Notice2025-11142
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
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Published
June 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sonoma State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25631-25632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11142]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040400; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: David A. Fredrickson
Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert
Park, 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 Sonoma State University has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Doshia Dodd, Sonoma
State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92d6fde1fafbf3bcf6fdf6f6d2e1fdfcfdfff3bcf7f6e7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="03476c706b6a622d676c676743706c6d6c6e622d666776">[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
Sonoma State University, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual removed from CA-SON-392 near Petaluma, CA in
Sonoma County, has been reasonably identified. The 314 lots of
associated funerary objects are Botanical remains; Flaked stone tools
and debitage; Faunal bone tools; ground stone tools; Modified faunal
bone and shell; Shell beads; Unmodified faunal bone and shell. The
collection has been housed at Sonoma State University since 1974, under
the following Accession Number 74-4.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, six individuals removed from CA-SON-860/H near Downtown Santa
Rosa, CA in Sonoma County, have been reasonably identified. The 3,455
lots of associated funerary objects are flaked stone tools and
debitage, ground stone tools, faunal bone, shell, historic material,
modified faunal bone, botanical remains and baked clay. The collection
has been housed at Sonoma State University since 1984, under the
following Accession Number 84-12.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual removed from CA-SON-1165 near Sebastopol, CA in
Sonoma County, have been reasonably identified. The 2,304 lots of
associated funerary objects are Flaked stone tools and debitage; ground
stone tools; Charmstones; Unmodified faunal bone; and Dietary shell.
The collection has been housed at Sonoma State University since 1979,
under the following Accession Numbers 79-11.
Based on records concerning the associated funerary objects and the
institution in which they were housed, there is no evidence of the
three lots of cultural items being treated with hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The Sonoma State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
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<bullet> The 6,073 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 17,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Sonoma
State University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Sonoma State University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11142 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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