Notice2025-15402
Notice of Inventory Completion: San José State University, San José, CA
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Published
August 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Jos[eacute] State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39213-39214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15402]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6412; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040806; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Jos[eacute] State University,
San Jos[eacute], 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 Jos[eacute] State University has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after September 15,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects 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#ceafa2a7bda6afe0bcafa9a2afa0aa8ebda4bdbbe0abaabb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfded3d6ccd7de91cdded8d3ded1dbffccd5ccca91dadbca">[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 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The 73 boxes of associated funerary objects contain faunal
remains including fish, mammal, avian, and marine shell, soil samples,
lithics and groundstone, botanical samples, and beads. Following the
1995 approval of construction projects for the expansion and
restoration of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, CA-MNT-234 was
excavated, collected, and curated at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
Library. No known potentially hazardous substances have been used to
treat any of the human remains or associated funerary objects.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Santa Rosa Indian Community
of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the
Tule River Reservation, California; and non-federally Indian groups:
Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan
Bautista; Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe; Esselen Tribe of Monterey
County; Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan; KaKoon Ta Ruk Band of
Ohlone-Costanoan Indians of the Big Sur Rancheria; The Ohlone/Costanoan
Esselen Nation; Rumsen Am:a Tur:ataj Ohlone; Salinan Tribe of Monterey;
Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley Band; and the Xolon-Salinan Tribe.
The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and the Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation
responded to requests and participated in ongoing consultations with
San Jos[eacute] State University for CA-MNT-234.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are
available: anthropological, archaeological, geographical, historical,
linguistics, oral traditional, expert opinion, and Native American
traditional knowledge.
The information, including the results of consultation, identified:
1. Ohlone groups connected to the human remains and associated
funerary objects.
2. No federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization is connected to the human remains and associated funerary
objects.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and a federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization that can be reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
San Jos[eacute] State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 73 boxes of 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> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains
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and associated funerary objects in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation to the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice has been clearly
or reasonably identified.
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 any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 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.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after September 15, 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 31, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15402 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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