Notice2025-14258
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
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Published
July 29, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento 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 143 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35728-35729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14258]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6353; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040609; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University,
Sacramento, Sacramento, 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 California State University, Sacramento
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 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Dr. Mark R. Wheeler, California State
University, 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5934382b32772e313c3c353c2b193a2a2c2a773c3d2c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="046965766f2a736c616168617644677771772a616071">[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
California State University, Sacramento 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 nine lots of cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The nine lots of objects of cultural patrimony are one
lot of modified stones, one lot of unmodified stones, one lot of faunal
remains, one lot of plant remains, one lot of glass, one lot of metal
material, one lot of shell, one lot of anthropogenic soil, and one lot
of uncatalogued items. These include items from several sites in
western Placer County, including CA-PLA-31 (accession 81-116), CA-PLA-
57 (accession 81-116), CA-PLA-UNK (81-116), CA-PLA-2883 (accession 81-
474), CA-PLA-2982 (accession 81-477) and an unidentified site (Teaching
Collection) that were collected during various survey projects by
California State University, Sacramento students and faculty. This may
also include cultural items from unidentified locations in western
Placer County that may be associated with the survey projects or have
no documented acquisition history. The University is unaware of any
treatment of the objects of cultural patrimony with pesticides,
preservatives, or other substances that represent a potential hazard to
the objects or to persons handling the objects.
Determinations
The California State University, Sacramento has determined that:
<bullet> The nine 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 connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of 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 August 28, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the California State University, Sacramento
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 California State
University, Sacramento 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: July 9, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14258 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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