Notice2025-12829
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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Published
July 10, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) 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 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30668-30669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12829]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040475; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Diego State University, San
Diego, 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), San Diego State University (SDSU) 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 August 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Jaime Lennox, San Diego State
University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b31373e353534231b283f282e753e3f2e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f79d9b929999988fb784938482d9929382">[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 SDSU,
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 10 lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The 10 lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one lot
of lithics, one lot of metal items, four lots of shell, one lot counted
shell, one lot of non-human faunal remains, one lot vegetal items, and
one lot of soil samples. The items were collected at Fort Irwin,
located in San Bernardino County, California in 1980 by Sonnier William
Gonzalez (site CA-SBR-112, also known as the No Name Playa Site, SBCM
3369). It is unknown how and when the items came to be in SDSU's
possession; SDSU accessioned the items as collection CMP-SDSU-0184 in
1980.
A total of five lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The five lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one
lot of lithic fragments, one lot of pottery sherds, one lot of lithic
tools (including scrapers and projective points), one lot of worked
non-human faunal item (projectile point), and one lot of wood. The
items were collected in Coyote Basin, located in San Bernardino County,
California, by T. Prewitt in 1966. T. Prewitt donated the items to SDSU
in 1966; SDSU originally accessioned the items as collection 1966-11,
and later as CMP-SDSU-0409.
Determinations
SDSU has determined that:
<bullet> The 15 lots of 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 Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
(previously listed as San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, 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 August 11, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, SDSU 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. SDSU 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.
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Dated: June 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-12829 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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