Notice2025-11936
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA
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Published
June 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt) 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 122 (Friday, June 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27667-27668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11936]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040427; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State Polytechnic
University, Humboldt, Arcata, 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), California State Polytechnic University,
Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt) 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 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Megan Watson, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1
Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93f0f2fffdf2f4e3e1f2d3fbe6fef1fcfff7e7bdf6f7e6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="395a585557585e494b5879514c545b56555d4d175c5d4c">[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 Cal
Poly Humboldt, 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 9,241 cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The 9,241 objects of cultural patrimony include
groundstone, flaked stone, unmodified faunal remains, floral remains,
unmodified stones, manuports, soil samples, and historic items.
In 1990, two cultural items were purchased at the Redwood Acres
Flea Market and donated to Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly
Humboldt) by an anonymous donor. Written testimony from the anonymous
donor, as well as an accompanying newspaper article clipping, indicates
that these cultural items were removed from CA-HUM-351/H located in
Arcata, California.
In 1991, one cultural item was removed from an unknown site
(referred to as Mad River 2010) near the Mad River located in Humboldt
County, California. No associated paperwork or documentation could be
located, and it is unclear how the cultural item came to be held in the
collections at Cal Poly Humboldt. However, a brief note accompanying
the cultural item indicates it may have been collected by archaeologist
Peter Dudley of Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt).
In 1992, one cultural item was removed from an unknown site
(referred to as Shirley Boulevard) located in Arcata, California. No
associated paperwork or documentation could be located, and it is
unclear how the cultural item came to be held in the collections at Cal
Poly Humboldt.
In 1992, one cultural item was removed from an unknown site
(referred to as Mad River Beach 1992) near Mad River Beach located in
Tyee City, California. No associated paperwork or documentation could
be located, and it is unclear how the cultural item came to be held in
the collections at Cal Poly Humboldt.
In 1993, three cultural items were removed from CA-HUM-25/P-12-
000083 (also known as Loud's 25) located in Samoa, California. The
cultural items were removed from the site by archaeologists Allan
Bramlette and Peter Dudley of Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly
Humboldt). Of these cultural items, one is listed as missing in the
catalog. Cal Poly Humboldt is working to locate this item. Should Cal
Poly Humboldt locate this item, it will be considered part of this
repatriation.
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In 1993, 120 cultural items were removed from CA-HUM-939/P-12-
000873 (also known as the Hunt Site) located in Bayside, California.
The cultural items were removed by archaeologist James Roscoe of
Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt). Of these cultural
items, 65 are listed as missing in the catalog and may have been
reburied. Cal Poly Humboldt is working to locate these items. Should
Cal Poly Humboldt locate these items, they will be considered part of
this repatriation.
In 1994, 6,809 cultural items were removed from P-12-003033 (also
known as the Meyer Site/Tipping Site) located in Fieldbrook,
California. The cultural items were removed from the site during
excavations conducted by students from Humboldt State University (now
Cal Poly Humboldt) during the Archaeological Field Methods course.
Records indicate that additional items from this site are held in the
property owner's private collection and are not in the possession of
Cal Poly Humboldt.
In 2007, 191 cultural items were removed from a site referred to as
Trobitz/CRF-TRO-01 located in McKinleyville, California. The cultural
items were removed by archaeologists Erik Whiteman and James Roscoe of
Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt).
In 2007, 2,113 cultural items were removed from P-12-001589 (also
known as Ribar High Ground 2 and CRF-RH-02) located in Fieldbrook,
California. The cultural items were removed by archaeologist Erik
Whiteman of Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt). Records
indicate that one of these cultural items was deaccessioned and may no
longer be in the possession of Cal Poly Humboldt. Should Cal Poly
Humboldt locate this item, it will be considered part of this
repatriation.
Determinations
Cal Poly Humboldt has determined that:
<bullet> The 9,241 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 Wiyot Tribe, 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 28, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Cal Poly Humboldt 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. Cal Poly Humboldt 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 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11936 Filed 6-26-25; 8:45 am]
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