Notice2025-11012
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, 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 University of California, Riverside 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 25367-25368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11012]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040365; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, 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 University of California, Riverside
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 Megan Murphy, University of
California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517-5900,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#04696163656a2a697176746c7d447167762a616071"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29444c4e484707445c5b594150695c4a5b074c4d5c">[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
University of California, Riverside, 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 eight cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The eight objects of cultural patrimony are two lots of
ceramics, one lot of glass, one lot of metal, one lot of animal bone,
one lot of manos, one lot of arrowheads, and one lot of geological
materials.
In 1982, archaeological site CA-RIV-1430 was recorded by the
Archaeological Resource Management Corporation. It was located in
Fallbrook and was described by archaeologists as a midden site with a
series of rockshelters. The rockshelters contained ceramic ollas,
shell, debitage, and grinding tools. One of the rockshelters also had
pictographs on the interior walls. During the survey two cottonwood
arrowhead points and several potsherds were removed from the
rockshelters. The objects were subsequently housed at the University of
California, Riverside under accession number 87.
In 1981, archaeological site CA-RIV-2248 was recorded by the
Archaeological Resource Management Corporation. The site was located in
Wildomar and was described by archaeologists as a seasonal campsite.
During the survey one lot of manos were removed from the surface and
subsequently housed at the University of California, Riverside under
accession number 88.
In 1991, the University of California, Riverside Archaeological
Research Unit was contracted to conduct an archaeological assessment of
a tract of land in the Pedley Hills section of the Jurupa Hills in
western Riverside County ahead of proposed development by a private
investments firm. During a pedestrian survey of the project area,
historic site CA-RIV-4270 was identified. The site consisted of a
surface scatter of historic glass and metal which archaeologists
determined to be of pre-WWII manufacture. Approximately 195 objects
were removed from the site including one lot of ceramics, one lot of
glass, one lot of metal, one lot of animal bone, and one lot of
geological materials.
Determinations
The University of California, Riverside has determined that:
<bullet> The eight 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 Pechanga Band of Indians
(previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the
Pechanga Reservation, California).
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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 University of California, Riverside 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 University of
California, Riverside 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. 2025-11012 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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