Notice2025-11934

Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: San José State University, San José, CA

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Published
June 27, 2025

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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service

Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Jos[eacute] State University has amended a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2024. This notice amends the Indian Tribes listed in the original notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 122 (Friday, June 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27671-27672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11934]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040447; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: San Jos[eacute] State 
University, San Jos[eacute], CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Jos[eacute] State University has amended 
a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on 
January 3, 2024. This notice amends the Indian Tribes listed in the 
original notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects may occur on or after July 28, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice to Alisha Marie Ragland, San Jos[eacute] State 
University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13727f7a607b723d6172747f727d7753607960663d767766"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3c2cfcad0cbc28dd1c2c4cfc2cdc7e3d0c9d0d68dc6c7d6">[email&#160;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 San 
Jos[eacute] 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.

Amendment

    This notice amends the list of Indian Tribes published in a notice 
of inventory completion in the Federal Register (89 FR 393, January 3, 
2024). Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in the original notice of inventory completion has not 
occurred.

Determinations

    San Jose State University has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in the original notice were removed from the aboriginal land 
of the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California; Buena 
Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; California Valley 
Miwok Tribe, California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of 
Miwuk Indians;

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Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa 
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Table 
Mountain Rancheria; and the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in the original 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 the original notice to a requestor may occur on or after 
July 28, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, San 
Jos[eacute] 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. San Jos[eacute] 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 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11934 Filed 6-26-25; 8:45 am]
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