrimony are two feathered baskets, one gift
basket, and one soaproot brush.
Between 1880 and 1915, Charles P. Wilcomb collected one item of
cultural patrimony from Uncle Sam Mountain (Mt. Konocti), Lake County,
California. Charles P. Wilcomb's collection was donated to the
California State Parks State Indian Museum in the 1960s as part of the
Hall-Sheedy collection. The one object of cultural patrimony is one
piece of obsidian.
Determinations
The California Department of Parks and Recreation has determined
that:
<bullet> The 52 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 reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians
of the Big Valley 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 16, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California Department of Parks and
Recreation 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
Department of Parks and Recreation 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: June 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11008 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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